textile nirvana » favorites http://turkeyred.com/blog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:31:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://turkeyred.com/blog/2009/11/03/556/ http://turkeyred.com/blog/2009/11/03/556/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:24:25 +0000 turke3 http://turkeyred.com/blog/?p=556 oh my-what a month! the grand finale at olvera st was wonderful!  it’s hard to say goodbye-but time to move on- “our lady of guadalupe” will be opening at abuelitas in topanga canyon on nov 16th.

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]]> http://turkeyred.com/blog/2009/11/03/556/feed/ 4 a compassionate spirit http://turkeyred.com/blog/2009/09/25/a-compassionate-spirit/ http://turkeyred.com/blog/2009/09/25/a-compassionate-spirit/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:28:23 +0000 turke3 http://turkeyred.com/blog/?p=500 here is the first of my altars-a very traditional one-honoring the compassion of the higher  spirits!

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we have a firm “no dogs on the furniture policy” – but that is not to say we don’t make  exceptions. oreo-the new girl- came from a home where she was allowed on the furniture-as a matter of fact- she had her own full sized bed! so even though she has several pillows-both inside and out-as do the other 2 girls-it’s been a bit of an adjustment for her.

several weeks ago around 3 in the morning, my husband and i woke to a very large thud and crash in our bedroom. not unusual-through the years with animals and kids-one gets used to these things. i turned on the light and saw oreo looking very chagrined- a table was overturned next to the chaise lounge. not hard to figure out-she was sleeping on it and fell off. she slunk away-very embarrassed-retreating to her pillow.  the new nightly scenario is-she starts on her pillow with the other girls- and about  20 min after i’m in bed i hear her try and quietly (virtually impossible at 150 lbs) creep up on the chaise. when betty comes in to wake me up at 5:30am-i pretend not to see oreo and she gets down-works for everyone! betty has her own chair in the den-again-i turn a blind eye. it is a chair i usually sit in-a smaller sized armchair. when i first saw her sleeping on it i couldn’t believe it. betty is a big girl-she isn’t as tall as oreo, but very muscular, she outweighs oreo by a few pounds (she will have to diet later in life.) she was curled up so tightly-that when when she saw me and tried to get down- whe was so wedged in it took her a couple of minutes to extricate herself. never a dull moment!

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on sat i took my 13 yr old niece to patricia anders barbie workshop-the final one before her barbie redux show debuts on aug 7th.

what fun! i am definitely making up for lost time- i didn’t play with barbies as a child-but i sure am now! 

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so many projects and so many marvelous distractions!

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]]> http://turkeyred.com/blog/2009/06/24/growing/feed/ 2 betty & oreo’s adventure with cesar milan http://turkeyred.com/blog/2009/03/30/betty-oreos-adventure-with-cesar/ http://turkeyred.com/blog/2009/03/30/betty-oreos-adventure-with-cesar/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:26:14 +0000 turke3 http://turkeyred.com/blog/?p=292 betty & oreo were lucky girls today-they got to meet cesar milan! sadly i was down with a very unpleasant bug this weekned-but my husband and wonderful daughter sasha (who has grown up with all our rescued danes) took the girls down to venice beach to meet cesar milan, my hero! 

 

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“halo “is by patricia anders. tricia is an amazing artist-talented in sooooooo many mediums.  her darkly delicious “ornies” are favorites of mine. you can visit more of tricia’s art at  www.artpropensity.com.

docious godfrey created the second assemblage piece shown-very fun! see more of docious’ work at www.docious.com

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