Denise Hawkins

 On our recent road trip, we spent a couple days in Boulder and Denver Colorado. During one of the days an art festival was held on Pearl Street in Boulder. Pearl Street by the way is a wonderful pedestrian mall. One this day we didn't go into any shops there but stayed outside at the festival marveling at the variety of work by the artisans. Photography, glass, metal work, pottery, painting and more were well represented. 

I thought that whoever did the selection of artists did an amazing job. In each category of art, the style of each artist was different. Not a chance to feel like you were seeing the same thing over and over again. Every booth was worth the time to stop and look and take in the beauty of the work being presented. I was so tempted to buy a piece of glass work but limited myself to the photography I chose and still feel like I got one of the best items in the show.

One of the first booths we stopped at was that of the photographer Denise Hawkins. The image I purchased was so beautiful and I knew exactly where it would hang in my home. It is in the living room to the left of the TV so I can see it and smile every day.

I have put pictures of her business card here. The front gives her information, and, on the back, she wrote for me the location information telling where she took this photo. From the front of the card, you see that she has a website, denisehawkinsphoto.com, where this picture was taken and on the back that she has an Instagram account, @denisewyo.

The two things you don't learn from the business card are that this image won a first prize at a photography competition in Saint George, Utah and her husband is an expert framer. In his own words the frame is over engineered. Together they make a great team. I am so happy with this souvenir from my road trip.

 

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Shopping and Buying Local

While in Longmont Colorado visiting my niece's family, I got to visit a lovely yarn shop. If you are ever there take advantage of the friendly and helpful staff at the Longmont Yarn Shoppe. They were proud to show of the yarns of local dyers and they had tons, well not tons, of yarn but a lot. Both yarns I bought were dyed by local Colorado artisans.

I have a sock pattern I want to try so I was on the hunt for something to treat my feet to when the days get chilly. Believe it or not, Phoenix while setting heat records right now, can be chilly in January and February.

The light-colored yarn is from Roadtrip Sock Yarn and the colorway is Raton. This dyer has and etsy shop. Just search for the company name and you will find it. The shop is full of all kinds of yarny goodness.

The blue is the Oracle colorway from The Hummingbird Moon, and they also have an Etsy shop. When I checked it yesterday there was only one item in the shop. You can find out more about this seller by using the social links in the Etsy shop if you wish.

Take a look at the yarn I treated myself to in the picture below.

I have some other projects to finish before I start my socks, but I will certainly let you know right here on the blog when I start them and share my progress.

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Home Sweet Home

15 days, 7 states driven through, 6 cities visited, more than 3000 miles driven, lots of sights, sounds, memories and now we are home.

It is wonderful to have the ability to travel and wonderful to be home. We plan to work on organizing our closets. We use them for luggage, holiday and hobby supply storage and they definitely need some attention.

Played a bit with Bing's Image Creator for today's picture. Love the porch and big tree! I could live there.

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Merry Go Round Day

 

I use NationalDayCalendar.com to let me know all the celebrated days that I like to share with readers here and those that follow me on twitter. I found out today is Merry Go Round Day. How delightful. Who doesn't love to ride or at least watch a merry go round or carousel. I think you can use the names interchangeably. 

I know that all kinds of animals can be the characters on a carousel but I love the fancifully decorated horses best. I will be looking for art or antiques or vintage horses from Amazon and eBay after writing this to share on twitter. 

My tweets willl have affiliate links in them. If someone clicks the link a cookie is placed and if they make a purchase in the next 30 days I can get a small commission for bringing the customer to the site. It doesn't cost the customer a dime and the big guys get some low cost advertising from me.

I also have some affiliate links below you can click them to shop on Amazon, eBay or Zazzle. 

Speaking of Zazzle, I found this doormat (affiliate). What do you think of this design?

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Happy Merry Go Round Day!

Knitting When Tired

Oh knitting when tired or distracted! All knitters and crocheters know what can happen during a situation like that. You think you know the pattern and then discover that you missed something critical and have to undo all your progress. I missed an increase in a very long row last night. (insert my sad face here) I tinked (tink is knit backwards) it this morning and now am ready to do the row correctly.

This pile of yarn all scrunched up on its circular needle is going to be a gift for my daughter in law. Green is her favorite color. She went through a double mastectomy earlier this year. Her dreaded BRCA Gene caught up with her. I want her to have what my granddaughter called a shoulder blanket before she learned the word shawl. I hope she sees it as a hug from me whenever she wears it.

I had every intention of having it done by the time we got to their home, I didn't make it. I will finish and mail it to her from home.

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Looking Out My Window

When you are looking out the gold tinted windows of Mandalay Bay Hotel this is what you can see. Our 47th wedding anniversary will be spent here. It is extremely warm in Las Vegas right now, so I won't be wandering around on the strip as we have done before. I will easily admit I fully intend to stay in the air-conditioned spaces of my own hotel and maybe, not sure yet the attached casino.

 

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Another Long Drive Day

We drove almost 7 hours yesterday. We left Wyoming with lots of great memories. We have turned south now to make our way back home in about 4 days. This has been a wonderful trip but in my mind a bit too long. We will be gone just over 2 weeks. After about a week I really start wanting to be back in my own spaces.

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Take care and stay cozy!