This last weekend Sophie and I drove 5 hours down to the Southeast corner of Colorado, to visit the new Wild Animal Refuge. This is the expansion of the Wild Animal Sanctuary, which I wrote about in the Saturday newsletter. The Lions, Tigers and Bears are living in such large acreage ‘enclosures’ that we didn’t see them at the new refuge. (Total 9700 acres)
However we did have a very close encounter with a large mob of slightly feral rescued alpacas! Actually they were quite sweet. They were very curious, and clustered around us to check us out. Some of them even gave us fuzzy Alpaca kisses!
We drove down through La Junta, and drove back up through Las Animas, and had some fantastic authentic Mexican food in both towns. On the five hour drive back home, we saw several herds of Pronghorn Antelope in the prairie grass which was very exciting for me. I haven’t seen Pronghorn out on the plains since I was a kid.
This coming weekend Sophie and I are going to a quilt retreat in the Black Forest just outside of Colorado Springs, and we’ll attend Barbara Beasley’s Animal Portrait workshop. I have been trying to get Sophie to give animal portraits a try, so I am hoping this will give her a boost of confidence. We did this CQC Fall Retreat several years ago and she learned how to do Hawaiian Applique. We sure have fun on our Mother-Daughter road trips!
I am working on a couple really big projects which I will be announcing soon. Since I organized the Love Your Mother quilt challenge and exhibit last year, some wonderful new opportunities have come along. You will hear about them here first!
We are buzzing with excitement as we prepare for Jacqueline de Jonge to arrive from the Netherlands. This time next week we’ll be in the middle of her 3-day workshop. Then a week later I’ll be on my way up to Winnipeg and Churchill to photograph the Polar Bears!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
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eQuilter Classroom:
Oct 8-10 – Jacqueline de Jonge – Enchanting Stars & Dream Flight – Registration CLOSING
Nov Charity Sewing Day – TBA
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson
June 1-5 2020 – Paula Nadelstern
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
Oct 16-22 – Winnipeg & Churchill, Manitoba Canada
Oct 25-31 – Quilt Market & Festival – Houston
Nov 13-17 – Color Marketing Group – Tuscon AZ
Jan 24-29, 2020 – Tokyo Quilt Festival – 1 day with Lisa Walton’s Japan Tour
Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX
