Today was our daughter’s 21st birthday. For those of you who have followed our family’s story, including our adoption story in 2003, you are probably as surprised as I am! How did the years pass by so fast? Sophie Quinn is staying with us for the summer, but is moving to Denver soon to attend MSU Denver. She is working as the assistant house manager for the Colorado Music Festival at Chautauqua Arts Center this summer, plus working as a summer camp counselor at the YMCA several mornings a week. She is a busy young lady. Hmm, I wonder where she gets that from?
I am working on a quilt for an exhibit on endangered pollinators, that will open at the Boulder Museum in August. I am very happy to be back in the studio, working against a deadline.
The baby blue jays in the nest at our back door, seem to have fledged and flown on to their lives in the big wild world. Sophie and I were musing today that this is a metaphor for her life now. Yesterday the mama blue jay sat on the babies, pushing them down after they perched on the edge of the nest looking at the big wide world. But they peeked out from under her feathers…their curiosity was irrepressible. Good luck little birdies. We will miss hearing your squeaky high-pitched cries when Mama came to feed you.
Thanks to all the friends and quilters and aunties in our community who have been part of the village that helped to support our daughter. As our youngest child leaves the nest soon, Paul and I also will be moving on to a new chapter in our lives. More time in the studio!
sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul
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Travel/Quilt Calendar:
July 4-12 – Helsinki & Savonlinna, Finland
August 18-24 – Bear Camp – Homer Alaska
Sept 28-30 – AQSG Seminar – Louisville, KY
