The Taos Open was back in September. This fall has been busy and I have so much to blog about! Here I am outside the reception:
And here’s me with my art up on the wall. So exciting!
The embroidery didn’t show up in these pics but it’s there. More pics of The Portal soon!
Here’s me, Grant and Abbey at the reception:
Peaceful Skies is a grass roots group dedicated to keeping the airspace above us free and safe from military intrusion.
We are currently organizing against the Low Altitude Tactical Navigation (LATN) planned by Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico. Their aim is to have low level flyovers (as low as 200′) at night over wilderness and populated rural areas in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
Although our initial imperative is concerning New Mexico & Colorado, we welcome all peaceful people to start their own chapter of Peaceful Skies locally.
You can read Taos News stories about this here and here.
Want to help? To voice your opposition please contact:
Senator Bingaman
800-443-8658
http://bingaman.senate.gov/
Cannon Air Force Base
(575)784-4131
27SOWpublicaffairs @ cannon.af.mil
http://www.cannon.af.mil/
http://www.cannon.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100820-041.pdf
Taos News
(575)758-2241
editor @ taosnews.com
If you’re on Facebook check Peaceful Skies Coalition’s page.
Next meeting is October 11th from 6:30-9:00pm at the Kit Carson Board Room.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch was playing as part of Taos Gay Pride. I love Hedwig and of course wanted to support Taos gays so I had to go. But two of my friends canceled out on me. Thebes couldn’t go because they serve popcorn when showing movies.
Going out to events alone is one of my biggest social anxiety fears. I get all nervous, my stomach knots and I often cry. But I was determined to see Hedwig. So I put on my big girl panties, grabbed my knitting and headed out the door.
And I did it! I had the typical stomach butterflies but I did it. I even saw a couple people I knew at the event. My favorite aunt gave me a necklace of my Uncle Marvin’s when we visited during our Midwest vacation. He died of AIDS when I was a little girl. Though I didn’t know him long he had a huge effect on me. He was a gay man so I wore his necklace to Hedwig in his memory:
I brought along my Sugas Lotus Blossom top to work on. Two women came up to talk to me about it. Knitting in public is a great conversation starter. Knitting really helped calm my nerves while sitting all by myself.
Hedwig was awesome to see on the big screen. The drag show beforehand was fun as well. Yay for Gay Pride in Taos! My friend Bevin said they may play Rocky for next year’s Pride and I said I am so in. Thebes said he’d buy a gas mask to come for that, bless him. (The popcorn in the air makes his throat swell up.)
If you haven’t seen Hedwig I recommend it. I laughed, I cried, I sang along. Goddess I love this movie!
While in Silver City Thebes and I stopped at the local yarn store Yada Yada Yarn.
This was a nice store and they had great customer service.
I bought some Noro lace yarn. What will I make with it? I have no clue. But Noro lace yarn? I had to have it in my stash.
If you visit Silver City definitely check them out.
After El Paso, Thebes and I drove back to NM.
There’s some fun gas stations in this state.
We had heard Silver City was a cool town and decided to visit.
Northern New Mexico was still snow covered in March so we were looking forward to warmer temps in the southern part of the state.
Yeah I know!
We still had a fun visit. We went to some art galleries.
And visited some thrift stores. This jacket was super groovy and reminded me of my friend Ellen:
It was quite the arty town.
This cabin was by the visitor center and was used in a movie that was filmed there.
After Silver City we drove back home.
A gang of us met at El Gamal for lunch and knitting.
I had heard good reviews of their food. I had an eggplant sandwich, a side of baba ganoush and a drink of lemonade with mint. Inspired by Ellen’s great restaurant reviews I took a picture of my meal.
It was delicious and I look forward to trying more of their menu.
Meredith and Abbey posed for a pic.
Laura joined us too but I didn’t get a picture of her. The four of us had a lovely lunch.
Meredith brought along some of her spinning. Isn’t it lovely?
In March Thebes and I went on a road trip. We drove down to El Paso so he could get dental work in Mexico.
On the way down we drove through Las Cruces, NM. One of the rest areas has a giant roadrunner made of trash.
A close up of the head.
It’s quite large. Definitely over ten feet high.
A view of the back wing:
I loved it! It’s so funky and cool.
Thebes took a picture of me taking a picture.
The roadrunner was so big Thebes could stand underneath it.
More info about the roadrunner can be found at Roadside America.
Bigger pictures can be found at my NM TX Road Trip Flicker set.
Last month I wanted to take Sieben somewhere new. There’s a nice trail by the Rio Grande Gorge rest area. Here’s a classic shot:
Sieben strikes a pose:
On the walk we encountered some tourists who complimented Sieben on his handsomeness. That’s my boy!
There was some spring snow in the Gorge.
We had a fun walk. Then we drove to the Taos Cow and shared a sandwich and chips.
I figured I’d buy a mix of fleece and yarn at this year’s fest. Instead I bought lots of yummy fiber and no yarn at all.
This is West by Southwest handpainted wool roving. It’s course wool so I’m thinking some kind of outer wear garment. Maybe a hat? It’s 4 oz. so I’ll probably pair it up with some other handspun.
The next two bags are from Lonesome Stone. Last year I got to their booth too late and they were practically sold out of their fleece. This year I made sure to get there early.
Both bags are 90% alpaca and 10% merino wool roving. I’ve started spinning the periwinkle roving and it is heavenly to spin. I love it so much!
I bought some dyed mohair locks for my mother and green man art pieces. The vendor Marie, from the Durakai Sheep ranch, was very helpful and gave me some great advice about needle felting.
Sunday I walked around and tried to buy yarn. Here’s what I got instead:
Llama fleece. It’s such a lovely natural color and feels so soft. I couldn’t resist.
I have so much yummy fabric to spin. I’m really grooving with my spinning wheel these days.
Every year the Taos Wool Festival is so much fun. What a wonderful weekend.
At the Ravelry tent I met Ellen (and her husband Larry) from Los Angeles. She made this cute crocheted headband.
This rocking horse from Ellen’s Wooly Wonders had a knit giraffe animal on it’s head. That and the monkey cracked me up.
Some pretty dried flowers.
This guy walked by me wearing this awesome hat. I asked if I could take his picture and he gave it to me to try on. It’s a wild one! Warm too.
One of Merce’s felt skulls.
A buffalo felt purse. Expensive but oh so pretty.
Thebes thought this one looked cool. It looks so manly.
Yarn goodness.
A knit hat. I need to make one for myself one of these days.
A pretty spinning wheel.
Some felt bags in the Lonesome Stone booth.
A pretty felt bag with dyed mohair locks detail.
A gorgeous woven shrug.
This is the biggest skein I’ve ever seen. The vendor told me it was 1,400 yards, enough for a sweater.
Laura took this funny pic of me.
She also took this picture of Benk, a spinner and knitter from Santa Fe. She spun this vest all from one fleece.
Another pic of my ribbon because I’m still excited about it.
These little goats were so cute. I wanted to take them home.
These two were cute as well.
I simply adore alpacas. They are just beautiful creatures.
Next up-the goodies I brought home.