I arrived here in Nantucket on Sunday. Hot, hot, hot... all connections were great. I flew out of Rutland, VT. and headed to Boston and then out to the island. I taught a full day lampshade workshop on Tuesday at The 1800 House on Mill St. The 1800 House is a wonderful craft school affiliated with The Nantucket Historical Association. I had a full house of students willing and ready to dig in and learn a new useful skill. I planned a full day of work. We started the day making a Square Bell Shade. I brought lots of fabric with me and The 1800 House had lots of treasures, too. After lunch I taught the group to make a small empire shade. Low and behold, everyone thought the empire shade was harder to make than a square shade!!! Surprise for me. I figured it would have been the other way around... Maybe everyone was cross eyed by the end of the day.
Here's to prove I made it to the beach for a little bit. Why did I bring the heaviest book on the shelf. I am trying to make my way into A.S.Byatt's book, A Children's Book. I'm getting the idea a Kindle might just be a good idea if I traveled more. There's nothing like getting my summer reads sandy and a tad wet.
Lots of fun out to dinner with Connie and Polly at Oran Mor. A great find, food was to die for. Pretty food that tastes great. Connie and Polly were also 1800 House instructors; fun to compare notes on our classes and small businesses. Very talented and fun ladies. This seemed like a place not to miss dessert. Check it out below!
Lemon pudding with black raspberries on top w/ biscotti's. oh, la,la. yummy and pretty.
Photo: looking off my shop porch in Pawlet.
Right now I'm sitting at Starbucks at Logan Airport. Just missed my flight from Nantucket by a couple of minutes. We were held at Nantucket due to heavy fog... thought maybe I'd make my Vermont connection, but missed it by seconds. My plane had just started rolling and we were unloading... darn, they tried to call it back with no luck. The planes are little 9 seaters..... I almost could have run out and grabbed it. Too bad. Forced blogging at Starbucks. Not too bad, friendly people and a big decaf. On standby for the 3:40 flight.... guess I may have to flip my seat to the pizza/beer place over my shoulder for the afternoon and wait for the 6 something flight.
Holly Hocks at my house in Pawlet.
It's been a fantastic raspberry season at my house. I am the head berry picker. When we bought our house 20 years ago we had inherited a patch of raspberries from our neighbor Mike. Mike always had the most amazing berries. Over the years our patch has grown and is almost as awesome as Mikes. Mikes berry bushes are found all over town. On good years when the fall frost comes late we'll get a big batch of fall berries, too. It's my job to squirrel some of the berries away into the freezer for winter. I've sort of got the system down. I like to pick heavy and put the really ripe ones into the freezer and onto a sheet tray and then into baggies. I'll keep the ones that are almost ripe out on the counter to ripen over night and they'll be perfect for breakfast.
Here's one last picture from my long and scattered blog post, the best of random photos and hanging at Logan Airport.
I'm showing off my Clematis bush on the front of my house. Super pretty this year.
Judy's cute barn door at home.
Last but not least, another Hollyhocks shot at my shop. Summer is going too fast. We need to savor these steamy days of summer before the raspberries and hollyhocks fad by.
xoxo,
judy
ps it's sort of fun blogging at the airport.