And last But Not least...........

A little doll I made in 2003 - he had escaped me before being photographed.......got him now!

A wonderful old artist's mannikin.

A well-kept secret - the rather fabulous train station in Los Angeles.

I was able to spend a few days with my dear friend, Georgia, in San Diego. Georgia was the wonderful angel who looked after me when I got desperately ill there in 2003........without her looking out for me, I don't know what would have happened.

Georgia is a wonderful dollmaker - she hides her light under a bushel a bit, but here is some of her work and a few other bits and pieces.

More pics from trip

The stunning view of rural Maryland from Rose's front window.

Kate's gorgeous little girl.

Celia and her wild red-head!

Doris with her beautiful fairy

Ellen's little cutie

At Gettysburg

More............

Annie's Zoziedoll

"Lunar Priestess" - managed to make this piece while 'on the road'

A visit to the "Glitz" in Kentucky

Stone sculpture by Linda Apple

More..........

The famous Apple Chocolate Martini

Beautiful Weeds

Linda Apple goofs off, while Gloria is amused!

Yours Truly and Gloria Winer at the 'Hats 'n Heels Banquet' at AFIC

Water

This is the incredible polished steel sculpture in Millenium Park in Chicago. I am inside it looking up - you can make me out as the small figure in the lower centre of the picture.

Home Again!

Wonderful as it is to travel, there is nothing finer than arriving home after a long trip!

I had a great two months travelling and teaching: met some wonderful new friends, and renewed some friendships of long standing. Thanks to all the great people who took me into their homes, made me welcome and nurtured my body and my soul. Thanks to Stu, Guy and Sandy, David and Rosie, Apple, Gloria, Annie and Michael, Rose and Mike and of course Ted and Georgia in San Diego.

I'm still processing my experiences (and recovering from jet-lag) but here are a few pics - more later.

Update

I just got (gently) roasted by my sister for not updating enough.......so what has happened since my last post?
Well, my 'Discworld' entry won the first place award - I got STUFF! There were some wonderful entries in the challenge, so I feel fairly chuffed that 'Ella Saturday' won.......since I made her, she appears to have a life of her own!
Meeting and staying with Linda Apple in Columbus was a blast, as was meeting Cody, Judy and others I only knew as online presences.
Had a fabulous time at Annie Hesse's teaching a three-day class - what wonderful students - what a great host Annie is! That was in green, green, green Kentucky.
I'm now in Maryland at Rose Gibbon's house in the beautiful Maryland countryside having a few days R&R before a class here at the weekend, and then another one next weekend.

I leave at the end of the month, and due to airline stuff-ups, I can't get home until June 3, so I'll have a couple of nights in Brisbane. Oh well, at least I'll be able to sleep off the jet-lag, if nothing else.

I've got lots of pictures to post when I get home.

All in all, it's been a fabulous trip, but I'm looking forward to getting home now.

AFIC

Hi All!
I'm having a great time here in Columbus, Ohio as a hanger-on at the AFIC conference. It's great to meet other artists, many of whom I have only encountered in the bloggosphere - it's wonderful to put faces to the names and hang out a bit with them.
I'm off to Kentucky next week to teach at Annie Hesse's place - I'm looking forward to seeing her again. I last saw her in 2003, and I was in pretty bad shape - 2003 was my 'annus horribilis' healthwise.