“O CHRISTMAS TREE” – LORELIE & TIM OLSON
Over the past many years, our Christmas trees have been symbols of family traditions and reflected our home spaces and life stages.
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Over the past many years, our Christmas trees have been symbols of family traditions and reflected our home spaces and life stages.
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Meet Agnes, an ordinary gray tabby with an extraordinary talent for mischief and adventure.
A scrawny kitten when the Rasmussen family rescued her from a funeral home, she is now a confident, clever, and mischievous nearly one-year-old cat.
Join Agnes in AGNES’S FIRST CHRISTMAS, as she observes the strange but delightful activities of humans during the holidays. When she realizes that the trimmed tree and wrapped presents are not meant for her playthings, how can she discover other ways to celebrate Christmas?
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Our featured artist this week is quilter Gina Wilkins. This virtual quilt show is another example of her love of making seasonal quilts, and features favorite Christmas quilts from her extensive collection. She has used varied techniques as well as some unusual fabric and color choices.
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Keith and Kathy Biever were always welcome Thanksgiving guests, and joined us again in Sitka for our 2018 holiday. Kathy and Tim took a long walk to the harbor, where Kathy took pictures of Paul’s former troller, “Valiant Hunter,” and his current troller “Pacific Flyer.” The two hungry hikers and the rest of us decided
PHOTOS BY KATHY BIEVER & Lorelie Olson – TEXT BY Lorelie Olson We have had several memorable Thanksgivings in Sitka with Paul and Toni, their friends (both human and canine), our mutual friends Keith and Kathy Biever, and great-grandson Orion. All included delicious food, shopping early for Christmas, and exploring the many delights of Sitka.
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Lorelie and Tim are inviting you to enjoy photos of the Olson family from pictures in the 70’s to the 2000’s taken in 6 different homes.
“In autumn, above every other season, it is possible to have a great harmony between the garden and the larger landscape of fields and meadows and roadsides.” Allen Lacy – THE GARDEN IN AUTUMN “Karl Forster” tall grass Sedge, “Karl Forster” by Maple & Pond Close up of Sedge Lacy’s photographs of autumn gardens featured
The featured artist in our first virtual quilt show is Judy Sternberg, a long-time quilter and member of Plain Lazy Quilters. Judy has a special talent for choosing fabrics, colors and design elements; she is also noted for her skills in stitching and appliqué. Her quilting has resulted in useful as well as beautiful fiber art, including table runners, wall hangings, baby quilts, and bed quilts.
ENJOY THE SHOW!
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A Pacific Northwest native, I have been writing poetry over 40 years. My poems reflect a woman’s journey through the later years, with recurring themes of loss and renewal. I have read at many local poetry venues and am a member of Seattle Poets Table. My first book, If the Moon Came Out Only Once
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The goal of my paintings is to lead the viewer into my world of nature thru abstracted images. I paint because I love the process. From color, composition, line, form and intuition. I approach my work with passion and creative choices.
Landscapes, birds and animals are my current subject matter. As I paint I commune and connect with nature. In the beginning I draw what I see and it becomes what I feel.
During painting I transform familiar objects, representing them just enough for the viewer to make their own meaning from my abstraction while allowing the viewer to take time to appreciate and to personally assess.
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