Sewing machine?

 

 

Victorian Crazy Quilt

 

Old Knitted Socks

 

Lace work and a sampler

 

 

Spinning by the window

 

Early Summer daze... or is that days...

Well summer vacation has officially started here in Camden. No snow days to make up. Where as the south had tons of snow we had hardly none...
I want to post some pictures here of Fiber Arts, well from the 1700s and 1800s-1900s. It was great to see those things on display, all from that house and have been there for 220 years!!. The pictures I took at the Conway House Museum here in Camden -Rockport Historical Society.
When I get back from my vacation I will have photos of my sister-in-law's alpacas. I may be able to see them being sheared :-)
Well onto photos.

On Writing

Well the last few days have been great days for my writing. I have been cranking out between 16-18 pages. Yesterday after a very full day of writing and research that goes along with my current project I started editing my older work "The Lioness". I think it was 9:30 or closer to 10pm before I got the portion edited and on my other blog, MuseofaMaineWriter which is at authormarycarver.blogspot.com
This weekend I will post some pretty cool photos of older forms of fiber arts. The photos were taken at The Conaway Museum. The house was owned by my Grandfather (father's father).
This next week I will be traveling to Oregon and visiting with my in-laws. My sister-in-law who is Prof at George Fox University also raises Alpacas. I love working with Alpaca yarn. Can't wait to see where my stash comes from.

Oh to see this on a book cover...

Below is a link of a photo that I think all will agree would be lovely to see on the cover of a Romance Novel...

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20287127,00.html

It's of Bret Michaels in Revolutionary Garb in an article called Tales of Passion and looking too hot for the pages...
My writing is going well. Second day of 4000 or more words. It's starting to really hum! I'm up to over 200 pages on this work. I am also enjoying posting my older work on MuseofaMaineWriter for friends to see. It reminds me of why I love to write. I don't like to just write in one time period or genre. If a story presents itself I write it. I have a few paranormal stories that are still on the back burner BUT they will have to wait for now as I can picture three books connected to this currant project.
Well since I have done so much writing this morning I have a ton of house work to do.
I love to write but the house won't clean it self.

Soup and Nuts

Well it's a early Saturday morning and it's raining with a bit of Thunder and Lightning thrown into the mix.
My youngest one is up and chattering away so my thoughts are a jumble... I am hoping a week from today will be sunny as it's Daniel's Birthday party. I am planning on having it outside.
My writing has been going great. Yesterday I managed to get 4000 words done. I have been averaging about 2000-2500 words but things really flowed yesterday which made me extremely happy. When we go on vacation I will have to print off my work and bring it along with me to edit. That way I can still be working on it. I have also started another blog and am posting (in order) my other book that I finished a while ago... It gives me a chance to work on that again, with editing it after so long but to try and get my work out there for people to see and read
Well the thunder is a bit much and the power flickered for a bit so I am off here...

Early Morning, field of Lupine

 

Just waking up