2. I also felt really good about helping my Venezuelan friend find a refurbished bike to replace the one that was recently stolen. She'd been using it to cart her two young kids around town and was really missing it, so Ben and I took her to Community Cycle which takes donated old bikes and spruces them up for continued use, selling them at reasonable prices. It was a long shot that they'd have what Rei needed, but they did, so big smiles all around.
4. We had a lovely Father's Day, taking a hike with Paul and then driving up the canyon to Nederland for a delicious meal at Cross Cut Pizza, one of our favorite causal places to eat. Turbo went with us and bounded up the steep hike with exuberance.
5. I'm quite delighted with a little fabric artwork I finished the other day and hung over the fireplace yesterday. I was inspired by scraps of the purple and green fabric I used in the border, which was left over from another piece I finished about two years ago. I found it while cleaning up my studio and decided it was too cool not to use in some way. The purple reminded me of eggplants, so I drew a design with two of them and then created them by collaging other scraps that I had around. My critique group helped me with ideas for how to quilt it, I added a piece of fuzzy yarn around the edge, and now it's hanging in the living room next to the blooming artichoke piece that I made a while back. I think they make a good pair!
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