Royal Alberta Museum
Another Exciting Museum
Tansy’s host is currently working at the Royal Alberta Museum daily, and she figured it was time Tansy discovered about more about the museum and Alberta. It was a good afternoon to visit – especially since the weather took a turn for the frigid and was -38 plus windchill.
A New Weaving Project 4
Eating the greens
Eeensy Weensy cucumber sandwiches are not very filling…Constance has to defend our project!
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Insect Damaged Wefts!
Insect damage!
Constance is very concerned to discover that some of the green rug wefts have been badly damaged by ravening insects! She has never seen such enormous mandible impressions!
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More Fun on the Prairies
Birthday fun!
February is a busy birthday month in Tansy’s Winnipeg host family, and Tansy went along to this Birthday Party to help celebrate. It was requested that everyone wear Red, Pink, or Purple, so Tansy fit right in.
A New Weaving Project 3
Rag shuttle
The warp is 100 ends in a 10 dent reed – so the mats will be 10 inches wide… We have two kinds of shuttle to use for rag rugs, for these little mats we’ll use the rag shuttle that Constance is holding.
Prince Igor
Russian War Orphans
Constance was looking forward to Князь Игорь by Alexander Borodin, performed Live in High Definition at the Metropolitan Opera. It tells the story of the Russian Prince Igor and his unsuccessful attempt to repel foreign invaders in 1185. The lyrical music, and the sadness and hopelessness of the survivors after the war made Constance want to rush home and comfort the Russian War Orphans in the doll cupboard…to quote Pete Seeger, “when will they ever learn?”
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