Winter in Ohio…Brrrr……

Here in Ohio it his has been one of the coldest, snowiest winters in memory (mine anyway). The weatherman finally verified that February was a record breaker for snowfall; over thirty inches. I have to admit that winter has always been the bane of my existence. I usually shiver from the end of November until spring gets a good grip sometime in April. This year was different. Two years ago I purchased a new home. My old one was a little doll house, but three people couldn’t turn around in my living room without aomeone getting injured, and it did not have a dedicated space for a studio. I was getting really tired of having to clear off the dining room table whenever anyone came to visit, or worse yet, not inviting friends or family over because I didn’t want to clean up the mess. (My realtor remarked that my dining room “looked liked Santa’s workshop”). Anyway, the upshot of the matter is that I moved because I realized that I needed a studio in order to continue to grow as an artist, and my new home has a lovely one. Back to winter… This year I have spent much of my time in the studio, designing a new series of quilts called Homeplace (more on that in another posting), setting up a website http://www.SueKingArts.com/, listening to great music on my CD player and watching it snow. Too snowy to go to work? Like the Aussies say, no problems. I stay home and sew in my PJ’s. This has been a very productive winter and other than consuming way too much hot chocolate I have hardly noticed.