Day One - Family Time

I had an outstanding time with my family today. I took a lot of photos these are just a few of them.


Family reflection on the Bean.

My Nephew with his daughter.


Me, My Twin Brother and our Sister

Family resting in The Chicago Cultural Center in the cool air conditioning. It was good!
Tomorrow I will show some of the tile work from the Cultural Center, it would make great quilt designs.

Hope everyone had a great day!


Debbi
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©2006 - 2008 DubiQuilts

Downtown Chicago

Our day in Millennium Park on the lake front in Chicago at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion and Bean.
The Symphony Orchestra was practicing at lunch time. I am amazed how great the sound is out in the field under the speakers. Click on the video I did with my camera.




Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Paul with Billy

Me with Billy

The Bean

This is me taking a photo of our reflection on the side of the Bean.

Looking up at the middle of the Bean

I worked many years ago in the building to the left of the Santa Fe building.Hope Everyone is Enjoying Their Weekend!

Debbi
dubiquilts@dubiquilts.com (email)
©2006 - 2008 DubiQuilts

WIP - Wednesday 02-14-2007

Happy Valentine's Day

Today I will continue working in my siggy blocks.

Some of you have asked what is the Bean. The real name is Cloud Gate and the nick name is The Bean. The Bean is a sculpture in Millennium Park on the lake front in Chicago. Here is a link to a website all about The Bean The photo below I took in Dec 2006. It was sunset and raining. You can see the reflection of the building in downtown, the Christmas lights, people and me in the middle taking the photo.
Have A Great Day!

Debbi

dubiquilts@dubiquilts.com (email)

The Eighth Night Of Hanukkah

I have had a busy 2 days. On Wednesday I went downtown Chicago with my son Billy. While he was at his appointment I went to the the Chicago Cultural Center to see the Material Difference: Soft Sculpture and Wall Works. Billy and I meet at Harold Washington College so Billy could register for a class he is taking next semester. He goes to University of Illinois at Chicago but needs to take an extra class. We then went to the Daily Center and walked around the Kriskindle Market. We also went to the Thompson Center. Here are some photos I took.

Daily Center: Menorah before the bulb for the 6th night was lit.

Daily Center: Christmas Tree
Millennium Park: The Bean


Thompson Center Looking up
Millennium Park: Ice Skating

On Thursday I clean the house and then in the afternoon we headed to a small airport in Northern Illinois to get Jacob. His NJROTC unit was coming back from San Diego. I was not sure they would land because of the rain and fog. I take my hat off to the Navy pilots who landed that plane they did a great job. Jacob was so excited about his trip. He had a great time. Today he is in bed with a migraine. The poor kids gets a migraine at least once a month. We have tried to figure what triggers them but have been unable to do so.

Last night and today it rained so hard my back yard is flooded. I always wanted lake front property but not like this. Two of my dogs hate water and the third who is a black lab could not care if the water was up to her nose. She just plays in it.

Thank-you everyone who commented about my Christmas trees, decorations, tree skirt and quilts. The hexagon quilt I purchased two years ago at an antique shop. When I brought it home I hung it outside to make sure it had no bugs. I went in the house for a minute and when I came back outside the quilt was gone. As I looked in the back yard my black lab was running with the corner of the quilt in her mouth. When I got to her and the quilt she had already chew off six inches of the bottom. Pieces of fabric and batting were all over the yard and she was very proud of her deconstruction job. No I did not yell at her because she was just a puppy and I should not of left the quilt where she could get it. The other quilt is a trip around the world that my husbands grandmother made. This was my first handmade quilt and got me started quilting.

Over the holiday I am going to change my blogger template. I am not sure what links I will loose but I have a backup of the HTML code and should be able to fix the links. I also want to create a custom banner. So if you can not find me it is because I destroyed my blog HTML code.

Happy Hanukkah and Have A Great Night!

Debbi