Kim Ibarguen LaPolla

The pumpkin brigade awaiting deployment around the property

In case you didn’t know, the album cover for Hope Is the Thing with Feathers is actually an image of six-by-six-foot patchwork quilt made by textile artist Uzoma Samuel Anyanwu, based on a photograph by Ebru Yildiz. Two days before the album came out, I finally got to see this masterpiece in person.

Getting while the getting is good. A freeze is coming soon.

Quilt artist Jane Sassaman is teaching a retreat style workshop at artworkshop.com (Catskill Region of NY) this December.

Just sold. Rabbits in the Flowers - a 20" x 16" fabric collage mounted on a stretched canvas.

Interested in an abstract pastel workshop? Check out this one with Debora Stewart. artworkshops.com

There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.

Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Time for a harvest and some relaxing stitching. This is one of a series of cross stitch designs I've created (totally without AI, of course).

Remind you of anyone? Ok, that wasn’t an appropriate thing to say about this innocent little snake just minding his own business by hanging out in a hydrangea in the rain, but so many “snakes” come to mind when seeing a slithering creature

Meta is kicking people off their sites for no apparent reason. I just got kicked off the thread thing for "violating community standards" - I hardly ever post and when I do it's about art, gardens, or dogs.

I despise people who design outdoor sconces and post lights. Did people think that the light bulbs would never have to be changed? Access to the bulbs are only by unscrewing tiny knobs, easily corroded and that disappear in the shrubbery if dropped. Why can't hinges be used or a simple latch door?

Ah, Spring

Just upgraded to Mac OS Tahoe. Nothing to do with the os, but aaah I’m loving the beautiful and peaceful look of the default screen of Lake Tahoe. I miss going to that lake.

A new year dawning. Happy New Year!

I always love that the deer tracks look like the tracks of cross country skiers. This am in the Catskill region of New York

Good morning!

Light in the Forest 40"x40" Art Quilt

First decent snow of the season. I love to wander the gardens to see how the snow has decorated the plants. This makes me think of a porcupine #gardens

Word of the Day: MUMPSIMUS – someone who obstinately sticks to their old ideas in spite of evidence that they are wrong.

French brioche - un-assembled

Garden color. The last of the snapdragons, this one pretending to be from another plant.

“Untethered to the facts” is putting it nicely…

Just a bright spot for the day.

HUGELY Important.

"I hope you're doing ok. If you're feeling lost, take an art class.

My latest inn garden update to our blog as just been posted: www.greenvillearms.com/inn-blog/hows-it-growing-may-22-2025 Dahlias, vegetable seedlings, gooseberries, and more

Another art world casualty - received notice that MacPherson's Art Supply, a wholesale company relied on by small art supply stores, including our own, has suddenly shutdown. Anyone know of another US based company. MacPherson's was the largest. #artists #artsupplies #indieartsupplyshops

A new garden update blog post is now available: www.greenvillearms.com/inn-blog/hows-it-growing-may-8-2025. This is at our inn in upstate NY. #gardening

This paragraph is the crux of everything relating to niche hobby industries and why every single hobby that relates to physical objects (specialized electronics, scale models, model railroads, gunpla, stitching, sewing) is either going to be heavily impacted or, more often than not, vanish entirely:

Must add my obligatory daffodil pic. These are some early bloomers in the cottage house border at our inn, Greenville Arms 1889 Inn, in NY #gardens

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

Anyone out there who recognizes this? I keep it as a memory as it was also the year my daughter was born and she was there with me at this conference. #hp3000 #hp

Life and fascism are happening at the same time... Order your garden seeds and keep a record of Nazi and fascist players in the government. Play with the grandkids and write a letter to the editor. Make supper and make a phone call to your Representative. jesspiper.substack.com/p/juxtaposit...

My art in our art supplies shop. These are two recently finished stitched paintings.

“Uncertain Path” 20” x 20” Stitched painting

Someone mentioned dahlias this morning and that got me browsing my pics from last year. Can’t wait for our cutting garden to be bursting with color once again

I'm enjoying all the new fiber arts follows! But just a suggestion, a description of your interests in your bio or a couple of introductory posts would be helpful. When all I see is name and nothing else I'm hesitant to follow back, so I usually don't until I learn a little more about you.

Is it over yet?

“Outta Here” one of my series of angry rabbits. #artquilt #rabbitart

Dalmatian puppies. Just because

Mindful stitching on a snowy day #artquilt #handstitching #valdanithread

Enjoying the peace of a quiet snowfall