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After finishing Road to Mamers it was time to plan the next tapestry.  Fortunately or unfortunately depending on your perspective I have more tapestry ideas and enthusiasm at this point than skills. I admire the work of tapestry weavers who also draw, sketch and paint, like  Tommye Scanlon ,  Sarah Swett  and  Janette Meetze .  Alas, I do not draw or paint.  I did take a gazillion pictures when Rachel and I were in Arizona though. Each day we were surrounded by gorgeous vistas that took my breath away.  I blogged about it  here. So I went through all the photos, chose one and played with enlarging it and isolating an interesting piece of the picture. The view from our room at Sky Ranch Lodge. With some computer manipulation  I isolated the part I wished to weave and used the cartoon effect to edit the image. I pulled out my Navajo weaving books for inspiration.  Should I border this with some stripes or Navajo motifs to honor the re...

After breakfast at The Coffee Pot we visited the Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park, this is in the heart of Sedona and a lovely place to wander and wonder. There were peace flags throughout the park. Not only beautiful this is also a sacred place. Could we wish for More? We headed to a Sedona Spa where Rachel had us scheduled for luxury pedicures and a sweat lodge massage.  It was my first massage and I was a bit apprehensive but Rachel put me at ease and went first. The massage was wonderful, just when the heat was almost unbearable they put ice cold wraps on my face.  It was a really unique experience.   I never would have booked it but so glad Rachel did! We then headed to one of my new favorite places, Jerome.  We had lunch at the  Haunted Hamburger . Rachel enjoying an adult beverage at the Haunted Hamburger. Do not ask, I do not have a clue what this represents. Rachel in front of a smelter.  Jerome was a mining town that collapsed economically when the m...