
The Quilting Tangler... See what keeps me busy -- quilting, judging, Zentangle art, writing books (I have 13 books published by AQS on quiltmaking, Zentangle Art To Go, and one family cookbook -- Cooking with the Kirklands), my travels, and my favorite hobby - photography... AND what we are doing at the AQS QuiltWeek events. I am a Certified Quilt Judge, and a Certified Zentangle Teacher®. For information on teaching, go to my website: www.bonniebrowning.com.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Adult & Immature Eagles

Eagle Landing
Eagle Cruise on Kentucky Lake

Saturday, January 12, 2008
Kehen Temple - Preparing for Festival

Kehen Temple in Bangli

It has three courtyards connected by steps, and is decorated with carvings and statues. In the first courtyard is a huge Banyan tree, surrounded by walls inlaid with Chinese porcelain. In the next courtyard, multi-roofed shrines (merus) dominate the area. On the right side of this inner courtyard are three throne shrines representing the Hindu Trinity, Brahma, Wisnu and Siwa.
I took a photo of our group on the steps of the temple, accompanied by Mawa, our guide. Since more than 90% of the people on Bali are Hindu, Mawa shared information on their religion with us as we passed many different temples on our travels.
Terraced Fields

It is hard to imagine cutting all of those terraces by hand. And the fields were immaculate - no weeds that we could see.
Lake Tamblingan

Clouds in the Mountains

Grinding the Coffee

Coffee Plantation

The plantation processes two types of coffee. one being much darker than the other.
Ngiring Ngewedang Restaurant/Coffee Plantation

We drove to the summit of the mountain, passing tropical rainforest, and Buyan and Tamblingam lakes to see the unique, traditional Bali Coffee processing at Ngiring Ngewedang Restaurant in the village of Munduk.
Even though it was not the season for picking the coffee beans, we saw the process -- all done by hand. We enjoyed lunch at the Restaurant - with the most spectacular view of the mountains on every side.
Quilters Mingle with the Children

Children at the Elementary School

Altar & Children at the School

Visiting the School on Blessing of the Books Holiday

This was one of my favorite stops on our trip. The children were very excited to see us and we took their photographs enmasse and then in smaller groups. What beautiful children.
Fruit Stand Along the Road

Hauling Wood

Transporting Food to the Fields

These young woman are taking food to the family working in the fields. You can see that they learn to balance baskets on their heads at a young age.
It seemed like goods of all kinds were transported either by baskets on the heads of men and women, or by some kind of boxes or baskets on a motorcycle. And, yes, we did see some delivery trucks too, but people everywhere were carrying things on their heads.
More rice is drying on the tarp in the background.
Drying the Rice Along the Road

Cows Plowing the Rice Paddies

Sifting the Rice

Harvesting the Rice

The haze you see in the photo is smoke from the stalks being burned.
Our bus driver pulled over so we could watch and take photographs.
Rice Paddies

Rice is the staple crop for the residents of Bali. We saw rice paddies all along the roads into the mountains. Here you can see the flooded fields. That water comes from the lakes high up in the mountains, and is diverted for the crops as it flows down the mountains in their irrigation ditches.
Fuel for the Cycles

Taking the Bus Up the Mountain

I've added a Poll to my Blog
I've just added a new Poll to my Blog. Help me choose a theme for my next book...should I do something different, like Lone Stars or Log Cabins, or should I give you more borders or edge finishes?
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Friday, January 11, 2008
Bonnie's Web Site - Schedule & Workshops
Here it is: http://bonniebrowning.tripod.com
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Next We'll Go Up the Mountain
The Batik Studio Shop

Flower Design on Bonnie's Shirt
Rooster Design on Wayne's Shirt
Ta Dah! My Finished Batik!

Boiling out the Wax
Dyeing our Batik Masterpieces

Bonnie Trying Her Hand at Batiking

Batik Stamp
Batik Design Drawn on Fabric
The Canting Tool

Look at the fine tip on this tool. They could spread such a fine line of wax. For the more expensive pieces they would wax both sides of the cloth so it would be the same on both sides.
Some of the less expensive pieces (like those that the street vendors were selling) we very obviously only waxed on one side. Less work, less expensive. More about the street vendors later...
In the Batik Studio

Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Elephants in the Rainforest

Visiting the Batiking Studio


This is Wayne and me after the elephant dropped the ring of flowers over our heads. This elephant also played the harmonica...and he played it better than I could.
This was definitely a fun day!