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January 19 Coldest Day So Far in 2012

January 19th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Weavin' Wicker Woman Blog

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Sunrise Angora, MN 1-18-12 7:58 a.m.

Although these progression sunrise pictures are spectacular and warm looking, they are deceiving! It’s not warm up here in Northern Minnesota!

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8 a.m. Sunrise Angora, MN 1-18-12

Yesterday when these shots were taken the temperature was -9 degrees, the coldest it’s been so far this winter up here.

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Sunrise 8:02 a.m. Angora, MN 1-18-12

But now TODAY is a totally different ballgame! Our temperature outdoors with NO windchill was an actual -21 degrees! Just so you are clear about this, that’s BELOW ZERO as evident by the indoor-outdoor thermometer we have right here by the dinning table.

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Coldest day so far in 2012 at -21 degrees 1-19-12 Angora, MN

But I heard on the radio that our close neighbor to the north, International Falls, MN (the official ice-box of the nation) had -22 degrees, beating us by one degree! Stay warm, ya’ll and let me know what it’s like in your neck of the woods by leaving a comment below.

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Next Week–Our 38th Wedding Anniversary!

June 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Weavin' Wicker Woman Blog

Next week John and I will be celebrating our 38th Wedding Anniversary!

John & Cathryn Peters wedding 6-23-73

John & Cathryn Peters Wedding Day 6-23-73

John & Cathryn Peters 6-17-11

John & Cathryn Peters 6-17-11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


John Fritz Peters
and
Cathryn Jungroth
Married in Lake City, MN
23 June 1973

Children and Grandchildren

Hans & Heidi (Strack) Peters
John François Peters
Oliver Diesel Peters

Joe & Margaret (Peters) Rouleau
Lillian Teckla Rouleau

John’s Parents
Hans Joachim (77, 2004) & Dorothy (Schroeder) Peters

Cathryn’s Parents
John William (81, 2011) & Phyllis (Vehrs) Jungroth

John’s Siblings
Mark  Peters (49, 2001)
Amy Peters

Cathryn’s Siblings
James Jungroth
David Jungroth
John Jungroth

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Natural Selection 2.0 Exhibit Opens Feb. 1st — Monday Mention

January 31st, 2011 · Comments Off · Weavin' Wicker Woman Blog

Natural Selection 2.0 “contemporary art meets nature” Hidden Cargo-antler sculpture-Peters
February 1st – April 1st, 2011
Dakota State University
Madison, South Dakota

Natural Selection Profile #10, Cathryn Peters, Angora, Minnesota

‘Fiber artist Cathryn Peters has a passion for deer, elk & fallow antlers. For over 30 years she has honed her skills to elevate her work beyond the confines of traditional basketry into the realm of contemporary craft. Peters actively engages the greater arts community via national exhibitions in venues including the Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts. Her contribution to Natural Selection 2.0 at Dakota State University is greatly appreciated.’ – Destry Sparks, Curator and North Carolina Artist.

Natural Selection 2.0 Exhibition, 2011 Dakota State University

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Natural Selection 2.0 Group Show

January 16th, 2011 · 4 Comments · What's New

Natural Selection 2.0 “Contemporary Art Meets Nature” Group Show

Natural Selection 2.0 Exhibition, 2011 Dakota State UniversityAdvertising postcard:  © Margaret Withers, Stealing Entropy, 2010
Resin, pigment, oil, string, painted vellum, 24×24

I am honored to have my willow-antler art work included in the Natural Selection 2.0 “Contemporary Art Meets Nature”  Group Show at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota.

Opening is February 1st, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and the show runs through April 1, 2011.

Karl E. Mundt Gallery at Dakota State University
820 N. Washingston St.
Madison, South Dakota 57042
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/art-gallery/

http://www.artslant.com/ew/events/show/140784-natural-selection-20

Curators Alan Montgomery and Destry Sparks selected 21 artists from the US and one artist from Belgium.

The artists:
Cathryn Peters, Angora, MN
Greg Patch, Surf City, NC
Milbert Whitley, Pantego, NC
Joshua Coombs, Philadelphia, PA
Jane Horner, New Bern, NC
Pamela Zimmerman, Washington, NC
Emily Soldin Howard, Raleigh, NC
Joey Howard, Raleigh, NC
Maxine Masterfield, South Sarasota, FL
Meredith Loughlin, Washington, NC
Neil Loughlin, Washington, NC
Betsy Stewart, Washington, DC
Andrew Fullwood, Chapel Hill, NC
Platon Alexis Hadjimichalis, Brussels, Belgium, European Union
Jenny Hodges, Wilmington, NC
Kiernan McGonnell, Chicago, IL
Margaret Withers, Brooklyn, NY
Peggy Guichu, Phoenix, AZ
Destry Sparks, Greenville, NC

Here’s my piece that is included in the naturals show. It’s an antler-willow sculpture called, “Precious Hidden Cargo” made of diamond willow rods, elk antler slices and rosette, waxed linen and beads. 18″H x 7″D

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Where is Spring?

February 24th, 2010 · Comments Off · Weavin' Wicker Woman Blog

According to what I’ve been reading and hearing lately, spring is supposed to be just around the corner. But up here in Northern Minnesota, you’d never guess that was true! This morning, the temperature was -15 degrees for Pete’s sake!

For example, if you were to scroll down to the bottom of my blog here, you would see the WeatherUnderground banner that tells the time and temperature up here in Angora, MN, and at 9:30 a.m it is reading -9 degrees.

The temperature reading is taken at the small airport about a mile due east of our place, which is also on the same topographical level as ours, kinda on the low side. So the reading taken there is always colder than the one taken in the next “biggest” town of Cook, 5-10 miles to the north.

The sun is out shinning brightly, fooling us into thinking it’s a nice, warm day and spring really is “just around the corner.” But is that really the case?”, I ask you.

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Glorious Day in the Northland!

September 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · Weavin' Wicker Woman Blog

What a beautiful day it is again this morning up here in the northland of Minnesota! These are the views out my back door and the side door to the garage/studio. This one below is to the North.

There was a haze of fog sitting over the willows in the low-land fields early this morning, but now it’s burned off. This view is to the East, looking out over the willows to the black spruce and birch trees.


We are expecting high temperatures of around 80 degrees today, a far cry from the morning temps of 27 degrees last week!

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Labor Day Weekend Vacation

September 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Weavin' Wicker Woman Blog

This weekend my granddaughter Lily (featured in the YouTube video in the last post), and her parents are up here in northern Minnesota at their family cabin on Lake Vermilion.

They will all be coming over here soon and I might even be able to get them to help me harvest more barley and oat straw for those bee skeps I posted about before!

Here’s Joe taking off the seed heads on the oats in 2007.

Here’s some more pictures of the last time they were up when Lily helped me gather willow. She is sooooo into weaving–wait until I post the ones of her helping me weave onion and garlic baskets.

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Brrrrr! It's cold up here!

May 16th, 2007 · Comments Off · Weavin' Wicker Woman Blog

Well, here it is the middle of May and this morning up here in northern Minnesota our temperature was 39 degrees! And about 8:00 am it began to rain, turning into hail, of all things! Don’t that beat all? Now, at 5:15 pm, it’s warmed all the way up to 50 degrees! Cool, huh? At least it keeps the mosquitoes in their place.

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