Patt with Two T's

 More ice dyeing in Sonora. I dyed toddler onesies, long and short sleeves, silk scarves, and about several sets of napkins to pair with beaded napkin rings.  I am ready for Open Studios! Also been making new earrings. Somehow I've become obsessed with spirals.

 I love when my brain starts almost frying with new design ideas. I saw something on Pinterest in this shape, then made it my own. The pictures were hurriedly taken with my phone, so hopefully I'll work on better ones soon.  The first two necklaces are mostly beads purchased in the Czech Republic. Outer two strands were purchased at the factory. These beads are vintage--from the 1950's. They clear ones are lucite, and I'm unsure what the gold ones are. They're lightweight so the necklace isn't too heavy to wear. Nov. 19 & 20 10am - 5pm Open Studios on the San Mateo County Mid-Coast www.colonyofcoastsideartists.com

             LAST DAYS PART II  I mentioned the giant escalators earlier and wanted to show what they look like. Getting on them should be sort of easy ... like just walking on, but I jumped every time. They're really fast and steep. I noticed on our last night the people on the other side look like they're bent forward going down; it has a weird prospective. A guy passed us going up and his legs looked shorter than they were too.  There really is no privacy anymore. These 2 women were not together, but the one on the right was clearly reading what was on the other's phone. This also gives me the opportunity to show the most common dress on young women...short shorts. Anyone remember hot pants? If you do, you're my age! But I bet your mother never wore them to your wedding.  They were under a long skirt, which she did stitch halfway up the front. For our last meal, we decided to try Zsofia's recommendation for authe...

 For the second to last day, we decided to do the Parliament Building tour, which meant going there buying tickets, and the returning on the appointed time, which for us, was 2 hours later. They have tours in many languages and a board shows what times and how many tickets are available.  I started taking pictures on our walk there because every corner turned showed more beautiful buildings.  And this is the Parliament...pretty spectacular on the outside and amazingly ornate and rich inside as well.  We walked around for the next couple of hours, stopping for coffee and a muffin in a local place. Inside was decorated so well, but we chose to sit outside under umbrellas.  I often get intrigued by the shoes people wear for travel and start taking pics of feet instead of sites. One of these days, I might make a collage of shoe pictures from other countries.  Waiting waiting waiting....and we ran into Marcus ...

  Admittedly, I had some trepidations about going to the bath house. The waters are mineral water of varying temperatures ranging from fairly cold to very hot. They have 17 pools of water from which to choose and the place is massive...and beautifully old. We read ahead of time about getting a private cabin for changing and leaving our things. When we arrived, a young man approached us and asked if we needed assistance in understanding what they have to offer. We chose a program that allowed us a cabin, 30-minute massages, wrist bands that got us upstairs into the massage area with unlimited fresh fruit, tea, and water in their Palm House, which was a beautiful setting and very relaxing. We were given rubber wrist bands with a water-proofed RFID chip in it which opened the door to our cabin.  Here's our first view of the outside of Szechenyi Bath House:  We were taken on a guided tour after paying, and I took my phone so I could get photos before lockin...