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I have a real soft spot in my heart for
Rescue Airedales, since I fostered a couple
of Rescues and adopted Erin in 1999. During
the next 7 years Erin and I competed in
Agility, Obedience and Rally and earned 20
titles in those sports! Erin was a wonderful
girl who I will miss always. Erin's story,
half written by her first owners and half
written by me, can be found at
"Edith/Erin".
Our current dogs are Argus, a cuddly 10-year
old boy and Cait, a 2-year old. They enjoy
zooming around the house together and doing
cute dog tricks to convince me to give them
treats. They are a lot of fun and keep me
busy. I now compete in Agility, Competition
Obedience and Rally with Cait.
Right before Erin came to live with us in
1999, I joined the fledgling Airedale
Quilting Bee. We have been making quilts to
benefit Airedale Rescue for 10 years now. It
is wonderful to be able to share my two
passions, quilting and Airedales, with other
women who feel the same.
My biggest function in this group is to help
with the artistic side of the quilt. I
sometimes design the general setting of the
quilt when it is to be one large picture
such as “Friends for Life”, “Annette’s
House” and the “Circus” quilt. I draw
pictures that become patterns for some of
the blocks and I write guidelines for making
and designing the blocks. I have assembled
several of the quilt tops and have even
quilted a few.
In real life, I am a USDA Scientist and
Professor of Entomology (creepy crawly bugs)
at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN.
My lab does research on wheat genes that
defend the plant against attack by the
Hessian fly. In addition to hugging
Airedales and quilting, my hobbies include
training for and competing in dog agility
and obedience and rally, teaching agility
classes, playing hammer dulcimer, hiking in
the woods and canoe camping with my
Airedales and my husband Greg. |
