Andrea Drury

Graceful cinquefoil and birdbath

Andrea comes from a family of gardeners. Her grandmother always had a garden behind the boarding house she ran in the small town of Early, Iowa, where Andrea’s father grew up. Her dad was a gardener and both her brothers have beautiful gardens — one in Oregon City and one …

In this episode, Susan Hyne is interviewed by Louise Williams about Susan’s experiences living in co-housing communities.  That is followed by a panel discussion of what lessons from co-housing might apply to community at Rose Villa.  Andrea Drury leads the panel, which consists of Susan Van Voorhis, Karen Morris, Jean …

Steve and Marilyn talk with Andrea Drury about the new website and Andrea takes us on a brief tour of the site. Then Lynn Thomas interviews Patrick Mizelle about his creative process with an emphasis on his current work with collage.

Amigurumi Duck

Andrea Drury (Central)

Andrea crochets baby blankets from time to time, and a few years ago discovered amigurumi dolls. Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures — ducks, lions, foxes, etc.


Baby Blanket
Baby Blanket


Prayer Shawl
Prayer Shawl


Amigurumi Duck
Amigurumi Duck


Amigurumi Fox
Amigurumi Fox


Amigurumi Lion
Amigurumi Lion


Amigurumi Duck
Amigurumi Duck

Doug Walker talks with the “Four Sisters” — Judy O’Dell, Jean Walker, Joan Taylor, and Joyce Jensen. Gail Katagiri talks with Kate Birdsall and Andrea Drury about their travels and collecting pictures in all the places named in Johnny Cash’s song “I’ve Been Everywhere.”