So here’s the trade-off. I went to bed early, before midnight even, because I knew I had to be up early today for a parent meeting. Hard to do on the first day of the week. But that meant that (a) I got no art done last night and (b) I couldn’t sleep well. Seems I have to be exhausted to sleep through. The coyotes didn’t help. Neither did the puppy’s response to coyotes. Shocking that. But I’m not sure I feel any more rested than if I’d stayed up another hour or so. Oh well. I tried. I was tired when I went to bed…it just didn’t translate into sleep when I made it into bed unfortunately…meditative breathing and all.
I did manage to get the binding fabric (s?) for the quilt under the machine, even if I didn’t get any quilting done. I lied…I quilted for about 12 minutes until the thread broke…I was going to go until the bobbin thread ran out, so I could take the quilt with me to the store to pick the binding, but then it broke, so that was an easy decision. I have most of three more sides to do. Two are pretty easy…the third has a huge chunk into the design, so it will take a while. I’ll get it done.
I can never buy just one. I think I already have the blue on the right. Awkward.
So it’s one of the two bottom blues. I like the one underneath, but I’m not sure if it will be too much color change for the binding. So I got the top one too. I can use it for sleeves. The sleeves on this thing are pretty huge. So I’ll finish quilting sometime this week. It just keeps taking longer and longer to get done. And I need to get the other one(s) started.
The best part of yesterday was the dog walk…hike…longness that tired them out.
It was a beautiful day, although chilly…
I really wished I lived in an oak grove. They’re so beautiful. I’d just stand outside and stare at them all day.
This is Crestridge Ecological Reserve…
It’s not too far from us…farther than we usually go on a weekday, but we were there at 2 PM or so.
A benefit of having the day off. The clouds looked ominous at times, in places…
But there was no sign of rain until we headed home…
Which is a good thing, because at some point, we were hiking through stream beds that were still damp and squishy from the last storm.
Usually we walk the dogs for about 3 miles…this was longer, a little over 4.
And we took a different way back, so that was cool.
Definitely greener than usual. We’re over 12 inches of rain this year.
That’s a lot for us.
Fire danger in summer will be bad.
We did tire them out though.
Tired me out too…probably why I didn’t get much done except grading last night. I’m really trying to get caught up. I don’t want to spend every waking moment grading, really.
Anyway. Off to work, long day. Hopefully I’ll have some energy at the end to quilt and/or draw. I like progress. It’s funny that I had the whole day off and didn’t get any art done…except buying fabric. Oh well. I seem to be more efficient when my day is full of stuff I have to do.
*U2, The Unforgettable Fire
Kathy Nida 