It’s 9:30 AM in the middle of the week and I have already showered and been to the chiropractor and I am not at work, because Veterans’ Day, random holiday in the middle of the week, thanks to the veterans, especially those in my family, although I’m distinctly not pro military or war or all that stuff, I realize they didn’t really always have a choice about their service. But certainly being under this presidency and watching the war people do stupid shit, it’s not OK that people are dying for that, on both sides. So maybe today is about that. I do appreciate the day off anyway, even though my to-do list is 8 miles long. It’s fine. At least I’m not trying to do all these things AROUND my day job for once.
I’m sans sewing machine for a couple of days…took it in for a cleaning and an adjustment and a ‘please figure out how to put this part back that fell out’ kinda thing. It’s OK, because I can sandwich the one smaller piece and I can trim the other one and find/cut binding for it, and honestly, I might be embroidering many hours on this one.
I do one thing and then it tells me to do another thing and then in the middle of the night, I think of yet another thing.
Yeah there’s no real plan. Just make it less flat.
The owl totally needed those eyes and beak. I may do the feet too. Who knows.
I like to do this stuff. I just don’t usually have time on a big quilt with a deadline.
These are little quilts with deadlines.
And they’re quite a ways out. So I’m good. Just looking at these pictures made me think of more things to embroider on it.
I made this pinch pot over a year ago with some leftover clay. I used some leftover glaze to put one layer on and started sgraffito and then it got set aside in a damp box forever. I rehydrated it in the last month, wiped most of the underglaze off with the wet paper towels I used to rehydrate it and the mold it was growing, reglazed, carved some things, and glazed some more.
I need to glaze a few more things and then clean up the lines and let it dry. Get it off my shelf! I love that you can bring clay back like that. So weird.
So my reminder to put the sewing machine in the car went a little wrong.
Luckily I figured it out.
I keep this in mind…although January and on will be the proof.
And this…still remembering this.
Start there and then go after the boss.
There’s been a lot of wildlife around these days. Here’s two mornings ago…
And then this morning…
I feel like the wolf urine I spread is not very effective at the moment. Also beautiful animal but stay away from my dog.
Obviously interrupted a conversation here. Been a while since I’ve seen these in the yard…heard them, but haven’t seen them. Right now, I’m listening to about 50 parrots yelling in my trees. It’s fun but loud.
OK. Today. Gotta deal with some stuff for the ex; the girlchild and boychild are both gone. He has plenty of food and becoming more mobile, hopefully a bunch more today, but we’ll see. I also have pilates and book club today, and about 60 tests left to grade, plus I need to order some stuff, buy some stuff, clean some stuff. And enter a show. And stand outside in the sun for a bit. Read my book. Be at peace for a bit. That would be cool.
