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We're still waiting for our household goods to be delivered (fingers crossed for next week!) and it's still raining cats and dogs here in Georgia, so I've mostly just been reading and spinning to pass the time. There's a tiny little tin roof over the stoop in the back of the house, so I've actually rather enjoyed listening the rain dance on it. It's a lovely soundtrack to spin to! (read my recent musings about the rain here) I've tried spinning in several different rooms already. The sunroom, of course, sitting on my yoga mat or a blanket and a pillow. The light is so wonderful in there. I tried putting my e-spinner in a windowsill in the little office space off the kitchen (by the tin roof!) and while it makes for pretty pictures in the window, it's too high for me to spin comfortably from any of the seats we currently have. The living room is where all the furniture ended up after trying out the kitchen and the sunroom first. We have a small borrowed couch and three plastic Adirondack style chairs we bought at the PX plus a box for a table. So of course I've done some spinning in there, too. It's not the prettiest set up, I admit! But it's probably the most comfortable. Although I don't mind spinning while sitting in the floor and have considered buying a yoga cushion or two for just that purpose. I'm nearly finished with this pretty little purple colorway. Just one more rolag to go! Perhaps after it's plied and finished I can take it out for some pictures in the amongst some of the prairie verbena that's blooming all over the place right now. But I need it to stop raining so much so I can do that! We sprung a leak above the windows in the sunroom just the other day, actually, and I am currently waiting for someone to come by and either fix it or do some sort of temporary fix until it quits raining so we don't end up with water damage. Apparently, it's a common problem area in these old homes. And all I have to sop up the rainwater is a four pack of kitchen towels! We did sacrifice a bath towel last night, too, and it now has stains from the wet wood floor on it. Hopefully they'll wash out, but I'm not gonna hold my breath. Instead I think I'll go start spinning that last rolag while I wait for maintenance! Hope you have a great weekend, friends. Cheers! -Connie P.S. I got one of my fiber art pieces back from her grand adventures! They included books from both of the exhibitions (one on the Big Island and the other in Shanghai) and it was so cool to compare the two of them. And doesn't she look great!? The dolphins came from my MIL from her time in Hawaii as a Navy spouse, so they seemed a perfect addition to my first little bit of decorating in the new house. |
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Last weekend was the opening reception for the annual Columbus Artists' Guild Member's Exhibition. Since it wasn't a juried show and I simply had to pay to submit one or two pieces of my choosing, I decided to do something a little different for this one. I chose to pair a fiber artwork with one of the photographs I took of some flowers that helped inspire the tapestry. Flowers: Fiber Art: The flowers are humble little blooms. Sneezeweed, in fact, they're called. Which I think is rather...
I just finished up a special little project. Well. Actually. I hope it's just the beginning of a special little project! One of my very first self-published crochet patterns was for some thread crochet flower hairclips I was making during my last days of attempting to sell at local markets. Each one had a double layer of five petals and I added a button to the center, too. They were cute! Every so often I revisit this pattern. Usually, it's just to use up a little bit of leftover yarn. I've...
On Saturday I dragged the fam to LaGrange for some Midnyt Burgers and an art show. Aren't we cute!? Okay, so I think the kid was more excited about the smash burgers than the art, oh AND the snacks at the reception, but he did all right. And my darling husband did the driving and even a little picture taking so I didn't really have to drag them. LaGrange has a cute little downtown area and I think we all enjoyed the trip in our own way. Bird mural at the Art Museum, where the other half of...