The brown shirt is done and includes a secret message on the inside of the hem:
I need to remember this.
Hearing them, looking up and watching the geese shift positions. Imagining...what is it like to fly like this? Their wings glinting (what made me think of that word?) with sunshine.
I didn't get as far as I wanted, but it's a start.
Reminds me of making mud pies and mud stew on the porch as a child. The browns are soil from the garden, the pink is a sample sent as a supply for class.
Day #5's goal is met:
Four squares, zero waste as the fabric cut for the neckline goes in the collection bag of scraps saved for stuffing pillow forms.
It's the robe pattern that Jude shared in one of the Boro classes with a lot more ease across the shoulders + it's a pullover.
India Flint's classes have really inspired me to play with patterns and/or sewing with an idea and measurements.
I am also piecing scraps together to make garden tunics with pockets and doing the same thing...sort of.
More on that later.
And
As I was reviewing today's pictures I realized it was the same color as...
Beans!
of window, curtain and lights.
(This might have become a bit busy...)
Of leaves.
Of color and time.
Of memory and attention.
(It's going to bloom!)
A skill I am grateful to have learned.
It's a dark and stormy morning.
Looking at Jude's earth beasts, I thought "What does my earth beast look like." This is what I drew:
She is tiny, like a bumble bee.
She burrows but likes to pop her head out on clear nights to look at the stars and the moon. You might hear her humming if you listen close enough.
She is shy but has sharp teeth and can be ferocious when needed.
She likes to mend.
You might find her dangling in a tree, under a leaf if you look hard enough.
Goldenrod.
This weekend I worked on the bottom hem.
There is just the neckline to do now.
I am going to bind the edge with something indigo dyed and call it good enough...actually great.
I love the way it fits.
I am experimenting with "movies" again...moments and meals from the week.
Not all my meals have been as healthy as the ones I've shared in the video. One night I couldn't settle down. I ate a handful of nuts, a handful of dried fruit, a spoonful of peanut butter and then walked away from the kitchen only to return and do this two more times.
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Twice this week I've wanted to run down the street to take someone's picture but didn't.
The first time was when I noticed a couple walking their little white dog down the street while wearing white gorilla suits with red bandannas over their faces for masks. Maybe they were social distancing for a "Procession of the Species?"
The second time was just now. One of my neighbors was walking down the street, in no hurry despite the pouring rain, with a huge bright pink umbrella. In the midst of all the green the umbrella was magical.
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It is intensely green today.
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I am planting vegetables in a new spot this year and found a patch of clay while digging.
I have an idea.
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The shelter in place, lock down, whatever you want to call it... will continue as is for another 4 weeks here.
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There was a kinglet in the garden today.
It was warm and balmy this evening.
On the edge of a storm.
I took my dinner outside, thought I might light the candle in it's boat (a prompt from one of India Flint's classes) but then the wind came up and lighting a candle just wasn't possible.
Dinner was more than good enough however.
Shallots, Swiss chard (heavy on the stems, light on the leaves), pasta, re-hydrated peppers and parmesan.
The rain is heavy now.
The end of the "Shelter in Place" has been pushed out farther for us, date to come later.
Daily posting has been good for me.
The rhythm of it.
I made three of these boats this morning, filled them with leaves and flowers and left them for friends.
Thank you everyone who has come to visit...