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#29 cover up

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.

#21 random thoughts because I am scattered

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.

 

#18 In harbor?

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.

#13 lifeboat

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...

#8 bandwidth

Bandwidth as defined by the Oxford dictionary:

1. a range of frequencies within a given band, in particular that used for transmitting a signal.
2. the energy or mental capacity required to deal with a situation.

This morning Jude brought up something many of us may be experiencing...slow internet.  It is ironic that bandwidth can be used for describing mental health too...

It's been a tradition for me to rent/stream the movie Enchanted April each spring.  This year I'm not going to (or any other movies) and instead take the time to read the book.

"So entirely unaware was Mrs. Wilkins that her April for that year had then and there been settled for her that she dropped the newspaper with a gesture that was both irritated and resigned, and went over to the window and stared drearily out at the dripping street."  Elizabeth Von Arnim 

And instead of dreaming of the beautiful clothes/robes that they wear in the movie, perhaps it's time to act on the inspiration of the movie?

 

#1 Assignments.

"How are you" has become an interesting question. 

"Fine" doesn't seem right and yet fine is a wonderful thing. 

"Good enough," I usually answer.

Mostly I am distracted. Not sure of what I want to say or why.

Maybe a daily assignment would help?

A daily photo. Because it is something that I can do. For one hundred and nineteen days, mid August.

Posted here because it's the platform that I like the best. Because everyone who has internet, has access.

There might not always be words, maybe not an image.  I'm not quite sure where I am going with this, but mostly I think...exploring what is good enough?

From my journal, inspired by John Franzen via India Flint.

 

grateful

My mind is on hearts right now, really heart as a symbol for gratitude.

Silk dyed with walnut, eucalyptus and sumac.

I found the below video at Pomegranate Trail (Nancy).

What I needed today and worth sharing...

 

a kind of house cleaning

While sorting cloth I found the white fleece I was looking for. It had been made in to a pair of sweat pants that were too big.

Added to a little leftover pink fleece I have a whole new sweatshirt...probably for a P.J. top.

I suppose there is a little Alabama Chanin influence along with the usual suspects.

And the house is a little cleaner....

committing can be the hardest part

Home today working on projects, mostly sewing. 

I've been using the facing patterns that I made for my favorite tank top as guidelines for necklines and armholes for more free-form cutting like the top below that is based on a square.

First time round this was too wide for the weight of the fabric.  Much better now.

This is the favorite tank top pattern made to dress length. I'm trying to make my wardrobe more cohesive and this shade of red matches a skirt  perfectly...so it's a tunic length now.

This jacket was started during Jude's Boro class. I finally made a decision regarding fabric for sleeves. Just a little more lining to go and then I will sew up the side seams.

I think it might be time to make jeans....

word number ten: absorb

An assortment of plant dyed fabric, all plants grown in my garden. Mostly browns (leaves), some yellow from marigolds, blue from the indigo I grew. Some fabric stewed away in canning jars for a year, some for a couple months. Length of time didn't seem to change anything for these samples. Fabrics are wool and silk.

I've been looking and considering this weekend but still not sure what I want to do with them.