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#84 stay in motion

From my journal: 

Arrangement, how things come together. To make one arrangement, and then cut and rearrange. To rearrange the furniture. To change you mind about how you want something arranged. To be fluid and flow with the current. Current: what is timely or what is the motion of water or air moving in a similar direction….

Earlier this week I finished rearranging the pieces I had cut and found myself really liking this arrangement...not quite what I had in mind. 

Okay.  Let it be something else. I am going to use it as a book cover.  A bit more stitching to add and I will start gathering pages.

Widget and the boy band have had a few meetings.  Mostly going well.  They want to explore and Widget wants to play chase.  Sometimes I let them both out for a bit, other times one at a time.  It will take a little time but I think it is going to be okay. 

Field notes:  first storm of the season on the cusp of summer and fall.

Rain.  Wind 17-22 MPH with gusts possible to 33 MPH tomorrow. Possibly thunder showers. Temp: 52 F.

Sunrise,  6:49 PM               Sunset, 7:17 PM

 

#79 pay attention to the warning lights

Yesterday morning I pulled over because the warning light had come on in the car...I had forgotten to put my seat belt on.  It was a good opportunity to take a picture of the sun behind the fog.  It was even more glorious a few moments later, but I was driving then.

Today I got stuck twice backing out...which left me thinking something was seriously wrong. 

Turns out I forgot to take off the emergency brake...twice.

As an exercise for a class I am taking (for work) I had to identify 5 self care goals that I want to work on for the next year.  I chose: go to the beach once a week, take a lunch break when I am at work, do yoga every morning (I am sporadic about this even though it always feels good), go for a walk everyday (not as good at this now that there is a car), and only drink tea at work (rather than coffee). 

To make this more concrete I made five paper boats and named them for my goals:  Reach, Wander, Pause, Journey, and Comfort. 

One of them tried to sail away today.

Day 14. Fermenting but still not dyeing.

 

#71 share, not show and tell

My grandmother mailed me a copy of a collection of poetry I was a part of in high school.  One of my poems that was included inspired me to walk out on the porch this morning and take a picture of the sky. 

And then do a little layering.

 

All that was missing this morning was a logging truck.

I think I've always had the urge to write and to share. 

 

#70 try something new

Prompts can be helpful. 

Sometimes they push me past what I would typically do or share.

Sometimes they help with forward momentum because someone else has made a decision.  It's kind of like the what do you want for dinner question when no one wants to make the decision.

This month I am participating in #augustbreak2021  and posting daily on my Instagram account.

Today's prompt was "glass."  After taking a photo of my glass birds, I decided to do a little puddle dance.

It finally rained.

Yesterday's was "favorite novel."  I don't have one but this is in the top 10 or so.

Another day was "heart" so I posted my leaning tower of fabric baskets.  Which prompted me to start another basket.

It might work for an upcoming prompt.

"I believe..."

#64 here I am (setting an intention)

Thinking about the rhythms we create in our lives.

Absolutely committing to daily posts is beyond me right now. The pattern of them appeals to me, the structure and predictability. But between work, allergies, the heat, the lack of rain, a daily post just isn’t something I have been able to accomplish at the moment. 

I am going to continue to try though, it keeps me focused on spending a bit of time each day doing some kind of making.

And the making keeps me focused on holding a vision of the world that I want to make real. In another place I was able to say today that I believe we take care of what we wonder about, what we look closer at. 

One of the books I am currently reading.  Thank you Nancy.

The company I keep when I read.

Other books I pulled out as threads that are connected, at least in my mind.

And some notes that I've taken...

Traces of where I have been.

#35 make it visible

It's like finding shapes in clouds...

like the book It Looked Like Spilt Milk.

I looked and the butterfly was there.

Thread and material from Deb Lacativa.

 

It might also be that we find the things we are thinking about...

butterflies are very much on my mind right now.

 

#33 gather

This morning's harvest:

When I make a pouch with my shirt to carry something, I always think of other women in my family. Pretty sure I've seen everyone on my mother's side of the family do this.

I also gathered scraps and made a book.  The class was called "Seeded notebook." With a name like that how could I resist?

The image to the right is a photo copy of a project I stitched.  It includes an edge of lace made my Grandma Iside.

I am pretty sure I won't ever buy a book to journal in again...

I'll just keep making them.

#32 look for a butterfly

It was a good day for a bit of origami.  I could see making these and leaving them in a variety of places as a surprise. Or for a decoration. Or just because...

#17 say something

 

I wanted to put speech bubbles with these but didn't get there...

and then for some reason the Talking Heads "Once in a Life Time came to mind."

The moon is a threadcrumb.

 

#5 make a plan

I love that green and am making a jacket-sweatshirt kind of thing, still fussing with the sleeves as I am working without a pattern. The fabric is a wool/rayon blend.

I want it to be simple and comforting.  To feel a bit like a hug...which is not really simple anymore.

Goal: Finish by Friday.