I am learning to sew a hand-picked zipper.
And I love the way that hand-sewn underlining looks.
One of my sketchbooks is sitting nearby. Clearly, it is a cousin to the skirt.
I like this little sketchbook. Small but thick.
We have regular visits from a pair of ravens (especially on trash pick up day), and now, the bluejays are back.
Something about the early morning light. Even the most ordinary items, that I see every day, look special in it.
Do angels use a Thermos?
At some point will I grow tired of this light? (I don’t really think so)
Thank you Kathy for the inspiration.
I was a little stuck. This got me going again.
This sleeve, when hanging on the end of an arm – even a lovely arm – can look bedraggled.
But hanging here, with the bright morning light and its companion shadow, it looks: well, just look at it.
It is a transient piece of art.
And the shadow makes me crazy because of its beauty and mystery.
A print of the sleeve onto the wall.
We saw Adjustment Bureau last night, and it got me thinking this morning about resetting my brain.
I have been working on a painting that is bad, and continues to be bad, and each time I try to adjust it, it seems to get worse.
The colors are dead and the shape of the head is driving me crazy. The eyes have been moved all over, and still they are in the wrong place. It is so pathetic I cannot even show it to you.
Reset.
I sat down by the window, with good light coming in, and drew a bunch of spheres into a face. And then I got out my watercolors, which I don’t really understand, and used some bright ones.
And now I feel much better.
I know in the movie, being reset was to be avoided (somewhat like a lobotomy). But I like to think of it in a different way – rather than that it is done to me, I am doing it to myself.
This is not quite finished, but I wanted to share it anyway. It is based on a beautiful photograph of Eudora Welty by Bruce Weber.
There is lovely rain today.
The drops hang on the trees, sometimes they sparkle in the light.
New leaf buds are getting ready to burst! and they are enjoying the drink.
The wet air smells heavenly.
Here is another one of our favorites. We’ve done this in the past with black ink on pink cardstock. But this year we like the red on white:
Email is very handy for communicating so many things.
But we are glad that valentines are still made out of paper (or chocolate). We think that your friends and loved ones still delight in seeing an envelope with his or her hand-written name on it. It has (unfortunately) become uncommon to receive a personal card or letter in the mail. And although it is not complicated to do it – buy a pretty card, write a little note, address the envelope and stick a stamp on it – it makes the recipient feel special to receive one!
