Yesterday morning after my walk I rushed off to a local fabric sale to purchase some fabrics for table covers for the wedding we are planning. (Please forgive me for a new fabric purchase. I am torn, but it is a wedding by design). By the time I arrived home, took photos to send my [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Dots Superseded
Posted in Ruminating on August 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Whispers
Posted in Ruminating on August 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
(Photo of my youngest daughter camping in the desert a few months ago.) “It is only when we silence the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts.” —–K.T. Jong The night is [...]
A blog is for sharing
Posted in Ruminating on August 13, 2009 | 9 Comments »
This is Max, the dog that my brother and his partner adopted from a rescue group. Max was left in a crate in a garage for the first two and a half years of his life. He is now thirteen, and his life with my brother has been stellar. Max deserves all the love and [...]
Letting the soul out
Posted in Ruminating on August 12, 2009 | 8 Comments »
You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out. —–Martha Graham
A Lost Dress
Posted in Uncategorized on August 11, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Fifteen years ago I made a dress from this vintage Vogue pattern from the 1930′s. It is one of my favorite periods of fashion. Clothes were feminine, elegant, and flattering. This particular pattern was fairly easy to make. I loved the sleeve and the way it fell in folds down the upper arm. I made [...]
Back in Portland
Posted in Places on August 9, 2009 | 6 Comments »
When we see this gigantic Paul Bunyan 40 miles south of the Oregon border, we know we are a little over one third home. The trip is usually 11-12 hours depending on stops. Yesterday it was 13 hours because of two areas of road construction. The three cats were pretty delighted to get out of [...]
Last Days in Mendocino
Posted in Places on August 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Farm fresh eggs we purchased at the local pet supply store yesterday (a nice surprise). My husband and I took a long walk on a beach called “ten mile” in Fort Bragg yesterday, and we spotted a person water skiing in the unusually flat ocean. I had never seen this…the ocean as flat or a [...]
San Francisco
Posted in Places on August 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have been absent from this blog for too many days this summer, and it has made me realize that in the last six weeks my time has been fragmented and somewhat chaotic. We went to San Francisco this weekend to meet our daughter and her fiance, and therefore, I was gone again. However, I [...]
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