Linda April 15th, 2009
This is for Jeanette–she requested a close-up of the buttons that I posted in an earlier post.
For Easter Scott requested that I make him a pencil case like the one I made for Max only larger. So here it is. I bought him a load of prisma pencils, sharpener and a nice sharpie felt pen to put inside it. It has extra larger pockets so Scott can put in a glue stick or scissor. It is funny because I can’t stand to throw away the selvedge edge of fabrics–sometimes they have cool print on them. This particular line has “sketch book” on it. How perfect is that?! I told him that this was his entertainment kit for his airplane trip to Pittsburgh in May.
Max and Noel are in Karate classes. Her is my very hansome son and his new belt/certificate. He went from a green belt to a blue/white belt.
Linda August 2nd, 2008
Here she is as of Aug. 1st. The skirt (actually this will end up being her slip) is an old slip I had from my days running/owning a vintage clothing/antique shop. It is made out of some fine satin fabric with very close pleats but the pleats are shredded in some areas but I liked the look anyway. The material next to her is some of the material I got from Pamela Armas..(in this challenge you send her $20 and she sends you a package of trims and material to use on your doll-at least “some” of it must be used in the doll to qualify). It will become a vest that I will bead upon. The shirt is some raw silk that my mom found at a garage sale and again the sheer fabric over her sleeves is more of the challenge fabric. I am in the process of beading her cuffs. The scarf over her head is just one I had sitting around. I think it looks good so it may end up on her in some fashion (is covers her baldness–she is very shy about it).
On a sadder note: our pet rat, Oreo, is dying. From what I understand, rats don’t live that long and this seems to be the case. Like most of our pets she was a rescue rat—one day Dh found her on the sidewalk in a “plastic container” in front to his work (it was a hot April day)…just abandoned. She was young and no one else wanted her so we took her in and the kids just adored her. Now it is almost 2 years later and she is not looking very well. We all cried over her one night and then she got better–well now she is VERY unwell again and the kids are asking me to put her out of her misery. I said, “just how do you suggest I do that???”. No one has any good ideas–now this is where I get kinda sick, but I thought about putting her in the freezer so she would just get real sleepy and die. But argh—I can not do that because I think–how do people not know that that is a painful way to die?????? Sometimes I think she is dead because she is very “still”….anybody got any good ideas????
Linda July 31st, 2008
These are called “globe thistles”. This flower/plant is just a bit taller than I am and I am 5′ 8″, so yes..they grow very big. My husband is baffled why I have a lot of these in my yard and garden, so here are my reasons: they are pretty, the bees love them and bees are good (can you see the bees on the left pictures? Every time I was trying to get a shot of them they would move to the other side–very camera shy. LOL), they are easy to grow, the deer don’t like them, and the birds love the seeds. In front of my kitchen window where I do dishes (by hand) is a big patch, when it is fall/winter the finches will do all sorts of funny acrobatics to eat the seeds right in front of me–very fun to watch.
These pansies are “volunteers”. This phrase cracks my best friend up. I have only planted these once and now years later they keep coming back. It is neat to see all the color variations that appear. Some I leave in the rocks or veggie patches, some I replant in other places. My danish Grandfather loved pansies so when ever I see them I think of him–I suppose that is why I have a soft spot for him? Do you have any flowers that remind you of someone??
Birthdays–I turned 49 (!?) on the 29thof this month. July is always a stressful month for me. I can ignore the dysfunctionin my family most of the time but when it comes to holidays then I am forced (!?) to deal with it. This year my dad has forgotten my birthday, sigh. He only has 2 children so there is really no excuse (and there is along list of other slights). I don’t think his emotional distance has effected me much until I don’t hear from him and then I feel the rejection and hurt all over again. I did have a good dinner with kids and husband–we went out for Thai food (oh so very yummy), Noel bought me (with his own money–he was VERY proud of himself) a big box of really good truffles (I am saving those for mommy quiet reading times), Max, Mimi and Scott bought me lots of batik fabric (I have a weakness for batiks) and my darling honey bought me a tattoo gift certif. He says this is the last one–so he figured that he better bless it since he knew I had my heart set on it. This one is to be a phoenix. Ii is a sign of death, rebirth and renewal (my role as a mother/homeschooler is coming to an end in a few years and I will embark on a new “career”, my daily walk with Christ (I am daily crucified with Christ and His renewing work on my mind and heart), and my continued healing of my past.)
My daughter’s birthday is on the 30th and this day went much better…I took her on a surprise trip to the Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art . It was a very fun trip…the museum is next to the Bellevue library and she was most puzzled that I would take her to the library for her birthday. We spent 3 hours there and could of stayed longer but we were getting hungry. If you live in the area and like dolls I would highly recommend it. The off to do lunch and some shopping with her birthday money. Then home to have dinner with Grandpa and Grandma H and family. She had a very good day and it was good to concentrate on making her day special (and I had a good time too ;0)
This is for Jeanette–she requested a close-up of the buttons that I posted in an earlier post.
