tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90897297324912475822024-03-18T12:57:19.393-07:00oldgreymareoldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.comBlogger1099125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-87482948113891185772024-02-23T09:28:00.000-08:002024-02-23T09:35:06.256-08:00DOSTADNING - Death Cleaning<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://oldgreymareprimitives.blogspot.com/2017/10/death-cleaning.html">https://oldgreymareprimitives.blogspot.com/2017/10/death-cleaning.html</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I know that many of you still get the "ick" factor when</p><p style="text-align: center;">the topic of death comes up, and I am 7 years older </p><p style="text-align: center;">than I was when I wrote this post, so the years are </p><p style="text-align: center;">passing...rapidly.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">After the last few months, dealing with my friend's passing </p><p style="text-align: center;">and helping her daughter, I am even more aware of </p><p style="text-align: center;"> the problem facing so many, and the resistance of so many</p><p style="text-align: center;">to even acknowledge there is a problem.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Our society and it's love of commercialism and "things"</p><p style="text-align: center;">has only exploded thru social media and it's influencers.</p><p style="text-align: center;">How often have you succumbed and purchased </p><p style="text-align: center;">more useless stuff? </p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm reposting this link to hopefully reach a few more folks, </p><p style="text-align: center;">and spare their heirs the hurt and stress </p><p style="text-align: center;">that I've witnessed far too many times.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I have friends today asking why are you purging,</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's your kids problem. Keep whatever you want.</p><p style="text-align: center;">To me they are saying, I don't love my family enough,</p><p style="text-align: center;">to spare them the mess I'll leave. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The deep hurt and pain is real.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Your loved ones suffer far more than just your loss. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I've seen it too many times.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I refuse to be that kind of mom.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-27416415032767627952024-02-20T11:57:00.000-08:002024-02-20T11:57:06.603-08:00Continuing On<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I've mentioned working on my friend's home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She passed the end of October and her middle daughter and I</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">have spent countless hours/ days dealing with the aftermath</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of a loved one's passing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been purging a lot the last few years, as you know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> As I aged I worried about what I was leaving behind </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for my family to deal with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The situation recently has only sped up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> my process and dedication.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The difficulties we encountered are too much to go into here;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but in this process I edited out more of my </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">own pieces and stored them for sale in April</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and some I just gave away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was persuaded, and I'm grateful that I agreed,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> to take this wall unit for my office/den.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The funny, ironic thing is I spent years dusting and arranging displays</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in this unit, for I cleaned house for my friend for many years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I met her the first time I came to clean for her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By the third visit we were joined at the hip. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEZ_Gzh-wQ2lhqO9idT-b4_iz8g87mALlIYJ9-JtnDF5sZaYJ7j1l4wPvmyGPhwpvac0EC_JPkPU5PS9pbxBvxDQEPxk-7tlMHI7msRwYtdt81M7722h25K_2k_V99vIS2O1qCMQVHo2J4uO4QqcCjwtThXfn0h3pMWNEA6WP9xBZA0MW7xrgRL3IraKh/s4025/IMG_6817.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3012" data-original-width="4025" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEZ_Gzh-wQ2lhqO9idT-b4_iz8g87mALlIYJ9-JtnDF5sZaYJ7j1l4wPvmyGPhwpvac0EC_JPkPU5PS9pbxBvxDQEPxk-7tlMHI7msRwYtdt81M7722h25K_2k_V99vIS2O1qCMQVHo2J4uO4QqcCjwtThXfn0h3pMWNEA6WP9xBZA0MW7xrgRL3IraKh/w400-h299/IMG_6817.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adding the units created a 75% rearrangement </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and purge of the room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A huge table, glass cabinet, 7 shutters </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and wingback chair left the room</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I love it all so much more! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEIThS73ApsPbEhphsglJcj2An8vWDILjbyi8pI7S8kNy03DUMY_JEqg5Y5odKZ1Cz2zUzWwGKoAl87AWc3ZZFANGOpFySIf4UTwQ3eBGJOC4sO8zDViZ5qXWFfMmdPSP2Q9_4GraolaAdwcD3J3bzo29Fqj5YgEElbiU8QgVSfeScDWKG6GpeGE40bz0/s3978/IMG_6805.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3978" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEIThS73ApsPbEhphsglJcj2An8vWDILjbyi8pI7S8kNy03DUMY_JEqg5Y5odKZ1Cz2zUzWwGKoAl87AWc3ZZFANGOpFySIf4UTwQ3eBGJOC4sO8zDViZ5qXWFfMmdPSP2Q9_4GraolaAdwcD3J3bzo29Fqj5YgEElbiU8QgVSfeScDWKG6GpeGE40bz0/w400-h304/IMG_6805.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This wall stayed the same..for now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm debating the leaning bookshelf</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvae3T1WSIWRPeSzA1iOX4qU1KDXgmmTSm6GGGkoiQEXy7W60MtysTEgLCl6eyUPnXXwaxRbDfbU8Ok70IgdE7sRRwfn0kZEd34mvCOgGHZANSGFQlnbPKYkr_mCuh4wP2aTRY8Lqlfz6KRi1gliRGZMUNQgGz_0_tXvjeIGk0ywv9LrcB1w7NhuZvnY4/s3692/IMG_6821.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3692" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvae3T1WSIWRPeSzA1iOX4qU1KDXgmmTSm6GGGkoiQEXy7W60MtysTEgLCl6eyUPnXXwaxRbDfbU8Ok70IgdE7sRRwfn0kZEd34mvCOgGHZANSGFQlnbPKYkr_mCuh4wP2aTRY8Lqlfz6KRi1gliRGZMUNQgGz_0_tXvjeIGk0ywv9LrcB1w7NhuZvnY4/w328-h400/IMG_6821.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-xPuIfjvWOD8W9FGcuzUlQKYxtqJUc3KUEptKGSUQel1NfI1VeyemMkHeo36oN9LuPnEFSt9x3JONVJZgSmOl3JCXGICgiSrvkdZhi7sEUzELoQsj_1izPgruRDp1HUb2bLuOA5sp5y1SVjjsHdjhiId3YGktYYVglWcCiu965mamhQYdETQgw7HieT-/s4032/IMG_6819.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-xPuIfjvWOD8W9FGcuzUlQKYxtqJUc3KUEptKGSUQel1NfI1VeyemMkHeo36oN9LuPnEFSt9x3JONVJZgSmOl3JCXGICgiSrvkdZhi7sEUzELoQsj_1izPgruRDp1HUb2bLuOA5sp5y1SVjjsHdjhiId3YGktYYVglWcCiu965mamhQYdETQgw7HieT-/w300-h400/IMG_6819.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm working on the glass area this afternoon,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">filling with blk/wht photos of passed relatives and a few </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">keepsake treasures from them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The little curtain is hiding some ugly paperwork stuff </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">till it finds a new home or I may just keep it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFQGu_fGwPUJDWdu_4V4bBtV_ueuND7Aiss9P3khG8QyqtCeUM8KnB8lfrGocw2delHw9mkz2Yqaib02NqwMZS74sIWpYFihOEj6aDPdnlD2JN3AVaE-aOCDWj9PfcF6wI8VoAEXzP1LuxaOj6mK-tZ0dE34Oz87X4HV-Aqipv17uQa-RhwKCSPM1IZh4/s3443/IMG_6820.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2995" data-original-width="3443" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFQGu_fGwPUJDWdu_4V4bBtV_ueuND7Aiss9P3khG8QyqtCeUM8KnB8lfrGocw2delHw9mkz2Yqaib02NqwMZS74sIWpYFihOEj6aDPdnlD2JN3AVaE-aOCDWj9PfcF6wI8VoAEXzP1LuxaOj6mK-tZ0dE34Oz87X4HV-Aqipv17uQa-RhwKCSPM1IZh4/w400-h348/IMG_6820.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-6404869238214654262024-01-23T05:30:00.001-08:002024-01-23T05:30:00.130-08:00Mat Is Done<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZiL-sp96CopR8Z2uxq2IZlcoDYinWMSAnfcDlWcbtyaSsgOUMZrO5czoazjqjQDBOEPjgsuGw07McJT-RM_99gyweX18Lln6S5ccVinh2L7zP8iV5ALOBOSEDi1qPtNICC2-1q1H3Wr0yrFUk3zczYITp-H8GhyphenhyphenzYYwfRsndGvNftYZE8J-bl_hCd6pm/s4032/IMG_6682.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZiL-sp96CopR8Z2uxq2IZlcoDYinWMSAnfcDlWcbtyaSsgOUMZrO5czoazjqjQDBOEPjgsuGw07McJT-RM_99gyweX18Lln6S5ccVinh2L7zP8iV5ALOBOSEDi1qPtNICC2-1q1H3Wr0yrFUk3zczYITp-H8GhyphenhyphenzYYwfRsndGvNftYZE8J-bl_hCd6pm/w300-h400/IMG_6682.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4QK0NCBGm9iFyvQnPJcaMMv3UV89_V13fE5ZAXuMK_hP3HO7sDfk7482VTGtCdWvG99gfu3uP4veZdKePReGApGLzg2pdqTXBMaMn0kQl3Ekhyphenhyphenmj6puE08TK7WcirHXsrCl6MhcNResYe-wFnrv6lBuXSDtd3aaQ-9qK1ZmBXXMJU47CojvDTlk4V6me/s4032/IMG_6683.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4QK0NCBGm9iFyvQnPJcaMMv3UV89_V13fE5ZAXuMK_hP3HO7sDfk7482VTGtCdWvG99gfu3uP4veZdKePReGApGLzg2pdqTXBMaMn0kQl3Ekhyphenhyphenmj6puE08TK7WcirHXsrCl6MhcNResYe-wFnrv6lBuXSDtd3aaQ-9qK1ZmBXXMJU47CojvDTlk4V6me/w300-h400/IMG_6683.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I should call this a streaming mat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was made while I watched Dr Finley on Acorn</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then the first two recent episodes of True Detective. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The FR has a lot of grey, brown, cream and yellow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mostly I made it to use up yarn that had sat around for years,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Would get peanuts at a sale, and it keeps me from being idle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Too dang cold to do much else but at least we've gotten rain. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-62070527035753461042024-01-21T05:30:00.000-08:002024-01-21T05:30:00.127-08:00Weaving 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After seeing what I'd been up to, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hannah thought she might like some woven coasters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and picked out this yarn. When I finished the first one </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I could tell she wasn't crazy about it,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so I offered to go yarn hunting again yesterday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVFAblOh3PB-FgSVCg2iX3fl-ZJ3OHHVf7j6-RmvVSnUcn6jgNjB9rI-JkRsbX9x8t9nHidLRQsroFJcgmqCIA54MF6ZssGC8qug4moDyggbCgyRB-TlS-8JKN9c9H0jPhxZFEyy-_twbVqujLx-XnRE7ygeTcHA9OWGHncqseL6-2eLflQMdz7Lcr9fr/s4032/IMG_6653.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVFAblOh3PB-FgSVCg2iX3fl-ZJ3OHHVf7j6-RmvVSnUcn6jgNjB9rI-JkRsbX9x8t9nHidLRQsroFJcgmqCIA54MF6ZssGC8qug4moDyggbCgyRB-TlS-8JKN9c9H0jPhxZFEyy-_twbVqujLx-XnRE7ygeTcHA9OWGHncqseL6-2eLflQMdz7Lcr9fr/w300-h400/IMG_6653.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This won't be a loss. I went back in and opened up </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the ending and I will splice more cording and continue on and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">turn this into a mat, or a small rug, hehe as I bought quite a bit of yarn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She remarked that she wanted the next set to be</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> in the same vein as a mat that I was working on for myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This one </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Colors are muted yellow, ivory and very dark grey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm loving these as they are super sturdy, not floppy and soft. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Perfect projects while couch streaming shows late into the night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnybMwD3UZdfYWtsdjWrcLwfkvLaJ9SsnetoBKzbhvmJpGh7b9Cegk0t1354cZZxKrWrNgbrkzQ_oVf36K6X9-mN-CFlUrAH89_X7CkR4oKQoXSp9OYDJCK89iHY4vpxL3RWE5iZaqh9SZb3ZhREIjKhEavK6jCrZxUE_p0JPDkCWjAts43jLT4MdbSLfd/s2944/IMG_6671.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2882" data-original-width="2944" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnybMwD3UZdfYWtsdjWrcLwfkvLaJ9SsnetoBKzbhvmJpGh7b9Cegk0t1354cZZxKrWrNgbrkzQ_oVf36K6X9-mN-CFlUrAH89_X7CkR4oKQoXSp9OYDJCK89iHY4vpxL3RWE5iZaqh9SZb3ZhREIjKhEavK6jCrZxUE_p0JPDkCWjAts43jLT4MdbSLfd/s320/IMG_6671.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I stood in the store and sent her pics of three color combos</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and we settled on this one. I want to complete my mat first</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> to avoid yet another Incomplete project. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Her coasters will be tan, med grey, and an off white tweed blend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmUdYsL3vn5ZXGKczHZAMPvB_t31V46Fh1fvnVWg0KDZGRUJSKPYdTk0FaQPwYQGTp1IL56p5qLfTq-fkrkqfwIggCpQyKYQgjO8CqJHzEHdtGI03DfbsycYmZQt9PsL_2rUXFTA9pkHLELsCynr0mAULO92BKC_KE6N9BZbQCH0Sler9qb2oDBSM9iKKi" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1895" data-original-width="3530" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmUdYsL3vn5ZXGKczHZAMPvB_t31V46Fh1fvnVWg0KDZGRUJSKPYdTk0FaQPwYQGTp1IL56p5qLfTq-fkrkqfwIggCpQyKYQgjO8CqJHzEHdtGI03DfbsycYmZQt9PsL_2rUXFTA9pkHLELsCynr0mAULO92BKC_KE6N9BZbQCH0Sler9qb2oDBSM9iKKi" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many years ago, I went with friends and our kids </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to a basket weaving class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The adults liked it so much we continued on with adult classes </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and eventually met once a week to weave splint style baskets,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">after dropping our kids off at school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made maybe 20 all together but only have maybe 10 still.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Made all the painted except for white ones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4QmXSXi74XYnwWYk07I0Z-eqHpmy-_JsJJJoeOMBcnU2bb-9CVPx-O-nxjCx1-_zJNKpgb-2dhoHNzbsCTudo2h75s_YgNdiXU-XSD2CykRVYsYqS8wNQ5-UXLPUIQFByA6o9Et6FxcZd2oo7vusr2GpK5ojNerkfySgjQH4z6tCuLrKaAn2dBJelrWt/s4032/IMG_6668.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="4032" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4QmXSXi74XYnwWYk07I0Z-eqHpmy-_JsJJJoeOMBcnU2bb-9CVPx-O-nxjCx1-_zJNKpgb-2dhoHNzbsCTudo2h75s_YgNdiXU-XSD2CykRVYsYqS8wNQ5-UXLPUIQFByA6o9Et6FxcZd2oo7vusr2GpK5ojNerkfySgjQH4z6tCuLrKaAn2dBJelrWt/w400-h118/IMG_6668.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KYEY3UpNUk7fLS_l-f8WqQzKYUN6lxZqGeV_yjKzUbCuqW6QQWiZGABdsCVwYkTRxkS9AQRl9mMk5knQa_bqPONN73vWWJXnl34AeDQETaEWJPq3hQTDLy84MeDTfp6OV_Q40jNf_qKA2BF9ghdQth5QDK-fvW9d8LIf_cxasA0f1Nybfh9_SigiFRL4/s2934/IMG_6669.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2857" data-original-width="2934" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KYEY3UpNUk7fLS_l-f8WqQzKYUN6lxZqGeV_yjKzUbCuqW6QQWiZGABdsCVwYkTRxkS9AQRl9mMk5knQa_bqPONN73vWWJXnl34AeDQETaEWJPq3hQTDLy84MeDTfp6OV_Q40jNf_qKA2BF9ghdQth5QDK-fvW9d8LIf_cxasA0f1Nybfh9_SigiFRL4/w400-h390/IMG_6669.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some I painted, some I left natural.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am by no means an artist in this medium, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more of a crafter, but it passes the time and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm making useful things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I only kept one that I made 27 years ago using reed and raffia and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">even though it has uneven flaws (star points) I am very proud of that one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_gS-9LKU_3IEFCYc_VXnLlzQvYSYcWBoDQt4IsiAqenNIv2mL0VykOQaPI95IcYmXUaFo-0VlfUglh-zU3m3iD6wXAlezPS64OyKqEhEWkBc6sf7PBGG0SQjGByDcUD3bd6AfuitIz4NFX7qK5xzcqspPMV-_JbDdmhY6ysm2sCeaqp6yrrkVCdYAb-X/s3305/IMG_6670.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3305" data-original-width="2584" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_gS-9LKU_3IEFCYc_VXnLlzQvYSYcWBoDQt4IsiAqenNIv2mL0VykOQaPI95IcYmXUaFo-0VlfUglh-zU3m3iD6wXAlezPS64OyKqEhEWkBc6sf7PBGG0SQjGByDcUD3bd6AfuitIz4NFX7qK5xzcqspPMV-_JbDdmhY6ysm2sCeaqp6yrrkVCdYAb-X/w313-h400/IMG_6670.jpeg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd love to make more, but it involves wet work,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> soaking reed and raffia and my aging hands</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> would not fare well with that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is basically the same wrap/joining process.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My gas bill arrived today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is now double what it has ever been before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope those executives and shareholders are enjoying</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> the huge profits and dividends they're receiving on the backs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of low income folks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My thermostat is set at 68, so doesn't run all the time,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and my downstairs is freezing cold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm wearing sweaters, bundled in blankets and wooly socks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three sets of comforter and blankets on the bed upstairs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wore a sweater to sleep last night,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and paying 326.00 for the privilege.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Latest study showing enormous corporate profits are the cause</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> behind inflation and gas prices, food prices.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They have no plans to reduce profits - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and most just gave executives raises,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and larger golden parachutes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did you know other countries have laws in place to prevent this,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">along with laws against these mega mergers that destroy competition</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">allowing even more increases?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> we're screwed </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I bet they sleep well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-25803500600078982382024-01-17T01:22:00.000-08:002024-01-17T01:22:48.326-08:00Weaving<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3I5VxDnzkQu2SPtdf48KljAxqRluBBRJ4WeYUgcGRfOrVrG6S9dLOrV-q6haZDZYO3iDUXqA_DiuDSBSX42ZHGQW_Q1fvifVYWm6B4d89lRwbwoQtZ8Lvs6hslDDHvREcXcS1nybqU8M55sk4oZhaSkP3_M1pjEo5EwZzTe5etSUXB_I9UzftGsu3App/s2975/IMG_6631.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2294" data-original-width="2975" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3I5VxDnzkQu2SPtdf48KljAxqRluBBRJ4WeYUgcGRfOrVrG6S9dLOrV-q6haZDZYO3iDUXqA_DiuDSBSX42ZHGQW_Q1fvifVYWm6B4d89lRwbwoQtZ8Lvs6hslDDHvREcXcS1nybqU8M55sk4oZhaSkP3_M1pjEo5EwZzTe5etSUXB_I9UzftGsu3App/w640-h494/IMG_6631.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZjHuDsnO9A-6IGV7_YOB4Kl_8x7wtXqEYLRqiQnITJYWiEOMVjK1eMp48Cbm9jhOsogsEBsEURa058fb5E6ILjV0EVQpJnqq3SBggLKzYH1NqNO9nWWUbRJbkOrGtPB67NuJ-65drGmr2brHfBpZkSdGtq2n2XjRGCYFrd5zQhYs9VyqWgmnRt2L4elK/s3016/IMG_6632.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2359" data-original-width="3016" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZjHuDsnO9A-6IGV7_YOB4Kl_8x7wtXqEYLRqiQnITJYWiEOMVjK1eMp48Cbm9jhOsogsEBsEURa058fb5E6ILjV0EVQpJnqq3SBggLKzYH1NqNO9nWWUbRJbkOrGtPB67NuJ-65drGmr2brHfBpZkSdGtq2n2XjRGCYFrd5zQhYs9VyqWgmnRt2L4elK/w640-h500/IMG_6632.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's cold here, though not as cold as it is for some of you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can still see idiot tourists in flip flops and t-shirts trying to look cool,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but looking ridiculous. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm hunkered down in the studio, loving my floors, and my cleaned up space,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and playing with materials that have sat around for ages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm also avoiding chores I just don't feel like doing,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and trying to get my studio mojo back like I once had. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in the days when I had booths, or taught classes, I would work in the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">studio all day and into the wee hours for weeks on end. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now? eh...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I seem to hop around between the purge saga, daily chores and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">napping...lots of napping. Walter has taken to sleeping along my side and hip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> while I nap on the couch. I'm pretty sure it is messing up my shoulder,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but he is soooo happy there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tonight he kept me company in the studio,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> while I rewatched Guess Who's Coming To Dinner for the ? time,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wove this little basket. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now it is 1 am and I am wide awake and have screwed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">up my sleep once more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doesn't help that today will be 24 years since my dad died.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My brother and SIL had left the hospital for the night,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and I crawled up beside him in the bed </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where he had lain unconscious for nearly a day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I told him it was just the two of us alone now,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and he could go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He never took another breath, and I felt his spirit, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">his soul, leave the room. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The nurses told me it was not my imagination.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had witnessed it themselves many times.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">DJR was my rock, my one true certainty in the world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought I had found it in one other person in my life,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but it was not true. He was not true.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm 70 years old and still wish I had my dad to turn to;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to help with hard choices, to gather wisdom and advice,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and to hear once more all the lame dad jokes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wow, I'm all over the place tonight...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Walter, it's time for bed."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-42330210541449965062024-01-09T13:54:00.000-08:002024-01-09T13:54:06.386-08:00Madam Alexander Dolls<p style="text-align: center;">Some of you may not know that a dear friend of mine </p><p style="text-align: center;">passed away recently. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I am still in the process of helping my friends daughter </p><p style="text-align: center;">deal with the estate, and this weekend we unboxed </p><p style="text-align: center;">dozens of Madam Alexander dolls still new in box.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We have the complete Wizard of OZ set including Dorothy's house </p><p style="text-align: center;">and hot air balloon! Also Peter Pan and so much more.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">If you, or any of your friends, collect these please </p><p style="text-align: center;">get in touch with me ASAP, before they go to auction, </p><p style="text-align: center;">by leaving a comment here.</p><p style="text-align: center;">These collections are incredible! and I don't even </p><p style="text-align: center;">collect dolls, but as we unboxed, we were all squealing</p><p style="text-align: center;">with how adorable they are.</p><p style="text-align: center;">It's probably a good thing I do not have a granddaughter,</p><p style="text-align: center;">especially the Oz set</p><p style="text-align: center;">or...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The photo is lousy but gives you an idea of how many </p><p style="text-align: center;">we still have. One gal bought many individual ones over the weekend,</p><p style="text-align: center;">but we kept the larger collections...</p><p style="text-align: center;">I know it seems silly but I want them to find good homes. : D</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6o8KJmwuIoLNYaLa1WFfjE6ACanoex5XEl81R1dOE38WNyL6XeZpfADbcwgziLjR7TtBXGD0hw94bM2vcgkQuowEitx5ph6Z_mTqY9qDhg6QJYQJpRGQTRksj58uSpE_SESEMod2v7uKLTxiAKXtali7wB4swofoz6qEqBJwBoUFZa0yMnPCpVjdXOcS3/s640/Screenshot%202024-01-07%20at%2010.45.02%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="640" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6o8KJmwuIoLNYaLa1WFfjE6ACanoex5XEl81R1dOE38WNyL6XeZpfADbcwgziLjR7TtBXGD0hw94bM2vcgkQuowEitx5ph6Z_mTqY9qDhg6QJYQJpRGQTRksj58uSpE_SESEMod2v7uKLTxiAKXtali7wB4swofoz6qEqBJwBoUFZa0yMnPCpVjdXOcS3/w640-h468/Screenshot%202024-01-07%20at%2010.45.02%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Thank you<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Z</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-91480515058670102712024-01-05T10:59:00.000-08:002024-01-05T10:59:58.114-08:00It's Been Awhile<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Those of you who follow on IG know that right before Christmas, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I mean 7 days before Christmas, my entire upstairs was torn apart</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as I had wood floors installed. I only waited 30 years. I LOVE them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've got everything back where I want it after another major purge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It may look almost the same, but it's not.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a rug down temporarily for Walter to lie on</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> as the large upholstered chair is gone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm getting a new fluffy bed for him this weekend. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That wicker trunk you see under the half wall opens up to the left</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and right and raises up to lap height.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It stores all my years of patterns and ideas,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and also the new papers for my recent painting obsessions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before, all those things were down the hall in cupboard. Now</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they are right at my fingertips. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love it. It was outdoor furniture from Target in 22.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bought on clearance. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm working on the walls near the apothecary </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and down the adjacent hallway to guest rooms. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the only room that still has the most "stuff".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've purged so much everywhere else, and continue to do so.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm determined to spend the majority of my time right here</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the foreseeable future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rest will be cuddled up with Walter and a good book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7Xuvkb4ctUl0X_MTi73TtzDNK7ssZd67wAbuyh_JJkcOM2wohKOY7RdrOZ52iZ6cS59MFbWzTaX0lVgT-Qrriki4VG6jx60yeDfAm9vVIGSOBNftAXaWHNnk6tjIAmpNZTKUozDHFOZeFD6qu6KFxOtW6NBCRf4HZDRcfyhf3NFnqaxDizMHe_sYoYD4/s3924/IMG_6574.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3924" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7Xuvkb4ctUl0X_MTi73TtzDNK7ssZd67wAbuyh_JJkcOM2wohKOY7RdrOZ52iZ6cS59MFbWzTaX0lVgT-Qrriki4VG6jx60yeDfAm9vVIGSOBNftAXaWHNnk6tjIAmpNZTKUozDHFOZeFD6qu6KFxOtW6NBCRf4HZDRcfyhf3NFnqaxDizMHe_sYoYD4/w400-h309/IMG_6574.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFp4DNOIIgPL5BCpYSQZ8NAynux2cH1DsXffI5cUpdjuatMnoQjelIVwFKYg3k7WvHMl5Ok1tXKRsVTbCtJgst1AKqP_ThVnKKppyJ7PgWlHBIy-R6pTh2SZSJ6mrg8pcYhwK9iIsZJkPL0fauGQmQp061UwF7GBFRYhx213UQ6OHazld5ebI7u0f6p-W/s4030/IMG_6575.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="4030" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFp4DNOIIgPL5BCpYSQZ8NAynux2cH1DsXffI5cUpdjuatMnoQjelIVwFKYg3k7WvHMl5Ok1tXKRsVTbCtJgst1AKqP_ThVnKKppyJ7PgWlHBIy-R6pTh2SZSJ6mrg8pcYhwK9iIsZJkPL0fauGQmQp061UwF7GBFRYhx213UQ6OHazld5ebI7u0f6p-W/w400-h300/IMG_6575.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">And for those who wonder,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Yes, it is always this organized. I've been doing this </p><p style="text-align: center;">kind of thing my entire life. You cannot imagine</p><p style="text-align: center;"> the amount of things that are stored in this tiny room, </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bNi41Qeu8vDbiLHYR7QKlHjGRlZLlPO2gSj77ikyZps6pmrRHd_7vduNr7nCNd_bPEa7dUv_hve1gDODuwNCKeEeaOH9j39JYeQFRBhm3UP8CX15L_aQi2EcN4iaGrYTx4fIHY5LWcI6KQSn7Xj7A7M5a09evQ64ErjQxu8Mb4hjbFpqsCocS2BgbIup/s4032/IMG_6576.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bNi41Qeu8vDbiLHYR7QKlHjGRlZLlPO2gSj77ikyZps6pmrRHd_7vduNr7nCNd_bPEa7dUv_hve1gDODuwNCKeEeaOH9j39JYeQFRBhm3UP8CX15L_aQi2EcN4iaGrYTx4fIHY5LWcI6KQSn7Xj7A7M5a09evQ64ErjQxu8Mb4hjbFpqsCocS2BgbIup/w400-h300/IMG_6576.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-0L9N08PNTQpMyca2EgxuaKfYk0TiYdEoVYUG2HeesnoGpsfLoATd-E8EXhwY3j9qOKQ7RphL8R95NbcLSLBm13RXkFK3S8vev2Ksgs-hYCPwZ3mjTvSJG8bWHG2JkXuzHQiddK90Ln4Ldt8yj1u0kGdxyPwxLU2V9Bq7T1cQBRFw_HF06xrG3ei-tkk/s4032/IMG_6577.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I never followed that many to begin with and only view maybe 25 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">regularly anyway. There are several I only know from IG,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and they inspire me, so I'll stay just for them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So many women jumping on to make money, that's fine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but they're all hawking the same products,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and now copying each other DiYs with no credit to the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">orig postee if you can ever figure it out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Their homes look indistinguishable from each others</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as they're all given the same dang furniture and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amazon links. Don't get me started on AG1 and home </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">food delivery...hehe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some will say it's my age, but I don't think so.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This constant need to scroll endlessly is well...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">enough said by me..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2024 could well be the last year that we view as the year that </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">changed it all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hold tight to your loved ones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm hoping to make it at least to 85.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If I see the kids as I do now, about 3-4 times a year,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that means I'll see them at a maximum just 60 more times.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hard realizations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pray for Peace.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-5315656666381944952023-10-04T12:55:00.001-07:002023-10-04T12:55:59.673-07:00They're Here!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> %$#* &^</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That is how I feel about this.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not politics</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not <strike>stupid</strike> ignorant people</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not the yahoos I've been dealing with for months</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">over SS and insurance issues.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NOPE</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Those damn AEDES mosquitos have hit Las Vegas.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You remember the ones that bit me 18 times in CA;</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">caused me to have massive welts and </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">rashes all over that developed into Skeeter Syndrome.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Skeeter syndrome is </span><span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); color: #040c28; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">diagnosed when you have a</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); color: #040c28; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> strong reaction to a mosquito bite</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">You may see a large area of swelling, soreness, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">redness, and itching or pain at the location of the bite.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> Such a reaction can develop within hours of the bite,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> and it may last for weeks</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(yep it's real).</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Took me nearly four months for the last spot to heal and I have scars</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and discolored skin where they were.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just when the weather has cooled and I NEED to hit the yard</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">for cleanup. sigh</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wore long pants and shirt in CA and they still got my hands, face</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and crawled up my pant leg. Their nickname is ankle biters.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It made the news when the Urgent Cares here starting seeing folks </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">with unexplained welts and rashes.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I told my GP back in July about what had happened to me,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> she had never heard of them, but a new Dr who was shadowing her that day </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">said "oh yeah they're awful!" She was from CA.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So be warned if they come to your area. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The latest outbreak is NV and in AZ</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can't see them - teeny tiny, can't hear them, and won't feel the bite at all.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Within a few hours though <span style="color: #45818e;">OH the itch </span>and then you scratch a few times,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and I swear it "Activates it" somehow and you're in for it.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now in some tropical areas this creature from hell causes dengue etc.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I do not believe that is the case in US</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From a google site...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">They usually bite you on the ankles and elbows. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">The only way to differentiate between a dengue mosquito bite</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> and a normal mosquito bite is that that </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); color: #040c28; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">a dengue mosquito bite is much redder and itchy</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); color: #040c28; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> compared to a normal mosquito bite</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Aedes aegypti is a </span><span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); color: #040c28; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">small, dark mosquito with a white violin</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); color: #040c28; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> shaped marking on its back and banded legs</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Aedes aegypti has the ability to transmit dengue fever,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> chikungunya, yellow fever, and other viruses.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">So be careful please.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-19498294557269364032023-09-16T05:30:00.001-07:002023-09-16T05:30:00.139-07:00See update of last post<p style="text-align: center;"> Please see my update on my last post.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I need to double check these posts more and read out loud</p><p style="text-align: center;">to catch such silly errors. I apologize.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I am fine - I've already made it to 70 and plan/hope to </p><p style="text-align: center;">be around a lot longer.</p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-37485961784428679692023-09-14T05:30:00.004-07:002023-09-15T20:14:12.916-07:00Studio work<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The last week or so I have been taking Louise Fletcher's</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.louisefletcherart.com/free-course">Find your Joy Taster Class</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was tremendous fun and also thought provoking.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This free "taster " course is to introduce you to Louise</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">if you don't already know her, and then many students go on to take</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">her year long course which I hear is tremendous. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I won't go into the object of each lesson just show</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">you the fun projects and the experimentation I enjoyed.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These were quick mark making studies.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The paper is sectioned off with tape and</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> you paint the entire study then </span><span style="font-size: medium;">remove tape.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My tape stuck a little but it won't matter when I turn into note cards.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqt1Lsb5mRtWbCbztahX74Xt__2OKg3eOely8M-W-kS7Laa2vLGsuVGsCcPj3bisaxqytw4nIzZl_GxzTL-OVGU2gKixem1sNuw2Ub7pGJKUyiElCUEsElBq2pH04ek_Hx_gBtNlr0Gl6WiZ6e3Y2DZE1Yw9W4hIpM1QAumYZ0YMVtY5j9LjD08QuuqlJ-/s4032/IMG_6143.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqt1Lsb5mRtWbCbztahX74Xt__2OKg3eOely8M-W-kS7Laa2vLGsuVGsCcPj3bisaxqytw4nIzZl_GxzTL-OVGU2gKixem1sNuw2Ub7pGJKUyiElCUEsElBq2pH04ek_Hx_gBtNlr0Gl6WiZ6e3Y2DZE1Yw9W4hIpM1QAumYZ0YMVtY5j9LjD08QuuqlJ-/s320/IMG_6143.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMd6M5q9CehvfiPdSPg2OZ0B3BbN-xI-ZWoF8O7GCL_psR7db-LGsh7R2--_CNqGxNKvbSMnw-13CepWrfYqMdu2z_y7I8dB3pBnziQsQXfNkLw_QdQ7PyAKedz3OxC6BKhR6YUJZiPxgx4CNOuj5uZ9GNmDjl-l_9vQ_Gg-R7lgRykhTqMAbo0xbJ9XrQ/s4032/IMG_6158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMd6M5q9CehvfiPdSPg2OZ0B3BbN-xI-ZWoF8O7GCL_psR7db-LGsh7R2--_CNqGxNKvbSMnw-13CepWrfYqMdu2z_y7I8dB3pBnziQsQXfNkLw_QdQ7PyAKedz3OxC6BKhR6YUJZiPxgx4CNOuj5uZ9GNmDjl-l_9vQ_Gg-R7lgRykhTqMAbo0xbJ9XrQ/s320/IMG_6158.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Below was using foreign materials and foreign to you techniques and tools. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I sketched with pencil onto a wood plank,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">finger painted the background, finger-painted metallic inks onto deli paper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and then collaged. This was far outside the class idea, as I watched everyone </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">else but well, it's where the path took me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyjLbwUmewTNtcJ62KbtdR7CudoNTQam6_oSOmDcGC860u-Xwq1OE2wbArDwUUymYY4bwHmj9pTegUgYa2e3afUL23ki-vmM3x0bJ79mBKyRCfJq0q7WdZ4N5wMIqIVog2wKPooHOwWmrniTvVXv_Q5gxwY-Zr79r6E1WApwkaGM468ywIIj-_qC_t7N8/s4032/IMG_6160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyjLbwUmewTNtcJ62KbtdR7CudoNTQam6_oSOmDcGC860u-Xwq1OE2wbArDwUUymYY4bwHmj9pTegUgYa2e3afUL23ki-vmM3x0bJ79mBKyRCfJq0q7WdZ4N5wMIqIVog2wKPooHOwWmrniTvVXv_Q5gxwY-Zr79r6E1WApwkaGM468ywIIj-_qC_t7N8/s320/IMG_6160.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Trying out collaging metallic deli papers</span></div><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFXgAOUmRNyCxON7674JxuoyqPUhBC_pJeiOoe0TEIPCBnsVw_C9wzhy-mvwGRv9fVeX5IrE3p4Ikq0BTJQf4vVaGg4pp7J5bd9ghFtmc2yDreCUVYn9v6899UgUQKsq75buFqAEK2_gXpmfJhQGL-V2uzYQL_xdQCHadaG594smXxw8SERzIO8TIAPUr/s4032/71557627893__B68DEE11-B923-41DB-8436-0B51B3D71611.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFXgAOUmRNyCxON7674JxuoyqPUhBC_pJeiOoe0TEIPCBnsVw_C9wzhy-mvwGRv9fVeX5IrE3p4Ikq0BTJQf4vVaGg4pp7J5bd9ghFtmc2yDreCUVYn9v6899UgUQKsq75buFqAEK2_gXpmfJhQGL-V2uzYQL_xdQCHadaG594smXxw8SERzIO8TIAPUr/s320/71557627893__B68DEE11-B923-41DB-8436-0B51B3D71611.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Very much outside my usual, but </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">then that is where the exploration comes in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">We all get stuck in our "box" and repeat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">the familiar and comfortable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xsd_9ZSH9lFSzMf1u-2SNNDUMMxq2XKWwDK7NDNlDPDECNEJK436r9pGVYMbLmhnqL-BoC3UuosWJhUaT7A36JwHYQoeL8m6R-zRj7EZhCwoTsEboF6cRWl9pwk-mH_YrHXo-R4zOIlx_KKcP0nYsxxOvKL3ZzKrKZh-RYjmh5lB_A7D8QuE1B9jA6At/s3506/IMG_6180.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3506" data-original-width="2732" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xsd_9ZSH9lFSzMf1u-2SNNDUMMxq2XKWwDK7NDNlDPDECNEJK436r9pGVYMbLmhnqL-BoC3UuosWJhUaT7A36JwHYQoeL8m6R-zRj7EZhCwoTsEboF6cRWl9pwk-mH_YrHXo-R4zOIlx_KKcP0nYsxxOvKL3ZzKrKZh-RYjmh5lB_A7D8QuE1B9jA6At/s320/IMG_6180.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">For me, these classes are not for </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">finished art work so much as educating my own </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">eye and techniques that I am unfamiliar with, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">or even better, uncomfortable with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">This process then applies to many aspects of my life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">My life veered off radically the past couple decades,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">and I've taken a ride I never could have imagined. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I've hung on for dear life, and managed to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">educate, graduate and watch my kids soar onto new heights.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">They are in loving relationships, highly successful careers, and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">are just good people. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Becoming ill threw me for a loop, I will admit,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">but 6 years later I am still here, and was shocked to hear my primary Dr</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">tell me at my last visit that she wasn't sure that I would see 70.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">I need to amend this : What I should have written was</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">that the Dr had not been sure that I would see 70 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">because of how ill I was. Poor sentence structure-my bad.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: medium;">I can see why several folks thought my Dr was awful- she's not - she's wonderful </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and I am fortunate that we have such a great rapport.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">All my life, since I was first cutting up paper samples my dad brought home</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">when I was in elementary school,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I have turned to creative pursuits for my sanity and escape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Paper, fabric, paint, bead, hooking, knitting, home design...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Art therapy has seen me through it all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I'm still at it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-25492831560222035602023-08-28T17:52:00.004-07:002023-08-28T17:52:51.217-07:00Rainbow Bridge Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">IYKYK</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwau9XW5hSoF1KFwyq3PJqZDM1HKDuF8DmAFNS58XRGCPuNatRQGZbQbR6iisHiupF2mABvtiSU7Fr2aBBHUZ0VfRZ_HIUjqka7sdnG6Ac8ebde1ln0ZXUJzdgW03bq3z5_2YOH-jQLvZWM4no0wINwV2m4bIsj1TFsBUDe2flVaoLOcCkBNh5JML5Max-/s527/57111220983__EAC7B74A-04C1-4F5C-816A-D93E114987C1%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="415" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwau9XW5hSoF1KFwyq3PJqZDM1HKDuF8DmAFNS58XRGCPuNatRQGZbQbR6iisHiupF2mABvtiSU7Fr2aBBHUZ0VfRZ_HIUjqka7sdnG6Ac8ebde1ln0ZXUJzdgW03bq3z5_2YOH-jQLvZWM4no0wINwV2m4bIsj1TFsBUDe2flVaoLOcCkBNh5JML5Max-/w315-h400/57111220983__EAC7B74A-04C1-4F5C-816A-D93E114987C1%202.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eisenhower (Howie)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLQvkdVlFZaSPIPQk5XeGQj0ZJS9Bteouv5QIKdwfrlzH-iVI31I-_KM0C7m4vHfMKVuSjZoz1U_A7SpEiO-Fe6LT7dEqzmVI7HsK0OEO_Kh8_dLKTAwGkkIXyZogs-EO2csHH7vl_iX8ZrQPaDfApgujgO0uisdtWsX4AiLBA-vp6BJKmUovhVBglFJK/s640/DSCN2223.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLQvkdVlFZaSPIPQk5XeGQj0ZJS9Bteouv5QIKdwfrlzH-iVI31I-_KM0C7m4vHfMKVuSjZoz1U_A7SpEiO-Fe6LT7dEqzmVI7HsK0OEO_Kh8_dLKTAwGkkIXyZogs-EO2csHH7vl_iX8ZrQPaDfApgujgO0uisdtWsX4AiLBA-vp6BJKmUovhVBglFJK/w400-h300/DSCN2223.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Howie Justice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaQRFgk-5jqsQVVZDuqrry16Wzwdr33ytu7-mN8jYz8OAB48hHBIjuRfdk9JdOp9Eg-Fpt1Rjdw5mVyuqiIRcgWlOBQJLJ4G8ds8AhE66SolMNdCNFOsv5IZbv_Al1nPSABVEmvgqvrt6MKjv-SANLfyEEn8BrfXsIAn8rNIGbrMjVd243GHvVFC1JFmf/s2304/100_0928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="1728" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaQRFgk-5jqsQVVZDuqrry16Wzwdr33ytu7-mN8jYz8OAB48hHBIjuRfdk9JdOp9Eg-Fpt1Rjdw5mVyuqiIRcgWlOBQJLJ4G8ds8AhE66SolMNdCNFOsv5IZbv_Al1nPSABVEmvgqvrt6MKjv-SANLfyEEn8BrfXsIAn8rNIGbrMjVd243GHvVFC1JFmf/w300-h400/100_0928.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Liberty (Libbey)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-5605944914996823562023-08-19T13:53:00.000-07:002023-08-19T13:53:08.424-07:00Rainbow and UH OH<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1H5mLDzrZIHJc8XnaKUO2jeadUBaeioBrclb5H2TU9S5J0lelcv5IDNj1bhmLpzxukZwry9a78UyqRHihSqwCQ6ZYx5IWxryl9esB15P4r7kt-qVNIDBCmDibqkt9DaEzRaBCvlelNzuLGtfitmzigPUPUW4_jisQsxjbjwNf5GSMxr009F8fqM1cQJW_/s4032/IMG_6081.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1H5mLDzrZIHJc8XnaKUO2jeadUBaeioBrclb5H2TU9S5J0lelcv5IDNj1bhmLpzxukZwry9a78UyqRHihSqwCQ6ZYx5IWxryl9esB15P4r7kt-qVNIDBCmDibqkt9DaEzRaBCvlelNzuLGtfitmzigPUPUW4_jisQsxjbjwNf5GSMxr009F8fqM1cQJW_/w400-h300/IMG_6081.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday was this gorgeous rainbow</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Full side to side and a double! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOUSigC0lnMF9o2mGrWs9zhBRahdzDZzvz_OwJsBfKULwos72KtyUYEHX3y76xJ8uanurFtQ4ECCiXIReGRTXwuhDXP4LnE6_5sqogFlj8H79NcDWhTEpLGKLnbKSnHtbe2dRT0hyYmqxZ5iAHoHLZDZMUFV5jHClatsOSDh_7qZ31Jy9rvBD9a-WoBFT/s4032/IMG_6078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2398" data-original-width="4032" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOUSigC0lnMF9o2mGrWs9zhBRahdzDZzvz_OwJsBfKULwos72KtyUYEHX3y76xJ8uanurFtQ4ECCiXIReGRTXwuhDXP4LnE6_5sqogFlj8H79NcDWhTEpLGKLnbKSnHtbe2dRT0hyYmqxZ5iAHoHLZDZMUFV5jHClatsOSDh_7qZ31Jy9rvBD9a-WoBFT/w400-h238/IMG_6078.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />And the...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">UH OH</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looks like my kiddos and I are both in for some </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Weather" with a capital W.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Constant boomies, and alerts on radio,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">tv and phones.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here in Vegas many of the houseless</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">live in massive storm drains and the local </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">emergency folks have been trying to move them</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and all their belongings ( including furniture etc) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">out of there as quickly </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">as possible so that their belongings </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">don't wash out and block </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">small drains. Teams have been going all</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> over the city clearing drains of debris,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">as much as they can.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even a light sustained rain here can cause serious</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">flooding, and foolish tourists and idiot locals</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">do NOT heed warnings and have to be rescued</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or worse. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I first moved here in the 70's, it was common</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> for many of the parking garages to flood entirely,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and even grand hotels to have dripping water </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">during storms. All the streets flooded </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but decades of building water retention basins </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">solved a good bit. The basins were used as parks and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">soccer fields. Win Win </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The LA folks are also worried about high winds</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and mud slides. My neighbor has a dangerous, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">nearly dead, pine tree that concerns me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It could take off the front of my house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We shall see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully the concern is a reaction to the horrors</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">of HI and BC.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's see what all the climate deniers </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">have to say about a tropical storm almost in Vegas?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although it will no longer be a tropical here, but it </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">will be the first to hit CA since 1939.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I tried unsuccessfully to load a video of Walter </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">on here, but it is on my IG if you love him.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/oldgreymareprimitives/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.instagram.com/oldgreymareprimitives/</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stay safe - and Be prepared,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">not just when emergencies loom,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but always, every day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The birthday plans changed as I drove to LA so that</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> I could attend bonus son Ivan's </span><span>competition.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First night there Hannah and Nick went to a</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> friends B-day party Barbie themed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They went as Barbie and Oppenheimer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rMSvzRVos8UPgpFyEwjUFoNYb1mijEZC0QWDn6bKV4DbQZo-prDFFi0Tac5avUezHPL8o-QOiV-_YmkR3Qvq2f0OHsMpdkAfTts_sWHm6eGmPQZhE1iFJQ1D5giXJUpbefjmcsjYfybERs4jeU1i8cBUh9O99pBT6Ea0X7hpS2Uf0thLp_oVZhDUwVaC/s4032/IMG_5971.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First two nights at Ben and Helene's </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ben grilled a lovely meal and I was eaten alive (over 40 bites)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by these nasty mosquitoes that invaded CA-aedes - I'll spare you the photos.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In fact I had an allergic reaction called Skeeter syndrome.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It'll be awhile for swelling and infected areas to go away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bright and early Saturday after Ben prepared a lovely light breakfast</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> we drove to Anneheim for Ivan's event. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ivan did great ( second from left),</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but was disappointed at second place </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1OQhhmL-q6Y7W4V07etmae_cIJ1wxRPoVsIfHlbNwHsC0zXgzu491c7K9fVoSuv1clDcK3wvjNHEH2mCRz5rfku8lPI2dSRrcwNh7bIbGcgyot8jJjwdo2sc2N9MRbhDi-rQKmX6CzaKs35LSjQWDqQs71dl5w3FiG16s3ONaIiNIZph17gKu3miqcSN/s1206/IMG_5984.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1OQhhmL-q6Y7W4V07etmae_cIJ1wxRPoVsIfHlbNwHsC0zXgzu491c7K9fVoSuv1clDcK3wvjNHEH2mCRz5rfku8lPI2dSRrcwNh7bIbGcgyot8jJjwdo2sc2N9MRbhDi-rQKmX6CzaKs35LSjQWDqQs71dl5w3FiG16s3ONaIiNIZph17gKu3miqcSN/w388-h400/IMG_5984.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After event lunch at this smorgasbord place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many restaurants for takeout and then we reconvened to eat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love this photo of Ben and Ivan.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Best buds since jr high. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Are you grasping the gastronomy path </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we take when together?</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Then kids treated me</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> to luxury suite at Mr C's Beverly Hills.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Comped Peach Bellinis to start</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Walter and Hannah on one of two balconies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the room my favorite pizza caceo pepe, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and mushroom, both wood fired.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgNzcK5ZagLdolFxwjfgT46FSM6IaqGRG5anf3JmUoqUN5vTl9kAUX7voYqvC05Oz-BF8PvSZ9pDg-P9s5yXTkZ2eASv3sn4sCu9yYuupghtxpr76oK6tnJ3Tc2eRVor6PrIrHjyRZlWExAGx2iGEpBbgFRkTfPpZGb6sjwpKSAo2MixQ4lFgSJ51CWOR/s4032/71186008264__59558B7C-3C5A-4CF1-8B71-781A9C8FE4D7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2235" data-original-width="4032" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgNzcK5ZagLdolFxwjfgT46FSM6IaqGRG5anf3JmUoqUN5vTl9kAUX7voYqvC05Oz-BF8PvSZ9pDg-P9s5yXTkZ2eASv3sn4sCu9yYuupghtxpr76oK6tnJ3Tc2eRVor6PrIrHjyRZlWExAGx2iGEpBbgFRkTfPpZGb6sjwpKSAo2MixQ4lFgSJ51CWOR/w400-h221/71186008264__59558B7C-3C5A-4CF1-8B71-781A9C8FE4D7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">N</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ext day lunch with all-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here Hannah, Ivan, and Ben</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJv6fNiVHbgy64P2_74XXEmXIMKeHxkJRM44oW0MKBxR-xW99aZ1fPB5XjZcNhax75Wf6m1iO08ho9bNaeF35Jni9ZakuM4ISU35XTg_gNMeMvkSrY5OQmwYkNWelXGcqMOyKT1nSPraENIYrP3VE-kZLTsJ0dJ3Ip38E0MTYtvmR3qKDxPEg1Xq-oOJRx/s4032/IMG_5986%202%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJv6fNiVHbgy64P2_74XXEmXIMKeHxkJRM44oW0MKBxR-xW99aZ1fPB5XjZcNhax75Wf6m1iO08ho9bNaeF35Jni9ZakuM4ISU35XTg_gNMeMvkSrY5OQmwYkNWelXGcqMOyKT1nSPraENIYrP3VE-kZLTsJ0dJ3Ip38E0MTYtvmR3qKDxPEg1Xq-oOJRx/w400-h300/IMG_5986%202%202.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Walter did great with his new just for the trip, pup cart. He loved it!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It will totally change how we get out and about.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I highly recommend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He felt safe and so no barking at strangers or dogs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Walter made best friends with security guard Julian. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkN97iAz9a5wUE1puJ7msjNsq5QLzLRObdYIEoXvQBa8d7A7mKoCGxW7aDOrtNDrwtzlBz75Evm0_reDbj1xky_TOn9DTt1YpVXEj2Cgixoj3J6GW0bpu6cweEHgy6i_yekPgf_FdL0TkPyh-BsEACMXpIAB6OOIW3KXd3zBIpbzfWe8REn1tUoBFq1MO/s2877/71185425995__A656EA72-0348-4931-8A43-198025678616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2877" data-original-width="2877" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkN97iAz9a5wUE1puJ7msjNsq5QLzLRObdYIEoXvQBa8d7A7mKoCGxW7aDOrtNDrwtzlBz75Evm0_reDbj1xky_TOn9DTt1YpVXEj2Cgixoj3J6GW0bpu6cweEHgy6i_yekPgf_FdL0TkPyh-BsEACMXpIAB6OOIW3KXd3zBIpbzfWe8REn1tUoBFq1MO/w400-h400/71185425995__A656EA72-0348-4931-8A43-198025678616.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We also crammed in a little traditional Target run, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a visit to Culver's terrific farmers market Saturday morning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am so envious of their farmers markets.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hannah gave me a Taro reading that was freakishly spot on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Breakfast at the coffee shop where</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Nick and Hannah had first date.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAdQzeDTsg0fxt4MFzLwT9WVrPh7zN6V1KXLzz8o_Db6X4tXdb3VAMcRWYQ2W0D61KoksUIsGpNk_S54key_qZEsaAkEKom-Rhcfn_iR37d2zQafTFakbTKu4Z-4Yaev2c8pguIecePX5YGMvYl2hahmUOX4yhKt_MEPXEyweF0N2tNT9BnQ7Hr1WbGC5/s3014/71191170225__E1B20C35-ED35-4A13-89EB-7909376E6BB6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="3014" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAdQzeDTsg0fxt4MFzLwT9WVrPh7zN6V1KXLzz8o_Db6X4tXdb3VAMcRWYQ2W0D61KoksUIsGpNk_S54key_qZEsaAkEKom-Rhcfn_iR37d2zQafTFakbTKu4Z-4Yaev2c8pguIecePX5YGMvYl2hahmUOX4yhKt_MEPXEyweF0N2tNT9BnQ7Hr1WbGC5/w400-h335/71191170225__E1B20C35-ED35-4A13-89EB-7909376E6BB6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then salt water pool date at Mr C's with her two besties</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Heidi and Jenny.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These thirty somethings even played Marco Polo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hilarious!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These three started a very cool writer's group</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and all are doing great things, well, WILL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">continue as soon as strike is over.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="1400" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTC6AigUXstLgAx-7-EQu6uWIypNatJ_K_tbC9j8BhiyoSOA4z_1VfGLuDzmD_XJOiMQHTFLIb6mEFKyGmPXfLodllJeZ7gc5r8PkdOm2cAOstgDr-b7tACZQ8EWIdtCHTFrtwUHQkKXFR2S8ivdCfbcLLH0TqJELgRQHIk1i3nQRHEIGU39fB2IFC4VWh/w400-h145/offer-four.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Walter enjoying our last morning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh and yes this is dog friendly hotel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A doggie area right near the front so we went up </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and out easily as needed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gorgeous landmark hotel and it turns out I stayed </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">there the last day it was Mr C's. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was sold Monday to a large corp.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I sure hope they keep all the staff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They were exceptional.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6TIyWAAEvOgn1-X2A-ZlwioH-cOgOLXLr-qw9R2ykOzbs5g0e1GsqSew1UQ94AJQjKtf2SWpUT9QmBGvC6xcBGw4JZs-MdA5LesPoBChZ1dybrMbxvT-F13v7uormIrthvP4-Q0Mvu9bRADUKTCrX9iTnn0FWLYzWAvtxLzJ939rhKAUVvpcIgxEx9jz/s4032/71190275929__DD9F0719-EFC4-4C7B-B769-F2C303A8064C%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6TIyWAAEvOgn1-X2A-ZlwioH-cOgOLXLr-qw9R2ykOzbs5g0e1GsqSew1UQ94AJQjKtf2SWpUT9QmBGvC6xcBGw4JZs-MdA5LesPoBChZ1dybrMbxvT-F13v7uormIrthvP4-Q0Mvu9bRADUKTCrX9iTnn0FWLYzWAvtxLzJ939rhKAUVvpcIgxEx9jz/w300-h400/71190275929__DD9F0719-EFC4-4C7B-B769-F2C303A8064C%202.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">So this is 70</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-1QZFiO6fyOkUmxF_OFX0beDwFzTseDA3UGzTd7gFEcoKfsj_pv5TV2iI4ha6wCc9d3SEKAK5kIk8oH5ytRg0E_CBUx4Naj2UkJgty7VIORsRhrM2tNmu2xP9F78XIvE8QrwGL6t-8AsOL0XCOGgUnUGwvYOeOkD0FK_IGPoEEykoEujhdPyKDycE_DB/s1590/IMG_6822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1590" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-1QZFiO6fyOkUmxF_OFX0beDwFzTseDA3UGzTd7gFEcoKfsj_pv5TV2iI4ha6wCc9d3SEKAK5kIk8oH5ytRg0E_CBUx4Naj2UkJgty7VIORsRhrM2tNmu2xP9F78XIvE8QrwGL6t-8AsOL0XCOGgUnUGwvYOeOkD0FK_IGPoEEykoEujhdPyKDycE_DB/w400-h303/IMG_6822.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A wonderful visit with the most important people in my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I hate sharing any photos of me, as those of you who have been here</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> since 2008 can attest. However it seemed to be a requirement for this post,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">even with my swollen, red, arms and hands from those horrible bites. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> It's an important milestone and although</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I felt guilty for all the kids did for me, it was such a blessing this gift</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of time we all shared. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I gifted them each part one of my Story Worth. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You saw the wrapped versions in a previous post. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I'm thinking that this next year I will </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">search thru the years of blogs for some writings </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am pleased with and add a few more gems</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> to who Suzan Rennie was.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This was the bookmark I added to their books</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of my favorite photos of me at 24,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">before I was no longer just Suzan Rennie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">oh so very long ago.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8E2l20A8qWv4sM2mNmqRTZMfWV5ZtfhnbvFFmKsqZT7dgt4d09P6i1SehvjVBF3X_6jw3Lcob3nyGIweX71DdFvQAMQ6mld7P1nXLAmSn-gNdjECxsVna7FEkDqGznFg48E7mhoawzrIxqOKl1RIyrFPFht_lOsh_mItTHQ9HC_VcPuDeHDfFrjYGJAR/s631/cover%3F.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="457" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8E2l20A8qWv4sM2mNmqRTZMfWV5ZtfhnbvFFmKsqZT7dgt4d09P6i1SehvjVBF3X_6jw3Lcob3nyGIweX71DdFvQAMQ6mld7P1nXLAmSn-gNdjECxsVna7FEkDqGznFg48E7mhoawzrIxqOKl1RIyrFPFht_lOsh_mItTHQ9HC_VcPuDeHDfFrjYGJAR/s320/cover%3F.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-6079355559242876152023-07-18T11:20:00.000-07:002023-07-18T11:20:06.909-07:00Gifting<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the perks in creating a mix of </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">projects is you acquire a variety of materials and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">not all are used for prints, paintings etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some are useful for everyday items.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Different handprinted tags with </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">hand painted ribbons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcab00JwCEdfF90KApNApR2j2_IcZFhSv3TDPvTFGkKin_Oun31wgtfvMq7yg0M4TrcdRDFN-EZEX1fCq7Yat7_y079WJEdxENyLxK4_S61avcmD2m7G8zXZjqo7KRfaVCbxNSGPMLrz08XgDA6YRCGu0p8WMW9tL-pVJxMfBLYGJdo_HDt52ZVULjixkr/s4032/IMG_5936.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcab00JwCEdfF90KApNApR2j2_IcZFhSv3TDPvTFGkKin_Oun31wgtfvMq7yg0M4TrcdRDFN-EZEX1fCq7Yat7_y079WJEdxENyLxK4_S61avcmD2m7G8zXZjqo7KRfaVCbxNSGPMLrz08XgDA6YRCGu0p8WMW9tL-pVJxMfBLYGJdo_HDt52ZVULjixkr/w400-h300/IMG_5936.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I'm stuck creating something </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">large, or just can't get started at all,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">making some quick embellishments or </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">ribbons, or making various gelli prints, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">is productive "thinking" time or</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">mindless distractions. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Having supplies like this at the ready allows</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">for very personalized gift giving.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had planned for hand painted paper </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">for these gifts but ran out of time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's on my list for the next</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> crafting time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That is if I can stop doing sudoku.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had an issue with it several years ago,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">doing far too many,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but now I've found an on line spot and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">well...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Only 112 today, some parts of town</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> got rain and hail yesterday, but nada here.</span></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-10514889132484411192023-07-16T05:30:00.001-07:002023-07-16T05:30:00.164-07:00Hand Painted Ribbons<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy9blu9vjabIOzubslOWrnzzAQ1uBnP1FmfKNCJb_D7fBcARmQpTBFkICDAi3RnEVMRJWLQOPeSceJAotfDEvhxFwfUW1DUufP9SfzEVrgHHdHie9fBSBnOb1sB9I1A1fCpZMLprOsFcOqe2VEA_mEN81r0YBitu_PTIXsfu1CDfFYBueKZcV2Ej29yxd/s3530/71116776053__D38E3E57-A285-46B5-95A2-C6DB4D3AE07A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3530" data-original-width="1828" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy9blu9vjabIOzubslOWrnzzAQ1uBnP1FmfKNCJb_D7fBcARmQpTBFkICDAi3RnEVMRJWLQOPeSceJAotfDEvhxFwfUW1DUufP9SfzEVrgHHdHie9fBSBnOb1sB9I1A1fCpZMLprOsFcOqe2VEA_mEN81r0YBitu_PTIXsfu1CDfFYBueKZcV2Ej29yxd/w332-h640/71116776053__D38E3E57-A285-46B5-95A2-C6DB4D3AE07A.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am still enjoying the daily fodder challenge and today</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I made these ribbons out of linen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I have a plan for them to wrap </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">some special gifts for the kids. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Fodder Challenge and Fodder School </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">really puts your creativity into high gear.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can follow the teacher's instructions</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">exactly, or if you don't have those supplies, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">you can detour and use what you have, or what </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">you are comfortable using.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">With every lesson, it becomes a jumping off</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">point to other ideas and inspirations. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">With it being 117 degrees here today, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">doing anything but holing up </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">in the studio was out of the question. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What are you doing these days?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-60402715620804217442023-07-12T16:32:00.000-07:002023-07-12T16:32:26.180-07:00Finished<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwI7OEak7grKikJEnBnBRjp99KeWtQlETSnK9OYHyFvFkJ_cHjcy_dDV5tZqiKpXSWbi22uRg5hcubiWBgANwhGdzdHc_7YvFAVJp8VcUG7htLnZ8WNuhNK5ZLVSjvLHWEEBIDjuHHCCc2NJDdCOIY7ataLirj5WJhd_vjxAceDb5HDmRsjXrhg1j9vcJ/s3240/IMG_5903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="2755" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwI7OEak7grKikJEnBnBRjp99KeWtQlETSnK9OYHyFvFkJ_cHjcy_dDV5tZqiKpXSWbi22uRg5hcubiWBgANwhGdzdHc_7YvFAVJp8VcUG7htLnZ8WNuhNK5ZLVSjvLHWEEBIDjuHHCCc2NJDdCOIY7ataLirj5WJhd_vjxAceDb5HDmRsjXrhg1j9vcJ/w340-h400/IMG_5903.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sister Moon is finished </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The line is from the lyrics of Blue Moon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Blue moon</div><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">You saw me standing alone</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Without a dream in my heart</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Without a love of my own</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Blue moon</div><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">You knew just what I was there for</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">You heard me saying a prayer for</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Someone I really could care for</div></span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">And then, there suddenly appeared before me</div><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">The only one my arms will ever hold</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">I heard somebody whisper, "Please, adore me"</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold</div></span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Blue moon</div><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Now, I'm no longer alone</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Without a dream in my heart</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Without a love of my own</div></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">DJR</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My father used to hum and croon songs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">while we spent time in</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">his workshop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blue Moon was one of them </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Catch A Falling Star was another</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p> </p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-18134123279954832432023-07-12T05:30:00.016-07:002023-07-12T05:30:00.150-07:00Getting Mojo Back<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> For so many years I spent days, weeks, even months</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">at a time in my studio </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> sewing, creating, preparing for classes, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">painting furniture, making purses,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> bags, dolls and ornaments. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was always something new I wanted to learn, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or attempt, or teach to others.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Life intervened and I'm pretty sure my mojo</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">took a walkabout.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, it returned in spurts,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I never could just lock it down for good.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know how long this will last</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but for now I am free wheeling ideas in</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">all directions.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7tjOF-OQT3AtSNv2GxT_OHN-ngny3GSSLyLDIo7ct1jrA4Mut5xfu4dsotkoY8v_toJQxzu2pw_5VdU80ZgNwjT52D2yh3n1g9722lE5pz-h2FxAsHmTPShuQ00yw1C8Nk7JHQmAiRDmyLsI9kimFjsdlraE3831c25KwuxB3nDw5xA8gI_0Uvinnd2I/s3274/IMG_5897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3274" data-original-width="3008" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7tjOF-OQT3AtSNv2GxT_OHN-ngny3GSSLyLDIo7ct1jrA4Mut5xfu4dsotkoY8v_toJQxzu2pw_5VdU80ZgNwjT52D2yh3n1g9722lE5pz-h2FxAsHmTPShuQ00yw1C8Nk7JHQmAiRDmyLsI9kimFjsdlraE3831c25KwuxB3nDw5xA8gI_0Uvinnd2I/w368-h400/IMG_5897.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOqto_5hqmjt4i_RnJ0P7T31QcKyoNcGcabJAlNBNYfNpNL90bL3SOw0h6LyHSwlAkoBShF02ICLI-Zq2Lu0A9L_gKnyjq3srjZnxC0RLavV0ZzMKiPQvYcFPEQVVroV1OzdIuE-43jnBX3FhaPIwY3uT0pGdFF214nW4xAxDg7qJdyBdk13vOt3CZdJz/s3357/71065260007__9B196534-2ABB-4C20-9213-766F639FA9A8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3357" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOqto_5hqmjt4i_RnJ0P7T31QcKyoNcGcabJAlNBNYfNpNL90bL3SOw0h6LyHSwlAkoBShF02ICLI-Zq2Lu0A9L_gKnyjq3srjZnxC0RLavV0ZzMKiPQvYcFPEQVVroV1OzdIuE-43jnBX3FhaPIwY3uT0pGdFF214nW4xAxDg7qJdyBdk13vOt3CZdJz/w360-h400/71065260007__9B196534-2ABB-4C20-9213-766F639FA9A8.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6202GtMCR8BAa6ntvLrDdntoMHgAGO3X0la3iBsOHCFI2RD3ndF8ARHD_gtrjl86CcQQzdxG_ijz6aP45wOKi8t8oZYCsfIxp871Ym0Uo0Ujrw9O6H7YDPIL9gyuXoSyKRaDLsfF80L8-1VI3tsdyJwirK0NuNXbQmej4TpL5T7wpkvv9czXb9Dh-q0LO/s4032/71065252498__7B897CC4-C3CA-4EC7-9DC8-F2A5D9BA9706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6202GtMCR8BAa6ntvLrDdntoMHgAGO3X0la3iBsOHCFI2RD3ndF8ARHD_gtrjl86CcQQzdxG_ijz6aP45wOKi8t8oZYCsfIxp871Ym0Uo0Ujrw9O6H7YDPIL9gyuXoSyKRaDLsfF80L8-1VI3tsdyJwirK0NuNXbQmej4TpL5T7wpkvv9czXb9Dh-q0LO/w400-h150/71065252498__7B897CC4-C3CA-4EC7-9DC8-F2A5D9BA9706.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Taking the<a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/fodder.school/3144540327709449676/"> fodder classes</a> has been the jumping off point,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I've climbed the high dive myself.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This moon piece is now nearly complete;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">it took some time to cover the entire canvas in moons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm a cancer sign and have always had an affinity </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">for the moon. Since I was little, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">when I saw the moon I would whisper, "sister moon". </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was the test run for another I have planned.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'll be making some fabric sunflowers later in the week,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">as well as finishing the fodder challenge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Too dang hot to be anywhere but in the studio anyway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My fab four will be coming in for my b-day soon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'll have to stop playing and clean house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-6659512979711296532023-07-09T05:30:00.006-07:002023-07-09T20:58:59.179-07:00Gelli Fever<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRFGZpQZ3iWUXrjMwsAUkfbxH3QN6QpkZHAL05o8EqbHWMWwBdI3hICEg_I0qG-y4ms5t67M--ehUcMV70NWn_n_YqiBKN5sOwxZ31vlyPo4NXFAE_ASzKK2_0a0rGO8Ntb-7hkPItlkr6h0GwvD-Xjq5fmkPLFJiHAA96BmCdickCLA3pwJPWFDoTuWx/s3908/IMG_5882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2179" data-original-width="3908" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRFGZpQZ3iWUXrjMwsAUkfbxH3QN6QpkZHAL05o8EqbHWMWwBdI3hICEg_I0qG-y4ms5t67M--ehUcMV70NWn_n_YqiBKN5sOwxZ31vlyPo4NXFAE_ASzKK2_0a0rGO8Ntb-7hkPItlkr6h0GwvD-Xjq5fmkPLFJiHAA96BmCdickCLA3pwJPWFDoTuWx/w640-h356/IMG_5882.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I had made some more prints, and then a few more, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and then well, you get the picture.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCcP79-uHjg-rhgghm5PYWvCjN0lUSMkU6JYH1q7MtxDPkTGBJizhOH8hKlm-0P5wJ6MbuolhJCYhgOu3yJhQMKXKDFVp7BjgGV3Mq6UrIsoiRhTniDSDJ_FDlvHNldJUD6mB_Npnxh6ZJKF4sbwI6a7KopoyQtchlzwwFy77ksDx7KT36kp9YE9vVeok/s4032/71012476126__5687076D-468F-4709-928F-91AAB2282633-1.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCcP79-uHjg-rhgghm5PYWvCjN0lUSMkU6JYH1q7MtxDPkTGBJizhOH8hKlm-0P5wJ6MbuolhJCYhgOu3yJhQMKXKDFVp7BjgGV3Mq6UrIsoiRhTniDSDJ_FDlvHNldJUD6mB_Npnxh6ZJKF4sbwI6a7KopoyQtchlzwwFy77ksDx7KT36kp9YE9vVeok/w400-h300/71012476126__5687076D-468F-4709-928F-91AAB2282633-1.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I repurposed an old canvas that had printed tissue on it already,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">in fact for about 4 years untouched,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">then dry brushed some color on, ( hated that) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">so then some torn, textured, tissue from the cold pack </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">that Prime wraps around delivered fridge worthy products.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Been doing watercolor circles in a class,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> so stayed with that theme,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and cut circles out of the gelli prints</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and ta da!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's texture upon texture.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My upstairs hall is becoming a gallery of all my class</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and post class projects.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have to remind myself that I'm the only</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> one that has to like it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At 70 ( coming up in 11 days) it's </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">still a lesson I need to work on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've spent too many years pleasing others</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> before self, and in spite of self,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and worried about pleasing others,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, I have narrowed my focus </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">to a few honest and dear loved ones that matter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have also learned, far too late,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to set and keep boundaries.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My mind can easily slip into rehashing betrayals </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">over the last couple decades. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They lay just below the surface ready </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">to pounce at the slightest opportunity.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gelli printing garners quick results and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">successful results more often than naught.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Great music, or a good streaming show</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the hours zoom past,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> with not a negative thought or fear.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I highly recommend any type of creative pursuit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So good for the soul and hopefully wards </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">off the age issues we all eventually face.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Throw in a couple sudokus, one mini crossword,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> one spelling bee and 2- 3 on line 100 piece jigsaws</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">daily and you have...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">well, me</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's damn hot here but then isn't it everywhere?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">DO NOT say "but's it a dry heat" </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You'll hear me scream.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-39161933386646068812023-06-22T05:30:00.003-07:002023-06-22T05:30:00.141-07:00Geli squares<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A little project that kept me busy for a couple days. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had a pile of geli printed papers I had made a few months back</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and decided I would try another style of collage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I had already made paper quilts and desired something a little </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">more rustic, textured or rough?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I adhered the geli paper to mixed media paper </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and then cut into 2x2" squares. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had a nice thick 12x 24" canvas stored so....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I did not want them adhered flat and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">also did not want a smooth appearance,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">hence the word rough, so I let the wrinkles </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and curled edges come as they wished, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and in some cases encouraged.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I finished the sides in geli strips.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was a fun exercise,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">though laborious for sure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Purists will cringe at the wrinkles etc but </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">you've seen my house,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">do I care about such things?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Creating is so good for the soul,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">my free therapy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO-FvlGlfH1cMj97rRUl8QQfdK7KDoLRqRz8oauJVCtOK41aUkCI0y4ZhQBki5wyoPK_83mwyqgRVHiiRVl20T82G2eg4epx470rrtAkIclO5FW3RDIfYjO62h-QZR_b-87C-SyDVpxs49Y3D31W0AfoD83l8eyRlTdpaEcU2Ep0sIn3P66G0UZUrKKTX/s4032/IMG_5797.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2088" data-original-width="4032" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO-FvlGlfH1cMj97rRUl8QQfdK7KDoLRqRz8oauJVCtOK41aUkCI0y4ZhQBki5wyoPK_83mwyqgRVHiiRVl20T82G2eg4epx470rrtAkIclO5FW3RDIfYjO62h-QZR_b-87C-SyDVpxs49Y3D31W0AfoD83l8eyRlTdpaEcU2Ep0sIn3P66G0UZUrKKTX/w640-h332/IMG_5797.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDhv3GdjPwxpH-TnkJ36bejVMpidwdTpaqINs2RUW6busmAAtfEBCMyrZcJEO3uPIAOlPbz0Vl4BLmGzKpEDKTJ-bTGxZZTIr3IzhHOgKigbpNvnH0gEAxgOWVEo32Ghy6qizcVXEpFaxll461yzplkETTgWLzcOavoBO_Z-qBEQGrdyd6YqbRn0qzqmf/s4032/IMG_5795.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDhv3GdjPwxpH-TnkJ36bejVMpidwdTpaqINs2RUW6busmAAtfEBCMyrZcJEO3uPIAOlPbz0Vl4BLmGzKpEDKTJ-bTGxZZTIr3IzhHOgKigbpNvnH0gEAxgOWVEo32Ghy6qizcVXEpFaxll461yzplkETTgWLzcOavoBO_Z-qBEQGrdyd6YqbRn0qzqmf/w640-h480/IMG_5795.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg745c4X-jzrrGYlw7E_pa0y1pf9goH5NQ34HsDelA5MVI6oVIEkupFG8yavlQ5LR2KzWhQJMgsWwKIXViT_dADb_Y9GKx8581XYXrD0T1J7QUn3ZsdIStOhjRNZdfKDw9QDMzY9eqXeyFe96utTsQtaaUozHlQYI4zoQjkalxPH0cWFAzYDs40xZny6JlJ/s4032/IMG_5784.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="4032" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg745c4X-jzrrGYlw7E_pa0y1pf9goH5NQ34HsDelA5MVI6oVIEkupFG8yavlQ5LR2KzWhQJMgsWwKIXViT_dADb_Y9GKx8581XYXrD0T1J7QUn3ZsdIStOhjRNZdfKDw9QDMzY9eqXeyFe96utTsQtaaUozHlQYI4zoQjkalxPH0cWFAzYDs40xZny6JlJ/w640-h100/IMG_5784.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-81657022197839651312023-06-18T19:40:00.004-07:002023-06-18T19:40:37.122-07:00DJR<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSQ_ml1oMFLvKg7AGPy8SneFAf3Kf2t62BMMRYa0GxSAdUk8IXKLpcu_TiWXcIfgftxiB4QsI3NE076PDgDdgvmwelh9SJSlhmcXNtgLoZeaVZxPAgQ6_98r7UfVhnhO6_pUQfbgkszimkJdIaCXF9M3WT1sOMxMyyCV-gn94JPYHzwfpVMpVSRGQnQ/s726/djr%201%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="504" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSQ_ml1oMFLvKg7AGPy8SneFAf3Kf2t62BMMRYa0GxSAdUk8IXKLpcu_TiWXcIfgftxiB4QsI3NE076PDgDdgvmwelh9SJSlhmcXNtgLoZeaVZxPAgQ6_98r7UfVhnhO6_pUQfbgkszimkJdIaCXF9M3WT1sOMxMyyCV-gn94JPYHzwfpVMpVSRGQnQ/w444-h640/djr%201%202.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dad loved to fish</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some of his happiest days were spent beside a creek, in a canoe,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">on a friend's boat or on his pontoon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I took several fishing trips to Canada with dad and his friends and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">loved seeing him so relaxed and funny.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He's been gone 23 years and I don't think a day goes by </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">that I don't remember something he taught me,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or use a skill he passed on. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I miss him so very much.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To him I was Suzy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-45177517364518179212023-06-17T14:00:00.001-07:002023-06-30T21:17:21.251-07:00Back In The Studio<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been spending a lot of time in my studio.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cleaned things up a bit, and removed the daybed, too crowded with it there,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and hauled a chair back up into the corner. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've had a glorious cool June, but the tide is turning, so I'm retreating from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the garden back inside till fall temps. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Cjte9pV6Igb0EtCCcjjn7PR4b94b4XXtu7UelrHJzfYj4tLNuYS8BWQS7yR_44zayOUBn-HKjZ2A_v4uP9JIq_ODOInnzQkkOQ95yZWSzmOdwPgxiZ7NHBYTxRy_QIUm7TlZHkSAzdhhqaDI4od2L5hd_t_L2jHnoWeS_AVxN2VnZosMtSZIFSXhWw/s3257/IMG_5762.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3257" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Cjte9pV6Igb0EtCCcjjn7PR4b94b4XXtu7UelrHJzfYj4tLNuYS8BWQS7yR_44zayOUBn-HKjZ2A_v4uP9JIq_ODOInnzQkkOQ95yZWSzmOdwPgxiZ7NHBYTxRy_QIUm7TlZHkSAzdhhqaDI4od2L5hd_t_L2jHnoWeS_AVxN2VnZosMtSZIFSXhWw/w594-h640/IMG_5762.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Getting the chair up the stairs and around the half wall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was challenging. Another one of my "midnight" ideas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I pushed the chair end over end up the stairs, easy peasy,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but then it couldn't clear the turn into the room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With one huge lift I got it up on it's back on top of the wall,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">praying it didn't crash down to the bottom floor and slid it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> along the half wall into the room. Pretty proud of myself actually, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but did receive a scolding from darling daughter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just had knee injections that afternoon and was feeling "powerful",</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but of course she thought I was over doing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't we all Over Do?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7f73K47WWCm75_FAWmE4Bq_X6-jeXePTz-SFoLlI0c4rTQMEaGG0DAonEM8X5SvJ2c6ku-5FTlRaAHY56RpBx54dbpc1NbINVMeI66Wci9BkO6lCEX9BzfnJ3LzUhdkc_fn_Z5P6OQfZ2oQvOmPmNSqUl1B5RWtQcb2E1QCoshRohFU91Xh8z54Kyiw/s4032/IMG_5761.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7f73K47WWCm75_FAWmE4Bq_X6-jeXePTz-SFoLlI0c4rTQMEaGG0DAonEM8X5SvJ2c6ku-5FTlRaAHY56RpBx54dbpc1NbINVMeI66Wci9BkO6lCEX9BzfnJ3LzUhdkc_fn_Z5P6OQfZ2oQvOmPmNSqUl1B5RWtQcb2E1QCoshRohFU91Xh8z54Kyiw/w640-h480/IMG_5761.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSSD0RrWisp0J1ZYoN44EDbicr1dgL8OPjbD5awqpMxOZpT5xEZlwCQuwmjCOyD_ZIlGG5WRlHz4G45rdo39-EFqBxVKsI4O3VFcdMNUIF-KPsUvBJlmz7gnP6HasAiKbid6LkT6tRjpL8K9RMYiAUqNGalErE36tQmsx-_K86gl_Nl-Fz1X6LXA0ng/s4032/IMG_5763.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSSD0RrWisp0J1ZYoN44EDbicr1dgL8OPjbD5awqpMxOZpT5xEZlwCQuwmjCOyD_ZIlGG5WRlHz4G45rdo39-EFqBxVKsI4O3VFcdMNUIF-KPsUvBJlmz7gnP6HasAiKbid6LkT6tRjpL8K9RMYiAUqNGalErE36tQmsx-_K86gl_Nl-Fz1X6LXA0ng/w640-h480/IMG_5763.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsEL5C-zTO6xk88ogzTaO3VFLGRPi4sHWXgt7OscbuLYh_M1kRlAWgyFw4xlnJ4elmjcfHEzCYST9l93WKFpx6VGVviT7kGNFQF6A6slN9xptWEv-KE4j3AtaF-NpVgEKNDKS7LoLg-YewBWtTNfP1UikrcIAKPobnAN0LcELokimpyjgiNLxSYI9iw/s3525/IMG_5764.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2996" data-original-width="3525" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsEL5C-zTO6xk88ogzTaO3VFLGRPi4sHWXgt7OscbuLYh_M1kRlAWgyFw4xlnJ4elmjcfHEzCYST9l93WKFpx6VGVviT7kGNFQF6A6slN9xptWEv-KE4j3AtaF-NpVgEKNDKS7LoLg-YewBWtTNfP1UikrcIAKPobnAN0LcELokimpyjgiNLxSYI9iw/w640-h544/IMG_5764.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been gilli printing and painting and I took several free and also fee classes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on line the past few months and weeks. Ordered some supplies from Amazon, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that arrive today and I will be attempting </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to paint "things"- flowers maybe, a dog for the first time?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I will show anything that I'm not mortified to show you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> They will not be realistic for sure,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but hopefully not trashcan worthy. The fun is the process right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also hope to FINALLY finish that damn blue log cabin quilt, begun years ago </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and worked on off and on for years. I showed it last year hoping </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to guilt myself into finishing... Why do we sometimes just get "stuck" on </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">things like this.? I have a small area in my hallway that needs to be repainted. It might take </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">about 30 minutes? Can I do it? Nope</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have four hallway lights I have hated for 30 years. Looked recently to replace, $$</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I'd rather save for new flooring. So I'm going to paint the bases from gold to black.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't /won't remove so I'll paint in place, hehe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll take you along for that adventure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've worked out a clever solution I think.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have to keep busy to avoid the dread I feel about the world and society.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a frickin' mess for sure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">Z</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-59131923513540889712023-06-08T11:14:00.004-07:002023-06-08T11:14:35.306-07:00Just Paint<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The weather has been lovely here - mid 80's,<br />so I decided to cram in a few more outdoor projects </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">before we are scorching.<br />Bought a pretty and larger new rug, (on a terrific sale)<br />for this area but with all the colors, needed to<br />update. I've had to use a tablecloth for a few years as the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">plywood top I added to the vintage table base was looking shabby. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I definitely was not a fan of this vibe.</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXt_mgAmx69zvC3hXA8FSWXHpE6nAsAJ-h2ZzTWLj_Zr11d4a4hW-UZ6Y9Z8Rh5cnFixw1bXBst1r4a9ADhWUYKdofZd9VNhQvUUGHXiAAC0SPKbl4sgoqQkJwimzSSWL0Y2Krvrd_ZUKnazqAt21U2pGxwlrqvUJdv6eOCuaY4gQv-quqPT2zPljXw/s4032/70786000253__F0EC496B-9DF3-4255-A579-9C957B6518C2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2812" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXt_mgAmx69zvC3hXA8FSWXHpE6nAsAJ-h2ZzTWLj_Zr11d4a4hW-UZ6Y9Z8Rh5cnFixw1bXBst1r4a9ADhWUYKdofZd9VNhQvUUGHXiAAC0SPKbl4sgoqQkJwimzSSWL0Y2Krvrd_ZUKnazqAt21U2pGxwlrqvUJdv6eOCuaY4gQv-quqPT2zPljXw/w446-h640/70786000253__F0EC496B-9DF3-4255-A579-9C957B6518C2.jpg" width="446" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In my earlier everything green phase, I had striped the plywood </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">top and after years of exposure to the elements, it was faded, shabby, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and chances of splinters were high. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWNv4LFEsp_EMbQQ_7dyZXYUKwh7p7UgBDSWX2til5Fp8IAgM64bgX-iPJMvFLpB5Zo5KQieYeA8-yWBeUfsmpyC0zwmdYE_F2pjFpIy-Mmc2RpAdxMr6Dvs-uw8YBISxLyOEfXlKnb7gzWeXZzYFapZjKi75ZC4s-65likMitW-L26HsjkrwXaOYDw/s4032/IMG_5716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWNv4LFEsp_EMbQQ_7dyZXYUKwh7p7UgBDSWX2til5Fp8IAgM64bgX-iPJMvFLpB5Zo5KQieYeA8-yWBeUfsmpyC0zwmdYE_F2pjFpIy-Mmc2RpAdxMr6Dvs-uw8YBISxLyOEfXlKnb7gzWeXZzYFapZjKi75ZC4s-65likMitW-L26HsjkrwXaOYDw/w480-h640/IMG_5716.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I decided a base of brown with maybe stenciling,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> or more striping would look nice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I sanded the top and didn't want to spend money on paint,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">so I found a small can of brown that I had purchased years ago.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Did 2 coats and went in for some lunch, when suddenly </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">downpour. Fast and brief, but enough to rain spot it all over!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">DAGNABBIT</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wiped it all down again, and let it dry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By the time I got back to it, it was evening,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> so I quickly slapped on a third coat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I stood back and pondered stencil/ stripe?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looked at the rug, the grey chairs, and thought</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NOPE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just leave it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rolled it back into place, and snapped a quick shot to show</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a gal pal Robin, and the kids. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Often I remind myself- </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>K</u>eep <u>I</u>t <u>S</u>imple <u>S</u>tupid</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">KISS KISS</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">z</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKay9W6kaF_A1s39hHsgEA4gQ9kSd2xwVOLX_6dl0474fI4QJjrdzdxI7g_F1r7CxLuYQQUjZ3f-tUW7DdypGlsQBb0O-RKvkZoolVSpMd65iFJZi7GsVHCncJUK1L8wyf8KIbTaflu10Su-3d8hU0Neq-QLifL5JxGKCZzdUMo-qn1xL2KJWMcmtKw/s4032/70789016671__D2375920-3010-46D4-B7AB-B299217084A5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKay9W6kaF_A1s39hHsgEA4gQ9kSd2xwVOLX_6dl0474fI4QJjrdzdxI7g_F1r7CxLuYQQUjZ3f-tUW7DdypGlsQBb0O-RKvkZoolVSpMd65iFJZi7GsVHCncJUK1L8wyf8KIbTaflu10Su-3d8hU0Neq-QLifL5JxGKCZzdUMo-qn1xL2KJWMcmtKw/w480-h640/70789016671__D2375920-3010-46D4-B7AB-B299217084A5.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-37380350481785413002023-05-28T10:32:00.001-07:002023-05-28T10:32:54.030-07:00Blooming Time 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBYZ-4FKQoeWlDGdU3aOelU2iF-msRWAZorhPsDuMlMgVIl-tr8eanRnyJ3HKCzmirs1cOkz4ABxDUgXJTqFXxDh8BEBRVt2C9GeQyc_UiuTUtnbsE6n6v-x-T2v6OHquXlc1p0irgU-JXCyK1tUCrucNOByWyZ7vC4dn2KKZv2p1r9Sfar-0lbdkAA/s4032/IMG_5687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBYZ-4FKQoeWlDGdU3aOelU2iF-msRWAZorhPsDuMlMgVIl-tr8eanRnyJ3HKCzmirs1cOkz4ABxDUgXJTqFXxDh8BEBRVt2C9GeQyc_UiuTUtnbsE6n6v-x-T2v6OHquXlc1p0irgU-JXCyK1tUCrucNOByWyZ7vC4dn2KKZv2p1r9Sfar-0lbdkAA/w640-h480/IMG_5687.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Constant battle with weeds - I think I'm at a tie</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9089729732491247582.post-62938254563641408472023-05-14T05:30:00.001-07:002023-05-14T05:30:00.142-07:00Mothers Day<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Happy Mothers Day</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I hope you can celebrate having one, being one, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">remembering</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> one, or loving one. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was fortunate to have my kids drive in </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to help me with the long awaited garage sale Saturday.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have helped with dozens of friends and clients sales,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> and held dozens of my own, and </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">believe me the thrill is gone.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I've been purging forever it seems.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course the weather turned hot, and we were only open </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">from 7:30 - 2:00, but still </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I made what I needed to replace a long built in broken microwave,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and treat myself to a fun new item for the backyard.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I still had a nice bit of money left over so it's a win!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The sacrificing a weekend to deal with an awful thing </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">like these sales, well was just the best present ever from Ben and Hannah. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They also cleared out a hidden side yard of accumulated debris</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">which also made me sooo happy. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Toward the end I always slash prices and fill boxes with </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">free stuff - everyone loves that, so nearly all sold.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have just a few boxes in my car to donate, and a small pile of good things,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">mostly</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> kitchen items, that will just go back on now empty shelves. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I won't "need" them so I purged, but I will still use them eventually.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Right at the close of sale, UPS showed up and in a fast five minutes </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I took these tired bones and tried out my new.....</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hammock</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Walter checked it out and eventually hopped in also.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not sure where I will place in the yard just yet.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This was very affordable, and the hammock</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">removes from frame in seconds so </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I can store inside on the porch, keeping it clean.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The frame will knock down in five, and everything stores</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in a carry bag.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzu2cb79HWs3Xbn0kCJt--kSeoIPVcdZDjUujAEm0yrB2rRTu_Ophx3K_cVZCNGiU9sTGUlvRk-DrTBnOdcz-sOphHfmt113uLbuhtcEd8LRK94APTVcCbq9EvdpQVzqJ8Q4LpuZjwFqzIRLcTA-JuxK7EPYk_fENLuHHAQVYrkLyBurwj_0bb5NbiA/s4032/IMG_5976.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzu2cb79HWs3Xbn0kCJt--kSeoIPVcdZDjUujAEm0yrB2rRTu_Ophx3K_cVZCNGiU9sTGUlvRk-DrTBnOdcz-sOphHfmt113uLbuhtcEd8LRK94APTVcCbq9EvdpQVzqJ8Q4LpuZjwFqzIRLcTA-JuxK7EPYk_fENLuHHAQVYrkLyBurwj_0bb5NbiA/w300-h400/IMG_5976.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I "hung" out for an hour while the kids talked, and listened to </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">music and I could have easily dozed off, very comfortable.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgv1jA9aPII5YRs3HODOenVwvVC5Erce1d1qZOAukUkA5zePAPwU58jrtPyhpWWVdaOF1qOidWDbkKatnCyx8W2OcgFYnMQ8mt7ZvGC4GheK61ybeVDsBR_Fnh1uwg-9aquXjkYlW6V1Qqj5ynlbzk7AvBbOBZcZ75IecUKl3XUCf95BJ0cjSfLFx0Q/s3267/IMG_5966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2066" data-original-width="3267" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgv1jA9aPII5YRs3HODOenVwvVC5Erce1d1qZOAukUkA5zePAPwU58jrtPyhpWWVdaOF1qOidWDbkKatnCyx8W2OcgFYnMQ8mt7ZvGC4GheK61ybeVDsBR_Fnh1uwg-9aquXjkYlW6V1Qqj5ynlbzk7AvBbOBZcZ75IecUKl3XUCf95BJ0cjSfLFx0Q/w400-h253/IMG_5966.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoy your day.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>oldgreymareprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18070774314265663535noreply@blogger.com2