IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MORNING

Secret to a beautiful morning

Buy a 12.99 hat from Target

Remove the brown vinyl buckle trim

Replace with checked ribbon

Add wool roses, an antique button

Clip some sprigs from nearby bush

Grab coffee and camera
Watch the sun shine through

 

Please go visit the other White Wednesday gals 

hosted by the delightful Kathleen

BLURRY 3 am

3 am and cannot sleep

Bits and pieces of leftover roses from orders 

Not enough of each to make a dozen

But enough to make a large wreath

 

Now back to sleep

and over to White Wednesday

hosted by delightful Kathleen

 

Bunnies and Bears and oh EAGLES

...and a few roses ( maybe 30 packages?) YIKES!

Thanks to Beth I am now addicted to THIS

My studio table is covered in stuff, 

completed and in the process stuff, 

and I should not be stopping to watch Eagles.

But oh, just try to stop!

My computer is not in the same room,

so I am running up and down the stairs

 trying to get everything done and in

 a few hours I am helping a friend do some

 bulletin boards at her school for an event.

Some of the roses etc will be loaded into

 the shop but many are headed to a friend's

booth this weekend.

The timing is right for White Wednesday

and Bloggers Bodega.

Whew, I don't have time for anything else today,

I have Eagles to watch.

Now folks this is reality TV I can get behind.

To hell with Kim, Chloe, Snooky, Kate and 

the kagilllion others that offer up garbage compared

to this majesty and wonder.

Want to make the next generation care a bit 

more about the planet?

Loop this non stop at homes and school cafeterias. 

Consider this Project Genesis for April since we skipped.

...and yes it will return in May,

 so put your thinking caps on girlfriends.

Now I have to ponder moving the computer

upstairs to the studio. hmmmm? 

Comforts of Home

There is no place like home.

As much as I am not a huge fan of my city,

 ( it is just "not me") I do

enjoy my home and my friends 

and it has been lovely being back

 and catching up on the missed stories of last week. 

Nothing major occurred, just the day to day stuff

 that keeps us all so connected.

What the grandkids are up to, how was the job today, 

what are you fixing for dinner, 

how is the diet coming along?

All those sweet nuances of life 

that bind women together,

so that when the big stuff hits, 

we are also there to celebrate

 or lend a comforting hug or share tears.

The repetition of felting and cutting these

 roses is now all intertwined with these friends.

 You see, we talk a long time,

sometimes until the batteries die. 

So I put the phone on the work table, 

hit speaker phone and chat away 

while working with my wools. 

Oh, so comforting. 

Now, these roses of mine are 

sprinkled with the laughter and the love

 that I share with my local peeps and also 

several of you, that I now know via 

the telephone wires.

I will be having several of these chats 

with blog pals next week

 and I plan to have a stack of wool

 all ready for rolling

 to infuse even more memories 

into the next batches.

No, I am not losing my mind, 

well, not completely anyway lol

but I do believe in good energy and negative energy.

I believe food prepared with love just tastes better, 

sincerely written thank yous and

 a heartfelt hello, how are you? matter, 

and in creating any type of art,

 there must be joy for the creator.

It is why I do not "crank out" items any more.

Oh I used to, for shows and events 

but the joy was missing for me,

 so now, my motto is slow and steady.

After 3 decades of this,

 I have learned when my good energy turns to negative,

and I want only my best to give to friends. 

I have also learned:

that tennis shoes are the only thing 

I can wear in NYC to avoid excruciating pain

 ( Thank you K MART)

that I can eat roasted Brussel Sprouts until I am ill.

that $100.00 is the bare minimum for me to get out of Costco

that many people who read this have yet to realize

 I sign Z in my emails because my name

 is spelled SuZan but is pronounced Susan.

that as years go by I require more quiet,

 more alone time,

and no longer need to apologize for it.

that I am furious with the plans 

to severely cut the grants to NPR - 

the one place I feel I get unbiased news.

and now I realize I have digressed 

into another whole realm..

what my friend Sarah and I call 

"BINK" switch of subject...

and we can switch dozens of times

 in one conversation with ease.

ANYHOOT, hope you all

are enjoying your week, 

no matter your weather.

I'll be thinking of you.

z

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal.  It's a way to live. 

  ~Attributed to Jacqueline Winspear

ROSES THAT NEVER FADE

I am now threatening to start gluing

 wool roses to my bare trees.

We have not had a bad winter at all, not compared

 to most of you, but Spring better hurry!

see more at A Mare Of A Different Color

Being cooped up inside means 

I keep felting wool and turning out roses,

which will soon overrun the house.

 I am so ready to hit the yard

and get some of these guys growing again.

All of you with snow predicted this week,

must be ready to move south or west by now.

Linking up with Kathleen for White Wednesday

 at Faded Charm,

and my first time doubling up

 with Debra at Capers of Vintage Vixens 

for Bloggers Bodega.

Suzan

Project Genesis is coming up fast

March 1st. Mark your calendar, all you

guys who (oops) forgot last time.

I will be doing the link the morning before

because the first of March is 

a busy day around here. 

WOOT!