Morning Glory Studio

time for a break...from stuff

 

friday 30 march 2018 ~ 4:35 pm ~ my craft room

 

    No Journal Club today so I've been attending to a variety of chores; in the background, jazz vocal greats: Nat King Cole; Tony Bennett; Ella Fitzgerald; Peggy Lee, etc. Norman made chili...he makes a pretty good pot of chili and I've been Döstädning: Decluttering; Reviewing; Deciding; Purging; Organizing; Vowing "No More Stuff!"

Now that I have a pretty good idea of what's in this room, I'm at the point - after I go through just two more  12 x 12 storage cubes  - where I can donate stuff  - some really nice  art/scrapbook supplies either to the elementary school, a charitable organization or my friend's garden club for their annual flea market sale. And next Saturday is shred day, so a lot of papers will go, too. Whew! I feel like a load has been taken off my mind...well, at least my list! 

Next up: I plan to tackle clothes and the linen closets...they'll be easy and make a nice break from shuffling papers...and then: my sewing studio. In 2019, we have our biennial quilt show; one thing we do is sell stuff...quilters line up to buy fabrics, patterns, books/magazines and all sorts of  quilting gadgets for pennies...Since that's a year away, I plan to take my time Döstädning that stuff! I anticipate that as I sort through the stuff I'll rediscover some real treasures...Kayla will be a senior in the fall; perhaps a quilt to accompany her if she goes away to college...

Time to wrap up this post and call this a Ta Dah day. Enjoy the weekend.

Cheers~

 

 

thursday 3 | 3.29.18

 

Today, I met my Thursday stitchin' friends on the Smithsonian Mall. We ventured there to  see the cherry blossoms in bloom...not! Tho' the sun was out and the temperature slated to climb to the low 70s...and as I compose this post it is 74°@ 4:30 pm ... it has been so cold that the blossoms haven't really begun to bloom. 

C'est la vie! ... so we decided to have  lunch at the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden Pavilion Café - my favorite eating place on the mall. After a tasty and filling meal, we ventured over to the National Gallery of Art's Gift shop - they have the very best inventory of all the museums, in my opinion. Having filled our tummies, walked a lot and spent our money we boarded train systems for our journeys home.

Once home, I toyed around with one of my purchases: a Haiku magnetic poetry kit. I discovered that I need to be less literal and more poetic because, of course, not all the words are in the kit...here's what I created - the magnetic words are in italics

Tho' the sun was out

too cold for cherry blossoms

so we ate early...

It's a start...and fun. 

Hop over to Carole's blog to see what others are sharing this week. And what's on your creative agenda?

Cheers~

unraveled wednesday | 3.28.2018 ...

 

 

After nearly four years on the knitting needles, I am delighted to "model" my poncho! Ta Da!

 

If you are wondering why basically a straight stockinette stitched piece took so long, just one answer: there were indeed more days than not that I did not knit! I finished the poncho Sunday during my monthly Friendstitching gathering; t'was nice to have their applause! 

From the reading queue: I'm still finishing Inspector Gamache - A Rule Against Murder...hoping to end it by end of month. Tuesday past, my  Recent Reads group met and I added two more fiction titles: Lincoln in the Bardo - a Man Booker Prize Winner and Attica Locke's Bluebird, Bluebird. My goal for 2018 is to read at least one fiction title a month...so far, I'm on track and these two should take me through May...providing I like them. I don't finish a book if I don't like it...I've also at least five non-fiction works in various stages of progress, always. Recently I've been reading a lot on mindfulness - my 2018 word focus. 

Döstädning continues...I expect to have completed the paper purge by Sat 7 April - the next monthly shred day! 

Joining Kat and others for this week's unraveled wednesday. Look for links to other's posts in the comments.

Cheers~

#tinytinymoments tuesday | 3.27.2018

 

 

Currently...

• sitting in IKEA restaurant, finishing breakfast and sipping coffee...
• feeling full and relaxed...
• listening to the sounds of conversation, dishes clanking, children playing...
• seeing cars entering the soon-to-be filled parking lot; buses discharging/boarding passengers; Maryland, Swedish and US flags gently waving ...
• thinking about: errands I'm "out to run" and "to do" items when I return home 
• enjoying this morning solitude and quiet time  away from home.

Time to get a move on... What tiny tiny moments filled your Tuesday?

Cheers~

 

 

 

sometimes monday ...

 

begins with a later than usual start to the morning (still adjusting to DST) and...

is sunny and bright with remnants of snow still on the deck and ...

includes the sighting of a possum meandering through the back yard - I live in the city!

how was your monday?

Cheers~

Ta Da!

 

 

Sunset is nigh. Gretchen Rubin says we should occasionally create a Ta Dah! rather than a To Do list...so, here's mine for today:

• spent most of the day döstädning papers...
• logged onto my weekly Journal Club session ...
• afterwards, went to the hair dresser and ....
• stopped at the grocery store  for a few odds n ends...
• put the groceries away...
•  changed my tax prep appointment so I could attend a farewell luncheon for a quilting friend who's moving to Minnesota...
• answered a few emails...

It's nearly 8 PM and time to relax...and even grab a bite to eat. Tomorrow's the big March. I'm  not marching but I'll be in step all the way!

What's on your Ta Dah! list? Enjoy the weekend

Cheers~

welcome spring redux!

The of perfume of this lovely bunch of daffodils fills the air and their vivid,  bright yellow blooms make my heart swell. 

Today, the region is settling down after yesterday's snow fall...fortunately, we don't have to plow out from under feet of snow or cope with downed power lines or endure sub-freezing temperatures.

The sun shines; the snow melts; the power stayed on and we're all very grateful that the first-day-of spring snowstorm was just a taste. 

Welcome Spring! So glad you're here. And now, I'm off to a quilt exhibit/reception. 

Cheers~

unraveled wednesday | 3.21.2018

 

 

Skeptic that I am, we awoke to gently falling snow ... turning the world into a "winter wonderland, indeed... 

We are getting a new roof and the roofer was scheduled to come this morning...maybe tomorrow, maybe Friday...

Every two years, my quilting organization has a quilt show... May 2019 is our next one. For each show, the membership creates one (or more) raffle quilts...and we name the quilt. This year, four members, each independently, came up with the same name: Star Light, Star Bright - which the membership selected by paper vote. The interesting thing is all four of us (I was one) sat in the same row of conference  tables. T'is a lovely quilt and some lucky person will win it for the big sum of $1 a ticket...

Today is Dolly's 32nd birthday! We are ever so grateful that she's here to celebrate it with her kiddos and us...tho' we'll have to party when the weather's better.

What are you celebrating today? Joining Kat and others for Unraveled Wednesday here. Look for links in the comments.

Cheers~

PS. On the subject of reading: Döstädning and other activities (such as going to bed early -still adjusting to the time change) have cut into my reading (and knitting) time...I'm doing a bit of both, albeit very slowly.

welcome spring! a Haiku of sorts...

 

 

il pleut all day...soon

snow falls, 6+ inches ... more than

we've had  all winter long...

maybe.

welcome spring!

 

 

 

sometimes mondays...

 

 

include a new tea mug (from Target "Dollar Spot") and a slow start... Have a great day!

Cheers~