Morning Glory Studio

a couple brilliant ideas...

 

Tu 8 May

7 am:  Fiddle around in CR, straightening up…downstairs for MSQT…make tea.  N gets up, shortly after 8 am (early for him)…there goes MSQT! TV goes on (of course); we kibitz…he finishes his breakfast and goes downstairs to his computer.  I eat b’fast…grateful for the resumption of  MSQT!

10:18 - Catch up on notes for WiTL  Appreciate the quiet sounds in the room (and my ears - which long thought was “static electricity,” turns out to be tinnitus~ a mild case) … Thinking I'll  use Pages  for notes -   I can C + V for blog posts, etc…guessing I’d best clear up my space and get ready; we're going  to Lowe’s and Home Depot - fence hunting … Remind myself : take paper and plastic bags and books  to  car…and definitely take a walk this afternoon... 67 degrees @ 10:28 and sunny…

1 pm: Return home. Our trips to both home improvement stores futile - not really any inventory and definitely no inspiration...frustrating -  as this saga with replacing the now fallen fence continues with no end in sight.  I decide the time to take a walk is now!

2:16: Sitting outside @ Zeke’s; a lovely, sunny, low-to-no humidity day... Drinking a decaf caramel latte´ made with almond milk and reading my Monday new book purchase. NTS: next time I come to Zeke’s, bring my own coffee mug (I think the cups they use are too small). Brilliant Idea! I almost blurt out loud. 

2:46 : I decide to take a different path home from Zeke’s: walked down Jackson St and met Jackson, a Westie?! And his owner…she invited me to attend the local garden club meeting; perhaps I will.  Arrv’d home as N was leaving for his walk… drafted/published  blog post and started LOAD - 8.

Later in the early evening, discussed with N the idea of installing  a chain link fence... and use bushes/trees  for privacy. We both thought that's the best solution and congratulated ourselves for our brilliant idea!

Finished my layout and watched TV.  To bed shortly about 11:15 p. Loving those brilliant ideas!

Cheers~

memos, mail, me | april showers bring...

 

 

            As the 6 pm anchor opening the evening news said: "Today has been miserable, cloudy, wet and cold..." But do not despair...near the end of the week, we may temps in the 90s." Quilting meeting today - our last before the Quilt Show opens Thursday morning at 10 AM, sharp. We're all busily putting on the finishing touches to our own entries plus gearing up to spend the next two days setting up - transforming the church's (where we meet ) various rooms and halls into galleries, vendor's shops, etc. The show closes at 3 pm Saturday and then we spend the next three hours dismantling, restoring rooms to their original state, packing up, and clearing out for a 7 pm wedding that's scheduled to take place. Last week I documented daily, the week. This week, I will be slowing down tho' I intend to maintain daily posting...my intent is to continue until I don't or can't.

Mail this past week was pretty slim - just the usual spiced up by several books from Amazon. There was, however, a bit of mail revealed that was actually delivered last October: the blooming of Iris that I'd planted. I'd received an email from the company - American Meadows -reminding me that  a) soon I'd see blooms and b) if not, I could receive a full refund. 100% customer satisfaction is their promise. I'd begun to think that the bulbs weren't going to sprout and had made note to contact the company when, what to my delight Friday, I looked out the window and saw a blob of blue-purple color. Out to investigate and sure enough: a bloom. Today, of the dozen planted, 4 have bloomed, 4 are about to and 4 are still to reveal. It appears that I have an assortment of colors: blue; purple, yellow, white, which delights me to no end. A gardener I am not tho' I love gardens and I am so looking forward to planting more lilies and other perennials. Who knows, perhaps in my old/er age I will consider myself a gardener, of sorts...

Joining in again with Sian From High in the Sky; do drop by and see what others have shared this week.

Cheers~

week in the life 2017| fri april 21...

 

 

~pond with water spray at the National Gallery's Sculpture Garden~

 some days it just doesn't pay to sit down at the sewing machine...today was one of those days. my plan to knock out the tea wallets was thwarted...sewing machine jamming - will do that if not properly threaded; didn't follow directions properly - lots of unsewing pursues... all sewers have  tool called a seam ripper - I have several, some nearly as old as I (and I'll never tell)...that's the not-so good news.

the very best news: I met the Smithsonian staff person who found the opera information for me. I arrived about 10:20 a.m. and as soon as I asked for her and said my name, she stood up from her desk, envelope in hand and came out into the reception area to meet me. We had a lovely chat; she is a lovely, very authentic person. I am so glad our paths crossed.

...after picking up the information, I looked at an exhibit that features the works of amateur artists, all creative in their chosen medium, including quilting and gardening. this quilt was made by a Smithsonian volunteer; it's called "totally scraps"  and is all hand quilted.

...thought about eating lunch at the  National Gallery but decided to try the Pavillion Restaurant at the Sculpture Garden, instead; nice choice: a chicken salad sandwich with side salad and a carrot cake cupcake. Tasty and not too expensive---for restaurants on the Smithsonian Mall. Lots of people, bus loads of school classes. The last time I was at the Sculpture Garden was the day of the Women's March, exactly four months ago to the date: January 21. Tomorrow is another big gathering in support of Earth Day.

...home again about 3:30 pm; Norman was cooking steak for tonight's dinner.  We caught up with each other's day and I, email too. About 5 PM, we had a big rain storm, complete with fist-sized hailstones...afterwards, I  looked out the window and saw that my Iris were beginning to bloom! Oh happy day! And they were none the worse despite the storm.

all in all, I'd say, despite my opening salvo, this has been one successful happy day. I hope yours has been also.

Cheers~

 

clematis...

                 Today, I was at a  friend's house for a stitching gathering and because the sun.came out, before we went in to stitch and chat, we spent time in her yard as she dug up day lily bulbs and hosta to give us!

Growing along her fence was this absolutely gorgeous clematis; the flowers looked almost unreal. I am not a gardener; never liked the feel of soil under my fingernails (nor clay, so I found out when I tried my hand at working with clay). I do love gardens, especially the more organic ones. And I was absolutely smitten by these clematis. I looked it up and read the requirements for growing them and decided that I  am going to plant some ... we already have a metal trellis support and we get plenty of sun...Saturday, rain is forecast , all day  of course and Sunday, I join other friends for our monthly FriendStitching gathering. Perhaps Monday on my way home from my quilting meeting I will stop at the nursery and buy a plant or two. Perhaps...

On my way home, I stopped at Barnes & Noble and bought Work Clean: the Life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work and mind ...and no, I am not a cook, either: the premise intrigued me. I had planned to start the book tonight but the Nationals are playing and winning, so I started watching the game and then remembered I wanted to share the clematis.

Trust your evening is/was grand. Are you either a gardener or cook or both?

Cheers~