Gone To The Beach: 11.10.2022

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Beautiful November

Mid November ~

An offering

On a November night

the Jupiter moon

hides

Waiting behind the moonlit clouds

@mariawalker art

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November has always been one of my favorite times of the year, sunny autumn days and starry black-velvet nights.

You couldn't ask for a nicer fall day than the day we enjoyed today.

If you look closely lower-right side, below, you can see a bench high on the dunes. Today a man and his big chocolate Lab sat there for hours enjoying the view. I am determined to go out with my pocket knitting [scrubby yarn dishcloths] to sit there too. Perhaps a thermos of hot tea and a cooky if it's chilly.

I know I'm repeating myself but Mo and I are loving the bright [if short] afternoons.

This little sparrow and his wife visit every afternoon too, picking up crumbs from Mo's jerky sticks, sipping from his water bowl.

I wish I dared feed them. Last time I fed the sparrows and they got too tame, one flew inside, you may recall. I rescued him and put him outside finally, but I fear he was injured and doubt that he survived. So now I don't shoo them away but I don't encourage them either. The two are so sweet in their humdrum brown sparrow sort of way.

Today I drew in the scribble journal and sewed a few lines of quilting on Giraffe.

All my thimbles keep falling off, why is that? Suddenly too big. I have always used a size 8. Any hints to get them to stick on.

Scribble journal is "in work''. Usually I print the finished drawing for coloring, since the printer ink is more stable than whatever pens I used that were on my desk. But the printer is on the fritz and it is very hard to replace the inks, yawn. So I stopped here.

Today's drawing was the purple Mason jar with dried brown crepe myrtle berries. I dislike crepe myrtle shrubs, the flowers are ugly and messy, but I do enjoy the berry twigs.

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I needed a mindless task after my IV infusion the other day, so I added the black inner borders to Pineapple Welcome/ Gather. I don't recall its exact name anymore, must decide.

The hearts that were to fill the big empty spaces at the P'Apple's sides worked---will work---perfectly to instead cover the unmatched vines. I think they give the design a nice punctuation, a finishing touch that does not look make-do.

If the empty spaces bother me I'll add a few wool ''cherries'' and leaf sprigs. Or the date? Initials?

Before I can sew the hearts I have to decide on the final 4" border. I had all along planned to use the duck egg blue interspersed w Flying Geese or Sawtooths.

I decided that was not needed, but then the blue looked a bit drab to me. The sides kind of fade away to oblivion? I auditioned the pumpkin insead. Trite but punchy!

I asked opinions on IG but only dear Kit gave me an answer, and I think I do agree! Pumpkin it is.

What do you think? Tell me soon.

This is the space the finished quilt/banner is intended for. I'd remove the star for Thanksgiving week or so. The final result is far larger than I had imagined, so it won't fit on a door as a welcome flag..

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On Friday night the dregs of H Nicole may bring some gale winds but no real storm, I hope. I am tempted to fill a crock with these brave and beautiful little blooms before they are shredded by the wind. And what about the cannas? If I leave them will they regrow like my lilies? Should I dig them out and replant, is that even worth the effort? Must go Google, I guess.

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This evening I was excited to see Mr Mockingbird with a mate---or so I thought. It is his special spot after all. But on close inspection of the enlarged photos I see it is starlings instead. Poor little lonely man. We see him often, he is now so elderly and white.