Gone To The Beach
I am frightened, this is my first bout. I am okay, friends are helping, people pitching in tt care for Mo too.
Pls forgive if I cannot respond t comments right away.
love
lizzy
Not much to report this week. Last Friday I was at the specialist doctor for a check in pre-IV session and I seem to have picked up some sort of upper respiratory/ sinus infection there. Really threw me off--I have health issues but am never ''sick'' so don't know how to cope w this.
I did manage to put three of the borders on BB, using the wonky crazy nine patch vintage quilt top pieces.
The look got a good reaction on IG. No one even criticized it as eye popping or pointed out the lack of eye-rest areas.
But for two days in a row I woke up thinking NO! Two reasons, the big ick factor. The top is clean if badly pieced, but the polyester squares, the elastic girdle squares [replaced by me but still], just gave me the creeps. Made my skin crawl. Add in the frayed thread-laden reverse and the extreme stretchiness, and I just couldn't. And even more important I am pretty sure my quilter wouldn't' want to work on it either---she especially dislikes loose threads and Wonky's reverse is a giant birds nest of frays and un- clipped thread.
I took the borders off last night. Whew, a relief. Though sadly I somehow damaged, snipped, into the Beachballs border, so that added to my upset. I have three ideas to explore, I am not giving up.
I have to work on taxes now but maybe can sit out in the sun w Mo to remove and repair the beachballs sections. Trying to stay positive.
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PInky is glorious!
And here are the continuing paperwhites and white Amaryllis, cut and put in a vase, because they bend and the stems breaks.
So lavish!
Baby Blue is pretty definitely red. Shows the difference between ordering from a reputable bulb seller, compared to an unknown aka China source via Amazon. But at least Blue is going to bloom, yay. Year four?
Have a good weekend. March is here, yes cold grey and snowy but , well--moving on. Four more months til summer.
love,
lizzy
gone to the beach...
Beach: the horrid big trucks are back. I suppose early is good, to finish before the nesting birds arrive on St Patrick's Day.
''It's so cold ...''
1- no walkies for Mo some afternoons.
2- no window washing. It's so cold I can't wash the crusted salt spray off my windows. Windex--and my fingers--freeze.
And it's so cold, some days I just shiver and dither. I imagine this is the coldest winter ever.
On deck is Bramble Berries One [Bramble Blooms, a sewalong from Quilty Folk] but I diverted to a little project, Old Blue Baskets, a little quilt using rescued tattered and faded early 1900s blocks.
They were in the in work pile, rediscovered as I mindlessly tidied, aka procrastinated, in the frigid sewing room. Right beyond that To Do stack is my pile of favorite fabrics, and this blue foulard from French General was on top. Perfect! Hand and machine quilt mix maybe? The Baskets are backed w fusible so not good for hand quilting.
I also made some brown hearts bowl fillers. Going for a primitive look. Blue dough bowl is an antiquue from Maine.
I was disappointed at first but they're growing on me, if I keep the setting very simple.
My Nature Journal is quite neglected, though I am gathering twigs and pods to draw ''someday''. Imagine my joy--such a little thing, to make me so happy!---when a 4" twig I saved for drawing back in early January suddenly burst into bright yellow blooms in its seaglass inkwell.
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Faffing around the big room a bit, going for midwinter, post-Valentine look. Much too early for spring!
Black and white transferware set out. Decided to wait and do all blue in the spring, or like May whichever comes first.
Pillows, note the funny Kaffe Fassett ''Fish Lips'' black print...
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The winter bulb garden has been glorious. ALL these paperwhites were $7.99, I think. HERE Sold
out now as bulb but great sale prices on preplanted paperwhites and amies.
This is just three ''leftover bulbs!
Main event: this---
to this
Pinky is slow but coming. I like that it will be blooming as the others finish. See edit at end of post!
Even Baby Blue has a bud, albeit w a hint of red not blue. And Big Red was beautiful if short-lived. aaand, suddenly now has yet another bud. I think I need to pot it in its summer soil while the next blooms grow.
This has been a wonderful indoor garden year so far.
As mentioned Mo has been easy going about walk or no walk. He does seem to be liking his sweaters now that he is an older little man.
Last---no new pic, but! I did work on Bramble Berries, just a little. The wild recycled nine patch top cut up and used on sides so far. Imagine my amazement--it works, it actually looks as I imagined a whole year or more ago.
Now must go cook, using last of roast pork to make friend rice. Sounds good as the snow gently wafts down outside on the dunes. I had Trader Joe's spring rolls to go with, yum.
Have a good week ahead! February's last hurrah.
love,
lizzy....gone to the beach
EDIT: Overnight! Pinky bloomed! Isn't she gorgeous. Bud on the right is surprise flowering of Baby Blue, who I am thrilled to see even if he turns out to be pink.
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