End of July

It feels like summer is winding down, in the low 60s here.  Wait!  There's a whole nother month of summer.  August is usually my play month.  This August I plan to write some flash fiction, even though I feel not up to the task.  I need more self-confidence, which I can only get by doing...

Here's the bib I finished for Little S.~

Here is the scarf I'm making for his mother...

Not a lot going on.  Well, that's not strictly true.  Change is afoot in my life, hopefully for the better, like The Wheel card.  I'm also thinking of doing something with my Rune poems, which I've finished, but have yet to compile into a book.  This is major, as I've been pretending I didn't have that project on the shelf.  Not to mention my other personal writing projects. 

All for now!  AW

Summertime

I made a little progress this week, made a bib for K.'s baby boy.  Will post a photo later.  Here is the apron I made with the flower embroidery, wore it tonight to fry eggs.

Here is my progress on the cross-stitch.  I've been avoiding doing it because I'm on one of the harder parts.  I made a few mistakes, but I'm plowing on.

Me and my brother, C., went to town today and went shopping.  It went pretty well.  I got supplies for a dinner party I'm hosting and doing the cooking for mid-week.  M. and E. and J. and her boyfriend are coming over.  I love using initials!  It's so funny to me.  Or at least I hope they are.  They've had us over twice so far.  It's our turn.  Mom has no say in this because she is not helping with the groceries although she is donating a bottle of wine. 

I'm pretty happy today.  My friend, J., is in Seattle with her son today.  They are going to the waterfront and the Aquarium.  I'm kind of jealous actually.  I haven't been to Seattle since last Spring and that was just the airport, Sea-Tac, which hardly counts. 

I'm going to start a crochet project tomorrow.  The starting is the hardest part, especially with crochet.  I'm making a scarf for my friend, K.  It's going to be red yarn and darker red yarn, 2 separate strands, crocheted together.  The green one I made turned out beautifully, so did the purple one.  I have to make sure the colors are a little different; it's harder to crochet when the 2 colors are really close together.

I might start a sewing project this week, napkins.  I'm not real sure what I'm doing this week, so I'll have to see.

All for now ~ AW

Halfway through 2013

I quit blogging last year except for the group blog (grog), the Poetic Muselings blog: http://poetic-muselings.net/

I'm ready to start up again.  This is "writing therapy" and is mostly for me.  If you get something out of it, feel free to comment. 

So, what have I been doing?  Very little for graduate school.  I took a leave of absence this Spring/Summer because my family was going through a v. rocky time.  I plan to start up again in the Fall.  As you may or may not know I'm doing a "creative"  Interfaith Studies program.  I think K. is calling it Interreligious now, but I tell most people it's Comparative Religion because that's what they "get." 

I've been doing lots of crafting, taking photos, embroidering, crocheting, etc.  I took up sewing in January, bought a sewing machine, and I do love it, although I'm still nervous about sewing.  I made a skirt and two aprons so far.  Wowzers!

I did a poetry challenge in September and April.  I think I even tried in November but didn't make it all the way through on writing a poem a day.  Other than that my writing has kind of fizzled. I am doing Morning Pages almost every day, though usually not in the morning.  :)

I will be posting more often.

All for now ~ AW