Scenes from the Week

don't do it, Bru. Things are gonna get better.

lots of coloring on the weekend

sadly, the Calvin and Hobbes material was too stretched out to work right

Mask Masks!

So over the past few days, masked mania has taken over. 

I now have seven for personal use, one for each day of the week, and all are a few of my favorite things. 

They all have the pocket where I can put my mask inside, and change it out to wash the covers. 

Started with the Cookie Monster in the style of Van Gogh with a big chocolate chip cookie in the sky.

I found a tiny little shirt of Sammi's (size 2-4) she'd word many moons ago, embroidered with my very favorite state. 

The Batgirl is from a set of pajamas Steph bought me years ago that had shrunk and I'd put away as a keepsake.

I'd found a flat sheet at Goodwill years back of Wall-E and Eve for $2. I was thinking I'd make a couple of pillows or something but never got around to it. Guess why? This is actually the best fabric to work with, stiff unwashed cotton.

Starry Night was from a shirt I'd gotten on my 40th birthday that had been worn until the cotton was pilling a bit and I had tucked it away. Maybe by my 50th in July I won't need it?

#6, done yesterday, was repping my Hogwarts House, Ravenclaw

And today, as I was culling through the last of the goodwill pile trying to find something purple to get my friend and hairdresser Jennifer a mask in her favorite color, I came across my old Minions shirt. 

The looks on their faces summed this whole crazy situation up perfectly and so, they became mask #7.

everyone stay safe out there!

4/3 Friday Fun

Friday morning frosting, may be an inch overnight, but all the warmer surfaces were left with just texture that always reminds me of a map

We also had a coyote encounter on the walk this morning. 

He was NOT shy. 

and since the dogpark will remain closed, our new routine is to get home and play soccer in the backyard instead

Sunrise April 1

Sunrise

You can

die for it–

an idea,

or the world. People

have done so,

brilliantly,

letting

their small bodies be bound

to the stake,

creating

an unforgettable

fury of light. But

this morning,

climbing the familiar hills

in the familiar

fabric of dawn, I thought

of China,

and India

and Europe, and I thought

how the sun

blazes

for everyone just

so joyfully

as it rises

under the lashes

of my own eyes, and I thought

I am so many!

What is my name?

What is the name

of the deep breath I would take

over and over

for all of us? Call it

whatever you want, it is

happiness, it is another one

of the ways to enter

fire.

~"Sunrise" by Mary Oliver

Three Years Gone

Three years ago today I said goodbye to my best friend, constant companion, after just seven years together. 

Each year, I go back through every photo and video, knowing I will put together something that no one else will care about, but it matters to me. 

This year, in the middle of this shutdown, I found Willie songs most comforting. 

I remember you. I love you.  I miss you. I carry your heart in my heart.