Friday, October 8, 2021

Misfits box arrived, and rugs ahoy


The change back to a Friday delivery worked nicely. Box arrived about noon, in excellent condition. Missing two items, one of which they'd noted and refunded already. But it does look as if FedEx moves faster on Friday.

And here's the latest box



Please note, dear Salty P, that it's Vermont maple syrup, only the best..

And these are new to me, not the sweet potatoes, but the little variegated fingerling potatoes. Like rainbow carrots only potatoes. These might only need steaming and a dot of butter.

As usual quality is fine, and there's now a little bag of trimmings in the stock bag in the freezer. I found a couple of freezer bags already labeled, which saved writing and sticking. I have found that no matter how sure I am that I'll remember, I won't.

And the floor is mopped and swept, counters wiped cutting boards washed and dried, knives wiped and away and another frenzy of prep draws to a close till two weeks hence.

Yesterday's Hajii Baba club rug presentation was given by Lawrence Kearney, long time a poet and professor, and rug collector, now a professional auctioneer of rugs for Skinner auction house, Boston.

He showed many slides with not much detail, but they ranged from the eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. The sources are from Anatolia east to China. 

Some as you see from the one way design, are prayer rugs, some runners, some composites and one a patchwork of woven pieces, like a quilt. 

There are animal and flower motifs, and some mysterious shapes that might be charcoal heating things, he didn't know, very honest about it. Some designs are Navajo in feeling, some startlingly modern.

I'll just show you a string, and you can enjoy the designs and maybe get ideas from them.





























































He explained that workshop rugs are more commercial, while tribal and village rugs are locally made for local or individual use.

This is not all the slides! He was so happy showing them and chatting that after two hours I couldn't see any more and had to leave. 

He might still be there, exclaiming look at the colors! See the intricate borders! 
He's a real enthusiast, and I enjoyed the images without getting a whole lot of technical information. Info's probably overrated anyway!

15 comments:

  1. Fingerling potatoes are yummy! And those rugs are indeed beautiful.

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    1. They're nice just to browse through. So my plan to steam and butter the spuds passes myster?

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  2. Sometimes it's nice to just enjoy the beauty. Which is what I did here. Thanks for sharing such an amazing number of rugs, all with their own individual design and beauty.

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    1. Good, I'm glad you enjoyed them. I refrained for once from adding in a lot of facts and opinion!

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  3. Back to Misfits, beautiful mushrooms, too. My sister left four tomatoes. Are yours done?

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    1. We're still getting tomatoes at the farm. Nit many more days I think. It's all squash and kale and winter veg soon

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  4. The rugs are magnificent and can provide a myriad of inspirations for our own creations.
    Glad your Misfits arrived without too much fuss and hope the day switch will be okay from now on. Tomorrow is the last day for our favourite roadside stand so I guess we are back to getting our veggies in the grocery store....sigh.

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    1. It's lovely to buy from a stand. Our local farm stand is open till late November, but fewer days.

      Happy Thanksgiving, dear Canadian friends. I think it's now?

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    2. Yes, it's this weekend. No celebrating happening here at Chez Magpie though.

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  5. Love the fingerling potatoes. Your misfits look great, as always!

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    1. I'm looking forward to trying the fingerlings.

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  6. Ah- you have presented us with riches of several types here!
    Thank you.

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  7. The rugs are beautiful. Your Misfits box looks good but so much food. Think I'd have to have a bigger freezer or start canning again.

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    1. I do freeze, but this is almost ny entire food supply for two weeks including possibly a three course dinner for handsome Son. I also share. Some of the blueberries already found their way into muffins for the family next door.

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