Yesterday I realized I'd missed a livestream of a presentation on Korean fashion history, around a new book, but I found it on YouTube and here's a few shots in case you'd like to check it out.
Very learned presenters, and appropriation was an issue they tackled, wearing another culture's iconic dress, here the hanbok.
They agreed that if proper credit is given to me origin, and you don't make commercial use of appropriated looks or ideas, it's more or less acceptable.
In other questions, is this giant trying again to take over, despite repeated removals, pigweed, aka amaranth?
And yesterday was Billy the Pup's Spay Day. She came through pretty well, but it was touch and go with Gary. He came over last evening, she was shivering what to do?
I went over and sat with them, stroking Billy's ears till she fell asleep after happily taking a few drops of water off my fingers. She was shivering on the inhale, not the exhale, pretty sure she was doing fine.
She was alert ish and clearly knew me, so I stayed a while and chatted about all kinds of unrelated things, to talk Gary off the ledge. He planned to sleep downstairs with her.
This morning I called, quiet night, she's getting on okay, he sounds done for. He loves his dogs so. I've heard him singing made up songs to Billy when he doesn't know anyone's around! Lovely guy.
Today I'm wearing my Hamptons Skirt, east coast people will know the snooty reference! So named for the ocean colors and rock references.
I finished it last night and made an interesting discovery. As you know I use either hand for a lot of things. But I'd never tried stitching with my left hand. But, the appliques being long, reaching the end of a side meant turning the whole thing around and getting all reorganized to stitch back up the other side.
So I tried just switching hands to stitch back, not moving the work, and found it worked just fine. Another late in life discovery, along with whistling.
And this morning on my early patio prowl, I found small dead twigs inside the Japanese maple, and wondered if I could make something with them.
While I'm wondering, I put them with the current little flower arrangement
Happy day everyone, you never know what you're going to discover next.
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Prayers for Billy's good healing
ReplyDeleteThe twigs look lovely. I have no idea what that giant plant is.
I think she's going to be fine. Gary, we'll see..
Deleteawww - poor Billy! Poor Gary too. She was probably in a bit of shock, just like humans when they've had surgery.
ReplyDeleteTwigs - could they be tied together to make a paintbrush?
That's an idea about the twigs, thank you.
DeleteI'm sure Billy will be fine but I'm sending good vibes anyway. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think that plant is amaranth. At least, not the amaranth I know.
You and Dave survived Olga's spay, evidently. Thanks for the input on the mystery plant. It grows so fast that I have to keep on digging and cutting. The roots are next door, so the fence is stopping me from getting it out completely.
DeleteI hope Billy recovers soon from her spaying! Gary too.
ReplyDeleteI think she'll get well first.
DeleteYou are so ingenious and so kind. And Gary sounds lovely too.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to be invited into people's lives when they need a bit of encouragement.
Deleteyou've got a little ikebana thing going on there with your flower arrangement. very nice.
ReplyDeleteI like a tiny simple effect. All homegrown here, too
DeleteLove twigs. They make such amazing natural sculptures Adds another dimension to flower bouquets
ReplyDeleteI think it’s sweet gary makes up songs to sing to his fur buddies
I was a mess as well when trixie had her spay op.
Sending hugs to both of them
I think when it's spaying or neutering, we feel it quite personally.
DeleteIt was great that you could help Gary as you did. He knew who to go to for help! Glad he and the dog are ok.
ReplyDeleteI think he just needed company with someone who'd had dogs and wouldn't try to jolly him out of worrying.
DeleteThe twigs belong in the flower arrangement--until you find another use for them.
ReplyDeleteBilly should have been given adequate pain relief on discharge - and Gary should have been given Valium! Glad both are recovering.
ReplyDeleteShe was. Gary could have used a little help, too!
DeleteYou are a woman of so many talents from being able to sew with either hand to calming a pup and her human.
ReplyDeleteIt was just about being there, really. About the sewing, I'm very tickled about that.
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