One sign of healing I noticed yesterday was that I'm all set to winnow out my sewing supplies to share with the Lakota ladies of the Pine Ridge reservation who need them. I'm up for thinking about other people, good.
Also I'm wondering if they'd like hexies and stars to use as decoration or as projects themselves. I have quite a few stitched components they might enjoy incorporating into projects. Anyway, that's on the agenda. I just need a box.
Tatter has a great current offering, online, coming up
Food today, no pictures, was the rest of that roast chicken with roast potato dice. Very good, with a couple of changes. I used avocado oil instead of olive to roast the potato dice, much lighter and crisper. And I roasted it on a bed of spinach, which also came out crisp and I'm definitely doing that again. I seasoned with a dried basil salt mix I made ages ago and finally remembered to use.
Today's PT involved walking down the street, yay me, plus some table exercises. Followed by reading, well, full disclosure, sleeping, outside on the deck listening to birds. I heard the first redwing blackbird starting up. I love that sign of summer.
Textiles and Tea was about Klaus Anselm, retired doctor now an acclaimed tapestry weaver. He emigrated from Germany, eventually retired from medicine and discovered weaving. He's lived in the southwest, now in New England. You'll see the landscape of the southwest in his work, blocky shapes and colors.
He loves contrasting strong colors, using cotton warp and wool weft. His works are large for tapestry, up to 40" x 30". Well worth visiting.
Happy day, everyone. Handsome son will soon wind down his stay now that I'm getting stronger, and he agrees we'll both like our space back!
And speaking of space, the azalea which has struggled for years with the competition of the pachysandra, finally seems to be getting established. These blooms appeared today.
Klaus does beautiful work! So glad to hear you are healing well, Boud.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked the tapestries. It's a while since they presented tapestry.
DeleteThe azalea is asserting itself! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteEach year it's been putting out feeble little branches. Finally it's making its presence felt. It's a gift from a friend, so I'm glad it's succeeding.
DeleteIt's interesting the different ways our bodies let us know we are healing. Glad you continue to improve, Liz. Klaus's work is very cool. I just checked out his blog and portfolio. I especially like his tapestries that have curves. Fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you checked his website. It's a great display.
DeleteYup. You're on the mend!
ReplyDeleteSince the dressing was removed and I saw the undramatic incision site, looking like nothing much, I've realized how far I'm along.
DeleteYay you! Things getting back to routine...lovely art and food and great donation.
ReplyDeleteYes, being interested in a donation was a normal sort of things around here.
DeleteA walk outside AND a deck snooze with redwing song. You're doing great! And I agree - having enough energy to again look outside oneself and think about others is another big step forward.
ReplyDeleteThose tapestries are powerful.
I'm coming for dinner (I wish!).
Big news here: when mom screech owl left the nestbox this evening, there were two eggs and two owlets! We thought this might be the day, because about 24 hours ago the eggs(!) started talking to each other. It turns out that many chicks talk to each other shortly before breaking out, which may help synchronize hatching. Nature is so cool!
Chris from Boise
I had no idea that chicks talk before hatching. That's amazing. So hatching isn't really the beginning for them, as I'd thought. Good luck to the new arrivals.
DeleteThat is amazing speed of recovery. It sounds like the first few days are tough then recovery is beginning to take on the shape of a parabolic curve. I love the tapestries - great colour and strong shapes.
ReplyDeleteCertainly in my case that's a good description. It helped significantly that I never experienced pain needing the narcotic pills. That's why I can drive.
DeleteThe azalea has taken its lead from you, it seems.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if she thought she'd better put up or shut up!
DeleteAll I can say is that you are a miracle, woman! A miracle woman? That too.
ReplyDeleteKlaus's work is quite dramatic and interesting. Funny how all of our brains work so differently when it comes to...well, everything! But especially in making art.
Nah, just an ordinary person doing ordinary stuff. Klaus is dramatic but to be honest, I find him a bit shallow. I didn't say that earlier, not wanting to prejudice blogistas and spoil their take.
DeleteThanks for sharing all the beautiful artwork and creations. Glad you and handsome can get back to your normal lives. I’m still astounded at how quickly your recovery has gone. I love azaleas. A bed in front of our house when I was a child was filled with tiers of them in different colors. I remember thinking even when I was less than 5 how beautiful they were. Keep up the happiness and the improvement.
ReplyDeleteFirst be joyful! St Benedict's rule for the Order. My favorite instruction. I admire this little azalea's spirit, though I only really like the white azaleas.
DeleteWow. I am really quite impressed with how quickly you've sprung back! The hip is a far more complicated joint than a knee, I'd think. Your blog makes me very optimistic about my knee.
ReplyDeleteThat Martin Custodio beach scape is just breath-takingly serene. I love that.
I'm glad you're feeling encouraged. My physical therapist tells me that joint surgery is way better than even two years ago. So there's that. It's good to get some PT ahead, too, if possible. It served me well.
DeleteGlad you are healing well and will hopefully be back to your routines before you know it! The weaver's work is very impressive, especially the NYC skyline piece near the end. What a great idea to send your sewing supplies to a community that can use them.
ReplyDeleteThat skyline piece was designed by his brother in law, an architect, and Klaus credited him, very properly.
DeleteWow! You are doing so well. Good to hear.
ReplyDeleteHis tapestries are dramatic! Makes my little cross stitching look wimpy!
I bet he can't cross stitch for toffee, so neener! They are dramatic, yes.
DeleteYou're expanding my horizon with all this knowledge and beauty of weaving! I knew very little about weaving until I started reading your blog, other than having used a loom at a historical Shaker village one time. I spent 30 mins on it, with guidance, which has been my only glimpse into weaving. I work with fabric in my quilting, but I don't make textiles myself. The 2nd picture of Klaus Anselm's work, the one with a landscape and also vertical pillars (?), is fascinating. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're liking it. This was a colorful episode.
DeleteI like Anselm's work. Different look to it, though I'm hardly an expert on tapestry to say just how different.
ReplyDeleteYes, tapestry isn't what you usually think when weaving comes to mind. He's very Bauhaus influenced.
DeleteCongrats on healing and moving and enjoying a delicious meal...I must try that way of roasting diced potatoes! But first I have 2 baked potatoes to reheat into something delectable. Enjoy your own space to yourself soon.
ReplyDeleteNo end of possibilities with a baked potato.
DeleteYay for being able to get outside for a walk! That must have made you feel so much better, right along with a snooze outside too.
ReplyDeleteThe weavings are spectacular. Not being a weaver I've never really understood how they can manage to create curves without leaving holes. I know there's a trick to it (obviously!).
There's a lot about the technique of tapestry that you need to watch in order to see how it's done. Then the results look like magic.
DeleteWalking outside was great for my cabin fever.