Bit by bit we're getting there. My car is now in the shop. And I have more information about the wall repair. Evidently another similar situation was remedied by the homeowner without having to go through the HOA, simpler. So I'll pursue the contractor Wednesday.
Meanwhile I've been making cordage till my thumb got tired.
And the library closed early because of yet another incoming storm, so my decision not to try for the knitting group, which meets there, was upheld by mom Nature. Friends in high places.
By next week the cordage will have dried ready to use, so I can work on that at the group. You create it with damp fibers, which are weaker than when they dry, hence the wait.
Textiles and Tea on Tuesday featured Laicee Blackwell, a cloth and fiber sculptor, print maker and weaver, who uses lesbian memes and references throughout her work -- Birkenstocks with socks!-- and other in references, like carabiners, which are often opaque to straight people but familiar to lesbian viewers. High time, is all I can say.
Laicee is very interesting, teaching, jurying and continuing to exhibit. Based in Indiana, in Evansville, if Indiana is near you, look for their August solo show.
Happy day, everyone, there's always some fun to be found even on grim days. Someone tells me she's got a microwave which she wants to try before offering me it, to make sure it works. So there's that.
And my snake plant suddenly put up a flower
And here's today's bouquet
Sorry about the storms. What's a cordage?
ReplyDeleteSee the picture!
DeleteIt's for the basket I'm making.
DeleteIt’s sounds like everything is getting attended to quickly. Which is great.
ReplyDeleteI hope your weather clears up and you can get back to your group.
It doesnt feel quick but maybe it is.
DeleteSnake plants flower? I learned something today and shall go and have a quiet word with mine (assuming that what I have is, indeed, a snake plant).
ReplyDeleteIt is good to hear that things are working out for you. Karma - you are a good person who does good things so when things go a bit pearshaped it makes sense that the universe steps in.
It's a slow process to me. But I hope to get a step further today.
DeleteStep by step until everything is in place again.
ReplyDeleteI hope so.
DeleteThe snake plant flower! Have you had any before? I had a snake plant from when I was born. It survived until I was 44 years old. I left it outside in asan Francisco and that was the end of that. It was enormous and started blooming late in life. Then bloomed every year. Lushly. The fragrance was overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteI had the parent of this plant flower, not very dramatically, and I don't think there was a scent. Maybe this one will be more showy.
DeleteHave a great day, Boud. Hope the humidity is gone. It’s here for a few days now. Ugh!
ReplyDeleteI never knew a snake plant flowered.
ReplyDeleteWise words, Boud. There is always some fun to be found on a grim day. You're right. And even if our hearts are breaking, we must gather up those little pieces and find our bit of peace where we can.
Wow, I love carabiners, and now know I've been supporting lesbians in my own way. I used to have an extra stuff-sack hanging from my purse with one. Now I wonder where that sack went...it had special significance all by itself! My big achievement yesterday was cleaning off my keyboard and screen on this laptop. Amazing how great that feels today!
ReplyDeleteI'm trying very hard to learn how to step back and view situations from a perspective of calm rather than my usual anxiety. This is not easy for me. Finding a little fun helps.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of Laicee Blackwell and her art before, so thanks! Great stuff! You know, I've never worn Birkenstocks or a carabiner -- the former is too expensive (I'm cheap!) and the latter is too hard butch (I just can't convincingly carry off that style!).
ReplyDeleteYou're in danger of losing your cred!
DeleteNow I have to try making cordage:) I love learning new skills.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that carabiners were gay, as a straight woman I love me some carabiners.
Glad the car and the house damage are getting dealt with quickly.
I think the Birkenstocks were a joke a about stereotypes applied to lesbians! I'm amused at my granola friends unknowingly wearing gay insignia!
DeleteI also never knew snake plants flowered. Wow! You must really have the touch!
ReplyDeleteI have been enjoying your making of the little basket. Never heard of that kind of cording, either.
I'm glad things are moving right along for getting repaired. Soon it will be all behind you. :)
The cording is a Paleolithic invention. Still works today.
DeleteI think plants do what they want, really, humans can't take much credit. Go me the repair seem very slow, all about waiting for calls and visits and info. Nothing has happened yet.
It sounds like it will work out, but what a thing to have happen.
ReplyDeleteI have never, ever had a snake plant flower! I wore Birkenstocks back in the day, but I think they were more associated with hippies. I needed to look up carabiner. I don't get the reference. They are hooks? Good luck on skirting the HOA.
ReplyDeleteWearing birks with socks was the thing.
DeleteJust catching up. Sorry to hear about your wall butt. Hope both car and wall are sorted soon and that you suffer no delayed shock.
ReplyDeleteHow can people not eat vegetables? I know lots who don't - mostly single men - and can't understand it. Or perhaps I can.
Glad the repairs are all coming together. I am sure it is a relief. And a bigger relief when they are done. Honestly - the wrong pedal can happen to anyone.
ReplyDeleteI have a better story. I live on the edge of town and once you leave town, there is a curvy country highway. A young girl in her 20's was driving to work and dropped her cup. Her new car had that assist feature that beeps if you get too close to the edge and she thought that meant she had a self driving car. She unhooked her seat belt, let go of the steering wheel and stuck her head UNDER the dashboard on the passenger side. Her car missed a curve, hit a ditch and flipped over on the roof, narrowly missing a tree. A man in an oncoming truck quickly dialed 911 and was scared to see what he would find. She crawled out perfectly fine if you can believe it. Our small town paper reports on accidents and we are still shaking our heads.
People hit the wrong pedal all the time. Especially when startled.
Glad you are feeling better and things are getting fixed. Little daisies always make a person feel better. :)
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