Weather proofing

While the house cleaners were at work this morning, I spent time in the local library, checked out the latest Osman

and a puzzle, and spent a peaceful morning

Because this is what's up outside 

I'm skipping this afternoon's new knitting group, roads already getting iffy, heavy rain on saturated ground.  So I'm  home in a clean house, with soup, toasted pita with cheddar, busy reading, knitting, knotting. 

Also debt proofing -- the check for my cremation and cardboard box cleared, yay. I'm going to be a solvent corpse. Well, there's worse ambitions.

Also Textiles and Tea. This week it was woven wire jewelry, involving Japanese braiding (kumihimo), by Giovanna Imperia

who wrote this book

and is a teacher at a number of locations, see this link to find out more

despite requests, the presenters didn't give dimensions for any of the pieces, but since it's jewelry, I think we can assume small enough to wear decoratively. The last image, the wire lace, is my favorite.

Her skills are wonderful, and she knows how to employ the nature of wire. I've made wire knitted jewelry,  it's very interesting, so malleable, and it stays put while you work on it.

If you're unfamiliar with kumihimo braiding, it's worth doing a search to see how it's done. It's intricate, 3D work, and, to this struggling student of kumihimo, it's as tricky as it looks! Giovanna has great mastery of this form. 

Happy day, everyone, please check in with us as you can, if you're in the path of a current storm. We know power can go out, taking your WiFi with it, so we won't panic too soon.

Meanwhile, long time since we had a puzzle, so this might take your mind off the weather. 

Remember not to post answers, just funny clues. This is where I usually come a cropper, forgetting about funny clues and responding solemnly to what are supposed to be jokes! I've been caught a few times by sneaky blogistas.

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Stay safe, everyone!