After the rain the doormat looked stained and moldy.
Closer inspection revealed the stain was moss.
After a quick mist of water it became this!
The moss is so small it did not seem possible to get an in focus photo. Really should purchase a camera.
Morning Glory, Evening Primrose
On first glance I thought one of the pale pink morning glories I grew from harvested seed, was in bloom.
But…
a closer look revealed a primrose flower and morning glory foliage!
That would be the evening primrose I grew from seed several years ago. Lovely flower and a plant great at making more plants.
I transplanted a few plants under the fruit trees. Now they are a grand cover spanning the entire orchard.
Not Easter or Christmas
Blooming and about to bloom–
Trapped Cactus
Cutting Taken From the Trapped Cactus is Blooming in My Succulent Garden
Trapped Cactus
Agaves
Our Agave Piercing Itself
Agaves in Neighborhood
Thoughts, Words… In Progress
Today I cut 330 plus pieces of hardware cloth for my Thoughts/Words… piece. The extra pieces are to replace blocks that are not quite right. Sometimes when trimming a block it is possible to break the joint. A broken joint can result in shredded fiber and make it difficult to bind the block. Also, the wire is sharp and can cause wounds.
My gloves don’t appear too damaged.
This is how I had my hand taped. I kept adding tape when areas felt a bit stingy. The clear plastic tape on my palm is a horrible product. It gets sticky and leaves a sticky residue after it is removed.
The tools that I use to cut the hardware cloth and the removed tape.
And a few blisters.
My palm tonight after a day working, making dinner, and washing dishes.
Not as annoying as a month after hand surgery. Apparently, when you are told to work as much as you feel up to, they really mean an hour a day, not 6-8 hours per day.
The result was the inability to work for nearly two months. And certain activities are still challenging. Last week I had a steroid injection to break up the scar tissue. After the bruise and sting went away, my hand is behaving more like a healthy hand.
I really should have spread out the repetitive cutting of hardware. Funny how when you get in the zone, you just keep working.
So, tomorrow I will spend part of the day cutting and perforating 330 pieces of roofing felt. Maybe begin assembling the blocks.
2019 Anniversary Piece
Each year I make an anniversary piece, somewhat of a 3-D greeting card.
2″ x 5.25″ x .75″
1/4″ Hardware Cloth, Wool, Metal Washers, Pennies
Hardware Cloth .25″ X 1.5″ x .25″
Undyed Wool–Brown Dots, Tan Dashes, Cream Spacers.
The background pieces make the code 0527.
0 is 5 Dashes; 5 is 5 Dots; 2 is 2 Dots and 3 Dashes; and 7 is 2 Dashes and 3 Dots.
3 Spacers are placed between each component of the date. Two vertical lengths of cream yarn were inserted through the blocks and bound into the frame.
This is the first time that I stacked code pieces. I really like the result. What if instead of a piece that can be held in your hand, the scale is 5 or 6 feet? Could use my stash of rope in place of yarn. Something to think about.
Soup Making Bubbles
They bubble formation occurred when I was steaming onion and carrots in a small amount of water.
Quick Vegetable Soup
Steam chopped onion and grated carrot in small amount of water. Add frozen vegetables. When vegetables are softened, add tomato soup or Spicy V-8 or a combination with 1 or 2 vegetarian bouillon cubes.
Can be served as is or with saltines, with Matzos, toast, rice, or pasta.
Work in Progress–Thoughts, Words, Habits, Character
Thoughts become words. Words become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character.
330 blocks–129 Dots, 97 Dashes, 104 Spacers
Debated whether to use blocks of 10 squares or 9 squares.
Dot, Dash, Spacer
Quarter inch hardware cloth, 9×9 squares, 2.25″ square blocks, with 1.75″ square of roofing felt, cream wool stitches.
Fifteen blocks per row 15 x 2.25 = 33.75″
Twenty-two rows 22 x 2.25 = 49.5″
The finished piece will be larger because the hardware cloth borders for each block will be bound with cream wool. Then the pieces will be bound together. A previous piece had 18 blocks that were 1.75″ squares. 18×1.75=31.5″ When stitched together and the addition of a couched border, the finished piece was 33.25″.
Blocks Made in Flash
A symbol for each block was made, then a symbol for each row.
Row 1 of 22
Layout Pattern
The Use Count in the Flash Library is another way to verify correct layout.
Ice Plant
Cuttings for Making More Plants
