Fabric Fun
I unpacked most of the fabric tonight. There wasn’t too much I’d forgotten about, but WOW there are so many things I want to make! We’d better hurry up and finish moving so I can start sewing again.
There is fabric for two more quilts in the closet still. Can’t wait to get back to it!
I uncovered one of my childhood treasures.
My Grammy embroidered this for me when I was a baby. Besides these five pages, I have two extra pictures she made of these bears hanging in my hallway.
Look at her stitches! Her work inspires me to do good work too.
Weekend: Day Three
We’ve had our new roasting pan for two days and have used it twice. So much deliciousness.
(The chicken and veggies are from today. Yesterday’s beef ribs were gobbled up before pictures were even thought of.)
A very, very large bolt of fabric came home with me.
I may have quilt backs for the rest of my life.
We are still playing with the new space.
Now it is time for stories and bed. At least, it will be if I can get these bears out of my bed!
My hope is to enter the work week with the same intention I was able to apply to the weekend. Presence and joy. Work and rest. These things are possible.
In This Space
The light is beautiful in this room. Most Sundays I am facing the front of the church, but today was a working day and so I got to look out over the pews.
It is good to change perspectives.
Weekend: Day One
It was a four farm, busy errand day. We still managed to put some of the new apartment together. I am loving it more and more.
This morning my bedroom window was pretty, but incomplete.
The downstairs curtains moved upstairs. We only had to install the curtain rod three times before we got it right.
My pretty lamp is in place.
And the dresser that had been blocking the front hallway and half of the bedroom door has been neatly maneuvered into just the right spot.
The living room is almost done.
I made a comfy spot to be out of the way.
There are also new kitchen curtains and (hooray!!) a doorknob for the main bathroom. It was a very productive, very exhausting, absolutely marvelous day.
Things I Love: Little Dishes
These birds came home with me today. They are quite at home with all of the little dishes. It may be time to have people over for deliciousness.
Not so Many Words
I dreamed of sparkly things.
I visited dead relatives and let myself breathe in the quiet.
I visited my grammy and stayed until she fell asleep.
I made ham salad. (It was better than Costanza’s, but not as good as the Becket General Store.)
I bought a new wallet. Yes, it has owls on it. Maybe I’ve hit my head or something.
Tomorrow I head back to the Kettle Slayer and the smallish bears. No resolutions here, just waiting and loving. So much loving. I hope it keeps her wrapped in comfort. I hope she has peace in her heart.
Animal Identification
This is really a walrus disguised as an owl. It must be, right? Owls are so two years ago. We’ve moved on. Walruses, people. Get with the program.
What He Said: P.V. Cardon
[Permanence in agriculture] is attainable – but only through the wise application of our expanding knowledge about the use of our land, capital, and labor in production and distribution. It does not deny full use of the land to any generation of owners. It does require that each generation, in its turn, observe land-use practices that insure sustained production. – P.V. Cardon Our Aim: An Introduction in Grass The Yearbook of Agriculture 1948
Sad is No Fun
Thursday: Family caregiver extraordinaire – Your grandmother has stopped responding and isn’t eating except if they feed her and even then only a little. You should come.
Friday: Me- How are you feeling?
Grammy – Pretty awful.
Me- Can you get around at all?
Grammy- They make me walk a little with the walker. I don’t like it.
Me- Do you want to get out of here?
Grammy-I don’t know where I’m supposed to go.
Me- I’m pretty sure if you can do the things they ask you to do and get stronger and are willing to ask for help, we’ll find you another apartment.
Grammy proceeds to eat all of her lunch. By herself.
Saturday: Grammy is in the lobby.
Me- How did you get way down here?
Grammy- (with a twinkle in her eye) I scooted with my feet.
Me- How was therapy?
Grammy- They make me use that walker.
Me- Better than falling over?
Grammy- (smiles really big)
Me- Can we bring you anything?
Grammy- Thinner socks. (pause) And a big, juicy hamburger.
As I leave she yells a reminder to not forget the socks.
My heart is optimistic and my head is realistic. If she goes back to the apartment and has a couple of sad days in a row. If she doesn’t remember to ask for help. If she doesn’t get strong enough.
She looks small and crumpled in her wheelchair. But today she smiled. I’ll take it.
Little by Little
Emptying cupboards, filling cupboards.
Naming Mountains 