• Art - Blog - Creativity

    T Tuesday: in progress edition

    August 15, 2017 - By 

    I had plans for today’s posts. It was going to be spectacular…tons of photos…a walk through of my latest project in process.

    But then….my phone died. As in, it was no more.

    I use my phone to take quick in process pictures instead of my DSLR.

    Off to the store I went to have them look at it and buy a new one if need be. It wouldn’t turn on for them either so…I picked out a new one to replace my over 2.5 yr old phone which seems to be a senior citizen in the phone world. I switched from Apple to Android. This will take a little adjustment period.in progress

    Here’s a little snippet of my project. More to come…

    Today after my morning coffee (reused photo) and a bite to eat, its off to volleyball tryouts for the girl. Me… I’ll be measuring all the hard surface areas of our property to determine if we can extend the edge of our driveway a bit to make room for more parking.  Did I mention that I’ll be signing Mini-me up for the classroom portion of drivers ed very soon? AGH! They are growing up too fast!

    T stands for Tuesday
    What are you doing today?
  • Blog - Crafts - Creativity - Kitchen

    Interpretive crochet

    August 11, 2017 - By 

    That’s what I decided to call my near inability to follow a pattern. I’ve decided that I’m ok with that. I crochet mainly for myself making dishcloths. My stemware really doesn’t care if I have too many or too few stitches. Why should I?interpretive crochet

    Honestly, I can and have followed a pattern…once for sure.  The green hexagonal dishcloth proves it. I’m pretty sure the purple one is correct as well. The rest of them..not so much.

    interpretive crochet

    I tend to crochet when I’m waiting or watching TV. I think its the TV that screws me up with the whole pattern thing. OH well. They are pretty and will certainly clean dishes so that’s all that matters.

    Incidentally…the purple yarn is the last of my cabbage dyed yarn.

  • Blog

    T Tuesday: tree house edition

    August 8, 2017 - By 

    Mini-me and I took a little excursion to the MN Landscape Arboretum. We had several things in mind. Photography, exercise and scouting locations for senior pictures. As we walked the 3 mile drive we saw a few of the art installations for this year.

    Amazing Spaces: tree houses is the overall theme. We did not see all of them nor did I get photos of each. Each was unique. Some better than others or perhaps more detailed and understandable in concept.

    This is the one I fell in love with.  A human sized birdhouse as you can see by Mini-me peering through the glass.

    I was amazed and thrilled by the level of detail that went into the interior.

    As I stood on the step to take it all in, I saw that someone had set things up for tea. Oh how I wished that we could sit and have tea for real inside.

    All-in-all it was a great morning spent with my girl. Incidentally we did go back with J to take senior pictures. They turned out great. There is a little part of me that really wants to share a couple of my favorites but I made the decision long ago to never show their faces or use real names for them as they are minors.

    We still plan to take more senior pictures in a more urban setting as well…just to make the choice even more difficult. LOL

    Today Mini-me and I might go to the zoo…or else that will be tomorrow. Today we’d be on the clock to get home in time for a meeting. I don’t like to rush fun outings especially when they are quite pricey like the MN Zoo!!

    This is our last “free week” or I should say mostly free week so we are trying to get in some stay-cation activities before that school bell rings.

    What are you doing today?

    T stands for Tuesday