Not exactly a rock garden...

   

Not exactly a rock garden... but pretty close.

If our front yard is an explosion of plants (I love that overgrown cottage look) then the back is shaping up as an homage to rocks.

Flat rocks.  

River rocks.  

(Lots & lots of Montana River Rocks).

I'll throw these here as a promise for more when we get a few more plants popping out of the ground (& a sunny day would be nice).

 

Ed & Mr. J (who was afraid of the rake)

View from the kitchen on Easter.

So what are you growing?  

    Reading?  

        Making?

xo

sash

Registry - of sorts

Folks have been asking - as I knew they would.  So Amanda & Ned provided me with their wish list.  Here we go:

We know so many makers & artists. 

Obviously anything handmade would be 

loved & appreciated.

Stuff:

• A free standing ice maker

• Hot/Cold Watercooler

• Slow cooker 

• 3-D printer

• Ceramic kiln "doll" size

• Kitty cat accessories - https://www.catastrophicreations.com  (certificates available)

• Sous vide

• 3D scanner 

• Mortar & pestle 

• https://onefastcat.com/products/cat-exercise-wheel

• Staub 5- qt cast-iron pumpkin 

• Dry measuring cups & measuring spoons in glass, wood, or metal

• Fiesta ware - Bistro bowls of all sizes & Heart bowls

• Extra large drinking glasses (plain glass is fine)

And Things (for which we are saving up if you want to pitch in)

• Wide clawfoot tub

• Tile for bathroom/kitchen

• Home improvement/DIY's

• New pull out couch/one large enough for guests to sleep on

• Our eventual honeymoon in Japan

So there you have it.  Thank you for being part of Ned & Amanda's life. 

Much love,

sash

I made a thing (and it's not a mask)

The stitching is sorta crap & I've decided to change the colors, but I made a BLOCK.

Hey - I'm back in the sewing room.  Even tidied it up a bit.  (a tiny bit).

More important than what I'm sewing is the soundtrack to which I'm sewing.

Podcast: A Region in my Mind by Rev. Derek Terry

And then I keep pulling randomly from this list of podcasts

I didn't even know that Blerd was a thing.  I've got a LOT of work to do.

Stay safe. 
Keep being creative.
Stay curious.
Shut up & listen.
Speak up & demand change!!!

-sash

Shit's on Fire, yo...

I'm not even sure what prompted me to post this on Facebook in March 2019.  Maybe a supreme court nomination?  Or roll-backs of EPA regulations?  It was a simpler time, I guess, when I was watching the government, worrying about what it meant for the future, & still maintaining some sense of humor.

And now the world is on fire.

Murder. Rioting. Murder. Pandemic (or, as it was once known, Plague).  Murder.  Hong Kong lockdown.  Murder.

Murder, Murder, Murder.

I've not watched the video.  I can't.  Reading the descriptions, seeing the "thumbnail" of the video, watching the faces... I'm already almost paralyzed with grief & anger & despair.  It's probably chicken-shit of me, but watching the whole thing would simply destroy me.  That seems like a pointless indulgence right now.  I'm little enough use as I am but so much less so if I fall into that dark, destroyed place.

And it's so not about me or my experience.  Of events.  Of reactions.  Of anything.  I don't even have to react, which also makes me feel sick. 

No reaction...  That's what even the still shots show me.  I don't have to zoom in or hear the words.  I see the men standing there.  Just watching.  Watching their colleague commit murder.  Not even "I thought he had a gun & I panicked"  Not "Heat of the moment, bad decision"  But slow, calm, deliberate murder.

How did they hold still?  How was there no pulling on his arm?  No "Hey man - back off"?  Fuck - why was there no flying tackle to get that violent, hostile, murderous man off the throat of another human being???? 

They just stood there.

Please, universe, creation, all that is good -  never let me just stand there.  Or sit here.  Even if I screw it up, push me to do something.

Reflection time

I'm trying to avoid getting all moody & existential.  Instead of reviewing my life choices, let's talk quilts!

Since January - 

• Completed
• Spousal unit's Asian themed BOTM - FINISHED & in our room
• Libby's bunnies - FINISHED & mailed to Tacoma
• Broken Dishes for my belle soeur - FINISHED & mailed to Japan
• 2 seam X-blocks in yellow & batiks - FINISHED & gifted to friend in Montana
• Tula - Acadia - FINISHED & gifted to a friend in Montana
• On-point QAYC strips - FINISHED & on the bed in my sewing room
• Baby Martin - FINISHED & delivered
• Pink/red/white split rail w/fox minky - FINISHED & delivered to baby Willow
• Loly's baby - FINISHED (including quilting at home) & delivered to baby Jasper
• Made Progress
  • Tiffany stained glass - just needs binding
  • Mystery quilt in yellow to red - just needs binding
• Scattered Showers - about 1/2 way thru the in-house quilting
• Um - honestly can't remember but probably not done...
• Improv Project (à la Joe Cunningham) in orange & yellow
• Rainbow diagonal jelly-roll race
• Started
• Antique Lace for Allie & John - 80% pieced
• Water Lilies - 25% pieced
• Quilt Limbo (no progress since January)
• Turquoise disappearing jelly-roll...thing
• Random 4 patches with blue minky
• Pulse
• half hexi baby quilt
• Neeky's cousins - needs binding
• Vintage butterfly - repair or frame up??
• Pentecost banner - serious remediation required

And then it was three

years of missing him.  

I do miss him quite a lot.  Not feeling very profound about it all.  

Just missing him.

Lobster, Butter, Big Grin

Too productive to take photos...

... that's my story, anyway.

First week of January:

• The relocated UFO's were sorted & organized at the Vancouver Branch.
• Broken dishes binding was completed,
• Spousal unit's quilt was also bound.

Last week (in spite of stomach flu):

• Baby Martin's quilt got a label & can leave the house.
• Libby's bunny got binding & a label.  Ready to get shipped out!!
• Broken Dishes - also labelled & waiting for transport to Japan!
• Pieced the back for baby jasper & it's sandwiched, ready for quilting

Oh - I've settled on a pattern for 

the ongoing crochet project.

As of bedtime Sunday, 

my count is at 6.

Next up:

• Photos!!
• Quilting for Jasper
• Start a larger crochet project
• Label spousal unit's quilt
• Clear the sewing room bed (yikes)
• (random year end accounting crap because work..ick)

xo

sash