Lovely World

away

I will be away from this space until the first week of July. I am traveling out west to Yellowstone National Park and the Salmon River in Idaho.

Take care for now.

♡ Maribeth

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{Calendar Week 25}

Book 24/52:

Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games

I really liked this book. I'll be picking up the other books in this trilogy.

green

It is all green here. We are settling into summer. The first round of lettuce and radishes are just about done. The peas and string beans will be harvested in a couple of weeks. One more day of walking the kids to the school bus stop. I have been enjoying these walks, the morning air so full of life. We have a very long driveway, so there is always something interesting to see along the way. My son and I saw a coyote on the driveway a few weeks ago.

Here are some lovely things for you:

♥ Maissa Toulet

♥ Chinelos de Trapo (don't you want a pair?)

♥ Kettle's Yard (let's go here)

♥ Sonia Delaunay at the Cooper Hewitt (too good)

♥ Sally Nencini

Bye for now.

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{Calendar Week 24}

Thank you Johannes Gruger

Book 23/52:

Deborah Copaken Kogan's Between Here and April

✿ Have a nice start to the week.

i am here

I have been so busy, here and there. Here is a brief glimpse of me, look quick before I'm off to something else!

I keep looking at my feet in this photo. I have been attending yoga class regularly and often find myself focused on the contact between my feet and the floor. I really like this grounding. It is a point of mindfulness.

I put a few birds in my etsy shop earlier today. Please take a look if you like. Lovely World Handmade.

Hope all is well. ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡

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{Calendar Week 23}

Book 22/52:

Mary Karr's Lit

friday regroup

I bought some hand-printed fabric from Bookhou. It is a very nice quality. I am making some storage containers with it. I made one this morning based on a pattern in Bookhou's b.a.h. Magazine. I used a medium interface, and lined it with white linen. It stands up and holds its structure well. These are very easy to make. I hadn't sewn in forever, and was very happy as I cut up fabric and sewed it together.

This is the state of my inspiration bulletin board. It has looked like this for a few weeks. I think it represents the break I have been taking from the intensity of creative work. It is a deep breath, a clearing of the head, a blank slate, a regrouping, a look in other directions. It is possibility. (You can see a lovely ceramic heart my son made me hanging on the board.)

I got an ipod touch. I am just beginning to load it up with music and podcasts and all the other amusements that seem possible with this small device. Here is some music I have been listening to lately:

* The new The Decemberists CD (I started to write album - but I guess that isn't really the right word - although it appears that you can purchase this in vinyl)

* The Smiths Best of 1. I do have some old The Smiths albums. I began listening to them back in the 1980s when we didn't have CDs.

 

Happy weekend to you.