More journal pages. I'm trying to work on light and dark. Get it right. It's hard work for me. And today's page has some color. Today, here in Maine, there's snow on the ground from last night and this morning and now rain. G is happy he took the dog for their walk before we went to Goodwill. Overnight into the single digits so ICE for next week.
Goodwill was interesting. No quilting scraps. No old linens. No star shaped cookie cutter. But I did find a voluminous thin cotton shirt in white and coral-big squares. The left side of my hanging clothes in the closet is a rainbow of lovely colors suddenly. Not the usual--all white. And in the mix are two sundresses. I've not worn a dress in years and years. Change comes where you least expect it. I found a very old toy car at Goodwill. A 59 Chevy. Still rolls. G drove a 60 Chevy when I met him. And a two pack of index cards in my size. I adore index cards. For one dollar.
I made myself a mug cake yesterday. I cut all the measurements in half because I had no idea how large or small a "cake" it would be. One to two inches high in my large mug. Next time I'll do the entire amounts. But the tiny, warm chocolate cake was lovely to eat while I watched Old Crow on PBS. A send up of Will Shakespeare. The little crow that flies over the credits is my favorite part.
At the grocery, across from the bag of sugar I was buying, a new section of---Mug Cake Mixes from Duncan Hines. I bought the deep chocolate caramel four serving boxed set. This must be the new THING. Hot or Warm Cake whenever and wherever you want it. Even sugar free.
I finished another Anne Tyler--Noah's Compass and that will be it. No more.
My knee felt okay yesterday--all my pain settled into my jaw bones---so up into the Attic looking for golden yellow and gray. I found two things--eventually--that work nicely with the yellow and gray floral--one is a very nice allover dot. So I'm ready to start cutting strips and sewing them to make stacked strips to go in three to five vertical lines between the floral print. Modern.
I was on the internet finding Modern design ideas. A Pinterest site. Very informative. Strangely not baby colors or baby themes. But I did get some block making ideas. I drew them in my working journal. I didn't recognize any names of the makers. But----I was spot on--lots of white, lots of grey and lots of yellow. Tiny bits of red. Modern and I are going to get along just fine when I eventually buy some grey.
Well, I need to find myself some lunch. G is having the sausage and mushroom pasta sauce I made him Friday with cheese tortellini. I still have some of the yellow cherry tomato and pasta in the fridge but perhaps my jaw has loosen up enough for a mixed greens salad with carrot. The jaw isn't making any horrid bone cracking sounds today.
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