Daily Notes- January 10

I guess I threw something else in the Trash.  Here's the pencil line drawing of the rosy tulip quilt.
I draw things in the paper version of blog--otherwise called a journal--which no one but me reads. and truth be told--in the beginning no one read the online journal either.

This morning the long awaited "we'll make it right" replacement of the Harry&David box arrived. It wasn't there when we went to bed--it was there when we woke up.  "arrival by 1/10/2019"  Took the full 2 weeks to arrive.  And---don't hold your breath--everything is in the same condition as the original "before Christmas" box.  It must have been riding/bumping around for the entire 2 weeks.  Being tossed and tumbled.  Pears are marked with brown bruising yet again.  Truffles are stale/old.  The apples look fine--but are covered in wax I'll have to scrub off with hot water.   Anyway.  I tried to get them to refund the neighbor's money.  That's actually what I wanted to happen.  They wanted to send another box. Didn't Get No Satisfaction.

Today.   Overcast and looking like something might happen.  All surfaces are coated in ice. Not going out.  We did go out in rain/snow mix to get bowls of onion soup yesterday afternoon.  It's what we both wanted.  Then the other Goodwill.  I found a charming old ceramic bird.  Lovely colors.  And a tiny three story ceramic house with staircase which will be a nice "raffle" prize for the Fairy Garden class I am teaching on the 26th.  Or I'll use it for a Fairy Garden for the Floral Department to sell.  If I see these little ceramic houses at Goodwill, I will buy them if they are one dollar.

When I was still working I would use the ceramic houses in a Fairy Dish Garden for display and sale.  I also have a box of tree bark that I roll and tie with raffia to make a more rustic "home" for fairies in a dish garden.  Moss on the roof.  If I have the time I might try making a few fairies out of beads, fake flowers and pipe cleaners.

Now that I am looking at the drawing up top--I think I will try and make another bowl of tulips.  See what 14 years of experience does to change the way I make it this time.  Life Experience.

Oh, and the Other Goodwill had brand new (donated) fat quarters for one dollar each.  I chose the three I liked the best.  Browns and creamy beiges.  Not colors I have in stock in the Attic.  And these old fashion tiny prints will be a nice addition to some of the older fabrics I inherited. Perhaps I can finish a few things that I stopped working on when I ran out of fabric.  Things Bev started.