So much is going on just now and so many conflicting feelings are swirling through me, tangling the strands of my normally mellow life.
We’ve had an amazing week of kids’ strong reading, passionate embroidery, success in Judo (yellow belt!), and success in dance (3 dances at the Festival of the Arts). Yet I [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Tangled Threads
Posted in handmade on February 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Things to Love
Posted in adventure on February 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A few internet gems have caught my eye lately and I wanted to pass them on.
Hope Revolution sounds like a wonderful way to drop little unexpected snippets of hope into people’s lives. I’m thinking of making ATC-sized cards and leaving them in library books. I’m thinking that “Spring will come” might lift a few spirits [...]
Sewing
Posted in Project 365, handmade, homeschooling, sewing on February 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Yesterday, something very unexpected happened: we had an embroidery hoop emergency. That’s not something I ever expected to be able to truthfully write.
Sandra and I were finally ready to try our hand at little practice pieces before beginning our special projects and Matthias caught our enthusiasm, or, more accurately, allowed us to talk him into [...]
101 Minutes
Posted in adventure, art journal, haiku Monday, handmade on February 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Perhaps it’s the parental burden of having seen 101 Dalmatians and its various sequels, prequels, and in-between-quels or perhaps it’s the list of 101 things I’m trying to do in 1001 days or perhaps it’s an attraction to the pleasing symmetry of the number, but when I realized that the 1:41 on my watch could [...]
Handmade Birthday
Posted in handmade on February 24, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I loved knitting this.
The puffed sleeves – adorable. The top-down construction – my favourite. The lavender colour – elegant. The beaded bind-off – sweet.
The nearly daily falling asleep at the same time as the kids and hardly ever having time to work on it in secret? That only proves that this [...]
Fear
Posted in Project 365, adventure on February 21, 2008 | 12 Comments »
I learned so much fear in my early years. So many things that could go wrong. So many worrying consequences if they did. I entered my teens with a legacy of shyness, worry, perfectionism, and self-loathing and then spent years trying to unlearn them. Every time I thought I had a problem [...]
Fire so far
Posted in Project Spectrum, handmade on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A smattering of my Project Spectrum endeavors thus far:
clicking will take you to individual links
I love this colour combination! I didn’t used to be a pink girl, but it romanced me, wined and dined me, in my late 20s. I don’t wear pink, yet, but that’s just a matter of time. Especially since I’m [...]
Everyday Moments and Beauty
Posted in adventure, art, art journal, field trips, handmade, homeschooling, quotes on February 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
A morning of adventure. Tias woke today with a bright smile and no trace of the fever of the past few days. It meant a day of transitioning away from the routine of the couch, but in a gentle way. A library morning with a field trip thrown in. Sandra [...]
Perfect Purple Porridge
Posted in Project 365, handmade, recipe on February 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I start every day with porridge. Warm, comforting, filling, healthy, cheap…and a spoonful of heaven in every bite. Perfect with tea. In summer and the house is hot even as the sun rises, I often let it cool and eat it cold. When it’s homemade and full of fruit, it tastes good, [...]
Snow Day
Posted in Project 365, adventure, field trips, homeschooling on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A day-long field trip to Festival du Voyageur. What a day! It was c-c-c-cold and we were well-dressed but I still have the most sensitive toes. I was careful, but still couldn’t move my toes on one foot during the “Horse Power” session. They escaped frostbite, somehow, though.
Snow sculptures greeted us at [...]
