Phantom Whispers

Monday Dawns?

Well, I never got to working on the books this weekend..... I don't quite know what happened. Seems that real life intruded. Again. Sigh. Saturday was one of those days where I had to make myself stop to eat. It just seems like this list of endless things kept popping up. Like getting the dog to go out in the rain, the laundry, mail off packages, call my dad, the laundry,work on class proposals, make chili and cornbread, the laundry, etc. Oh well, enough of that whine (or as the joke goes, do you want some cheese to go with that whine).

The rain has continued in a fierce fashion. I have to say that I like it for the most part but then I don't have to be out in it. My husband is a letter carrier. He has to be out in the weather no matter what. "... Neither rain nor snow nor dark of night shall stay these couriers from their appointed rounds..." Or something to that effect. Anyhow, those poor letter carriers are out there with the blowing wind and pelting rain, trying their best to keep the mail dry. Our letter carrier actually apologized for our Rolling Stone magazine getting wet. Meanwhile, there he was, standing on our porch totally soaked through despite the best in weather beating garments.

Okay, since you have made it past my weather rant and the whine I will let you know what I did get done this weekend. I finished the beaded lady and here she is. Her bone face doesn't show in this picture at all but you can see in the picture of the trio of ladies.  The other two I had done but I tweaked them a bit and made stand for all three of them. Sorry the picture is kind of dark.   At least the weekend wasn't a total wash. 

Oh, yeah, I noticed the typos in my last entry after I posted it. Of course. Just typical for me. Anyhow, I figure now is as good a time as any to apologize for those typos. I try to keep them to a minimum but I did have to type that entry three times as I learned the system (I hope). And I want to apologize for future typos as well, because they are going to happen. Spell checker doesn't catch everything. So just know that typos are going to happen. And you know, it's okay. I never claimed perfection as a trait.

Keep warm and dry, everyone.

It starts with a Whisper

Oh, this is all so new, this journey of opening out to this world full of rumblings and buzzing.   So I will start with a whisper, a toe testing the water.

Water is an appropriate image as normal fall weather has started.  It has come late this year, warning us first of what winter could be with a few nights of frost.  Oh, those cold days made the bones ache and it hard for me to work (at least without Ibuprofen).  But now we have rain, rain and rain.  So far I don't mind as we haven't had as much as usual and we need it.

I just finished this beaded lady.  Isn't she a charmer?  I am pleased with the way she turned out.  She is already spoken for and I know she is going to a good home.  I have started work on another beaded lady and she is almost complete.  She's larger and a different shape.  I'll post a picture of her here she she's done.

This weekend I look forward to working on some book binding.   One I am really anticipating is a version on the Traveler's Gate Journal.  It is much larger and I am excited about working larger as I mostly work in smaller formats and the size challenge should be interesting.

I am also excited about working on some Little Carved Journals.   These offer a lot in the way of expression, from the carved covers, the coloreful leather spines and the unique binding.   I do love thinking up bindings and these are a treat.  And the weather this weekend should be perfect for holing up in the studio with some Deep Forest playing in the background and creating.