a fenced in area in the adirondacks...

welcome...

...to a fenced in area in the adirondacks...

...i came home from class yesterday,

and my wonderful husband

had made this diorama.

he made the play dough,

used an old wooden wine box,

and found the moss,

evergreens and the fencing!

anyone who loves 30 rock will remember,

it's a safe place

for that special time...

i love it.

it is one of the most thoughtful things

and it just makes me smile.

inspirations...

frank helmut auerbach

[sources unknown]

[james jean liber novus]

[ytba au scarves]

[oat shoes biodegradable footwear via cool hunting]

[makr]

the world will admire me.

perhaps i will be despised and misunderstood,

but i'll be a great genius,

i am certain of that.

-salvador dali

sunday funday

Johnny Flynn - The Wrote and the Writ // A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

"never apologize for showing feeling

when you do so,

you apologize for the truth."

-benjamin disraeli

inspirations...

i picked up an issue of

american craft

magazine today and found some new

inspirations to share

kay sekimachi

fiber & paper art

3 dimensional woven forms

kiff slemmons

studied near and dear to me

french & art

in iowa city

see more here

&

more info here

sunday funday

my husband made the rustic banana bread muffins with roasted local pears from the farmers market. they're very yummy! the skins are thicker than store bought pears and they look a little bit rough, but they taste great.

i want to make them with figs next.

i finished dillon's tweed baby blanket for billie and eric.

they're due any day now...

i finally made a circular knitting needle holder out of some amy butler fabric. while i was knitting the blanket above my needles were all twisted from being stored in the pocket of a fabric needle case. i even used the pot of boiling water trick but they wanted to stay in a tight coil. hopefully this will fix that.

i finally used my awesome clay buttons that josh gave me over a year ago. they have different leaves and herbs pressed into them.

Andrew Bird

We just bought tickets to see Andrew Bird in December. He is playing a series of Gezelligheid shows (mostly instrumental concerts), one of which is in Chicago at the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Gezelligheid is dutch for cozy. He uses the natural lighting and sounds of the venue. I am pretty freaking excited to tell you the truth.

Enjoy.

#45.3 - Andrew Bird - Spare-Oh
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#45.2 - Andrew Bird - Weather Systems
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today is about....

...fresh strawberries from our garden...

...& love.