making additions

i make little changes to this doll from time to time. whenever i come across a feather on the ground i pick it up. i've been collecting white and speckled ones for some time, and just keep adding them to the top of her head. the other day i had a swatch of sequined fabric laying next to her and saw the mirroring silver dots on her legs and arms and thought the sequins would go lovely on the bottom layer of skirt. she could be done now, but who knows. she tells me her name is bone feather. 

just finding a cool spot

there are many frogs who live around the outside of the house during the summer. sometimes they come in, and sometimes they just stay between the doors, neither coming or going. this guy was just hanging out on the storm door when i came home from work. i love the iridescent strips and the neon green glow of its skin. this type is a little less vocal than the green and yellow tree frogs, and much larger.

living in the past

yay! we have electricity again! after the storms knocked it out around 8:30 sunday night, it was back on around 11:30 today. that's only 39 hours or so. in the heat. without water. blech.

it's storming outside now, so lets hope it stays on!

humble canvas

i've been painting up more bags. one rather large grocery bag from brighter day (which i don't really think i like after all), and one small bag from fabrika. i especially like the minty blue sewing machine.

towering above them all

well, i received my newest spindle a lot faster than i thought! arriving in the mail on monday, i was able to ply the 1.4 oz of yak/silk singles i had just finished; it would have been a very near thing if i had to ply it on the lark (winding the plied yarn onto the whorl creates a lot more air between layers than singles, so the same amount is nearly double the volume when plied). the swan's shaft is maple, and the whorl is cocobolo. i won't have to make a spindle cosy for it though, as it's a little too big to make travel easy. so, i've started work on a cosy for the kuchulu instead.