Creating

We have stopped for the day, everyone has retired and I am sitting quietly in the dark catching up on my emails and blogs. My sister and I have been busy the past two days and the mess on the dinning room table proves it. She is busy painting pictures for her etsy shop. I've been working with my fabric and threads again. I've taken an old purse frame and am creating a fabric purse to hold one of my poetry pieces. My sister gives me inspiration and much needed encouragement and though the going is slow a piece of art is taking shape before my eyes. I'll have more photos in the next few days. It is so good to have her here it has been a great visit so far.

A surprise visit

Out of the blue a pleasant surprise. My sister is coming to visit for the time I have off. I am picking her up at the airport tonight at 9 pm. She is coming for 3 days but has 2 suitcases-full of art supplies. I can't wait. Through all the twist and turns of the years, there has always been a constant in my life and that is my sister. It is so nice to be close to her and I wish we lived closer. She tries to talk me into moving to AZ. but I'm not quite ready to leave CA. and my husband is dead set against living in the desert. Although we love to camp there, living there is another story. I have no plans for the weekend but to eat good food, visit, be inspired by her creative spirit and create art. I'll keep you posted. I feel so lucky.

Penny-Penny

Our weekend camping trip has been delayed. The older of our two dogs and the ruler of the home has taken ill. She woke up Monday morning with a swollen neck and very lethargic. After a 500$ vet bill, some antibiotics, pain pills and draining of the fluid around her neck she is home and seems to be feeling a little better. Her neck is still swollen and she is still very listless so we are not to thrilled about packing up the car and traveling 6 hours. It would not be very fair to her and I would hate to have her away from medical care should the need arise. Now I have 6 days off and don't know quite what to do with my self. Isn't that a shame!!!

Saturday 4pm

All is calm in the Lilylovekin home. I've just returned from making art with my friends. It was a good get together and the first time in a long time that all of us where able to make it. We are quite excited because at our next get together my sister Julie Haymaker Thompson is coming to teach us a class. This is not going to happen until Jan 9 but with the holidays and all it will be here soon enough. Having only two days off this weekend I am laying low and dreaming about our last trip with Bambi. Hopefully we will get away next weekend because I have a block of time off. Until then I just have to content myself with memories and photos of the time away. Hope you are all having a good week-end.

Fleece

I'm in love with this time of year and with fleece I can't get enough of it and I know that as the weather gets colder I'll want more of it. This year I decided to get out my trusty little feather weight and try to sew. The fleece I've seen in the fabric stores is so fun and inexpensive that I thought why not? I use to sew all my clothes when I was in high school but it has been a while. After a few failed attempts at putting the pieces together correctly and with a friends help as a model I have my first lounge set sewn together. I have some kinks to iron out but all in all it was a good experience. I'm thinking of making some as Christmas gifts-one can never have to much fleece!

Road trip

Most road trips make one feel better and this one was no exception to the rule. Travel is getting easier and easier with the trailer. My only outburst was when we were sailing down a 7000 ft pass at 70 mph and I "calmly" ask my husband if we should be driving so fast. I did not get the response I desired so hanging on tightly we quietly but quickly descended the mountain top. We arrived at the bottom safe and sound my heart was a little rattled but it quickly recovered and the rest of the trip was uneventful. Halloween at dusk, I took a walk it was a quiet still evening, the sky was that twilight shade of blue and a large silver platter of a full moon was on the horizon. Tiny bats were dancing in the air above me chasing invisible dinner flapping their quiet wings. It was then I realized I had my joy back and that my own small little world was at peace. As mysteriously as the sadness had come it had gone. I had learned a little more in a lesson about "this to shall pass" that everything changes good and bad nothing ever stays the same.

Away

Tomorrow morning we head for "Bambi". We will be gone until Monday. I am looking forward to the get away. The weather is suppose to be cold and not to pleasant but I'll dress warm and drink lots of coffee. Thank you so much for your words of support. I appreciate them all and am actually feeling a little better which is nice because it makes going away easier. Until Monday, have a wonderful Halloween and a good rest of the week.