Long, hard day. Some personal relationship stuff that has been difficult for a long time, and continues difficult, and I’ve just been sad all day as a result.
But here are some little bits of autumn that cheered me up, at least for a little while.
Got bored with my hair and bleached it for thirty minutes — this is the result, where the black goes coppery, and the silver stays silver. I might dye it further, but not tonight.
Sewed up a new tea towel sample — autumn dragons, very charming. Fabric design by Adena Jooste: https://www.spoonflower.com/…/13304307-dragon-fire-dark…
Coppery-clay for mushroom cap and wood-grain earrings; Roshani stopped by this morning, and we spent an hour putzing with clay. She shaped very adorable pumpkins and a wee owl; she has a lot more patience than I do for painstaking miniature work. I like the sparkle of the copper, and I’m continuing to find blending clay interesting (and challenging).
Kev and I set up the cemetery on Sunday — the garden is completely overgrown at this point, and it’s 85 for another day, so too hot for me to garden, but then it should cool down, so perhaps I will actually mow the lawn. Though maybe the neglected look contributes to the spookiness of the cemetery. I could pretend that was intentional.
My spring bulb orders have arrived, so while I’m a little overwhelmed by the thought of doing all that planting, it’s nice to dream of tiny flowers emerging in spring.
Going to read some Bujold and go to bed now. Tomorrow should be better.
