Hm. I added the Zoom call we did about seed starting to my Serendib YouTube channel, which is fine, but I *really* wish I’d figured out how to pin it to just me in advance. It almost makes me want to do the whole thing again. Well, maybe someday. But in the meantime, here it […]
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Last night’s efforts. I am still trying to figure out how to finish the ends of the bias tape. I saw something about a zigzag stitch on some tutorial, and my machine has some, so I tried those, and it works fine, I think? Sort of pretty; I like the wider zigzag look better than
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I ordered a bunch of bias tape on Etsy, somehow not realizing that it wouldn’t come already folded. So Kevin cut me several 3 foot lengths, and then last night, I started ironing in the folds. He ironed the first lengthwise folds for me, and then I took over, as the next bit requires more
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I had the kids do 30 minutes of weeding yesterday, pulling Virginia waterleaf, a native that is way too happy in my yard (want some?). Anand: “It’s going to feel so good when we’re done!”
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More watercolor class yesterday for me and Kavi — pulse and pressure. We were supposed to work on drawing straight lines and curves, and then on trying to do blocks and circles that were not quite touching. Not easy! My hand gets tired fast! Next is an actual illustration, which means I have to draw
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One of the hardest parts about learning something new is not just that you mess up, but that it so often costs valuable resources when you do. Maybe that’s time, or money, or emotional stability — I can get so frustrated when a thread tangles in the sewing machine. Usually, I have enough class privilege
Another scene written, and this story is starting to take a shape. Good. Afternoon for e-mail and teaching prep, I think, and some more mask sewing, and maybe pruning a tree — then hopefully back to write another scene this evening. ***** “Three nights they’d been battering their heads against the problem now. Three nights
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This arrived in the mail yesterday, and I felt a weird, unholy glee at the sight. I think I may be feeling a wee bit frustrated. Going to do some LOPPING today.
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This morning, the tomatoes looked out the window at the snowfall and said, “See? We told you. We know you’re eager to go out, but it’s just too soon. Stay home, stay safe.”
Just a moment when I was sewing masks at the dining table in the late afternoon, and glanced over to see my boys enthusiastically playing video games together. There’s a lot of stress right now, hovering in the air, but we have to try to enjoy the good moments too.
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