The Best Buy

I took Hungry Bunny and Baby Bunny shopping today, and found a pretty darn new mobility scooter at a thrift shop for a great price.... now my sis can go to museums and shopping way more easily.... well, as soon as we get the lithium battery that goes in it anyway.  It is pretty expensive, but even so, still a great deal.  Her current scooter just is too heavy to haul into the car and out and so she is really limited where she can go.  I can't wait to go to the Smithsonian with her!

Oh Please, Must You?

As I talked to my sister on Skype tonight, my kitty Trouble climbed up on the bookcase next to me and settled in for a nap, making himself comfy. Very comfy. After awhile, his head slithered off the pillow he sleeps on and wedged itself upside down on the shelf. When I tried to get the camera to get a shot, he somehow knew it and woke a little, then more and more and finally got up and stomped off in a huff. Pluleeze, can't a fellah sleep around here?

Art!

It has been too long since I have been able to play in my studio. I have been cleaning it for a challenge and because I couldn't find anything in it! But although I am not quite done, I let myself play yesterday... and this is the result. I have been thinking alot about my sis who has been undergoing some nasty testing this past couple weeks. She is a musician, and loves nature.

The hand is a photo transfer on flannel, and is reaching for the bell. The bird was a find at an antiquing expedition with my sis, and represents freedom. My hope is for her freedom from serious illness.

Studio work

I finally have gotten my studio organized enough to know where things are... but then I had to search for fabric (you would think I have enough, but believe it or not, I haven't any white wool or white linen) and had to get to the bottom of my boxes, so I had to pile things up on the cutting table. Then I had to unpile it all. Sigh. I need a better storage system. But I did take some pics of the altered book I made my sister. Hope she likes it! Kris, if you read this, don't look!

She is a wonderful musician, having taken up music in her 50's, and playing the piano is her creative journey. Her husband bought her a baby grand, then built on a room so everything fit! Lucky Kris. Well, lucky Don too!

Guess I had better finish up the cleanup so I can have fun messing it all up again, this time, to play with paint and fabric and paper. That will be more fun!