Making my first batch of sangria for company coming to spend a few days with me. It will be so much fun to have them here, wives working in the studio and husbands working outside, hiking, cooking and maybe even working in the studio with us. I will make lasagna later today to serve tomorrow when they arrive.
The walks in the morning have been wonderful with the sky views at the riverwalk.
Then this morning at the dam!
More drawing in the fabric sketchbook.
And with so few pages left in that book, I have started a new one. The cover is made with using gesso mixed with earth pigments from my yard, then coptic bound using watercolor papers, some with rusting techniques used on them.
I am calling the book, Bird Stories, and every page will have an image related to birds. And every page will have stitching added.
Here is the start…more pictures to come later as I add more stitching.
The pages are loosely water colored, then graphite drawings are added. Next I pick a pattern for the stitching to follow and poke the holes through before taking needle and thread along the path. There are limits to how much I can turn the book as I stitch so making the holes before adding thread helps.
I have put some stitching in but looking it over, I think much more is needed. Stay tuned.
I am getting more sociable in my conversations on the walks. At first it was only a nod, then talking to their dogs, then the people with eye contact, and just yesterday stopping to carry on a full conversation with a gentleman who just wanted to talk. Coming out of covid and the solitude of being with Lee has resulted in a reserved-ness I was not used to. Now I am hoping not to talk too much as I loosen up a bit.
Covid rages in our area with so many not believing the science. Hospital beds full and funerals on the rise. I am masked more now than ever.
But tomorrow friends arrive and more than just a little conversation and fun comes with them.
Til later…..