LAW 80: this, that and the advent of spring

I know that that #@+*** groundhog did not see his shadow. The last week or so has unfortunately been way to winter like for most of us. Sigh. Yesterday the weather finally broke, it was in the mid-60's and people we had not seen all winter suddenly appeared to gaze longingly at the river and their boat. Today of course it is raining. But spring is coming, the birds are migrating and making an unholy racket as the dawn breaks. Aaah spring!

In the style ofRobert Motherwell ice/snow painting

Over the weekend we ventured to downtown B'more with friends to the American Craft Council show. This is an annual event which we do not always attend. It is just too much of too much to be doable even once a year. We always make an attempt to at least walk by eery booth; although i do not think that we done justice to say, the last three hundred booths we walk by. And i do mean walk by, you could be there for weeks(impossible as it is only a three day show) if you engaged with say, one out of three vendors. Do not get me wrong, there is so very much beautiful, creative stuff, but i at least start suffering from visual burnout after about two hours. The stand outs for me this year were the furniture makers, unbelievably gorgeous, huge, and way beyond my price range sand one 'jeweler' who was making the coolest, funky accessories out of discarded industrial stuff. Many other people at the show felt that way as well, as this booth was mobbed the severals times we strolled past it. Oh yea, if i had, say a $1000 budget to buy hand made clothing i could have picked up one, maybe two outstanding pieces. Sigh.

Now here's your problem.. i told you

I got my sewing machine out last week for the first time in, hmm, years. As you can tell Magellan was oh so very helpful as i was servicing it. I was inspired by some clothing i had seen on a Facebook group that i belong to, Textile Art Collective. You know how you have clothes that you just can't bear to part with? They have sentimental value, or you just love the way they looked, before you spilled red wine, spaghetti sauce, etc, down the front. Well, i have one such t-shirt, many actually and since i had a test leaf from the Green Man piece….. I'm not quite finished with it, and will show it off soon.

the end is in sight

Speaking of the Green Man project, i am working on leave number four. The end is in sight.

We are in the throes of the big rehab project here on the Floating Empire. I'm doing final drawings for stage one today. Keep an eye out for more info.

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More later,
Morgainne