Routines…

 just a friendly reminder that it is almost time for me to clean up the weaving studio! (actually folks it is great that you are coming over and I do this every month – please keep it up!)  

    we will be having the “Art” lunch on Wed the 15th at 12 noon or so….bring a covered dish (reply to all to keep repeats down please) bring a project to work on…(I’ve been spinning angora!) and we can sit around and chat, share and create…Please let me know your plans so I have plenty of seats………………………….

Part of my monthly routine is hosting this art lunch – and…it’s all about routines…I look forward to this group but also the preparation it affords me. Cleaning up the studio thinking of the friends I’ll get to see and the sharing.  It’s part of new ideas and insights into who we all are…looking forward to next Wed!

February….

The days they get longer….yeah!    I need more time!

This month

 On the farm I’m ordering and starting seeds along with preparing the garden beds and enjoying those wonderful furred creatures the alpacas…

In the Glass Studio filling orders from the ACRE wholesale show

In the weaving studio developing and fine tuning my rag rug weavings…actually I’ve learned that people just don’t buy hand-made rag rugs anymore …they are too easy and cheap to come by in the department stores.  Not easily discouraged I am working to develop this style of weaving into wall hangings and will look to see what happens…

In the rabbitry spinning the newly harvested Angora fibers and breeding Alice….

Dining on the deck with my husband when the weather permits…

Back on Board

   Recently Darren Hardy made a post about getting back aboard. He used the current cruise ship tragedy as an example quoting the conversation of the captain and coast guard and commenting on how those remarks related to me!  yes me!  Starting  in  Feb   I will return to posting my monthly goals both for Hexapoda, my glass, weaving and also the Hexpoda garden calendar.  I hope you’ll enjoy following me in the coming year.

psst…the garden is growing..I’ve been invited to share in a community garden at Black Tulips Farms – I’ve been calling this the miracle garden for quite some time  after all it has unlimited sunshine and alpaca soil conditioner…oh the veggies one can now grow! 

How to do it all…consolidate….

in my last post I shared how crazy busy I’ve been and that I’ve been going in so  many directions and so I’ve finally decided to combine everything in one place….the studio, garden, animals and what I’m up to…more postings are coming soon…

posting….

   A few weeks ago I wrote about the benefits of writing more and wouldn’t you know I’ve written less, actually I’m busy and going in lots of directions with my work and hobbies…please be patient I do plan to write more I just need to figure out how to consolidate my activities into one place and make it easier and more fun so…soon more writing and info on all the activities of the studio and “farmer girl” life…

Chicken Little – CanvaSynergy Update…

 

  I was hoping to photo the progress of the project but it has not gone as I thought it would..so… no photos of the broken glass on the floor…. the canvas almost finished and oriented in the wrong direction…just a huge thank you to my daughter Rachel for coming by and painting the chickens…you see it was chicken day here at Hexapoda Farm yesterday (the meat birds were processed) and so chickens were on our minds..not to mention I’m a little chicken about taking this to the CMMAG   meeting tonight…

Canvasynergy update…I’ll just wait till tomorrow….

  I’ve been crazy busy which is a good thing  working on this canvasynergy project in my head and also physically.  I melted all the broken bottle glass into the shapes I needed and have painted them with the paints and so today I got the courage to paint the canvas…and so I really should ask the group just how long does it take for this paint to dry when you apply it rather thickly?…I think I ‘ll wait till tomorrow and see before asking…don’t want to scare them by showing just how little I know about painting…and oh yea they want everyone to volunteer at the big Art of the Carolinas event in November and I think to myself  I don’t know a thing about paints willing to learn… safe bet… sign up to be paint janitor…