fête nationale suisse

more
fireworks from
swiss national day...

  

what made
the fireworks
even more spectacular
was that
during the show
one could see
a lightning storm
on the other side
of the lake.



xo

joyeux noël

our first
christmas
in
switzerland.

wishing
all of you
a wonderful
holiday
from
the
3 of us.


xo

tweet tweet

happy
spring
easter
{belated} passover
this
weekend.



my first
completed
amigurumi!

xo

underbug sale

underbug
items
for sale
too
in the
underbug shop.

help me
clear out
my studio!



that's
the last
of purses
and tees...
get'em
while
you can.






xo

hiatus

hi.



sorry
i disappeared.

you know
how easily
1 week
turns
to 3
this time of year?

highlight
of the last
3 weeks.



went to reno.
but loved
tahoe better.

*



shari
interviewed
my
brothers and i
about
trinoculars.

*

forgotten works
challenge
art show
in seattle
this past weekend.



remaining
pieces
will be
online for sale
this week.

*

this weekend
my brother
and i
did our
annual
east coast
shadowpuppet show.

photo & puppet
by johnny

see
some of
last year's
shadowpuppet show
here.

we will
record
the new one
at xmas
for all
of you to see.

now
i am busily
preparing
for xmas.
knit.
sew.
cut.

more tomorrow.
xo

buttons & heath

today
i am off
to seattle...
i am so excited
to see
my family,
old pals
and
i get to see
ash
too.
she is moving
away from seattle
and this makes
me sad
because it
was a highlight
of my
trips
home to see her.
but now
i can visit her
in a new place.

as
lisa s
mentioned,
we did not just
work on my
visit to sf.
we went to 2
places
i have been
wanting to go to
since
i heard about them...
the famous
{and secret}
button store
and
the
heath factory.
2 things
for which
i have,
as amy put it,
an unnatural love.

. . . . .



i have
a button lady
here in dc
who is wonderful
and i love
getting buttons
and chatting
with her
but
this
was button mecca.
i was overwhelmed.
i bought
many buttons
(but not as many
as i wanted)
and
i fear that
i barely
scraped the surface
of what she had.
she was a lovely
old lady
and i loved
listening
to her chat
with lisa
as i looked through
the drawers....



i didn't know
that
there was
a heath factory store.
i learned about
heath
when grub
and i started dating.
he had some old
heath from his aunt
and i was quite
smitten with it.

i bought
just a few items
as presents
(so i can't show them)
but here's
some of
my bowl/button booty.



not as well
coordinated
as
lisa's buttons.

. . . . .

before i go,
here's one more
skirt
i finished
sewing tanks on...
this is my 2nd favorite
(but i have
a soft spot
for yellow).





i hope that you
all have
a wonderful
holiday...
i may occasionally post
if i can
but otherwise
i am back on the 30th.

happy
happy
holidays
to all of you.
xo

pola weekend

growing up
the sound
of the radio
was constant
in my home.

i remember
listening
to some drama
on the radio
throughout
the house
while
everyone
in the house
was
seperately
engrossed
in their own
projects.

my mother cooking
in the kitchen
at the top
of the stairs...
the smell
of
onions
permeating
silently into
each room.

my sister
reading
in her room...
the rocking
chair
creeking
back
and forth.

my brother joe
painting
at the foot
of the stairs...
turpentine
creeping
up the stairs
to mingle
with the
onions.

my brother tom
play-acting
some battle...
the occasional
cry of victory
from
a make-believe
audience.

my brother johnny
and i
usually
sitting
on the stairs
playing a game...
whispering
about
some
grandiose
plan.

my
dad in his
office
probably
writing
another
nsf proposal...
the sound
of the
dot matrix printer
on it's
long journey
across the page.


somehow
listening
to the radio
together
made it
seem like
we were all
in
the same room.


this weekend
we stayed in
and listened
to the radio
as
grub prepared
for thanksgiving





and
i cleaned
and
finished
neglected
projects.







hope you
had
a
productive
weekend.
xo

pola weekend

obsessed
with cauliflower
. . . . .


friday

. . . . .




saturday
2 more weekends
of the
farmer's market

. . . . .


sunday
running errands

. . . . .


monday
i love it
when birds
fly like
they are
one organism.

. . . . .

a quiet weekend
(i was recouping
from being sick)
of getting
things done.

i have been
working on
more bowls


and
purses





for
my etsy update
this friday
at 2pm EST.

make sure
to check
out
shari's
holiday gift guide
this week.
i am so
excited to
read her
interviews!

more later
this week.
have
a
good
one.
xo