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To be an artist is to believe in life.   Henry Moore

Hmm, seems I took a long weekend, didn't I?  I got back to FL on Sunday and spent time catching up and taking care of Sick TY.  First thing I did was to go buy a chicken to make chicken soup and matzah balls, guaranteed to perk him up.  But instead it put him to sleep for 11 hours.  He still hada few antibiotics left but I made him call the doc again.  He's finally better today and actually left the house for something other than to take the dogs out.  I snuck away during one of his naps and went to the studio to zip together a couple of receiving blankies for the anticipated arrival.  I have months to go but just have the need to contribute whatever I can.  I used the directions I saw by accident on an old YouTube and as convoluted as it seems, it wet together in about 45 minutes so I made a second one for now.  When I find out if it's a boy or a girl I'll zip off a few more. Here's the video, watch it and you'll need to  try it to believe it.~

And here are the two I made, warm cozy flannel.  I want one for myself...

These were the only four flannels I could match up without using the hideous stuff with the cartoon animals or (gag) camouflage prints.  Have to go on the hunt for more.

Also, remember when I told you that my yarn order was lost in a UPS truck and the box came up empty?  Finally I got the replacement order.  This stuff is fabulous, a cord made of the finest linen and I just know I'm going to love working with it-  it's not at all stiff like all the other linens and hemps I've knitted. So, as soon as I finish the current project I'll start on two new ventures with these:

So far the brown, red, and orange will be a scarf that my friend and expert knitter Tonny Shankland designed for Shibui, very simple 3 color stripe that would be perfect for Florida winters.  The taupey linen color will be a vest with lace work up the front, a bit more challenging and worth the effort.  The chartreuse is a wild card, have no idea what I'll use that for.  I was hunting around Ravelry today and found a great shawl, and since I'm a granny maybe appropriate.  Sigh.  I'll post as I go.  Today I had my stitch group and we went out for Mexican goo for lunch since there are so few of us here in the summer.

Also on the conveyor belt, I really have to get started on the next 'twins' piece.  I've got the templates ready to cut and fabrics mostly picked, just have to get going.  The other projects I've got going are an art bra challenge -  we've all seen these and I just have to come up with a new 'take' since it will be auctioned off.  I have already said I will NOT model.  And then, for Halloween I've been asked to supply a scarecrow for the opening party.  I want to keep this really simple so I think I'm going to hit Goodwill for a real old fashioned house dress that looks like it came out of the dust bowl.  Then I will spend my efforts making a bunch of birds to attach to it. 

 So, that keeps me busy through October barring hurricanes and floods.

Meanwhile, life on the internets goes on with some fantastic work done on books~

Artist Ekaterina Panikanova creates densely layered paintings across large spreads of old books and other documents, resulting in artwork that blurs the lines between painting, installation and collage. Born in St. Petersburg in 1975 Panikanova graduated at the top of her class from the Academy of Fine Arts and was subsequently given a studio to work from for five years. She now lives and works in Rome.

Anna Von Mertens amazing work

The series Migrations, Invasions, Plagues and Empires interprets historic tree ring cross-sections from studies indicating climate variability during the fall of empires and other human catastrophes. The tree rings (and hence the tree) are a stand-in for empire while being, as W.H. Auden puts it, "altogether elsewhere." Tree and empire are affected by the same experience—cycles of weather—and manifest the same results: a shrinking of resources, diminished possibilities. Yet while the tree endures, continuing its course, humans depart, or succumb to illness, and empires fall.

More from Father Guido.  Too Little, Too Late, eh?

From Reineke Hollander's Statement:

In my work --  paintings, sculptures, assemblages -- I use objects to rescue their attached memories and stories, however remote, and to preserve, enhance and contextualize them into new entities. These objects and fragments of objects are picked up from city streets and beaches, or bought from markets on three continents or donated (for instance, discarded paintings from other artists). Most are ordinary, humble objects that are lost, thrown away or broken, a quality that is more important to me than that they are “found.” 


And, Danny Gregory teaching his dog to draw:


Finally there IS an end to this...have a corny day out there!