I've been working out on the deck when it wasn't raining in the past several days, discharging fabric from Pat's shirts. For those who haven't done this, it involves squirting bleach onto the fabrics, observing what new colors and designes occur, then stopping the discharge process using anti-chlor (the stuff you use in fish tanks). Underneath the ordinary shirt stripes and plaids are undiscovered colors and designs. It's an engaging process.
I cut the shirts up while I'm watching TV in the evenings, or when it's raining. After the discharged fabrics are washed and dried, I cut them into squares which then become prairie points for the wall hanging "Surveyors Being Eaten by Bears." I've also collected copyright-free images to work on in Photoshop Essentials, a program I'm just beginning to use. The challenges are very helpful in keeping me grounded--better than "busywork" like cleaning drawers. The need to do creative stuff is really remarkably strong. I'm grateful for that.
Today a tree guy is supposed to come and take down some dead trees in our little forest. Need to avoid having them fall on the house or block the driveway. So, soon (I hope) the song of the chainsaw will be heard in the land.
Today a tree guy is supposed to come and take down some dead trees in our little forest. Need to avoid having them fall on the house or block the driveway. So, soon (I hope) the song of the chainsaw will be heard in the land.
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