From Indy Star
Animal portraits at the 2016 Indiana State Fair
From Houzz: Antiques Today?
16 Aug
Barrel back chairs
This alcove was originally configured for cabinets/buffet in the dining area. The cabinets were long ago used in a modification of the kitchen floor plan. Today the alcove (with pot/can lighting) has just enough space to “show case” these barrel back chairs in their new life for reading and conversation.
Friday Photos: Encore: I Ching No. 63 Already Done and No. 64 Not Yet Completed
5 Aug
Today August 5th
It all started in May….with three seedlings. Just one of God’s miracles!
Melon seedlings with room for vines to run along retaining wall.
From Houzz: Savvy shoe storage
2 Aug
I claim using #10 and #12 plus a pocket system on bedroom door for dress shoes. I also use this cabinet in my home away from home. What is your system like?
Replica ice box (antique refrigerator)
Friday Photos: I Ching No. 63 Already Done and No. 64 Not Yet Completed
29 Jul
It took a month
350′ X 20′ Swell or drainage easement
In real time…this is suspenseful!
Delayed by rain and ground being too soft…
Lean closet movement and second chances
19 JulGoodwill promotes that vicious cycle “Shop, Donate, Shop, Donate”. TLC’s “What Not to Wear” had Stacy and Clinton demonstrating weekly how to make over nominee’s wardrobe/closet. Cuyana promotes lean closets as a business plan by including a mailer for clothing donation with each clothing purchase.
https://www.cuyana.com/story/lean-closet
For the past fifteen years, I have travelled often, primarily to three destinations. For me the “twist” on lean closets is to have three functional closets in three different states with the goal to reduce luggage plus packing and unpacking. (Easy laundry access at each place makes this workable.) 1) Home base 2)Farm 3) Warm weather. As time goes by, transfers between closets wring a little more use out of my clothing.
I have an example for extending the life/value of clothing.
I still love the colors and pattern of culottes I purchased 25 years ago. The waist was always a little snug. I had it altered professionally to raise the hem and expand the waist. The alteration was very well done. However, the change was awkward because the culotte style tended to bunch up. My remedy removed the excess material and sewed it back as a true skirt.
From culotte to skirt
For a much more involved projects, check out “Go Green” Sew News Feb/Mar 2013. One article illustrates “Giving an old scarf new life as trim on a fitted sweatshirt jacket” or “Mix and match worn sweaters of a funky up-cycled shoulder bag” …..ahhh the possibilities…
Homestretch stitching for 2016 Shower Caddie project
12 JulLess than 5 of 72 shower caddies to complete for the ladies at Wheeler Mission for Women and Children. The shower caddies will be functional gift bags filled with personal care products this Christmas.
We had a jump start this year with a donation of outdoor fabric in the form of new (rejected) cushion covers. The cushion cover seams were ripped and the fabric cut and sewn into 15 of the 72 caddies. The caddies are cylindrical bags with four external flared pockets. The bottom has three button-hole slits for the occasions water needs to drain. The handles are top stitched. Each caddie is made from one third yard of 54″outdoor fabric purchased from fabricguru.com.
Pause to consider and study I Ching
8 JulOften on this blog I have paired my photography with I Ching translations, which is analogous to just testing/sampling water versus exploring the ocean.
I highly recommend exploring I Ching with taobabe‘s blog here in the WordPress community. taobabe’s command of language, math, science and illustration is both amazing and astonishing. Honestly, I haven’t been keeping up. Here are three links to her blog. DNA and I Ching is jaw dropping.
https://taobabe.wordpress.com/about-me/
https://taobabe.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/the-tao-of-man/
https://taobabe.wordpress.com/dna-and-the-i-ching-the-connection/
Taobabe, Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insights with us.
Mother Nature’s glorious 4th of July
4 Jul
Crocosmia
Bee Balm
Blue spruce
Asiatic lilies
Bonus! Much quieter, no mess and expense….in contrast with neighborhood fireworks the last two nights. Happy 4th of July!
Have you tried Hummingbird Cake?
14 Jun
This is my first time (this millennium) baking a cake from scratch. With a Bake Sale on the calendar this month, I was eager and anxious to try a new recipe. This is actually an old recipe which includes smashed bananas, pineapple, pecans and cream cheese. It is the most downloaded recipe from the Southern Living website. I made the Bundt pan version of the original layer cake. “Try it, you’ll like it!”
Originally submitted by Mrs. L.H. Wiggins of Greensboro, North Carolina in our February 1978 issue, this Hummingbird Cake recipe is known to have won numerous blue ribbons at county fairs.
http://www.southernliving.com/food/entertaining/hummingbird-cake?xid=pr-6+Ways+with+Hummingbird+Cake
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