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Change it up
Dear Diary, I heard ice hitting the windows through the night. Ice pellets sounding like the glass might crack. I expected to wake this morning to a glaze of crisp slick ice but instead it was mild and windy. The wind blew all day,throwing things around the yard and melting away the snow.
I nursed a cold and read and drank tea and played on the blog all day. I wandered around the web from blog to blog and saw what I could see. It was like having a stack of magazines. In the afternoon I hooked some trees, and put a grey heavy sky in behind them. Both of the rugs I am working on now have moody skies. I deliberately tried to change the way I hooked them, to get a new feeling, to not rely on what I knew would work but take a a chance on something that might not. For me this is a deliberate decision. I gotta decide to break a habit, because when you know how to make something beautiful one way, it is tempting to go back to it again and again. I try to experiment because without that there really is not any change or progress. Growth is always interesting, even if you get a few hurdles along the way. These rugs I am doing are impressionistic. I am creating the design as I go along. I have no idea what they will be like, no colour scheme, no real feeling in mind. Usually I at least have a feeling. I think you should have a feeling. In stead I just go to the frame and see what comes. There’s a looseness in this that unsettles me, but unsettling feeling are good in art. You should not always know what you are doing.
So below in these photos you’ll sees a day around the house, at the frame, lost in the book, and in the kitchen. It was a cozy day, no commitments, a lost in time kind of day.
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As long as what you do is a Happy feeling. I think when you are not feeling so good, you tend to get down in the dumps. I too am nursing a lousy cough and ear infection , Penicillin for that A nostalgic mood has surrounded me due to this I believe. Being house bound for several days gives you time to reflect on your life and surroundings. Out came the camera and as Deanne said, look around for Creativity. I did see the beauty taken forgranted most days and took a few pictures. Not only that, I discovered 12 year old Scotch Whiskey, mixed with honey and lemon juice isn’t a bad pick me up for what ails you.What ever you decide to do on this rug you are pondering over, it will be GOOD!!!!
Hope you are feeling better,enjoy the weather, its a way to make you slow down, take stock and move on to new ideas. The cold not so much, drink more tea and enjoy the fire!
What a lovely description of a relaxing winter day. I have lived in Texas for 32 years but grew up with winters in Massachusetts. I love the south because we have flowers in bloom year-round but I do miss a day when the world does not pull you out into it. It is a rare thing here. Yesterday was spent pruning roses and picking daffodils.
It has snowed all night and day, here in Southern Alberta. Our 2 grandchildren, who were here for Reading Week, needed to meet their parents. An hour after leaving them we returned home. Weather became, just passable. I think of you all, when I wastch the Weather Channel, Happy Hooking!