We Red Hats went to town today and had lunch at the Chinese Restaurant and then when to see John Travolta playing a Momma in Hairspray. He did it rather well. It was an enjoyable movie and an enjoyable day for all us old gals.
The college cancelled my morning painting class for lack of students. I thought it rather cosy with just the 7 of us and teacher but they wanted more. So I have to go in on Monday and sign up for the afternoon class if I want to stay in, which I do. We’re working in landscapes this year and I’m already enjoying myself, that being right up my alley.
And, besides, I made an appointment with the lady at Curves to give that gym a try, as I was going to be in town anyway.
I’ve done the math on my cardigan sleeves (as instructed by the Expert Knitters on-line) and am knitting a bit each evening. Hope to have it done in time to wear it this winter.
Hope it’s not too warm/wet/dry/hot where you are!
:laugh:

The tomatoes pulled though the hot spell and are producing nicely. We had sliced tomatoes on our bbq-ed hamburgers and the cherry and plum tomatoes dipped in a bit of Ranch for a salad. I sneaked the egg plant into a batch of roasted veggies. He found it a grumped, but ate it! I thought he’d appreciate the change from zucchini! :laugh:

I bought the paint for the living room walls today. And an electric can opener that says it’s fun. You know, I can’t help thinking that when opening a can of beans for dinner is fun… somebody probably needs to ‘get a life’! :hehe: I bought it because old age is creeping up on me. I have a touch of arthritis in my right thumb. Doesn’t hurt often but I’m (literally) losing my grip and working one of those hand cranked openers is sometimes really difficult.

No fiber arts to report… It still needs to cool down a bit… :doze:

Sis says this plant is a volunteer in her garden this year & we don’t know what it is. A very large bush, probably 6+ feet tall and nearly that across. It’s loaded with this bright red/orange flowers, the undersides of which are a golden color. As a cut flower it is doing excellently. We used one as a model to paint.
If anyone recognizes this plant would you please email me with the name of it? Email: dorleska at tds.net
Thanks 🙂

A PS: Georgayne in Texas wrote to say, “The flower you pictured appears to be a tithonia or commonly known as the Mexican sunflower.” So the mystery is solved. Thank you, Georgayne!

Sis is concentrating on her water color landscape while I sneak a picture. She says she doesn’t think wet-on-wet WC is going to be her ‘thing’. She just needs practice, I think she did pretty good. We did a couple of still-life’s after this landscape that turned out quite nice, if I do say so.
I’m home again now so our week of painting together is over for this time, but it was very much fun and very relaxing! We filled a lot of canvases and a lot of paper. I hope we get to do it again before too long.
Oh yes… our other sis, in Florida, wanted to paint with us, so we video-taped an hour of “Happy Little oil painting” with us for her. She has a real treat coming! :laugh:

Sis wanted oil painting lessons. I haven’t touched a canvas in nearly two years but the paints hadn’t all dried up & I hadn’t forgotten everything I ever knew about it! We turned out a few practice pieces. 😛 Tomorrow we get serious! I didn’t realize how much I missed painting. Oh yes, I painted the house this spring, but that’s not the same! :laugh:
Meantime, Randy’s home tending building (for other people) job, loom building, shop building, and critter feeding. Sis is cooking dinner & I’m keeping this chair warm!
Hope you’re having a great week, too!
😀

Sis wanted oil painting lessons. I haven’t touched a canvas in nearly two years but the paints hadn’t all dried up & I hadn’t forgotten everything I ever knew about it! We turned out a few practice pieces. 😛 Tomorrow we get serious! I didn’t realize how much I missed painting. Oh yes, I painted the house this spring, but that’s not the same! :laugh:
Meantime, Randy’s home tending building (for other people) job, loom building, shop building, and critter feeding. Sis is cooking dinner & I’m keeping this chair warm!
Hope you’re having a great week, too!
😀

Haven’t been posting… nothing to say and no time to say it in. Got my new drawing table but don’t have time this summer to use it! Oh well, I’m off to the loom shop to try to get more orders out. The new shop is coming along… slowly but we !are! making progress.
I’ll leave you with a pun to lighten your day (I hope! :laugh: )

“Doc, I can’t stop singing ‘The Green, Green Grass of Home.'”
“That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.”
“Is it common?”
“Well, It’s Not Unusual.”

Stay cool! 🙂

Denise and Toni stopped in on their extended yarn buying trip to visit and look at the looms. They are covering 4 states but Toni says there’s no way they can stop at all 130 shops on her list! lol I bet they do okay, tho!

I wove this set from some superwash sock yarn I bought at BSG last month. It is really a sport weight yarn and is soft and colorful. I machine washed it and it fulled just the right amount to make it fill in and soften. The jacket is 5 -14″ squares and the cap is 2-7″ squares. The bands are knitted. I have been wanting to try this in a super wash since wool is so much warner & softer than acrylic but it will still have the ease of care that mothers need with a baby.
I tied on some ducky buttons, temporarily, but forgot that and all but one came off in the machine. I don’t think I like the yellow duckies with this color anyway so will remove the last one and go back to the button box.

I wove this set from some superwash sock yarn I bought at BSG last month. It is really a sport weight yarn and is soft and colorful. I machine washed it and it fulled just the right amount to make it fill in and soften. The jacket is 5 -14″ squares and the cap is 2-7″ squares. The bands are knitted. I have been wanting to try this in a super wash since wool is so much warner & softer than acrylic but it will still have the ease of care that mothers need with a baby.
I tied on some ducky buttons, temporarily, but forgot that and all but one came off in the machine. I don’t think I like the yellow duckies with this color anyway so will remove the last one and go back to the button box.