Calamity Kim

What to do today

I know, it's still early, but I have crossed off one thing. I went to Mary Jane's FarmWebsite and signed up for a Farmgirl Chapter under the Calamity Kim Farmgirl title. Thanks Elizabeth for the nudge. We were discussing making badges for sewing, embroidery, knitting and spinning. Girl Scouts led to Farmgirls and naturally to Mary Jane and maybe making bags to put badges on.

Sometimes the ideas flow. All you can do it take your oars outta the water and hold on for dear life as the creative current washes you downstream.

Happy Wednesday!

Calamity Kim

a metaphor for life

The week is flying by.
The Sisters are learning how to talk to each other, how to be together after so many years apart. Relationships are like building rock walls. They need to have a firm foundation to hold up against all the "life" that  happens to them.

Or maybe each rock is an experience- imagine smooth rocks, sharp rocks, cracked rocks symbolizing each happy time or broken heart. We build our walls to keep the monsters out but it also allows the pain to be held inside.
Learning how to have healthy relationships is one of the most difficult things, I think, in this life.
 Life time.
Filled with memories, good and bad, the end of a life like the end of a book, makes me cry and wish there was still more to experience, or read.
I finished the Story Sisters and wished I could read it over again and spend more time savoring each sentence.
each moment held tightly in my mind until it slips away, to be caught in a butterfly net for demons and thrown into full sunlight to blister and flame.
That's what memories are...angels or demons, each bearing their mark of happiness or sorrow.

I am making good memories now.
Each day is a blessing I am thankful for.
I will have my memories to take out, dust off and remember.
The bad ones stay locked in the wall.
The good ones are free to dance across the meadow of daisies, glad for the light.

Springing Forward with New Ideas

I feel as if I have been on vacation!

Letting the blog stay on the giveaway post was difficult at first.
I would think of something I wanted to share and then say to myself, no, gotta wait till after the giveaway.
Then it became like a free ride!!!(Sorry about that- but I have needed a break and I promise to make up for it in the coming weeks with lots of creative and new ideas.)
 It was nice to take a refreshing pause but then I realized that  Easter is on the 12th and Earth Day is the 22nd! Yikes! Holidays and activities galore coming up!

This can be a wonderful time if you have small children or grandchildren who look forward to Easter egg hunts or visits from the Easter Bunny!
 I don't dye eggs so much anymore but you know I love bunnies, chicks, baskets and the flora and fauna of Spring!
 When my amaryllis start to bloom I know
 that winter is done and the heat will be on soon!

I want to go shop for a new swim suit and start going to the beach again- now that my allergies are improving we have been walking and the idea of going outside sounds more like fun than it did last month!
I have been working on some paperdolls and used some on the fronts of journals for a demo at the Venice Art League recently.
I am working on a few things for publication and will share them when I can.
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 I am also working on an idea for my dining room table to celebrate spring. I was disappointed with Target, Macy's and Home Goods this year. Usually I can shop around and find something I like but more often than not lately,  I seem to prefer to make something myself.
I fell in love with the fairy fabric by Michael Miller
 inspired by the art of Cicely Mary Barker. Here it is at Hancocks of Paducah
I am thinking about fairy sized fake cupcakes with nests on top and red capped mushrooms and of course a few gnomes.
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Have you seen the coolest project for those silk neck ties making it's way around Blogville? My friend Lynn of The Little Red Hen has been making gorgeously "tie dyed" eggs using silk neckties and vinegar- I was blown away by the neat-o designs she and Petunia achieved after wrapping the eggs in silk squares and wetting them, then wrapping white cotton material around them and boiling in water with a little vinegar! Go check her site for more info and great pictures-
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The Mr and I  have been eating fresh veggies and salad and tonight I am making Chicken Satay with wild rice (*<>*) so I need to get my apron on and get started in the kitchen.
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Tomorrow we will get started on our dining table runner so meet me back here to see what kind of mess I'll be making!
Speaking of mess, what is wrong with Lost?
 At least the final episode of Life on Mars was all tied up with a pretty little bow of happiness.
 Now if Hurley could just help me figure out the time/space/travel/shark jumping I might be less miserable over this season.
sigh*
whatever...
read any good books lately?
stitches and hugs,
calamity kim