Meeting of the Matriarchs

Apologies for the blogging hiatus. Computer and camera connector cord thing were on a truck being transported from Iowa to LA until Wednesday. I have much to tell you.

First, let's go back in time to a few days before graduation. My lovely mother and grandmother came out a few days before the rest of the familia for some matriarchal bonding. We had a good time, and then we all packed up my entire kitchen. Moms and grandmas are the best!


Here we are. As you can tell, we like blankets (it runs in the family.) These midwestern springs are chilly weather for California girls.


AM coffee and pastry run at the most excellent of spots with another matriarch. Birds of a feather.

As you read this, I will be cruising in Alaska. How am I also posting, you ask? It is magic. Stay tuned!

Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.

We made it! And so did our furniture. We are all in a state of partial assembly and organization. More details to follow.

Doctor, Doctor

We are so done!

Oops.

Remember Koolhaas? So lovely and soft and warm. I lost him a few weeks ago, and I was sad. Yesterday, I found him...in the dryer. I had felted him, and now he is very small. Take a look(with large coffee mug for scale):


Hello. I am small.

Oh well. I suppose this smaller hat will take up less space than the adult-sized version would have in our move out west. And now I have a baby-sized bucket hat.

Odds and Ends

I am trying to wrap up loose ends around here. We are leaving in one week! I am in denial about my imminent departure. I am so going to miss this town. I dyed up the last of my Grandma's wool - take a gander:



Here's another treat for you:

Hello. I am a block-head frog.

I needle-felted this little guy. I tried to make a frog, but I had never really thought about how frogs' heads are constructed, and a blockhead frog resulted. I have since put considerable thought into the shape and dimensions of frog heads, and should I ever attempt a needle-felted frog finger puppet in the future, I hope the final outcome will be better. Just so you know, with needle felting, you basically gently stab roving (in this case it was green) repeatedly with a sharp, barbed needle. It felts and you can shape it into whatever you like. For the head, I carved a squishy foam block with some scissors into a shape that I thought resembled a frog's head, and then you stab the roving onto the foam. Clear as mud?