Lazy, lazy Sunday. Watching the flowers do their thing, putting lots of spinach in my smoothies, and doing a little hand beading.

the warmth.

It's amazing what a little warmth, a little light, can do for your mind-set. Nothing else around here has changed...still struggling with a lot of tightness/soreness in my neck, still curbing Hayden's weird six-year-old tantrums and attitude, still trying to figure out how to run an entire house from top to bottom for the first time in my life.

But how great is it to do your work all day and then step outside to that skin-tingling warmth? It changes everything.

Today I will take the watercolor's out to the patio. I will eat my grapefruit and be bothered by bee's. Hopefully a sweaty run later.

Have a wonderful Wednesday. <3

the dye-vat.

There a few things I love more than dyeing fabric. You never truly know what gloriousness you'll end up with.

today.

Woke up and started painting.

Drank a green smoothie with banana, spinach, mango, brewer's yeast, and ginger.

Listened to a beautiful voice.

Made banana, apple, carrot muffins. Devoured three.

Threw a grapefruit into the mix to make up for that last muffin. (Shhh...)

Put up grapefruit vinegar with said grapefruit's peel.

Finished this little abstraction.

Drinking so much coffee.

Not pictured: four loads of laundry lying around, small child running around, showing off his rear for some reason, copious amounts of aged cheddar, sun-filled flurries, alternating between six or seven different novels.

What are you doing today?

a new dress.

I can't stop making dresses. It's pretty funny because I won't be able to wear this summery concoction for at least another three or four months.

see you next month, lover.

That's what my husband and I always say to one another when one of our date-weekend's is coming to a close. "See you next month!" It's a humorous spin on the truth: that for being married and living together constantly, we rarely see each other. It's looking as if he'll be shooting loads of weddings this year, so there's a lot of preparation and meetings that go into that. I'll be attempting to start school, so long as my health stays on the up. And Hayden will be starting first grade later this year, while we try to maneuver his bossy-pants attitude.

This weekend we chose to do some flea-marketing and thrifting, something we both adore and can get lost in for hours on end. It's a sickness. I've got to show you all this place, but alas, I didn't bring my camera. I always do this. I don't bring it on the principal that I'd like to be unencumbered, but then always regret it, passing by a million and one perfect candid moments and beautiful stills. Next time for sure.

I passed by dozens of antique, hand-stitched quilts, piles of old, rusty tools, and very old, well-loved dolls. I was searching for a teapot. And wouldn't you know it--I found one!

This thing is enormous. I swear it weights at least five pounds. But she's so cute, I just had to have her. I also found some note-worthy rings (shinies, oh shinies!), some really nice glass bottles, for all the herb oils and vinegar's I'm planning to craft this summer, and a few peasant-style shirts I couldn't pass up. To bad I couldn't afford the suite of 1700 Victorian sitting room furniture, all black wood and black velvet cushions. I hadn't brought almost a thousand dollars with me...

I'm off to the store; will be getting ingredients for chicken soup. I think I'll start a loaf of wheat bread rising before I head out. Today will be lots of tea, homemade bread with butter, video games with the boy, maybe a  few chores, a little yoga, a little bible-reading. Have a good Sunday all.

stitches and words.

First there was this:

Then yesterday there was this:

I do so love when the inspiration just flows freely. You sit there and sit there and it's just this big white wall in your head, and then suddenly--whoosh!--in come the idea's!

Today's temperature is supposed to reach around sixty (!), so I fully intend spending most of this day outdoors, setting up a spot for myself on an old quilt, surrounding myself with my papers and threads and glues, a few good books, my sketchbook, and maybe a fruit smoothie. Happy Thursday folks!