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Monday, October 07, 2002

 
Things That Make Me Smile

Tori likes to sit in Jeff's lap for Monday night football, wearing her Packers scarf. She usually falls asleep by the second half.


Tori cheers on the Packers.


It's been very rainy here lately, followed by periods of intense sunshine and magnificent sunsets. Today as the sun went down, it turned all the trees bronze - even the pine trees and the ones whose leaves haven't yet changed. It is as if it was trying to paint them all with its energy to help the colors turn. Wherever the sun shone as its rays slanted sideways across the Earth, it seemed like it was in Technicolor, and the areas not in the shafts of light seemed to be in black and white by comparison. I wish I could have photographed it for you but there's no way I could have captured it, so you'll have to use your imagination!

Anyway, all that rain has brought about an abundance of strange mushrooms in the yard. Here is an example of one type:


Large white toadstool in yard. It is as big as the ball of my foot.


My new Gin Brown charms arrived today! I have had a charm bracelet since my 13th birthday. On it are charms from trips I have taken, events I've participated in, or those that symbolize circumstances I've overcome. It always makes me smile to look over the charms and be reminded of the important events of my life.

My first bracelet got so full that Jeff bought me a new one for my birthday a couple of years ago.


My charm bracelets.

Well, Gin Brown is this great jeweler who makes, among other items, spinning and weaving charms. Here are my latest ones from her - a spindle (to represent creating the Spindlers Yahoo! Group) and a weaving shuttle (to commemorate learning to weave). They are on the left in this photo.


Closeup of new Gin Brown charms.

Gin also makes Celtic and Southwestern jewelry and fiberarts charms such as knitting on teeny needles, fiber animals, different types of weaving shuttles and a weaver's knot, two different spinning wheels, etc. All are very intricate, and they're available in gold or sterling... they silver ones are quite reasonable.

Gin Brown can be reached at 310-391-4043. Her address is 2449 Barry Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90064. Her ads appear in the back pages of Spin-Off. Tell her Stasia sent you!


Today, not only did a pair of Canada geese fly overhead, but a Sandhill Crane circled above for quite some time, it's "clackety-hoo" call carrying clearly on the clean, cool air. How's that for alliteration?

The climbing Peace roses are almost blooming and if we can avoid a hard frost they just might make it! I can't believe they are taking so long to open! It will be the first time they've ever bloomed, so I do hope they do it in time!

I am too foggy to actually do any fiberarts work, so I just rearranged my wool room. (Well, Jeff rearranged, and I supervised!) I have my weaving section, my spinning section, my spindle-making section, and my treadmill all lined up in a row, all clean, the carpet vacuumed, nothing to distract me from exercising or doing my creative work. I think that by tomorrow I ought to feel a little better, so hopefully I'll get back to working on the rainbow ruana.

I have a dentist appointment tomorrow. Yuk! I will have to get a treat afterwards - the Godiva stand at the mall is within walking distance (even for me!) of my dentist's office, and it's time for pumpkin truffles!

Have a marvelous day!


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