from Art-Quilt-Works to Life in Apartment 226. I seem to be writing more about my life in general then the art that I make. The excuse I will use for my few and far between post is, I tend to work large and the time between inception to the sleeves and label being done can be extended and not very interesting to report on. That's my story and I AM sticking to it.
Further down the post there is a picture of the desk I found at Target. I looked for something in this style and size almost from the day I moved here. Failing to find it; I made due with something from IKEA that served my needs. After all unless the annoying Martha Stewart in you goes tsk tsk tsk, a flat surface at the right height is all that is really required for a lap top and printer. But this desk was a wanted item for me and not "Martha". I love how well the desk works with my easel.
Further reporting on life in Apt 226 it was very early Tuesday morning; about 3:45 AM when I went to bed. I stayed up late listening to the second book in a new to me series of novels by Fern Michaels. I had to hear how it ended before I could call it a day. With no demands on my life other than those I impose on myself on most day and the luxury of sleeping in if I want to I sat there contentedly knitting and listening.
But no. Contrary to my plans. There would be no sleeping in. At 8:15 AM my daughter Rene' called. She is the daughter who resides in the condo from.... you know where. But thankfully because of the help of knowledgeable craftsmen redoing the whole place the condo has risen slowly out of that place we wish not to speak of to become a home my daughter 90% of the time likes coming home to.
Just as she was about to go to bed herself Monday night she began hearing strange sounds coming from the closet that houses the furnace and water heater. On inspection she noticed steam billowing from a pipe. Steam alarmingly had filled the utility room. She called the plumber at mid-night. Turned off the water heater as instructed by him and made an appointment for a house call ASAP.
Before I was fully awake less than 5 hours later, there I was back to my house sitting duties.
As it turned out, most of the problems was because of faulty piping connections and what was going on in the condo below Rene's unit. I could have gone back to bed while waiting for the plumber to call letting me now he was on the way but I didn't. The plumber arrived at 12:30 and 2 hours and big dollars later the problems were solved without Rene' having to put in a new water tank which she feared was the next thing she would have to replace. According to our plumber her water heater is almost new and it is the people below Rene" who have some real major problems going on with their unit however that thankfully is not Rene's problem.
Yesterday while waiting for the plumber to call, letting me know he was on his way I started listening to another book in the Fern Michaels, "Sisterhood" series and realized that I had to listen to them in order or loose the sense of connectedness. The overriding plot, sub plots and main characters are important to the appeal of the series and I was loosing the connectedness by listening to book five before three and four which I realized after 10 minutes of listening. So I stopped listening. I was missing too much of the story line to continue.
After the plumber left, I went to the library in search of books three and four and found them. To date, there are 20 books in this series of which I have 13 in the apartment and the other 5 which the library has that are on CD I placed on hold. The last two are on order the Librian said. They do have the last two in book form and I might have to break down and read them. I do still like to read. The books are such light reading/ listening and formulated, however I might tire of them before I get through all of them, but for now I'm hooked.
As you know, Lately I have lacked inspiration and had no clue of what I wanted to start painting next. But for four days inspiration has been slowly growing from tight buds to fully open blooms on my desk before my eyes. As I sat reading my e-mail on Tuesday while waiting for the plumber to call, I took a good look at the lilies on my desk and thought hummmmm.
I took several pictures.
So here is the sketch, not sure how large it will be in cloth or if the lilies will be this stylized. One thing for sure, I am not moved by the color of the lilies on my desk, I really wish they were yellow, or orange or red/orange, but that's what artistic license is for. Right? Therefore, I can paint them any color I choose. Now I just have to decide what color or colors.
Karoda wanted to know if in my cleaning/organizing spurt I came upon any new things I wanted to share with my readers. Not really. Not because I don't want to share but rather there isn't any new stuff. What I am trying to do is get rid of stuff, consolidate, simplify.
But I am showing you some DMC boxes I brought from the quilt shop in Kissimmee a couple of months ago. Can't remember if I told you about them in a past post. I've had one of these well made wood boxes with three plastic drawers for over 20 years and I had been on the lookout for more of them ever since. So now I have 7. I have not totally organized them or settled comfortably into what will be in what drawer. Most are still empty or under full, but for now, I am happy with the use I have for them. Given some time I'm sure I can refine what is where. And I know for efficiency there needs to be labels. Post-it Notes has a new product I am going to buy for this purpose. Going out to buy them might be the perfect excuse to make a short trip on the bike. Yes I can walk there, but it is fun to ride.
I did take several items to the last local quilt guild meeting and gave them away to six quilters who thought the items where worth having. They were of no use to me any longer and I am sure the items are happy in their new homes. I have collected a nice box full of fabric I promised to send to my friend Kathy in Louisville as soon as I get myself to the post office.
Karoda, sorry to say, no new adventures or long distance trip on my bike of late, but the post-office might be a good destination with Kathy's box when I get home from the wedding.
There are lots of errands I could do on the bike if the places I want to visit are open before 8:00 AM. After 9:30 AM until October it really is too hot and humid to be out and about on a bike after that time without carrying some water and breaks in the shade. I am so waiting for the Autumn and Winter Florida temperatures.
I know this is a long post, but the other thing on my mind, is
how strange it is that you can go about your everyday life and not see what is in front of your eyes. I know about selective hearing, well in my case there is also selective seeing too.
Case in point, the fire extinguisher pictured above. Yesterday, when I got home from my errands; condo sitting, the market, the library and dropping off some fabric at a friends house that she had me order for her I found a notice attached to my front door from the management office telling me to put my fire extinguisher in front of my door on September 16 before 8:00AM because the fire extinguisher company was making their annual visit to the building to check them.
My first thought was "WHAT FIRE EXTINGUISHER" The notice went on to say as I read further that MY FIRE EXTINGUISHER was located on the wall in the laundry room near the breaker panel. REALLY!
Don't ask me how many time I have been in and out of the laundry room. At least once a day. My dirty cloth hampers, one for lights and one for darks are located there. Had I seen a fire extinguisher in there? How could I have missed seeing it. TOTAL BLANK.... I walked to the laundry room, opened the door, reached to my left and turned on the light. After living here for almost a year, I can find the light switch in the dark without looking. To my befuddlement, there it was.
Until yesterday, before I looked and really saw the extinguisher, if someone had shouted FIRE in my apartment and told me to grab the fire extinguisher, I swear I would have stood rooted to the floor, maybe turning around in one spot, frantically searching my mind for a clue and not coming up with the fact that yes I had a fire extinguisher or the knowledge that I knew where in my apartment it could possibly be. Now I know.
Knowing with certainly where it is, is a good thing. Needing to use it. I'd rather not, thank you.
Further down the post there is a picture of the desk I found at Target. I looked for something in this style and size almost from the day I moved here. Failing to find it; I made due with something from IKEA that served my needs. After all unless the annoying Martha Stewart in you goes tsk tsk tsk, a flat surface at the right height is all that is really required for a lap top and printer. But this desk was a wanted item for me and not "Martha". I love how well the desk works with my easel.
Further reporting on life in Apt 226 it was very early Tuesday morning; about 3:45 AM when I went to bed. I stayed up late listening to the second book in a new to me series of novels by Fern Michaels. I had to hear how it ended before I could call it a day. With no demands on my life other than those I impose on myself on most day and the luxury of sleeping in if I want to I sat there contentedly knitting and listening.
But no. Contrary to my plans. There would be no sleeping in. At 8:15 AM my daughter Rene' called. She is the daughter who resides in the condo from.... you know where. But thankfully because of the help of knowledgeable craftsmen redoing the whole place the condo has risen slowly out of that place we wish not to speak of to become a home my daughter 90% of the time likes coming home to.
Just as she was about to go to bed herself Monday night she began hearing strange sounds coming from the closet that houses the furnace and water heater. On inspection she noticed steam billowing from a pipe. Steam alarmingly had filled the utility room. She called the plumber at mid-night. Turned off the water heater as instructed by him and made an appointment for a house call ASAP.
Before I was fully awake less than 5 hours later, there I was back to my house sitting duties.
As it turned out, most of the problems was because of faulty piping connections and what was going on in the condo below Rene's unit. I could have gone back to bed while waiting for the plumber to call letting me now he was on the way but I didn't. The plumber arrived at 12:30 and 2 hours and big dollars later the problems were solved without Rene' having to put in a new water tank which she feared was the next thing she would have to replace. According to our plumber her water heater is almost new and it is the people below Rene" who have some real major problems going on with their unit however that thankfully is not Rene's problem.
Yesterday while waiting for the plumber to call, letting me know he was on his way I started listening to another book in the Fern Michaels, "Sisterhood" series and realized that I had to listen to them in order or loose the sense of connectedness. The overriding plot, sub plots and main characters are important to the appeal of the series and I was loosing the connectedness by listening to book five before three and four which I realized after 10 minutes of listening. So I stopped listening. I was missing too much of the story line to continue.
After the plumber left, I went to the library in search of books three and four and found them. To date, there are 20 books in this series of which I have 13 in the apartment and the other 5 which the library has that are on CD I placed on hold. The last two are on order the Librian said. They do have the last two in book form and I might have to break down and read them. I do still like to read. The books are such light reading/ listening and formulated, however I might tire of them before I get through all of them, but for now I'm hooked.
As you know, Lately I have lacked inspiration and had no clue of what I wanted to start painting next. But for four days inspiration has been slowly growing from tight buds to fully open blooms on my desk before my eyes. As I sat reading my e-mail on Tuesday while waiting for the plumber to call, I took a good look at the lilies on my desk and thought hummmmm.
I took several pictures.
So here is the sketch, not sure how large it will be in cloth or if the lilies will be this stylized. One thing for sure, I am not moved by the color of the lilies on my desk, I really wish they were yellow, or orange or red/orange, but that's what artistic license is for. Right? Therefore, I can paint them any color I choose. Now I just have to decide what color or colors.
Karoda wanted to know if in my cleaning/organizing spurt I came upon any new things I wanted to share with my readers. Not really. Not because I don't want to share but rather there isn't any new stuff. What I am trying to do is get rid of stuff, consolidate, simplify.
But I am showing you some DMC boxes I brought from the quilt shop in Kissimmee a couple of months ago. Can't remember if I told you about them in a past post. I've had one of these well made wood boxes with three plastic drawers for over 20 years and I had been on the lookout for more of them ever since. So now I have 7. I have not totally organized them or settled comfortably into what will be in what drawer. Most are still empty or under full, but for now, I am happy with the use I have for them. Given some time I'm sure I can refine what is where. And I know for efficiency there needs to be labels. Post-it Notes has a new product I am going to buy for this purpose. Going out to buy them might be the perfect excuse to make a short trip on the bike. Yes I can walk there, but it is fun to ride.
I did take several items to the last local quilt guild meeting and gave them away to six quilters who thought the items where worth having. They were of no use to me any longer and I am sure the items are happy in their new homes. I have collected a nice box full of fabric I promised to send to my friend Kathy in Louisville as soon as I get myself to the post office.
Karoda, sorry to say, no new adventures or long distance trip on my bike of late, but the post-office might be a good destination with Kathy's box when I get home from the wedding.
There are lots of errands I could do on the bike if the places I want to visit are open before 8:00 AM. After 9:30 AM until October it really is too hot and humid to be out and about on a bike after that time without carrying some water and breaks in the shade. I am so waiting for the Autumn and Winter Florida temperatures.
I know this is a long post, but the other thing on my mind, is
how strange it is that you can go about your everyday life and not see what is in front of your eyes. I know about selective hearing, well in my case there is also selective seeing too.
Case in point, the fire extinguisher pictured above. Yesterday, when I got home from my errands; condo sitting, the market, the library and dropping off some fabric at a friends house that she had me order for her I found a notice attached to my front door from the management office telling me to put my fire extinguisher in front of my door on September 16 before 8:00AM because the fire extinguisher company was making their annual visit to the building to check them.
My first thought was "WHAT FIRE EXTINGUISHER" The notice went on to say as I read further that MY FIRE EXTINGUISHER was located on the wall in the laundry room near the breaker panel. REALLY!
Don't ask me how many time I have been in and out of the laundry room. At least once a day. My dirty cloth hampers, one for lights and one for darks are located there. Had I seen a fire extinguisher in there? How could I have missed seeing it. TOTAL BLANK.... I walked to the laundry room, opened the door, reached to my left and turned on the light. After living here for almost a year, I can find the light switch in the dark without looking. To my befuddlement, there it was.
Knowing with certainly where it is, is a good thing. Needing to use it. I'd rather not, thank you.
2 comments:
Thanks for bringing us up-to-date with the goings on in 226. Love the desk, and can't wait to see what you do with the lilies.
Juanita, its good that you managed to find your fire extinguisher, it just goes to show that people never really think about something so important untill there really is a fire! I must say those lilies are going to look great with the red and orange effect.
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