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Sew Depressed

“The true method of knowledge is experiment.” (William Blake) 

“I didn’t think; I experimented.” (Wilhelm Roentgen)

Here I sit in self imposed isolation while a damn squirrel scurries in the trees outside my studio without a thought as to when this will end.  There he is with his mouth full of tasty bits, and that is unfortunately what I identify with since all I do is cook and eat these days.  Nope, haven't watched Netflix except for Tiger Man over 2 nights because I already listened to the podcasts and wanted to actually see the criminals who care and breed tigers.  But that's something else I will get pissed about some other time.  Today it's being isolated.

Finally at Publix today I arrived at the same time as the egg cart and snagged my allowed 2 cartons of  Non GMO, Cage free, Organic, Range fed, Heritage Breed, Gluten free eggs.  They were only $6.15 a carton.  WHERE ARE ALL THE CHICKENS these days?  Isolated?  Did someone release Avian Flu too?  Somehow no eggs are getting to the markets and I had to pay that ridiculous money because I really need eggs!  Can't even make meatballs without an egg, forget baking, and I would die for a pancake.  I'd happily use egg substitutes but those are gone too.

Spaghetti gone, all except brown and green varieties and the big stuffing shells and manicotti.

 I can buy Kraft Mac and Cheese except my pride stops me because I hate it.  My kids used to love it because mine was very sharp-cheesy and crusty baked top-  they liked the dark orange stuff in a box that didn't require teeth.

Someone to Watch

Australian artist Shane Drinkwater writes on his website that when it comes to painting, he’s interested in the “making.” Using a system of lines, dashes, numbers, and circles, Drinkwater creates works that often appear as astronomical maps of imagined star systems. Abstract stars form repeated patterns around vibrant planets. The artist allows the act of painting to dictate how the cosmic compositions land on his canvas, and the results are visually arresting.

“I delve into the act of painting with a minimum repertoire of visual elements aiming for a maximum visual intensity,” Drinkwater writes. “Ideas and images appear through the making of the work, language becomes unnecessary, I let the work speak for me.” 

How I love this work!

During my 7 AM dog walk this morning we came across my next door neighbor and her Pit Bull and the dogs started to relate, so off we went, 6 feet apart, down to the only remaining vacant lot where we undid the leashes and let 'em rip!  They had a ball, finally a dog that equals Ollie'd energy!  They played for 15 or 20 minutes until they both fell in the wet grass panting, we leashed 'em up, and headed home.  And Ollie has slept since!    

Here they are telling secrets just before we ended it.  So happy he has a friend he can jump on that LIKES it!  

I've had enough, gonna leave you with a flash back on something I made for my kids when they were in elementary school for their LLLOOOnnnggg walk to school, BOTH WAYS UPHILL.  Even then they wouldn't wear them.

Ah yes, she knits too. What a talent...  

I kinda hate to sign off knowing next time I appear things will be even worse.  Good luck to you all, may you never run short of eggs, or meatballs.     Sandy