Zenawii's New Shoes

Zenawii has been clomping around in his only footwear for months, the boots to his Starfleet uniform! His new shoes finally arrived last week. I don't know about him, but I am super pleased with them.

For anyone who might be interested, they are shoes meant for 17" Tonner men/Matt, but they fit Minifees very well.



Sorry for the grainy, blurry, over exposed, quick, iPhone picture. When I'm not so busy with other hobbies I'll dig out my good camera for a better photo shoot. I've been hankering to sew them some new clothes. I know that would inspire more photos.

Flickr to Blogger?

Asking for help here. Does anyone know how to post pictures from the new Flickr to Blogger? I've tried so many ways with no success.

I now take many of my quick snapshots using my iPhone and I find the easiest way to share them is by emailing them directly to Flickr from my iPhone. That means when I want to create a blog post using the photos I have to get them from Flickr. Can't figure it out!

Or failing that, how about a way to mail them directly from my phone to my blog? Is that possible?


Okay, with that out of the way, here's what I've been up to lately.

I'm back at the rainbow warp, weaving a little each evening.

I've also been sewing. A little about that in tomorrow's blog post.

Got Groceries?

Hmm, must be time to do a grocery run.

Pink Dogwood

The pink dogwood in our backyard is now in full bloom.



It was my Mother's Day gift years ago. It took a few years for it to get established then it really filled out. Even when it is not in bloom it is a pretty little tree.

Spring Hairdo

Hair adornment courtesy of 5 year old Kenzie, carefully placed lilac blossoms.

Snail Trails 'n' Bunny Tails

Last week, in preparation for a guild meeting, I quickly warped up my small Ashford Sample-It Loom so I'd have something to do during the meeting. I just grabbed yarns I had on hand and that seemed to go together okay. I never did get around to posting pictures of the project on the loom. So here's what it looked like in progress:



After I had worked on it for a while I realized that I had gotten the poof-ball yarn unevenly placed. I decided to remedy that by making it asymmetrical with an embellishment that is a straight line on one side and a wiggly snail trail on the other.



I'm quite pleased with the way the work around turned out.



I think the accent makes the scarf more interesting than it might otherwise be.



I named the finished scarf "Snail Trails 'n' Bunny Tails". If it passes inspection by the guild standards and is accepted it might make it to the guild's 40th Anniversary celebration. It will depend on how many entries they get I would imagine.

Out Walking in the Rain

All that lush green around here comes at a price.



We get a LOT of rain! The climate here is considered to be "Coastal Rain Forest" for a reason.



I don't mind walking in the rain though. The sound of rain on an umbrella is very peaceful, especially with birds still singing happily in the background.



Of course an umbrella only protects the upper half of one's body! I got soaked up to my knees.



It's a lovely walking route, a narrow park that runs along beside a stream.

Tip of the Cookie-berg

This is just a small sample of the over 40 decorated sugar cookies I made today.



I did photograph the rather impressive line up of cookies all sitting there looking so pretty, but I'm struggling with a new computer  (With an entirely different operating system! Aaaarrrghhh!)  and it's not playing nice with my good camera. So here you go, the 5 cookies I photographed with my iPhone so that my granddaughters could each pick their favourite colour before I pack up the remainder for the Chilliwack Spinners and Weavers Guild meeting tonight.

Upside Down

I was happy with the evening's progress on embroidery for a blouse --- until I realized the entire thing was upside down. Dang! Pick, pick, pickitty, pick.

Petal Fall

THIS is why my husband threatens to cut down the beautiful magnolia tree.




It's messy, but oh so beautiful too. I try to convince him to leave the petals on the ground for a bit because they look nice there, like a pink blanket. He's not convinced and will be out there raking them up the minute he gets home I'm sure. Honestly though, once they start decaying they can be very slippery. I wouldn't want the mail man to slip in our driveway and sue.

MY Mug

Around the house I like to have a mug that is distinctly mine, different from all the rest, because I just drink from the same mug all day and wash it at day's end.



I spotted this little kit at Micheal's the other day and decided to make like an 8 year old and paint my own design.



 Unfortunately the kit only has 4 colours to work with and they are all about the same intensity, no lights or darks, nor any white to create pastels, just your basic red, yellow, blue, and green.

Hidden

Today's word prompt for the ADAD photo challenge is "Hidden".

Why Is It?!

Why is it that when I am needing perfectly peeled, boiled eggs for deviled eggs I have such a hard time peeling them and then end up with large chunks ripped out of the sides, yet when I'm just going to dice them up for a potatoe salad I get THIS, a dozen perfectly peeled eggs!!?

Pair

Pumpkin and Gourd wanted to do today's A Doll a Day prompt, which is "Pair".



They are a pair of siblings, made from the same sculpt. In fact, Gourd was made from Pumpkin's sleeping faceplate. I had Ban Sidhe create eye openings for him and then give both of them a custom faceup.



They have been out climbing trees today.



It seems that whenever the two of them play together some sort of trouble is bound to occur.



Poor Shannon just sighs in exasperation and says, "You two are quite the pair!".

Magnoli-'ificent

This is the view outside our living room window at this time of the year.



It's a beautiful, huge, magnolia tree that provides the house much needed shade during the hot summer days. My husband keeps threatening to cut it down. Admittedly it is a very messy tree. It sheds leaves, buds, petals, and stamens at various times of the year.

Future

Today's word prompt for A Doll a Day is "Future". I really struggled with this one! I love the resulting photo though.



Zenawii is divining future weather patterns by consulting a globular life form native to his home planet.



Mariah has asked him to give her a few pointers.

Shadow

The ADAD theme for today is "Shadow". Good thing I took this one on April 1st when the sun was bright and low in the sky, because it's cloudy and grey today. Not much in the way of shadows happening I'm afraid.



I still prefer the one I took of Serenity a long time ago, so I'm reposting it here.

Bare

Today's theme word for the A Doll a Day challenge is "Bare".



Penny was the only volunteer. Everyone else has heard the lectures about posting nude pictures on the internet.

Light

I decided to go with a different, more creative slant for the Doll a Day Challenge word "Light". Neelie is pretty certain that 3.3 ounces is pretty light.

New Haircut

I was feeling a little braver than usual and tired of boring and safe, so I got a more modern, asymmetrical haircut today. It's parted quite deeply on the right, and that side is cut short, and then from the part it is swept to the left which is left longer. I just happen to have a more prominent silver streak right about where the part falls and combed this way the silver acts like highlights.



I know my daughter-in-law hair dresser would love to dye my hair, and she does do an absolutely wonderful job of hair colour, but I'm just not a high maintenance kind of gal. I can't stand the look of roots growing out and constant hair touch ups are so not me. I'm much more comfortable going grey naturally.