Tuesday, July 14, 2009

4:59: 07/14/09

rushed stashing
hypoallergenic baking
farewell brunch
(yogurt with raw oats, berries, pears and roasted hazelnuts=birchemuselix=yum)
trampoline jumpers
darlybird preview
vintage glass earrings
project recovery siesta
checking on the garden plants
slide show
birthday wishes
complicated emotions
needed reminders
escapist research
happy guitar sounds from upstairs

4:59 explained with 07/13/09

flirting with color
serendipitous intense hue
sore lower back muscles
sore, hammered fingers
unexpected and blessed help
can-do spirit
running commentary of "shouldn't-do-it"s from my critic-sidekick
late night airport run
happy surprises

I guess that my links to 4:59 in the previous posts I referenced are not completely explanatory, so I will clarify with this list. 4:59 started out as an inside joke for giving the blow-by-blow of one's activities, e.g., "I ate an orange at 4:59." For me it has now morphed to a convenient label for the minutiae of my day. These lists are snippets of events, images, feelings from the day.

I alluded in 7/12's list to "dreaming a drastic surprise". 7/13 was dedicated to implementing that surprise. I've been wanting to paint a wall in our kitchen/living room and rip up the carpet in the front room for months. Sunday evening I had the mad idea to do it yesterday before Martin got home from his trip. So my list for yesterday includes picking out the color among paint chips, raw fingers and sore back from pulling carpet staples, happy relief from neighbors who showed up late at night and helped, energy from acting on a latent desire, and of course the happy ending of pulling off the surprise.

A funny side note about the running critical commentary and the "serendipitous hue". Eden kept at me all day about what a bad idea it was to tackle my plan. She didn't like the color idea, she thought it would look awful, she was sure Martin would be mad at me and wouldn't like it, that he would have to live with it, that he would be upset that I didn't even call him, etc., etc., etc. (She gave a mini-version of this to our help later on.) She also accused me of harboring secret intentions: that all of my work was really for Chi.
E: "I wonder how much of this is really for Rachel."

Me: "I've been meaning to do this for months; I've talked with Dad about it."
E: "Yes but how much of a coincidence is it that Rachel is coming for breakfast tomorrow?"
I dropped the subject.

When Martin got home he said, "Wow, I can tell you've spent a week with Rachel." I get no credit for hankering after intense color all on my own. :) The hue is "serendipitous" because when Rachel and Lindy and families were here for breakfast this morning we discovered that Rachel and I independently got the exact brand and color of paint for projects (mine a wall, her's a crib). So I guess that maybe there was something to their accusations after all; it's a Chi color.

That's probably why I like it.


p.s., If I get permission from the ladies I'll post a couple of pictures from our outing to the Indigo Girls concert. I'm bracing for withdrawal after so much time with Rachel and Lindy this week!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

4:59: 07/12/09

Aussie accent
appropriate admonitions
meal malaise
short shuteye
report on the dragon fly
dragon models
revisiting Brahms
friends' sixth sense
witch's brew in a gravel pit
slobbery ball
hide-n-seek with a scarf
reading aloud
creaky rocker
telephone love
dreaming a drastic surprise

Saturday, July 11, 2009

4:59: 07/11/09

greasy vendors
large orange turnips(?) caked in soil
headbands, tutus, aprons
gravel to the water
wind-sound through rushes
western tanager, yellow-headed blackbirds
gathering "diamonds"
pink leaves, gray rocks
mountains behind a misty curtain of rain
raindrop in my eye
planes taking off and coming in
surprise mousse pie
sticky pinocchle cards
cloud silhouettes
road-trip grooving
out for last-minute necessities
back to Pollan

4:59: 07/10/09

wrangling for wi-fi
lunch with lovely ladies
mud pastries
streaking naked body ("shower vertical" hose rinse)
grilling atop the sawhorse
spanking new sandals second-hand
soggy muselix
a second go at the Frauenkirche
handkerchiefs for quilting
temptation(s) for tears
pushing towards my own form of sleep deficit disorder

Friday, July 10, 2009

4:59: 07/09/09

billowing packing peanuts wonder
a surprisingly compelling wall of orange duck sauce
flickering florescent lights
cherry chins
discussing the merits/demerits of stay-at-home-motherhood
finishing a wooden puzzle of Dresden's Frauenkirche with E & S
sending the dogs at tribal headquarters fishing for pea pods in a bucket of water
hello to the chickens
reacquaintance with a tater tot
meeting someone for the first time with that I-know-I've-met-you-before feeling
celebratory banana splits

The 4:59 Project

My blogging is bogging. Inspired by Mango Sunrise, and in an effort to rebuoy something, I am going to post some 4:59 for the rest of July. (Confused about 4:59? See here and here.) Maybe a few details will dominate and evolve into a full post, maybe not.

To start things off, a few details culled from the last week:

moutain air
fording a river
bold, fat ground squirrel foraging our carrots and crumbs
moose omen
adults from my childhood resurfacing en masse
clashing bagpipes and organ
Emily Saliers and Amy Ray with a mini-borg contingent
argyle boy singing his heart out
puffy eyes from crying
impromptu haircut
pollyanna awareness
late night cuddle with a nephew
sandwich sleeping
"my lips are a thing of joy"

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Kaffe Fassett Rice Bowls

My first attempt at applique.



Tuesday, June 16, 2009

An Experiment in Color Gradation

Thursday, June 11, 2009

New Glasses

The Birthday Girl

 
 

 

 
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Lagoon 2009

Squishable Summer

Last day of school

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