SOS- web page nightmare

See that tiny dot in the middle of the spiral? That's me.

Having severe issues with my web page hosting.The "company" was sold and in theory we were all getting an upgrade. And  the upgrade has resulted in a huge mess and almost non existent support.  Scroll to the bottom to see the latest complains.

My web page is a wreck the slide show doesn't work, neither do the  full image photos .The Paypal  button and script are also screwed up.
i've tried  fixing  everything and re uploading  again, but nothing of the sort works.

Checking on the net there are many things to consider when selecting a host. My priority is that they do not host adult- pornography pages. It's hard enough living in a planet that allows that.

Then there are also scams with your domain name, credit card and billing and to add insult to injury spam and  proxy hijacking.

 i would be more than grateful if  you  come to rescue and  suggest  trusted web hosts. Please!!!

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custom dyed

i've been doing some custom dyeing for a friend  using my walnut hull soup. Interesting stuff for me because i don't have much experience dyeing wool, and wool takes very different from silk.i can dye silk with my eyes closed, with either natural or synthetic dyes and i'm able to predict and get the color i want.

Come to think of it as i write, perhaps that's my major trade in my jack-of- all- trades life.

Have fun at the weekend!

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design principle#45

 Three levels of knowing

Simplicity is the world view of a child or uninformed adult, fully engaged

in his own experience and happily unaware of what lies beneath the surface of immediate reality.

Complexity characterizes the ordinary adult view.It is characterized by an awareness of complex systems  in nature and society, but an inability to discern clarifying patterns and connections.

                    
Informed Simplicity is an enlightened view of reality. It is founded upon an ability to  to discern or create clarifying patterns within complex mixtures.

Mathew Frederick

 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

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the chesire cat

                

getting there but not quite. in my ongoing quest of using my woven samples and integrating practices i have been working on the book of holy patience and endurance.
the fabric is a linen huck weave sample( why does windows doesn't like the word huck?), emphasis on the weave as there is huck embroidery too. i made some table runners as gifts and then found out the receivers were afraid to use them as such and were using them as scarves!

i tried to echo the small holes stamping blue paint . 

the holes are also used as "support" 

for parts of the cross stitch.

pages two and three  with a detail. not too sure about the white buttons.                           

"chesire puss would you  tell me please which way i ought  to go from here?

 that happens a good deal where you want to get to. then it doesn't matter which way you go.

-so long as i get somewhere.

oh you're sure to do that if you only walk long enough"

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caution everyone!!

It seems that something's going on in blogger land. This morning as i was reading one of my blog subscriptions i came across this.

Paranoid me went to her dashboard and could not sign in beceause Blogger had detected suspicious activity ie. spam coming from my blog. Apparently there is a new wave of hijacked blogs that are being used as  splogs .
Pretty freaky when you see the yellow warning and  are denied access to your blog.

i could neither  sign in to my Google account. Luckily i was given the option there to change passwords and it seemed to solve the issue  as you are reading this.

Furthering prophylactic measures i have enabled comment moderation.

Life happens in the most unexpected ways.
Please protect yourselves by changing your settings and  password and scan your computer for trojans.
For further information you can go to the Blogger help forum .

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of life and love

days with my father

by phillip toledano found via  art cerre

have a good weekend.

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design principle#44

Color theory provides a framework for understanding the behavior and meaning of colors.

Mathew Frederick

 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

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it feels like years since it's been here

Training really hard for my move to Oviedo. It has been raining for two weeks and today we had the first sunny day.The kind that makes you want to sing "Here comes the sun,  du dn du du, Here comes the sun i say, it's all right" like George Harrison. Dashed to the balcony to record the cloudless sky.

i need to weave 75 more centimeters to finish the cloth, those painfully slow last centimeters.But the day invites to go for a walk and that's what i'll do.Need a recharge.

Plus you can't hear them, but the construction workers are back. And that horrible man is drilling holes making noise and dust.Two for the price of one.In case you wonder why i want to move to Oviedo.

Off i go.

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of travels and textiles

 This is a cotton  warp ikat from Flores island in the Indonesian archipelago, bought in Bali during our trip there. A difficult choice as there were many beautiful ones in  one of the government run craft shops that we visited. Those shops have very high standards for their purchases thus helping to create a win win situation for everybody.
The craftspeople are fairly paid, the standards are maintained and crafts are not banalised to meet the tourist market. And you get quality craft.

The sales lady was very helpful and gave me a crash course on Flores and its textiles.  But as all my trips include a textile component- why travel if you're not going to see textiles- :)  i had also done some homework reading this book which is still one of the most comprehensive books on traditional dyeing and patterning methods.
 The  warp  ikat  patterning is symbolic and includes stylized trees and animals. The dyeing, i  was assured,  was done with natural dyes.
The piece rests on our sofa and has faded a bit, but it has that look of used and enjoyed that i like.It  is also a reminder of that wonderful trip.

On the home front  i still have one meter to weave to call it done well, better woven, as  it needs wet finishing  and cutting and  sewing and...

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thank you Ray Davis

For putting it into music.

Have a lovely weekend, regardless  .....

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