honeycomb

this year with very few flowers to feed bees i am vicariously working with honeycomb.

this one's  two colors on a single bed brother 890 an indestructible workhorse gifted years ago by my fairy godmother  m(_ _)m  from england. if that machine were to be produced again it would be a best seller. no need to complicate a well designed product with unnecessary cumbersome bells and whistles,   their mentality is to avoid the unnecessary in every aspect of life . japanese technology rocks.

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yet another rant,beware

a two color sample the bottom is tuck which gives a cute seed like pattern . top is slip and the outcome is stipes. as much as i didn't sample for weaving i am sampling like  a fiend with knitting. in weaving i guess you can fudge it, but knitting is more critical especially when you intend to knit a sweater.

although you can always knit cloth and use cut and sew method to fashion a sweater.

and now rant time.

 have gotten used to not being able to comment on blogs other than blogger since blogger aka google phased out the universal id. not much that one can do.

now they're phasing out the universal analytics. ⋋__⋌   the new one is extremely complicated starting with the obscure nomenclature used to name things. i've been trying without success to migrate, or whatever it's called now, and i 'm pretty much fed up. 

not any longer happy with having people creating free content and creating a following engaging readers they want it all now.

the bottom line seems that they've added a lot of bells and whistles and they want people to subscribe to the service. people who blog or  personal web sites do not seem to have a place in their business scheme. tremendously darwinian: adapt, migrate or die. 

or in business speak :pay,pay,pay.

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spring light

affects colors and moods.testing color combinations for future projects. these are inktense watercolor pencils from derwent and also watercolor  pastels from caran d'ache. under the influence of my watercolor artist friend   ( ¨¨ ω¨¨ )    

regardless of the weird winter and how the plants  have reacted the clems are doing very well this year.

dogwoods put out all the leaves and little or no flowers, prunus the same.

all cheerful colors and beautiful flowers to send off my friend susana.

my friend and role model,sad not to be able to talk to her again. happy because she was in my life.

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