we're all survivors

survivors don't know how these guys keep growing without  freezing. it's been cold as hell, even snowed on the hills,we even had to turn on the heater.

 mid may and snowing plus rain and more rain.the have been visited by slugs, look at those holey leaves.

these guys as well how are they surviving 8º temps during the day and 5 at night.and they keep growing,putting out more flowers and fruit.it's a lesson in resilience.

this other one is coming back from the land of almost gone, sprouting green .

rhododendrons have no merit bcse they tolerate the cold well. pretty eh?

neki desu 

 

memory lane

today's the last sumi-e class. we started  a japanese binding tutorial and so far this is it. need to finish it today in class as i don't have an awl.  although the class was enjoyable,don't know if i'll repeat next year. have all summer to practice and think about it.

the paper is from a suminagashi workshop i took when i was studying at the arts and crafts school in barcelona. yep,ages ago.the cloth is cotton stained with bengara. the project became a highly recycling one as i'm binding the sketches i made on my first trip to japan and the stamps of some of the places i visited .

neki desu

 

riding the knitting bus

once started and concentrated on knitting for weeks it's hard to step down and weave. attempting a color block linen top just to diminish my stash. these yarns were bought in new york at school products. i think they've been closed for ages now.been schlepping them from bin to bin and from house to house longer than i possibly remember therefore they've become quite well  traveled yarns <(￣︶￣)>

finally got the tension well so it won't be hassle.she said. hope this doesn't end as another ill fitting garment.

the ribber spanner ordered from italy finally came albeit too late for the  barcelona project.

now i can use the ribber without care as i have the tool to adjust it.

neki desu