Fabulous mail day

My mother was a great letter writer.  She would write a newsy letter at least once a week.  It was on stationary written in blue fountain pen.  I always looked forward to seeing the envelope with blue handwritten addresses.  Now a days we get so little "good" mail.  Many of the good magazines have gone by the way (Fiberarts (sigh), Southern Living is so bad the articles are nothing but advertising for some resort or product).  I recently signed up for the Gray Fox Epistles and the first issue arrived yesterday in the mail.

Nicely packaged

with wax seal and stamps

I started reading the short story enclosed and was immediately transported into another world with an amazing storyteller.  I signed up for three issues so will be looking forward to more great mail.  If this wasn't enough, these beauties arrived!

mini Louet combs

Love puttering

I have decided I love to putter.  I don't mind cleaning house as long as the task doesn't take more than about 30 minutes.  Love puttering in the yard, weeding and planting and pruning.  Here are a few projects more or less finished.  Putter a bit each day with projects on the drafting table and eventually they get done.

Miniature book, tea bag pages, stingray leathere cover with copper and bead decorations on cover. 

pages with character

Soldered copper bezels with beads glued in

I've made 4 or 5 drawstring bags out of 5 lb coffee sacks

Busy Saturday

Saturday was spent helping in St. Andrews then learning how to make soldered copper bezels at the City Arts Cooperative.  Lunch was at Joe's on the bayou.

I love tugboats,

and waterlines,

and shrimpboats,

sailboats too,

A bit damp, but grand and glorious

I spent the day with my BFF touring homes and gardens.

Lovely old homes

and gardens

This is the doll house

This is the real house

Downtown Apalachicola

Not our run of the mill town

Grand and glorious weekend

Cool huh?

Montgomery Alabama is a very cool place!

Waterworks building

Take a ride on the riverboat

 

 

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Refrigerator art

Subject for future watercolor

Practice piece from drawing class with watercolor added

First attempt in watercolor class (looks better here!)

I've been working on my drawing and painting skills.  Any improvement is thanks to really great instructors.  Hard work, but it is fun when it is over.

It's Monday and I don't have to go to work!

Ferns and grape vines

Still amazed each morning that I can wake up when I want and do what I want.  This morning I went for a walk and this is what I saw....

Bottle brush in bloom

Canal that looks peaceful, but underneath the surface...

Dead fish bits 

Lots of them

Cypress stumps

A lovely hawk who sat still for a long time