Friday, December 13, 2019

a day off


Wednesday was the first day in weeks, maybe months, that I had an empty day with nothing that needed or had to be done (not that there hadn't been a few days where I didn't get anything of note accomplished but usually because of the weather). The 15 snowflakes that I rolled out, cut, dried, trimmed, and added the powder and frit to on Monday and Tuesday were in the kiln and until they came out and I could do the small amount of finishing they required (which I did on Thursday) I was pretty much at loose ends.


So I looked around and noticed that the little yellowish gray warblers that winter over here have arrived. And my camellia that I got at the garden club plant sale last spring that I sorta cheated to get (members can't buy plants until 30 minutes before it's over so I got a friend to get it for me) that was so potbound (the reason they were donated I imagine) that I practically had to bare root it to give it a chance to survive and put it in a much bigger pot so I could baby it all summer...is blooming! It has four flowers on it today. I'll plant it in the ground this next spring now that I know it's doing well.


Wednesday night was a yoga night and so I drove to El Campo and was the only one to show up and just as I was telling Abby that there was no need to hold the session on my account another yogi showed up and she also was fine with canceling especially since Abby had a party to go to so I got in the car and came home with the flat coastal plains of Texas spread out before me and that gorgeous full moon rising just off to the right right in front of me. Driving in for a canceled class was worth being able to see the Cold Moon/Long Night Moon on the way back. 


And speaking of yoga, I found out through an article in the Houston paper that there are yoga classes here in Wharton. The woman wondered if art and nature and yoga could help the residents recover from the trauma of the flooding that happened here as a result of Hurricane Harvey back in 2017 and so she got a grant to fix up an abandoned house in a small park here and to offer the facility to the community. They've been doing yoga and art therapy for about a year (! I had no idea) and so my sister Pam and I went to the Tuesday night session last week, the only day with evening classes which worked out for me. Anyway, Abby is in no danger of losing us as it's very low key, aimed at absolute beginners who are out of shape, working on breathing (which was all we did for the first 10 minutes) and stretching and minimal spinal twists and strength building exercises. Really it's just perfect for my neighbor so I'm taking her with me next  week. 

We all decided to do another Friday evening preview for the three new artists (a wood and leather worker, a ceramicist, and the hand weavers association) joining us for the last weekend of our open house with our glass artist friends so that's where we'll be this weekend.




13 comments:

  1. Yoga and art. Sounds like a good marriage to me.

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  2. I do believe your camellia is of the sasangua variety. And I bet it would do fine if you stuck it in the ground now instead of a pot. But then again, I don't really know what camellias like in your part of the country.
    Art and yoga ARE a good match, aren't they?

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    1. it is indeed. the camellia and the yoga and art and nature as they are working on building/planting a community garden there next to the house. the camellia might be fine if I go ahead and plant it now but we are heading into what is usually our coldest part of the winter so I think I'll wait til February as it seems happy in it's pot with lots of green new growth buds as well as lots of flowers.

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  3. Pretty camellia. Makes me think of Dad.

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  4. Wow, yoga and art. Such a nice pair. It's strange how all of a sudden we are getting blooms on my flowering plants too. It's the roller coaster temperatures and Mommy Nature is off her meds again.

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    1. camellias are early winter bloomers which is why it's so nice to have them in the garden.

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  5. The December moon is always a stunner, no wonder they came up with a xmas story in the olden days.
    I wish we could grow camellias here but they only survive as indoor pot plants covered in green fly.
    Lovely snowflakes!

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  6. That's the kind of yoga that I need to do! There's a place around the corner from where I work, but I think they do hot yoga & I'm pretty sure that's a hard no from me. I should do the class they have for seniors at the library :)

    I love those snowflakes!

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  7. That sounds like a decent venue of artists. I hope more than a few are happy.
    I think your garden will be fabulous come summer.

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    1. and to you. I doubt I'll go to these beginner classes very often but I want to take my neighbor who I think will benefit from it. the yoga class I go to is far more challenging.

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  9. Love the snowflakes! And the description of your drive back in the moonlight sounds terrific. I don't miss having a car, generally, but I have had a lot of wonderful times driving through wide-open spaces with nice weather and scenery.

    Bravo for that enterprising woman, starting the yoga center!

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