Wednesday, September 10, 2025

a hint of the possibility of fall, two more, object #9



The flowering senna across the street at Pam’s house. It definitely has not minded the dry weather. I think I’ve watered it only a couple of times all summer.


Monday and Tuesday have been so refreshing and this morning also. In the 70s when I got up Monday, in the 60s when I got up Tuesday, highs in the 80s, blue sky days with no humidity, AC is off and doors are open until it starts to warm up with highs back in the 90s. 


I made gumbo last night because I wanted to use up the last of the okra I bought from the guy at the Easy Lube that sells it from his garden, also I like to have fish at least once a week so I put catfish and shrimp in it. I’m not great at gumbo but this was probably the best so far, not that it was great, so I guess I’m getting better. And no I do not make my own roux, I use instant, just add water. Friday I plan on stuffed shells. 


I took advantage of the cooler weather this morning and pulled up all the zinnias. It’s been so dry I couldn’t keep them watered and just quit trying last week and besides they were at the end of their ability to produce flowers anyway.


Two more cards. I’m starting to wind down on this project though I think I still have a few more in me and then I want to start on a new colored pencil drawing for a friend.



I have no desire to comment on the continuing fuckery of this administration today.


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My Life In 100 Objects - #9


Objects really. Favorite items of clothing. I wear them until they are rags and still wear them until every time I do family members are all ‘I can’t believe you are wearing that ragged thing’. The previous favorite was a lightweight green long sleeved pullover shirt that I bought on the marked down several times rack for $1.99. It was surprisingly warm for its weight and also the first long sleeved shirt I would pull out when the weather finally turned cool enough. I wore that thing until the front was almost in shreds and only reluctantly threw it away. My current favorite item is a purple plaid flannel shirt with western style yokes front and back and pearl snaps. 

It had a big tear in the front that I mended years ago and now the elbow on the right sleeve is torn out and a spot on the left sleeve has opened up to a small hole, destined to get bigger and bigger. It’s gotten to the point where I probably won’t wear it out in public anymore but I’ll definitely still wear it in the house and in the yard.


 

22 comments:

  1. Mocking bird is exquisite! As is your purple plaid cowboy flannel shirt. i can see why it is your fave, looks comfy. Before you bin old worn out clothing take a patch of it just for your fashion memory book.

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    1. That's an idea. Had I been doing that all these decades I'd have enough to make a quilt maybe.

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  2. Have you thought about doing visible mending on your favorite clothes that have holes? I love the idea of that and doing it is pretty cool too.
    As usual, same weather here but boy, do we need some rain!

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    1. You can see I did patch it in front. Just can't figure out an easy way to patch the elbow. No way to do it on my machine.

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  3. You really have a gift for birds. Excellent!
    I often hold on to pieces of clothing I liked long after they have gone to bits and use them as patches and strips in various craft projects (should explain in a coming post on my life in objects).

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    1. Not as gifted as one might think. When I did these drawings for different etched glass commissions I printed out pictures of the birds I wanted and traced them. But the coloring is all me looking at images in color.

      I have a container of scraps from when the grandgirls all wanted to learn how to sew. What I really wish I had was a scrap from every piece I made back when I was making a lot of my own clothes. Teens and early 20s.

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  4. Codex: Like the mocking bird. You could paint other objects.

    Friend of .ine took his silk ties and had them made into a quilt. No longer wearable but he didn't want to get rid of it.

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    1. You mean besides flowers and birds? I could I suppose but the whole point is to make these cards easy and with minimal time investment so I'm using drawings I already have that fit the criteria. I do have drawings of other things besides flowers and birds. I just did one of ginkgo leaves.

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  5. I would love that shirt to death. I had a shirt from 1969 until 1974 that had belonged to my father in the 1940s. It was white corduroy with a red and blue tribal pattern from the chest up. By the time I owned it, the corduroy was smooth and the colors Howard Johnson’s orange and blue. It was my favorite shirt. A friend at university offered to stitch and patch where the elbows had completely worn through. She took it for the summer and lost it! I was heartbroken for years, but it wouldn’t fit me anymore so I got over it. My father was much smaller then me and I’ve put on about 40 (good) pounds since I wore it. Still, fond memories. The senna is uplifting as are your cards.

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    1. I bought one in green too but it was a size smaller and eventually gave it to one of my granddaughters.

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  6. I really like that mockingbird, and I really like the cooler and drier weather we've had. Now, it's back to heat and humidity, but at least we've had a taste. It's back to waiting. I've laughed at some of our flowers. The pink evening primrose have sprouted up again, and they're making the phrase "second spring" seem exactly right.

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    1. Those few days were so wonderful and now it's going to get even hotter, high 90s next weekend.

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  7. I had a shirt that I stole from Mike that I wore until it was in shreds. I still miss it!

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    1. Yeah, I wish I still had my green shirt. I wish I had bought both of them that were on the rack.

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  8. I was going to suggest mending it in the way that Mary Moon does but I see her comment has already mentioned it! :)

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    1. I did patch the front tear but can't decided if I want to struggle with patching the hole in the sleeve. Can't do it on my sewing machine.

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  9. It is the perfect shirt for yardwork.

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    1. Now if it will just cool off enough to wear it for yardwork.

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  10. My favorite blue shirt is losing the stitching on the top button, and the elbows are getting thin. I can probably get at least another year out of it. Jim used to wear shirts until the collars fell off.

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    1. I don't get people who buy new clothes every year. I've done work in homes where the walk in closet was bigger than my bedroom and packed full of clothes they probably only wore once and won't ever again.

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  11. I love it when clothes get to that "personalized" stage, when they're comfortable and unique and wearable only to the person who loves them!

    The cards are looking great as usual.

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