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This photo was made on June 2, 18 days after I broke my leg. I took this very early in the morning, while the swelling was very nearly non-existant (it swells during the day and goes down at night). You can still see bruising at the base of my toes, on the right side of my foot, and on the front of my leg. Yuck.
February 2009. This is an update of this
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pair of photos.
1996/1999/2009.
This is as far as I have come now - I laid them out on the floor just to see what I have going on.... and there are 8 in all now, in varying sizes and drama.
Hmmmm.... what to do?! Giving it quite some thought....
I have been working on multiple pieces at the same time for a while now. I think my brain just can't decide on one thing lately.
The drawing for this piece is on the wall to the left.
The second year of the $32 million Viking Rd interchange is proceeding pretty quickly. IA27 is being lowered 24 feet to pass under Viking Road. The northern half of the bridge over IA27 is shown here. PCI is building the bridge abutments. I'm not sure if a center pier is going to be built. what's amazing is the retaining walls are steel I-beams pounded by driver, with wood blocks between the beams. Then they horizontally bore tiebacks thru pre drilled holes in the beams into the earth wall. Lastly a reinforced concrete facing is poured with the reinforcing steel tied into the tiebacks and beams. I think this method is called Soldier Pile Wall. I was amazed when I talked to some engineers last Fall when they told me the wood portion of these walls was left in place permanently.
Progress 2: I didn't have a lot of time to work on the puzzle the last week but I have completed the buildings and am now starting on the water which will probably take 1-2 days to complete.
The Progress of Rivers
"The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error."
Voltaire
Went to Pomona for the Second Saturday monthly Art Walk. Spent some time at a great used book store, had dinner at a little Italian bistro, and then visited the various art spaces in the area. I wore my Obama shirt and you would have thought I was the famous one with all of the positive attention I received from complete strangers. I might just wear it everyday :)
Pandora has had the whole house available to her for a week now. My goal? To have her gain confidence interacting with humans, dogs, and cats. I've asked Kevin to give her treats intermittently. Kevin's not having as much success as I am. . . yet. Yesterday, I sat in a recliner in the cat room. Pandora hopped up on my lap to get a few treats. This morning she greeted me as I left the bedroom, obviously interested in more treats. She loved all over Gumbo (what's it with all the ladies being attracted to Gumbo?), purring up a storm asking for treats. I gave her a treat, pet her, gave her a treat, pet her, gave her a treat, pet her. Finally I lured her onto my lap again. She laid down purring, and I scritched around the ears. Ahhhhhhhh. . . then, of course, Pandora received another treat. Yep, progress. We'll have a setback next week when I have to take her in for booster vaccinations, but the retirement home is patient. However long it takes me to get her comfortable, they really want her. (Although I admit I have secretly wondered about Diamond going to the retirement home. . .)
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This is the "Here's the Dish" pattern from "Seams to Me" by Anna Maria Horner. It's too pretty of a pattern to let near water or dishes, so I'll make this a wall hanging instead.
View from the driveway. All fascia boards facing the street are stripped to wood (including the garage, not pictured). The rest of the wood trim is scraped and some caulking is done. Most of the rotted wood is replaced/restored. Storm windows are out and ready for stripping (that's my rainy day job today).
Overlooked by Decimus Burton's Upper (Pharos) Lighthouse of 1840, one of Blackpool's new low-floor Bombardier Flexity2 trams sets off on its journey back to Starr Gate. "Progress" is Blackpool's official motto, and the town is proud of its upgraded tramway, but the while 16 units now in service provide all mod-cons for the local population, they are less wondrous as crowd-shifters during the Illuminations season. Being squidged in with the rest of the crowds is as much fun as a rush-hour journey on the London Tube - and I saw no sign of the remaining heritage trams giving a hand.
Synopsis: Directed by Diego Luna, "Cesar Chávez" chronicles the birth of a modern American movement led by famed civil rights leader and labor organizer, Cesar Chavez. Torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to bringing dignity and justice to others, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle for the rights of farm workers. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's ability to change the system.
Credits:
Director: Diego Luna
Executive Producer: Emilio Azcárraga Jean, Haim Saban, Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith, Gael GarcÃa Bernal, Julián Levin, Rebecca O'Brien
Producer: Diego Luna, Lawrence Meli, Keir Pearson, Pablo Cruz
Screenwriter: Keir Pearson, Timothy J. Sexton
Cinematographer: Enrique Chediak
Editor: Miguel Schverdfinger, Douglas Crise
Production Designer: Ivonne Fuentes
Sound Designer: Frank Gaeta
Music: Michael Brook
Principal Cast: Michael Peña, America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson, Jacob Vargas, Yancey Arias, Wes Bentley, John Ortiz, and John Malkovich
SXSW Page: schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_FS14952
Carved out the rough shape of the eyes, and started to refine a few features. Still a long way to go :)
I'm allowing myself to free motion quilt with total freedom. It was scary to get started, like jumping off a cliff, but I'm liking the result, and it is fun! Wish I had the stitch regulator about now- but I love my machine even without it.