A friend of mine,
Judi of Olde Time Dolls, posted something today about a favorite apron that she's retiring. I know how that goes, having retired a couple pairs of favorite paint jeans that could no longer cover my aspect. The last pair of these, I made into this silly giant rag doll, who hangs out with me as inspiration and reminds me not to take myself too seriously. I bring her to doll shows, and have had to put a NFS tag on her. It temps me sometimes to make dolls like her FOR sale, but deep down, I know the love of silliness, the creation of art for art's sake is what people respond to. Any attempt to fake it would just not succeed.
I might make some silly rag dolls, for the fun of it, but this girl is mine, and makes me smile. (Click on the photos for closeup view.)
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| The girl has attitude. |
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| But a big heart, and a love of art. Seems like we should make another rhyme there, doesn't it? |
This weekend we spent two whole days just being lazy. Reading, lounging about, with a minimum of laundry and dishes done, putzing around with a few minor chores, but essentially recharging the ol' copper-tops. I did find the motivation to take a few photos of the Instant Fence and some other bits of landscaping that are thriving, so I figured to share those. The bees, butterflies and hummingbirds are seriously happy with me right now. Once the sunflower seed heads dry, the doves and squirrels will be too!
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| The Instant Fence, from the inside. The tall grass looking stuff is lemongrass. |
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| Instant Fence, fromthe outside. |
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| These are my favorites--I love that deep rusty red. So do the bees. |
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| These seed heads weigh a lb apiece, and before they started drooping, the plants stood seven feet tall! |
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| Sunflowers and palm trees. My happy place. |
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| This bed started out so sadly bare, but has almost filled in within the last three months. |
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| I'm covering the mailbox with morning glories. Because I can. The pink flowers on the far trellis are Queen's Wreath, or Coral Vine...a native of Mexico. That whole trellis will be covered by the end of the summer. |
Hope everyone is enjoying the summer, whether that means playing outdoors, or hiding under the AC.
