"The old way of thinking about the world helped heal the 'tragic dilemma' of being human."
- Jason M. Baxter
The cherry has begun to bloom.
I don't think any other tree blossoms are more beautiful.
Several years ago I did a repair on my bathrobe, replacing the bodice part which was worn. I traced the robe's upper part and made a pattern; I was so afraid of making it too small, that it ended up too roomy. I put up with it until now.
It's got a dolman sleeve, with the seam going from the side neck edge, over the shoulder and down the arm. It needed taking in about an inch up there, so I just re-did the seam from the neck and then tapered it down to nothing by the time I went over the shoulder. It's just right now!
I received the tracing paper a day late and was working, so I haven't gotten back to the dress. But I am beginning to think it would be much nicer looking if I lined it. I'm not sure I'll like the way it hangs if I don't do it. Bother. But before I put the green thread in the machine I want to make a few cleaning cloths that I like to use in the bathroom. Just seven inch squares of cotton, zigzagged around the edge. They work very well for cleaning in there.
Have you ever seen such a sight as this?
Double jointed is hardly the word to describe her.
Anyway, before my brother came home for lunch, I heard things falling in his room; I looked, and there was an accordion file folder she had tipped over or something, and then dragged it to the doorway. I left it, so he'd see the full force of her exertions. I think he was suitably impressed.
My "project" today was to make a special dinner just because it's my brother's name day. I was going to make chicken soup, and I did, but I had pinned a recipe for one of those vegetarian loaves, and I made on with mushrooms, brown rice, sun-dried tomatoes, kale and lots of other tasty stuff, but no cheese. I substituted different mushrooms, and kale for spinach, but recipes are just suggestions anyway. Very nice! And then I made a healthy dessert with ground up dates and assorted nuts, a kind of brownie. I didn't have pistachios, but I had cashews. I used what was around and it is good - I highly recommend it!
"The saints in heaven, as they are variously described in Paradiso, shine brighter than stars, move more swiftly than lightning, produce a more lovely harmony than the planets, glow like an unending sunrise, smile more radiantly than the sun, rush swifter than cold, mountain winds. Each saint outdoes, as it were, the entirety of the old celestial order. A saintly soul is a new creation, and the re-creation of a human being is as dramatic an event as God's creation of the first cosmos."
- Jason Baxter, talking about C.S. Lewis' admiration for Dante's Divine Comedy
from The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis
Your Daisy makes me laugh! What a curious, adventurous cat she is!
ReplyDeleteNow that is a very nice way of putting it, Clare. :D I might say she's out of control, but curious and adventurous sound much more pleasant!
DeleteOh poor you! I can imagine she is very difficult to live with at times <3
ReplyDelete:D ! But she is cute, too. And that still, small voice keeps telling me that if I responded differently, it wouldn't be so bad.
DeleteToday I had a storm window in the living room, cleaning it. She came on the other side of it and was trying to copy me, I guess, or trying to figure out the clear glass. If I only had three or four arms I could have filmed it!