4-2-22

Determined to make black African soap, my student came over to help as we added more KOH to what I'd made last week. 

 

4-1-22

Dan's highschool friend SA came to visit with his wife. They spent the night. 

 

3-20-22

I wanted to find the Osage Orange tree in the arboretum so Dan and I went for a walk and I found it! 

 

3-17-22

I made hamentashen for Purim. A first! 

 

3-15-22

In. my craft class we made ink tonight and used feathers to write with it.

 

3-12-22

 I made three sweaters for the babies to give at Christmas. Next, I'll make custom buttons for each of them. 

3-10-22

My mom came over to say goodbye to the J's and got a brief hug.

 

3-8-22

I'm so excited to show J all the arts and crafts that I love, so got out the watercolors today. He painted me a purple bird flying off a bent tree.

I wanted to take J to school with me to meet some coworkers, plus I had to pick up a prescription and get something from my office. Here he is working at my desk!

J's favorite treat is ice cream.

 

3-7-22

We went for a walk with Jay to the Town Creek pond to see the turtles and big fish. Next time we need to remember to bring some bread to throw in the water. There were some crumbs on the deck, and that was fun to watch!

A stop at the art museum installation...

 

3-5-22

Pregnant sisters at their brother's wedding. What a lovely, absolutely perfect day.

My sisters came... and I got to spend a day with them.

and my son married his best friend.

Our mother/son dance was very touching.

All the grandparents were there!

The cake my mom made was spectacular.

The ring bearer....

 

3-4-22

Look who arrived!?!?

He found the cat bed :)

He reminds me of his mommy when she was this age.

 

3-3-22

The wedding is two days a way. Helping mom today with the cake some more. I was tasked with rolling the gummy surface off the cake layers. Kinda gross. I enjoyed eating ALL the scraps though!

 

2-26-22

My mom is working on baking Squirt's wedding cake. She is still in a wheelchair but stands for brief periods on one leg. 

 

2-22-22

Tonight in class we dyed fabric with indigo. Here are two undergrads really getting creative.

It was quite a mess and the stains in the countertop never came out.

I took a friend's broken mug and made a coaster out of it.

Student working on her handmade paper.

 

2-20-22

My mom celebrated her 88th birthday today with her closest friends.

 

2-16-22

I did an indigo dyeing workshop for OLLI.

 

2-13-22

We celebrated Squirt's 31st birthday today.

 

2-3-22

 I am still eating a very restricted diet due to my bladder problem. This is a cookie I created from five ingredients- cashews, coconut sugar, oat flour, salt, and water. It's so good, I eat them all in one sitting!

1-27-22

 We spent MLK day in B'ham checking out the historical sites.

1-23-22

Shopping for wedding attire!

 

1-18-22

I'm teaching a class on the science in crafts this semester and her my students are processing clay dug up from the pit next door. 

 

1-5-22

 

This is baby Winston. He is very little- only 10 weeks along, which make him only 8 weeks since conception. Look how little and cute he is floating around inside his mommy, Jes. I think he is on his side on top of his placenta, as we shall find out later down the road. 

1-3-22

I taught J how to throw on a wheel today.

 

1-1-22

New year, new day... visiting with my mom at the hospital. 

Squirt and Panda on the first day of the year the get married.

Here is our family on the first day of 2022!