Wow and wow

First wow : I was the lucky winner of Deb Lacativa’s birthday lottery. My selection of “precious bits” and thread came in a crocheted pouch — didn’t expect that! I haven’t purchased any of Deb’s cloth in a long time (or much cloth at all these days) and I’ve never used the magic threads, so I’m psyched!

Whole worlds live in some of these scraps.

Using even a little bit of this fabric elevates a composition, so how luscious would it be to construct an entire house with them? Imagine!

The second wow : the weather. You cannot believe how the wind and rain swept through here last night. It pounded and blew with a furious insistence that seemed to express the mood of a nation anticipating the Mueller indictments. I couldn’t sleep, so I padded out in the downpour around midnight to clear the sewer grate, weirdly happy to be reminded of my mammalian place in this world. The elements. A bathrobe getting saturated. Then I made popcorn and watched TV until two. Distraction is something to feel grateful for as well. Nearly every square foot of the backyard has a fallen branch in it — some moderate-sized and some small, but everywhere!

17 thoughts on “Wow and wow

  1. elizabethgermain

    Wow! congrats

    glad no damage or power outage….

    xo

    On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 2:05 PM, Pattern and Outrage wrote:

    > deemallon posted: “First wow. I was the lucky winner of Deb Lacativa’s > birthday lottery. My grab bag of “precious bits” and thread came in a > crocheted pouch — didn’t expect that! I haven’t purchased any of Deb’s > cloth in a long time (or much cloth at all these days) ” >

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  2. ravenandsparrow

    How enticing! Beautiful threads and cloth as raw materials for anything. I’m glad the storm didn’t do too much damage.

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    1. deemallon

      We lucked out this time. Spent some big bucks on tree work last year. That helps with wind like last night’s.

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  3. Stephanie

    Hurray for you! I wondered who won Deb’s give-away as I couldn’t open her video. Aren’t those colors delectable? Your black and white photos are great. Distractions can be very good.

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  4. Michelle in NYC

    Gorgeous everything…and poetic justice to give you more fabulous bits to work into your pieces.
    but please post just this on FB:
    “You cannot believe how the wind and rain swept through here last night. It pounded and blew with a furious insistence that seemed to express the mood of a nation anticipating the Mueller indictments.” with that photograph!

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    1. deemallon

      hey — I just posted pic for BandW challenge — would you like to be tagged, BTW — but no words allowed!

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