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June 08, 2007
quickly now
I don't know why the weblog gets such short shrift of late, it's not like I'm not sitting on my arse all day every day staring at the laptop screen with things to say. It seems always to get pushed aside until the last minute, and today is no exception. We're leaving in half an hour or so, to London for the weekend. For those of you in and around beautiful London Ontario this weekend, I'll be showing/selling my art down at Art in the Village (you can find me on somebody's front lawn on the northwest corner of Wortley and Bruce, 10 until 4; be there or be. . . not there, I guess. But if you're there you can hang out and knit with me for a while, won't that be fun? And bring down your amazing finished knits to show off so that I can take your picture. Here's someone I just found on Ravelry (the site that's got everyone abuzz, whose awesomeness I'll talk about later, soon) who will also be showing art there. We'll be the crazies sitting out in the sun knitting when it's too hot to even touch fabric.
Peter and I have a lovely aimless afternoon ahead of us, taking our sweet time meandering to London, perhaps by way of Port Stanley (I've never been there despite living pretty darned close to it all my life), and having a picnic of sandwiches and pies from our favourite Lebanese bakery. While our relationship really has no beginning and no end, today is an anniversary of sorts for us, a day to acknowledge quietly, a day I like for us to do something special together if we can. We haven't had a lot of time alone together since I came home because of kids and family stuff, but today there are no obligations, and we have no plans other than to be together.
Orangina is all over but the weaving-in, which I've been putting off for two days now because there are about a jillion ends. My goal is to wear it to my mom's on Sunday. The red cardigan is a button-band away, the blue cardigan just needs a hem and some sleeves. The cardiganized Wicked is blocked, and while searching the attic for my big bag of hanging hardware that I use to hang my art on the gridwall for outdoor shows (didn't find it) I found a little bag of buttons that I think will be perfect for it. I love how that happens, except for the not having any s-hooks to hang my art part. Pray for no wind, friends, because I'm relying on packing tape and zip ties tomorrow.
Posted by jodi at June 8, 2007 02:45 PM | categories: art stuff : self-absorbtion : sticks and string
Comments
Enjoy your meandering! Sounds wonderful.
And good luck tomorrow, may the wind be low and the sales be high.
Posted by: Sandy at June 8, 2007 04:49 PM
I hate when you can't find what you need for a show. Especially hardware. I find it helpful to bring a roll of duct tape to every show I go to because it always seems to be needed.
Good luck.. I hope you sell out!
Posted by: mouse at June 8, 2007 05:17 PM
You're one of the coolest bloggers out there - don't worry about it all.
Have a good time in London. London, England, is worth a visit too.
Posted by: Fi at June 8, 2007 09:36 PM
I love reading you when you write about Peter. It's so tender and sweet.
Posted by: NWJR at June 9, 2007 08:48 AM
Good luck with your showing, and Happy 'Versary ;-)
Posted by: bonnie at June 9, 2007 11:39 AM
Wishing you luck, even though it is already past the art event. Still...
Wow - you have a slew of things just waiting to become FOs. Awesome!
Posted by: Nanc at June 11, 2007 12:44 PM