I’ve seen an orange cat come through the yard of late, and there are signs up for a missing orange cat, Oliver. The cat never tarries though, so it’s been hard to get a picture.
Today though, I was out early delivering the Kenton newsletter, and here was the orange cat sitting on an enclosure for the apartments on the other side of Winchell, and I was able to get a picture.
Alas, it was not Oliver.
Matt and I visited the Rose City Cemetery to take care of the Greeks’s graves.
I didn’t have as many origami flowers this year, but enough for a nice sprig on Basil and Basiliky’s gravestone.
Unfortunately, the wind kicked up in the afternoon, and I suspect that another grave might now have the flowers.
Matt put Uncle Tom’s flowers up. We did not go as early as I did last year, so the building was open.
A good showing here for Timothy B. Anastas.
One exciting development: Mabel Collins still has her flowers from last year!
They are faded, due to being outside, but didn’t blow away!
I think the first time I actually dyed something was a towel in high school. We were supposed to use strips of black towel for mutes in our saxophones, and me being the only girl, I was elected to do the dying of the towel for the rest of the group. Why did we not collectively buy a black towel and cut it up, you ask? Good question. I have no idea.
But! Today is the first time I have dyed items that I would like to turn out well.
I got my instructions from the Rit website, and noticed that Rit probably doesn’t employ a copy editor.
How does one stir “slowly and continuously” AND stir “off and on”? “Continuously” voids the “off,” and “off” voids “continuously,” so which is it?
I didn’t have a big enough pot, so I boiled water and put it in a 5 gallon bucket in the sink.
The results seem well. The gray shirt is now blue, and the white underwear I made is now a lighter shade of blue.
I may have had too many items in at once; the dye on the underwear is not as uniform as the dye on the shirt.
Still! A good result. Next: my linen pants will become brown. (She says confidently)
I invested in the online Shapes of Fabric Skirt Pattern Class, where I am learning to draft ALL the skirt patterns.
Module One was to create a basic skirt pattern block that fits your (or someone else’s) body perfectly. Here is mine:
When I went to buy tag board to trace my final block, I found that Fred Meyer did not have any white tagboard. I brought home the black, and used one of my white pens. I like the effect.
I added my current measurements (in centimeters) to the block. Because my weight tends to shift, this is a way to have an easy reference telling me if the block will still work.
Module two will have me drafting half size skirts in a variety of patterns. And the half-size skirt is based on a standard skirt pattern block, which is much smaller than my skirt block. This will be speedier and save on fabric.
A great showing at the first Movie Quiz at the Cinemagic Theater: 130 points! Ten points more than the 120 I consider the acceptable threshold for our team.
For this new venue, we are going with a new name. This month’s name: Quiz my Bump, a takeoff of a line from Project Hail Mary. Going forward, we will incorporate the word Battleship into other movie titles.
Favorite team names this time:
The Rambo Connection; Lee Cronin’s Michael; Trivia Newton John; the Boerne Colonoscopy; Palm H’or Douveres; The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and Grogu; the Male Gays; Wet for Dreyfuss; I’m Feeling a Little Swoozie Kurtz Here; See You Linklater
Laurie reports that they almost skipped Capitol Reef (a park I’ve not heard of!) but they are glad they didn’t because they ended up really liking it.
Sara sends good vibes from Boise, where she got the postcard (it came in a set) at a Hallmark Store near her mom’s house.
She also remarks that she doesn’t see Hallmark stores as much anymore.
Indeed. I had to google to find out where the closest Hallmark stores to me are. The answer: two in Vancouver, one in Hillsboro, and one at Clackamas Town Center.
There were two within throwing distance growing up in Boise. One at Overland Park Plaza, and one at Hillcrest Plaza. I spent a lot of time in both.
Burt and Laurie are visiting national parks on their vacation, and this was their first visit.
Laurie reports that they purchased a National Park Passport. “You know how I get about passports!” she says.
I do, as I believe they have completed their third McMenamin’s Passport.
Also, I made this Zentangle.
Who doesn’t love a calculator pun?
Sara reports a quiet weekend and their their new roommates have moved into the renovated basement.
Also, I made this Zentangle.
There has been square dancing drama, and a new square dance group has come into my life: Fun Squares. On this night, we visited the Happy Hoppers in Vancouver for their anniversary dance. We elected to wear polka dots, and, as you can see, look great.
It was a big turnout and a crowded floor and some good dancing.
Cousin Ron visited LA (no Disney) with his youngest child, and I got this awesome postcard.
I could follow in their footsteps and have a very good trip. They toured Warner Bros. and Paramount studios, hiked Griffith Park, did a 3-hour bike ride, and attended the Rose Bowl Flea Market.
Sounds like a great trip!
