Yay! We finally have gotten some cooler and less humid weather here in the New Orleans area. Yesterday we went downtown to Lafayette Square to enjoy the music and food at the 4th annual Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival, and especially to see slide guitarist extrodinaire Sonny Landreth whom we always enjoy. I also especially enjoyed two new-to-me music artists: Luther Kent and Brother Tyrone. By that time, the sun was going down and getting colder. Not having worn more than T-shirts, we missed Buddy Guy who was performing in the last time slot of the evening.
And here’s my big purchase at the artists’ market at the festival — a hand-painted leather mask. I call it “instant face paint”. The leather is so soft and supple; hardly noticeable in the wearing, and the colors so brilliant that I instantly thought of face paint (except without the mess, lol). What fun!
Shipments for the new pattern release were really zipping along until the power went out yesterday! Double darn-it; it really reminds me/us of just how dependent we are on those little electrons! Sorry for delays to the shops. Things are back on course and the orders are on their way now.
I took off for a good part of the summer — Mainly it was to escape the excrutiating high temperatures and > 90% humidity, so our trips took us to the Colorado rockies in July (mildly cool and only 16% humidity – yay!) and to Vancouver, WA in August (fortunately just missed the heat wave; ‘hi’ to Ann and Bob of Elann – thanks so much for the wonderful dinner and company). Along the way, there was plenty of time to ‘smell the roses’ . I think we all owe it to ourselves to sometimes just escape and do something totally for ourselves. I am now feeling more energized and productive than I have in quite some time. We shall see how long this lasts before reality sets in, lol.
I am really pumped up about the new Tilli Tomas Symphony Kid Lace yarn. This yarn is a very soft brushed kid mohair plied with a soft glittery metallic thread and tiny glass seed beads.Tracy Robinson (owner and creative director of Tilli Tomas) asked me to design one-, two-, three-skein projects for this yarn. It’s been great fun to create designs that showcase this yarn.
Watch for these new HeartStrings patterns to be released soon: Lace and Cables Scarf, Lace Starlight Stole, and Put on the Glitz Shrug.
Sometimes those little sayings in fortune cookies are a little hokey. But sometimes not, as in this mindful truth from a cookie I opened today. I’d like to share with you:
“We find comfort among those who agree with us — growth among those who don’t.”
For those of you in the USA, have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Whatever makes up your holiday, I hope it is a grand day for you and yours. For those who have loved ones far away, I send hopes that you are reunited soon.For those who will be traveling during the holiday, I wish you safe journeys.For those who are cooking, I wish you enthusiastic clean-up crews.To those who are on clean-up detail, I wish you good luck in fitting all the leftovers into the fridge.
In keeping with the theme of “Taking Time to Smell the Roses”, my idea these days of Thanksgiving is to let someone else do the cooking. So my man-friend John and I will be heading down to the Thanksgiving buffet at Hotel Intercontinental. Bon Appetit!
Related Images:
Behind the scenes with Jackie E-S and life at the HeartStrings FiberArts studio.
