Well I upgraded something on my computer and it won't let me upload any photos, so until I get that worked out, you'll have to use your imagination and I will have to be very descriptive!
Fortunately I do not have anything Quilty to show you.
I have been diligently spending an hour in my office each day, clearing out old stuff. I spent two days going through the contents of one file drawer, sorting what I wanted to keep, and shredding a lot of personally identifiable very old stuff. I have gone through three drawers of the bureau and got rid of maybe 50 pens and a dozen highlighters. I've cleared out the container I use for tubes of wrapping paper and discovered that something sticky had fallen into the container and some of the items in it were covered in whatever it was. Now that's been sorted and the container has been cleaned.
I have asked a friend to recommend a local art teacher so I can donate some old art books, and I've sorted those.
I've gone through the shelves in my bookcase and removed what I no longer want.
I'm putting all the old electronic devices in one pile so I can get rid of them all at the same time.
I've decided to donate the painting easels I have to the college where I got my degree. I'll call them tomorrow to see if they are interested in receiving these items and find out when I can drive over and deliver them.
I've done a lot of work and the room still looks messy! No real surprise there, though.
I really enjoyed the Men's Final between Jannick Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open Championships at Roland-Garros on Sunday. It was a tense five set match that lasted over five hours. I worked on a jigsaw puzzle (that I can't show you) while I listened.
I've got the studio clean enough so I can start adding the binding to the brown Kangamangus quilt. I'll "watch" television as I sew.
Speaking of which, I have discovered a terrific show on Amazon Prime Video. It's called Extraordinary Portraits. Artists are paired with sitters and do their portrait. We hear about the sitter and the artist. They get to know each other and a portrait is created. Now if you are an artist, like me, and you used to specialize in portraits, as I did, this is fascinating stuff. You may not be so interested, but I have loved watching. I'm going to hate for it to be over.
I'm not done with Vera. I only watch one episode each day (kind of tough to watch more in one sitting) and I'm up to season 11. I've already watched seasons 13 and 14, but I will re-watch them when I get there.
I've really been enjoying Colleen Cambridge's mystery series. Both of them. She has one where here protagonist is Agatha Christie's housekeeper and the other is a friend of Julie Child, back when Julia was studying cooking in France. I'm all caught up with both, and only recently figured out that both series are the result of the same author. The first of the Phyllida Bright one is Murder at Mallowan Hall, and the other is Mastering the Art of French Murder.
That's it for now.
4 comments:
I was happy to see Colleen Cambridge mentioned in your blog post. I have enjoyed her series also. You do not list the one with Abraham Lincoln as the important character, and I really enjoyed that one! She writes under C. M. Gleason, and one of the books (there are 3) is called Murder at the Capitol. I hope you enjoy this next series of three.
Sorting and deciding, it all takes time, and the decisions about what to keep or dispose of maybe takes the longest. I tend to have 3 piles, keep, give away and get rid of, then look at them the next day to make sure I don't dispose of anything I might really need.The tennis, Jannik was, from what I saw, a gracious runner up, not like the women's final. They must have stamina that I cannot imagine , and gets called on in such huge amounts.
Just keep on keeping on . . . the stuff never seems to stop coming (sigh).
I think you'd enjoy Rediscovering Black Portraiture by Peter Brathwaite. He recreates historic paintings by staging his own tableaus (tableaux?)--sometimes with quilts. I've been retired 11 years and still don't have enough time to do everything I'd like to do, let alone many things I ought to do.
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