7 am
Just got
up. I actually stayed up quite late getting kind of obsessed with looking up,
or I should say trying to find information on Martha Moody Atkins, Grandpere’s
mother. I did finally find her birthdate and that she was married in 1880. That
was the relatively easy part. It would be interesting to find out when she
died, but I have no idea where she went when she left the family, if she kept
her married name, exactly when that happened. Do they keep records of divorce
the same way they record marriages? Did they even get divorced, or did she just
leave and eventually die and that is when Edward remarried. Hmm. I also did not
exactly make the connection between Hannah Williams, Martha’s mother and Paul
Moody. Well, I hope I can keep myself from obsessing over it all day today. Too
many other things to do.
We got
back here from the farm around noon. I first had to deal with the dog who had
pulled off his diaper and chewed up the urine-soaked pad as he is wont to do. I
told K he needs a pin on it every time. Of course with no diaper, he was dripping
all over the kitchen as he barked and barked at our arrival. So I had to clean up all that. Annoying. Especially
as the sponge mop we have is falling apart. I finally threw it away so we will
need to get a new one.
Once all
that was taken care of I managed to spin up a 1 ½ ounce bobbin of the blue
stuff. Nearly done with that which will be nice. I have gradually come to the
realization that one of my big motivators is “dealing with things,” “taking
care of what is in front of me.” So, in other words, if I have a big pile of
carded wool, it is satisfying to work my way through it. Or, as is true, a big
box of angora, or box after box of wool. I have been very good this year and
not purchased any fleeces. Still, it will probably take 10 years just to spin
through what I have. And I have done virtually no dyeing this year (just a bit
of natural solar – the jewelweed) but have just been using what I have already
dyed. Sort of sad to have “taking care of business” as a major inspiration. Another big inspiration is doing things to
avoid someone’s wrath. Like when I would clean like hell when I lived at the
farm and I knew someone was coming. I have actually gotten away from that one a
good deal. But I will still do a bunch of cleaning if I know that will avoid
confrontation with K or G. Or, maybe more commonly, I will do it if they get
mad at me about a lot of mess.
Speaking
of which, the basement is a disaster, so I do need to decide on the rest of the
rugs I want to make, and get rid of the rest of that fabric. I have noticed
that several of the rugs I made before were from t-shirts or turtlenecks, and
they came out fine, so I think I will use those colorful turtlenecks I have. I have
enough warp for about 10 rugs. Except that I told C she could make one, so she
will bring over her own rags. Other than that today, I will finish the other
bobbin for the blue and ply that, and I will cut up and perhaps cook some
rabbit. It is cloudy and a bit drizzly right now. I hope it gets on with it and
pours. I will need to do a good bit of laundry today, too, but may have to wait
on hanging it out.
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