Lists of things: throw pillows

by | Feb 29, 2012 | Lists of things

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I really like pillows (and I can sew them pretty easily), I really like going to thrift stores and antique stores, and I really like bursts of color — especially on dark backgrounds.. from left to right, top to bottom:

1. My gigantic dark brown couch with a bunch of colorful pillows (including one of Ben Franklin.. don’t ask)
2. A handkerchief that I found at an antique store and sewed into a pillow (one dolluh)
3. I found this hand embroidered work of art in a dirty old frame at a thrift store (50 cents).. I took it out, cleaned it up and sewed it into a pillow.
4. This was a flour sack (although, a think it was more decorative than functional) that I found at an antique store for a buck and turned into a pillow.
5. This was a hand stitched dish towel that I found at a thrift store and sewed into a pillow.
6. I didn’t make this one, but it’s awesome. I found it at a thrift store for like 25 cents.

River Moons

by | Feb 29, 2012 | Inspiration, Photos

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Moon over Kansas, July, 2009

River Moons by Carl Sandburg
THE DOUBLE moon, one on the high back drop of the west, one on the curve of the river face,
The sky moon of fire and the river moon of water, I am taking these home in a basket, hung on an elbow, such a teeny weeny elbow, in my head.
I saw them last night, a cradle moon, two horns of a moon, such an early hopeful moon, such a child’s moon for all young hearts to make a picture of.
The river—I remember this like a picture—the river was the upper twist of a written question mark.
I know now it takes many many years to write a river, a twist of water asking a question.
And white stars moved when the moon moved, and one red star kept burning, and the Big Dipper was almost overhead.

Sugar City

by | Feb 28, 2012 | Photos

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I’m not sure a “city” could be any sweeter… Sugar City, CO, 2009, pop. 279.