Easter

Pastel, Weird Hair, and Upcoming Egg Cups

March 4, 2024 at 8:31 am by Claudia

I sometimes take part in a thing called Flat Lay Sunday, run by my friend Tania. Yesterday’s theme was Pastel. I only do it if I can come up with something quickly. In this case, I could. I went upstairs to the office and pulled 4 things I had on display, along with this quilt. And of course, Mabel, with the pastel pink hair. (She had been wearing red, so an outfit change was required.) And there you go!

Th quilt was one of the first I made and it remains a favorite.

We walked yesterday and we’ll probably walk again today as we have three days in a row of rain starting on Tuesday. But yesterday was glorious! Sunny, temperature in the sixties – everyone was out and about. It was truly lovely.

Don’s gigs went very well, especially the one on Saturday night. It was a new venue for him and it was packed with young people who were very appreciative. He fed off that energy and was pumped when he got home.

Speaking of Don, yesterday he came into the den and I started laughing because this is what I saw:

He’d been running his hands through his hair again and had no idea what he’d created.

Don Einstein? Don stuck his finger in a light socket?

I swear, it’s never the same way twice!

I have to wrap and pack an Etsy order this morning and get it to the post office, but that’s the extent of my errands for today.

I realized yesterday that Easter is on March 31st, so I suppose it’s time for a tour of the egg cups? Hurrah!

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

Where are the Fabric Eggs?

April 11, 2023 at 9:32 am by Claudia

A day off today and I really, really need it. Still not feeling well, with the added gift of allergies gone haywire. It’s all very frustrating and that’s all I’m going to say about that.

Adrian: Because of his complications during the transplant, he was under anesthesia for over 7 hours and it took a long, long time for him to come out of it. I can’t imagine how worried Margaret must have been. He is no longer intubated, but he is in incredible pain. So the next few days will be very hard. Margaret sounds exhausted. I can’t imagine she’s slept much at all. But the heart is working, thank God.

The very first thing Don and I prayed for was the family of the donor. That’s the difficult thing about this; getting a new heart means there has been a tragic loss of life.

So we wait and try not to pester Margaret. Just one update a day. Don waited until I got home last night to text her. And we pray for our friend.

I am so ready to end these commutes into the city. I’m sure that my feelings about that are impacted by my being sick, but I am SICK OF THE COMMUTE. Half the time, I have to kill an hour or two in the Times Square area because I am there early because of the bus schedule. Or I have to kill time before I can go home for the same reason. And then there’s the bus ride itself. Anyway, commuting into NYC lost its appeal years ago.

One more day. That means I won’t post tomorrow as I have to get up at 5 am in order to get into the city in time for a 10:30 am run-through. Next week, probably on Monday, I’ll drive to the theater in New Jersey for a dress/tech run-through and hopefully, that will be IT. I will say that everyone who works for the Paper Mill Playhouse has been generous and kind and extremely helpful. What a wonderful organization!

You’re probably wondering where the fabric Easter eggs were this year.

Here you go: