In terms of momentum on my immediate quilting goals, it wasn't too bad of a hit. I lost all of the primo handwork time that comes with hanging out with the family at the holiday, but gained tons of home-sick-not-able-to-do-much-but-quilt time. I made plenty of progress, actually, especially on Saturday afternoon during the sad dismantling of the so-recently great University of Oregon football team.
Not a Quilt For My Sister!
Since we were going to be at her house, I had really hoped to get a picture this year of a quilt I made for my sister a few years back, but never adequately photographed. I was going to share it with you in this very post.
In its place, here's Kandinsky's 1923 painting Black and Violet.
Not a Family Tradition!
Not travelling to my sister's place also meant skipping the holiday tradition my mother and I have: waking at 5:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving Friday and going down to the local JoAnne's to take part in the early-morning sales. We've been doing this for six or seven years. Even now that I'm too snooty to buy much actual fabric at JoAnne's, there's still plenty of other stuff on major sale; in particular, I usually lay in a year's supply of batting.
My plan was to take a charming little photo montage of this yearly adventure and to post it here for posterity. Alas, because I was sick at home, it never happened. So, instead of a cute shot of Mom as the two of us sneak out of my sister's house, here's Whistler's famous Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Artist's Mother.
This was going to be a picture of the other shoppers lined up in the rain and dark! Instead, it's a picture of a Depression-era breadline.
Obviously, since I wasn't there, I couldn't ask anyone to take a shot of Mom and me together. In its place, here's a picture of actor George Clooney with his mother.
The crowds inside were one person fewer this year, but if they were anything like usual they likely looked something like the chaos and horror evoked by Picasso's masterpiece Guernica.
That's Not All!
Actually, it is. I'll be back with a real post, one of these days.
7 comments:
Since that wasn't a post I don't think I will comment - LOL!!
(Except I do hope you are feeling better soon!)
LOL Nice one! Hope you feel better soon.
i like how you write about your intent to write. :)
Sorry to hear you were sick. It is better to read something from you than nothing at all so thanks for the entertaining post.
This is not a comment. ;)
Hilarious! Being sick is totally the worst; you have my sympathies.
If that wasn't a post -- not sure this is a comment. I just had to say you missed out on the Joann's thing -- I'm with you on the fabric, but oh my -- the notions!
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