cALiFoRniA

Thank you my wonderful

angels and fairies

and universe.

What treasures abound

for me.

: )

xx

wEiRd pAtH

I've missed a week.

Where did it go?

Some paths are weird.

They can swallow a week.

Sometimes something

about the weirdness

is cool.

There are always some parts

that are cool.

It's supposed to be summer.

Man, I hope

that we don't miss

summer again this year.

One good thing is

that my gardens

aren't ready yet,

so my plants

aren't on fire.

: )

I have a dream

it's in my garden.

I'm calling for

my fairies and angels.

Will you come

for my dream?

Namaste, universe.

Ms. iN tHe PiNk

have a heart
In 1991 after returning

to the big rock

from NYC,

I began my own business

and started to design

"funky green clothing".

That was my business motto.

People didn't get it.

I was a little ahead of my time.

: 0 )

I made tags for my designs

out of torn paper bags

that I stamped

"funky green clothing".

One lady said at a craft fair

boy, you sure went all out

with these.

humf.

Now I'm thinkin'

I may revive

my

"funky green clothing"

line

and that people

will get it

this time.

Soon,

I hope to sell online.

These pics are of a purse I designed

and made

 from

a pair of black leather pants

and a pink curtain

(the wrong side

-the satin side-

of the fabric : ).

: )

It's for sale.

It's an original.

klozhausfunk@gmail.com

Love with all your heart

and if it breaks

glue it back together

with more love

~from within.

aRtiSt tRaDiNg cArD

This is another ATC I made for my
"Women's Work" series for the

Maywork show a while back.

How does it speak

to you?

Text from Erma

Bombeck.

: )

sTuFF

If you have been watch-

ing my blog

then you probably know

what this is a pic of.

A different view

of those lovely

pieces of concrete curb

soon to become

beautiful benches.

And they are sitting

beside my new square garden.

If you can find a way

to have

Faith

Love

Hope &

Charity

toward yourself

and to others

then you have

it made.

mY viEw

This is the view from the side of my house.

The side that is getting the new garden

with the concrete benches,

and the crazy patchwork patio.

; )

Also, the side of the house

with no windows.

I'm workin' on that!!

It's a gorgeous view.

xx

rEcYcLeD cOnCrEtE

Here is the infamous pile of broken concrete
where it was dumped
I plan to build garden beds
and benches with it.
: )
Here is the new pile

after it was sorted.

This took 4 hours of brain power

using simple machines

like ropes/pulleys/poles

a dolly

and manpower (literally).
yay!!

These are the pieces

slated to become benches.

You can see two of the many rollers,

on top of them,

that were used to move

these heavy babies..

This stuff looks pretty cool stacked.

mOrE MiNi LoOm

On the loom
Off the loom

before steaming
After steaming...

wow, shrinking unevenly

before

my very eyes...

Interesting, weird,

unexpected,

but like other weirdness

it's a process

on a road to somewhere...

: )

hOt sHeeT!

I found something like interfacing
on a roll for the kids
to build designs on
and we tried it today.

Here I have applied color to it

with crayons

and then ironed the wax off

Today we worked on hand stitching embroidery
Mine turned out to be a heart

This is on the fresh sheet today.

Yay, I got to post something

on the day I made it!!

: )

nEw "bLoSSoM"

This is my New garden.

It is inspired by

the four square garden

my friend Deb has.

She found the design

in Harrowsmith magazine.I am going to name

the garden "Blossom"

because I started it

when the apple tree

in the centre

was in full bloom.

It looks like I may
have a LOT
of apples this year. : )

Here are some of the plants

waiting in pots

to go into

my new garden...

thank you

universe.

ReCyCLe

I recycle a lot! Sometimes it is a lot of work. I see it as kind of a trade-off... I work for money and I buy new stuff, or I spend my time recycling things that have already been bought, and re-use them. These containers are recycled salad "clam-shell" containers. I managed to get a grocery store to save them for me when the greens had past their expiration date. They are great containers. They stack well, and they are clear. I use them in my studio to store all my sewing and fibre art notions. I have them labelled and alphebetized.

Here are a bunch of the lids.

I take all the labels off and wash them before I put stuff in them.

It's a labor of love.
For the planet.
heart

KiD's sHoW

The kid's named their show

ART- Awesome Righteous Trevor

Trevor is the Fibre Arts class's

shape shifting mascot

I think the work in the show is great!

I'm really proud and honoured

to be facilitating

a space for their creativity

to happen.

: )

cAgEd oR FrEe

I know this squirrel is out of focus

but he was pretty hard to capture...

I can feel that my heart is becoming free

once again

my health will return

my garden beckons me

and I reply with inspiration,

and hope

thank you universe.

namaste

SiNg YoUr HeArT oUt

This is the entrance to an old monastery

I'm guessing that some singing may have happened here

anyway, I like the shot

I've been singing

and I made my debut

along with 100+ other voices

at the Port Theatre recently

in a gospel/world music choir.

Quite the experience!

I will hold the good.

always try to hold the good

be an optimist

love all.