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.

oN A rOaD

Were on a road

to nowhere...la la la

no actually

I'm just so grateful

for my friends

the angels

that I sometimes

forget are there

it's been so good

to have had them

the last few days

when my road was

obliviated by the idiocy

of another.

Thank you kind angels

my health will return

as will my heart.

love you.

: )

FreAkiSh

Some people just behave

in very weird ways.

this sometimes

interferes with our happiness,

but only if we let it.

And then maybe there

is another side to their

life that we just don't see.

And maybe, most likely

they don't see it either!!!

check out this link to see what I mean...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfeXxkbgCVE

ya gotta love others.

bOOtsY

BurLap BootS

Wouldn't get ya

very far.

Mama says

wear sensible

shoes.

Or not.

: )

RuStY

Rusty Rooster heart

sculpture

StaRRy EyE

intimacy-

in-to-me-see

love

xx

KaRmiC ShiFt

the eye of the storm

clarity is key

vision needs to be clear

go within

speak your truth

honour yourself

trust yourself

love

mAgiC

Today I would like to be in this building

(the Chrysler Building, NYC)

to look out at all the twinkling lights

(it's my fav)

the city vibe

(professional people)

the energy

(dreams)

the possibilities...

(hold on)

Today my day sucked

(soul drain)

trying to fly like an eagle

(walking the walk)

lately surrounded by turkeys.

(gobble gobble)

There's a major karmic shift

(swirl)

rumbling

(bump bump)

and I'm almost done with this...

(whosh)

One day...

(freedom)

I'm grateful for my angels

(love)

and puzzled by those I

(love betrayed)

thought were friends.

(truth)

Grateful for the wisdom

(owl)

to know

(who who)

the difference.

(b & w)

Love those that you like

(hold them tight)

and try to love

(really try to love)

the rest.

Thank you universe.

Namaste

xx

FuR rOsEs

These are roses made out of fur

I didn't make 'em

but they're cool

beautiful

I saw 'em at

Grand Central Station

NYC

at a Christmas Sale.

I have a box of recycled fur...

hmmm.

They're wintery.

I started putting away

my winter clothes today

and taking out my spring & summer

clothes.

How nice, it's still May.

Last year I didn't get my winter stuff put away

till July.

A sign of better things to come?

I hope 'cause I had one heck

of a lousy day today.

You know one of those days when

the jerks seem to be around you.

I was good. I got away from them!!

whew.

xx

MiSS PiGGy & FiSh FaCe

sometime opposites attract

AND

love can come

in some pretty

weird desguises!

I found MiSS PiGGy

in a ditch

and my brother

fished it out for me

when we were on

a walk.

: )

DiRtPiLe

This is a pile of dirt,

it's in my front yard,

and one day,

it will become something,

--beautiful.

: )

PaThWaYs

create pathways

to places you want to go

then love the journey

xx

NuRtuRe LoVe

Sometimes

the moments go by and

they don't come back

treasure and nurture

your love

: )

GaRdeN DeSiGn

Design and creativity come thru

in many areas of my life...

: )

LoVe BuTToNs

my second mosaic

: )

SunRise

My first mosaic

: )

iF YoU cOuLd SeE mE nOw

This is the side of my yard...or should I say this is what the side of my yard USED TO look like!!

OMG, it looks completely different now!

I'm a landscape architect!

Who knew!

Yikes!

What a LoT of WORK

I am ready to get over a ToN

of reclaimed concrete

curb and cutter,

to be used for

benches,

lifted onto a prepared

raised area

(the high area)

that has been carefully

carved ito

the slope.

There are new gardens

and there will be

a crazy patch patio

of reclamed concrete

sidewalk.

And there's a view of

the snow capped

Mt. Arrowsmith.

: )

(the concrete saga continues!!)

oNe BluE eYe

I made this funny face with the last of some cement I was pouring one day...

I don't know why I love concrete

but I do

My stepfather had a cement mixer

I think I was fascinated by it

but he never used it

and I never learned anything about it

Right now I am cooking up a project

in my gardens

and it involves about a ton

of concrete

as soon as I can upload some pics

I will post more on the

concrete story

: )

FuNkY mEsH hOw-tO

Take some plastic mesh onion bags...

tear some leftover fabric from a prom dress into strips...

find the hole you ripped to get the onion out...

thread some beads on some crochet cotton...

crochet a design with beads

inside the hole to look like a spider's web

or an ankh cross...

thread a length of the torn fabric strips into a bodkin

and stitch around the hole with it...

thread lengths of torn fabric strips into a bodkin...

many times...

and weave and stitch through the mesh...

until you have something you like...

then love it.