Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Tuesday? What happened to Monday?

It's starting to happen--- I am losing track of time. I spend hours in the dye studio and don't come up for air unless absolutely necessary. Here are my dye bottles poised and ready to go. Do I sound as if I am complaining? I'm actually blissfully happy.
I did have to go get food today and knew enough to change my pants and put on real shoes.
Yesterday, right in the middle of dyeing a silk veil, I pulled the red cap off the turquoise dye bottle and tasted something salty, so I wiped my tongue on my shirt sleeve- you guessed it! Turquoise spit. I tried to quickly wipe my teeth and then forgot about it until I needed to get ready to go to a meeting. Picture this- turquoise teeth and gums! Holy cow! I brushed but there was still some left so I just decided not to smile too big or laugh too loudly. No one seemed to notice.

Here is how my sink looked when I punched the clock and left this afternoon. I'll deal with it tomorrow.


Here are some of the veils covered for the night. Tomorrow I dye the rest and rinse and hang them somewhere...maybe it will be sunny out and they can go on the line. Maybe. And...the four bolts of silk velvet arrived. As soon as these veils are done, the next project begins- the purple acoustical panels. Are you in with me or are you going to sit this one out? I could use some cheer leading. This and my QU classes are the only contact I have with the outside world. Send chocolate and be sure to let me know how Jack Bauer does guarding the president of the United States. He only has 24 hours to fix this horrible crisis in the White House and I'm starting to worry....no wait minute...that's a TV show, right????

3 comments:

bognar said...

M - you love being in the zone and working on all these great projects!! I'm jealous that your worst problem this week is rainy weather (it was 14-degrees this morning--up from Monday's 9), and our high will hit 36. At least the sun is shining, and we are all starting to feel human.

It's starting to warm up enough in the basement for me to start cutting fabrics and fibers and think about dyeing. These projects have been so much fun to watch. I especially love the velvet, so elegant and rich.

Now don't get too obsessed with work and keep taking your breaks and get some exercise!!

Lee

Louise Thompson Schiele said...

Could you pick a more soggy week to do your dye work??? "Sun" isn't even in the weather guys vocabulary this week or next...oh well, looks like your working your way through it anyway. Love all the color.

Marjie said...

ha! The show must go on regardless of the weather. I think I see some sun!!!

Thanks for looking!