Tornado warnings

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Tuesday morning update: we were fortunate that none of the tornadoes touched down in our area, but apparently it was a close call as rotating clouds were photographed over our neighborhood. Sadly, many others in Central Texas weren’t as fortunate, but at least it appears to be limited to property damage with no reported deaths or serious injuries.

Monday evening:

There have been multiple tornado warnings in our area … one tornado currently active.

We’re fine … will keep you posted.

Round Rock … half an hour north of us …

Ephemera on the equinox

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I have been stuck … unable or unwilling to summon the creative energy to launch a new project.

So the other day I decided to simply make a patchwork in perspective, inspired by this post by Jude Hill.

When Don asked what I was making, I had to answer that I honestly didn’t know. Until I realized I was making a prayer flag for Ukraine …

which I hung on the wind vane in our back yard, along with a few words that I stitched onto bits of cloth.

As I stitched more little flags, I thought of the recent journey that our daughter’s friend, Kendall Antonelli made to Nepal … of the images she posted on Facebook as she and her family scattered her father’s ashes in the places he had known and loved. What especially caught my eye were her pictures of prayers flags and prayer wheels and the intense colors of Holi.

All of that became my intention to stitch prayers of peace, love, and hope for Ukraine and all the world …

the blue cloth is from Hazel at Handstories
the tag is from Nancy at Pomegranate Trail

And while sun and wind will dis-integrate them over time, the following explanation of Tibetan prayer flags from Wikipedia made me smile …

I guess I had a project in me after all.

Making and doing

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The Looking Up patches continue apace … here are the first three weeks in February, along with my new 2022 calendar from Saskia …

Don’s been getting the back garden ready for spring and beginning to put up some of the assemblage yard art from the Hill Country house (note: this is a panoramic image which is why everything looks bowed … the lot is actually about 65’ across) …

Parker helped create a new piece (click to see full images) ..

We also did some doodling and drawing together, inspired by a class recommended by Deb G. P took hers home, but here’s one of mine (with more to come) …

Meanwhile, Jace was busy in St Louis doing his own doodling in a Mo Willem’s book we sent him for Valentine’s Day …

And “poof” … there went February (well, almost).