Today, I Dyed

Today I managed to wash two loads of laundry and hang them on the line.

I walked through the yard and kicked the heads off the blow-y dandelions.

Then, I had to come in to take a nap.

When I woke up from my nap I spread a lovely even coat of matte medium inside two of my sewing machine drawers.

Then, I made two separate kinds of very strong tea and set about dying.

Oh, that cheese cloth is looking good.

Dying is hard work.

I took a nap after I hung it all on the line to dry.

I napped while listening to last night's "The Office".

I watched "Signing Time" also, even though there wasn't anyone here to jump up and down and tremble with excitement about it.

The highlight of the day was when a book arrived in the mail from Mel, who thought about me when she saw it. Isn't that the coolest thing? Mel, my favorite writer in the entire universe sent me a book. A GREEN book.

The next highlights were when Oldest Son called to say that he and his lovely wife would be coming for the weekend. I am thrilled.

Youngest Son also stopped by, to pick up his check. I guess until he changes his address we will be seeing him on check day.

Daughter came for coffee this morning. I actually made the coffee and didn't have any. Coffee still sounds gross to me. I wonder how long this will last? I'm enjoying the fact that I do not smell like coffee 24/7. Today I smelled like laundry and tea. Not such a bad thing.

So, I've gathered the elements for one of my sewing machine drawer shadow boxes, but I just cannot decide what goes and what stays. I think I might become a maker of temporary shadow boxes.

Who says I can't have my cake and eat it, too?