EEA Team Etsy Eco Art

I've become a member of EEA team, Etsy Eco Art.
Each member seeks to depict the natural world through their own unique visionary style.

Red Bird on Branch painting

45" x 20"
Finally done. I've been working on this for months. Read that as: I've been working on and off on this and putting it off for weeks at a time for months ;)

But I'm happy with it.

Workshop days...

3.5 inch tall knitted whatsit kitty

'Pendragon'

I had several custom alien orders to get out this week. Sometimes though, you also have to make or finish a few other things hanging about to get into 'process mode.' A few pictures of some of those process creations.

Two unhappy days with hives

On Saturday afternoon something happened at work, still not sure what, that started me going on a semi-severe allergic reaction. I had bright red and pink hives spreading out from my neck, down my shoulders, up the side of my face etc... Benadyrl from an ER doctor put it down for about six hours then it continued it's march across my face, arms and stomach. Everywhere the rash spread cleared up four to eight hours, leaving only a slightly reddened surface behind. The rash continued in an 'orderly' downward and outward spread from the original point. That was actually the most confusing part, that it was so regular in pattern. I went to my doctor on Monday morning. She gave me a steroid shot. The hives have mostly subsided now but it was definitely something I don't want to happen again. Doctor couldn't explain the cause of it. She said most cases like this if the person doesn't know themselves what triggered it a doctor can't pinpoint the cause without allergic reaction tests. The pattern of spread was 'systemic', something following the bloodstream?

Esme's two front teeth

Esme at 9 months...


Two bottom teeth!


Fuzzy headed after a bath and grinning

On My Desk

It's Friday, so it's a little late for this. But then, I've been working and haven't posted an 'On My Desk' for a while! Lately I've been covering two departments at the same time every night of the week, closing shift which includes putting away the freight truck while cleaning the areas up and serving the customers at the same time... and that was wearing on me some. Mostly I like my job - just that shift 5 nights in a row with nobody else in my department was getting to me a little. I had today off and start all over again tomorrow.

On My Desk is: Four unfinished mousebears for Kara, and several knitted dishcloths. Also some new fabric and yarn.

So why all the dishcloths? I've finally told my mom that we are going to visit in September. So there is a little anxiety there... Now I mostly knit when I've got something brewing on my mind -- and this is one of those occasions, even if it is mostly subconscious brewing.

Read all three of the Little Fuzzy books again. Love that series. Also have another book by H.Beam Piper 'Uller Uprising' which I had not even heard of before. But then, I wasn't really looking for non-Fuzzy books at the time I was reading him.

Baby Notes : Esme has two teeth now. She has learned to clap her hands, although she still sometimes misses ;) She is trying to 'fall forward' onto things when going from one cruising surface to the other, which is closer to trying to take a step! She is also saying 'kee' every time she sees Pogo cat, which is her version of 'kitty' :)