Kubota Gardens was better than I remembered. and we almost had the place to ourselves.
Friday, February 14, 2020
show time.
Kubota Gardens was better than I remembered. and we almost had the place to ourselves.
clutter stuff
excerpts from a good book: Clutter's last stand
We all want to cherish a good memory or experience forever, but preoccupation with physical reminders can lead us to live in the past. One of the toughest and most necessary things in the world for growth and happiness is to release our hold on things, places, and people we've outgrown. Too many people never grow and gain expanding new experiences because they cant' see the wisdom of releasing old ones. Junk crowds out new life.
Should we choose to spend our lives collecting and storing artifacts, we will find ourselves … wandering past the precious moment of life at hand. Holding fast to the unneeded and unused - no matter how valuable it once was - will crowd out the capacity for new and greater accomplishments.
Dejunking will make room for more living. When you stop dragging the skeletons of the past, the one-was or once-did, with you, you'll have more freedom. Free yourself from clutter when what you are giving to it outweighs what you are gaining from it.
When it comes to keepsakes, ask only one question: For whom are you keeping it? Who is the documentation for - you? You don't need proof - you experienced it. Meaning isn't kept in things, but in memory. Keep a good memory of something. it costs nothing to keep.
I got some good momentum to cleanse. I'm not done yet. but I did some hard cleansing. it was a good thing to do.
e cleansed an art piece that bit the dust.
love B's kale salad
We all want to cherish a good memory or experience forever, but preoccupation with physical reminders can lead us to live in the past. One of the toughest and most necessary things in the world for growth and happiness is to release our hold on things, places, and people we've outgrown. Too many people never grow and gain expanding new experiences because they cant' see the wisdom of releasing old ones. Junk crowds out new life.
Should we choose to spend our lives collecting and storing artifacts, we will find ourselves … wandering past the precious moment of life at hand. Holding fast to the unneeded and unused - no matter how valuable it once was - will crowd out the capacity for new and greater accomplishments.
Dejunking will make room for more living. When you stop dragging the skeletons of the past, the one-was or once-did, with you, you'll have more freedom. Free yourself from clutter when what you are giving to it outweighs what you are gaining from it.
When it comes to keepsakes, ask only one question: For whom are you keeping it? Who is the documentation for - you? You don't need proof - you experienced it. Meaning isn't kept in things, but in memory. Keep a good memory of something. it costs nothing to keep.
I got some good momentum to cleanse. I'm not done yet. but I did some hard cleansing. it was a good thing to do.
e cleansed an art piece that bit the dust.
love B's kale salad
snow and sewing
We returned home and opened Christmas cards, including a fun package from our C cousins.
I jumped into helping with the costumes for Shrek Jr., the school play. E and I discovered that felt doesn't fray, and E is enjoying this fabric- new to us.
9 tree skirts. the 7 "deciduous" skirts were fun. the evergreens required hand sewing each branch, and those 2 took a long time.
Ms C stopped by to visit :)
snow days! a couple of late starts and one day cancelled.
E and I both sewed away. he's now selling pencil wear and necklaces.
he was a good sport to let me try on all these pieces for sizing. This is the bishop's tabard.
E and I made Daddy apple turnovers with leftover philo dough.
a patch on child ogre's goodwill pants
3 mouse bodies - goodwill sweatshirts, fleece circles and stuffed knit tails.
peasant tops for papa and child ogre
tweaked a previous production's peter pan vest
adding tails to rat bodies, ties to mouse hoods, making one rat hood, and one bonnet.
I jumped into helping with the costumes for Shrek Jr., the school play. E and I discovered that felt doesn't fray, and E is enjoying this fabric- new to us.
E and I both sewed away. he's now selling pencil wear and necklaces.
E and I made Daddy apple turnovers with leftover philo dough.
a patch on child ogre's goodwill pants
next time we need a peasant blouse, use this pattern. the one that she gave me in the first place instead of trying to meld 4 different online tutorials.
Monday, February 10, 2020
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Montezuma Castle National Monument
On our way back to Phoenix, we stopped at Montezuma Castle, a cliff dwelling of the native Sinagua people.
it was a great Christmas holiday vacation with our family.
a couple other things
a delicious salad
I have mixed feelings about how much sleeping happened on vacation, but hey, I didn't get sick.
it was a great Christmas holiday vacation with our family.
a couple other things
a delicious salad
Palatki Heritage Site
We drove on a rough gravel road to visit the Palatki Heritage Site, where we saw Sinagua cliff dwellings and pictographs from every native culture to ever occupy the Verde Valley.
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