Hedgeburt

is a pincushion hedgehog

as is his pal Hank.

 

 They are handy but prickly.

Kiss them gently, hug them softly.

Hitching Post

I've yet to see a horse on the Eastside, but every now and again we come across a hitching post in front of an actual or the former location of a historic house. How useless it must feel!  Unless they tie their Jaguar or BMW to it. I always feel compelled to help, provide some purpose however small.  So I got myself hitched.

 

 It rather reminds me of the Barber Tree

with the lopped off top and winding follage.

WAIT!

I think I hear horses...

Nope. Just a galloping landscaping truck.  

Magic Happens

The day before Hurricane Bill passed through town we went for an extra long walk.  Once things get torrential I can go days without going outside.  But I love a good pre-storm build up, and want to be out in it. I feel the momentum gathering inside me.  We left a note for who ever made the lovely Tabor Tree garden.  We left it in a zip lock bag, thumb (she did that part) tacked to the stump. 

So it wouldn't be blown or washed away. 

On Sunday, safe inside another bag we found   

 

  

How wonderous and wonderful!

How many others recognize?  

How could they not?

The flowers and the vases are changed often.  

It is such a dear and well tended place.  

This white vase is a mug that lost its handle 

and found a new and bigger purpose.

Gladys Potter and her parents are surely marveling at it.

We are.

My Design Evolution

You might be wondering how a dog becomes a designer.
Let me tell you it doesn't happen overnight.
You have to practice your craft but just that is not enough.
You need to find times when your talents meet opportunity.
This is my progression


Step One: delicately remove all corners.
Let no pillow be spared!


Step Two: explore density, warp and woof on handmade quilts and tapestry.
Step Three: develop a perfect circle making technique.


Step Four: Make perfect circles through multiple layers.
Experience feathers and time in the crate to contemplate.


Channel interest and energy into production rather than destruction.


Fabulous!
This mod "La Dee Dots" print will be just wide enough
for that Great Dane in Chicago.