A Bit Of This And A Bit Of That... It's All About Being Organized... Right?

Besides the apples, I have been working. (Really I shouldn't have to justify myself but I always feel when I haven't been writing, that there's got to be a reason. Mostly it's because I'm in a spell of brain-farty-ness and I really haven't been able to come up with anything good to write about, but I'm going to say in the next sentence that it is because I've been busy... just watch!) I've been doing a little of this and a little of that and been quite busy trying to get things done. (See?) The apples have been keeping me busy as you know.  We seem to have apples and the baking from apples everywhere and I'm sick and tired of trying to find containers in which I can freeze apple juice concentrate. But there's a ton of apples to deal with yet though I do have to say that I was able to find someone to take about 25 lbs of them off my hands. That leaves me with 11 lbs of green apples and I still have a 20 lb garbage bucket of crab apples that Daughter #1 picked quite a few weeks ago. I'll never see the end of the apples and I'm even starting to dream about apples.

While I have been sitting on my duff waiting for the apples to cook, I have been weaving for the most part.  I have stopped working on the 50 hour project for my level 5 homework

These squares are woven with hand spun ramie and eventually will be a table cloth/runner.

and have begun to work on a shawl for the upcoming show at our local gallery. 

These diamonds are being woven with a sturdy worsted wool. 

I have been making plans for a few scarves as well. Most of the shawls and scarves that I made last year were given away for various reasons as gifts.  So I am left high and dry making things at the last minute as per usual. (What else is new... sigh!)

Then I've been getting this bizarre nesting instinct.  I have been wanting to take care of things in the house.  It all started when Mom's and Dad's hot water tank started to give problems.  I also wanted to move furniture around and make the house a more pleasant place to live.... I'm not sure but it may be that the temperatures are cooling down and I know that winter is not far away. My bedroom has been moved around and I'm looking at buying a new coverlet for our bed as well as new sheets. I would also like to get new window treatments for in there since it is several years since we bought bedding for our room and things are starting to look dreadfully shabby. I had thought of making a quilt but I'll be honest, time is not of the essence for a project like that.  Yesterday I got sick of looking at the ceiling lack of ceiling in the sunroom and so I got out all the tiles I had wood burned a few years ago and clear coated them... then when Teapot came home I got him to set me up with the air nailer (gotta love that tool) and I put them up... they look awesome even if I do say so myself.

I still have tons to do but the goal is to finish one tile a day until I get them all done.  I will need 132 tiles and I have 36 done. That leaves me with 96 to go... 96 days... that's not the end of the world.... right!? I should be finished some time in February give or take with problems that may arise.

Meanwhile level 5 is on hold for now. I have to get to the gallery opening and then level 5 will be on the go.

Then yesterday I got a brilliant idea.  I'm going to propose to my guild that we give to our sister guild next year shrunken heads. Now before you gasp in disgust they are not actually shrunken heads. They are felted heads but I have a couple and I hang them on my deck.

This one is felted....

This one is ceramic.

I  know it is weird but I love them... I intend on hanging them on trees coming in the driveway.... my intention is to make a whole bunch more.... (sorry... I can't help being weird, it's just who I am!!!)... but I thought they would be really cool gifts for our guild to make and then we could send them to our sister guild in Whales for Christmas.... I'm not sure what my fellow guild members will think but I guess I will find out.

So for today I plan on burning a tile.... weaving a block or two working on a shawl that I wove last year but never put together and getting ideas for shrunken heads and maybe even drawing a few.  I'm making bread as we speak... it's rising. And I have to cut and cook a pot or two of apples.... first things first I'll cut up the apples.  Then while they're cooking I'll get the pans ready for the bread and put on a movie.... then while I'm watching the movie I'll weave. By that time it will be lunch ti..... hmmm... I won't bore you with all that stuff...

So see ya... I'd better get to work and tackle all these jobs... maybe I really am busy after all! I hope your day is full of good things that keep you busy in a happy way.