July 1, 2022

once upon a time and long ago,i made lotsa postcard size art to mail .it gave me an opportunity to experiment and work in a way that suited my short attention span.So at a retreat decade ago, i made some sketches of a figure i came to call Seaweed Sue. i have a friend that manages this vintage beach houses and allowes a group of ladies that love to make things with fabric, a wonderful places to camp indoors on the sea shore.  we stay one or two nights or were day trippers. We shared meals, stories, laughter andmany days of swimming and rolling up on the beach after being tossed there by a wave. collecting lotsa sand in your swimsuit

....a cause more laughter. later i sketched some ideas into pencil and paper, later to cloth and paint and later sewn and quilted. i made these two   postcards to exchange with online artistic friends, Linda in Manahattan and Kate in Texas. they helped me start this blogging hobby i still enjoy. i admire those who can post often and have much wisdom and humor to share. i do well if i get one a month posted.my world has gotten smaller and i have less to share. i have less as i do less.i read a lot and find sometime just the daily maintenance takes as long as it takes.many doors close as one gets up in the years. any moment i will turn 78 and that is big number. i think we feel much younger than the number on your expired drivers license that need to be renewed every 2 years now. Be well, laugh when you can, especially at yourself and make art from the heart if you are so inclinded. that is so much better than housekeeping to me!!!!! sonja

Moondance November

In the Northern hemisphere

the  moon has several names depending on your tribe: Hunter’s Moon, Frosty Moon,
 Beaver Moon .

 This morning after too much food celebrating  of Thanksgiving yesterday,

 i awoke at O dark thirty to watch the frosty moon about to set .

Early in the morning dawn, the moon of November 23,2018  will  eventually set into the clouds

See that path  the moon light makes upon the water? (the sun does this a well).

 i am curious what word or words  are used to call this  wonderful nature happening.

 JESSE SHEIDLOWER, an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, reported that the word requested already exists: moonglade. I also found  a synonymous word moon wake. I have attempted to capture this effect in paint. i will keep trying to do it

 with fabric strips sewn together.

So do  you recall the song by Van Morrison called Moon Dance...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo3JznMhpWc

It goes ...."it's a marvelous night for a moondance..."

 I believe it was published in 1970 and ya know what? It still stands the test of time!

 brilliant excellent composition and execution why its a classic

and tried by many mastered by very few.

I am thankful for magic of music, that i can remember it even the first time i did 
and what and where and who  was there 

 and how it transports and  also gives rise to memories of younger times for me.

Thanksgiving is so filled with memories,  especially when we smell the fragrances,  prepare or eat the classic foods we are used to that our parents served and that we have adapted

 and tweaked  through the years.....  especially the cranberry sauce! 

be well, sonja