luxe

i spun some yarn and worked on some paintings today and then we took peep to the vet for her appt. we had to wait a while and peepp was not happy about it, poor girl. jake was very lovey with her, and fell asleep with his head on the carrier. yeah. anyway, there was a substitute vet who was really nice and takes a lot of time with everyone, hence the waiting. anyway, firstly, she told us that peeps has a fairly serious heart murmur, and was shocked that no one had ever told us that. it was a 3 on a scale of 1-6. she said it just needs to be monitored and it should be okay. odd. 11 1/2 and no one ever noticed? um. also, she said that she didn’t think peep had a blockage because her bladder wasn’t full, which i thought too because her bladder wasn’t tender if i felt around on her. so it is most likely just a UTI and she is on antibiotics for the next two weeks. it wasn’t until yesterday that i noticed that she is having a hard time peeing, it doesn’t seem to hurt her (i hope) but little or nothing comes out and usually she is peeing all over the place in large volume. i told jake that it is her way of expressing herself, it is like taking a paintbrush away from an artist. ha. anyway, she is eating and seems okay, hopefully she will stay that way. how about another cute peep shot?
how nice is this… natasha yarn? ah carrie, such a sweet lady…

i gave myself a headache from overdoing yesterday and today a bit, and managed to deal with it before butter and his cute girlfriend came over. we had some pizza and hung out and went to the bookstore where i got the new fiber arts magazine (yay!) and checked out some really gorgeous new books, including shannon’snew felt book and the secrets of rusty things which is an amazing book on the assemblages of michael de meng. i think some crafters might think it is a how-to book, although i guess if you were able to work with every medium concievable, it could be, it is more just to see his process, and what each piece is about and the amazing amount of process that goes into each piece. ah i love process. there is no faux technique that can kiss multiple process’ feet. i love labor intensive art. i just do. you can see it, feel it. it is a different animal. i love layers. layers and layers and layers. i am actually messing around with just that idea. i will take some process photos tomorrow, i swear.

i checked out this book also, which is really gorgeous. there is so much going on in every page that i don’t know if my brain would let me absorb much of it. again, it is meant to give you ideas, but isn’t really a how-to. just more about growing creatively.

okay. tired. sore hands. gah.

xo
n.