November 4, 2007 – red paper boat

A Prune by Any Other Name

November 4, 2007November 7, 2015 Shelly

Do the Sunsweet folks really think that tarting up prunes in little cellophane wrappers and calling them dried plums is going to fool people into thinking they aren’t prunes? And who in their right mind thinks that wrapping pieces of fruit in plastic is a good idea? It’s second in bozocity only to individually wrapped tea bags. What a waste!

In other news, it’s laundry day, and The Shadow only knows whether or not one or both or neither washing machine will actually work. And, if they work, will they continue to do so for the entire wash and rinse cycles?

It’s a another beautiful day, though, so I shouldn’t be wasting time complaining. The sun is out, the sky is impossibly blue and cloudless, it’s not too warm (but warm enough for a lone hornet to be dive-bombing my studio window), and DST is finally over for the year.

Yay.

(Photo: a composite of four photos I took yesterday while out in Owen County. This was the view from the fire pit, looking across to the state forest. The fire pit itself being the source of the nifty burned copper leaf in one of yesterday’s photos.)

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Leaves Underwater

November 4, 2007November 7, 2015 Shelly

Near the edge of the pond, where the water is shallow, you can see layers of leaves covering the bottom.

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Stones and Seeds

November 4, 2007January 16, 2016 Shelly

I think I might be done tinkering for the time-being. I’ve been trying to find a WordPress theme that’s been ported to Coppermine that I can stand to live with. Just about every one I’ve tried has been broken in some way or other. The blog template doesn’t work in IE, or the gallery portion has fatal errors. It’s been frustrating, but for once, I would like a set of towels and washcloths that match, dammit! If you know what I mean.

So, as much as I’m not really keen on using someone else’s artwork right out of the box, I think this one will do for now. It’s not too ugly, it matches, and it works in IE. Hallelujah!

Of course, this theme does not in any way match my website proper, but I’m refusing to think about that right now.

Fragment of Seed Pod

Hole in Stone

Quartz Crystal

I’m not sure what the heck that thing in the top photo is. It could be bone, it could be a tooth, or it could be a weird piece of a seed pod. I just really can’t tell. Ms. Lea may know, though, being as it was sitting on a stump by her front porch. I meant to ask her, but got sidetracked.

I also meant to snag the burned out guts to the wacky polyester-fabric-and-copper-leaf circuit board. They were very cool, and would be a nifty addition to a collage or three.

And, dear lord, if the stompy girls get any more stompierierier, they’re going to bring down the staircase. My computer table is directly on the other side of the wall, and they’ve been running up and down the damned thing (the staircase, not my computer table, though it’s just about the same difference) for the last ten minutes. Aieee!

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