Yeah, yeah—it’s hot. Like, record-breaking hot. Whatever.
This has been a weird week. I started by buzzing off about 95% of my hair, which was already pretty short to start. It’s not shaved short, but it’s definitely as close as I’ve ever come. What can I say? I work in the garden, with a hat, and a sweat band, and gloves—and what I do to protect myself from the sun and the bugs makes me even hotter and more miserable, and completely sweaty. I just had one soaking wet head too many, so off came the rest of the hair. On the plus side, I sweat much less when I’m outside. Minus: now my straw garden hat is too loose. It’s always something…
My new art group meets tonight, to alter bottles. I told everyone I’d bring collage sheets, because I have a ton of label-themed sheets. Then, for some reason, I decided I should finish up all the label sheets in my pending folder, in time for tonight. So, I have four brand-spanking new sheets to share this evening. I just packed a box to take with me, with extra bottles for those who have posted that they don’t have one—and then, I walked around the house, and picked up one of every type of altered bottle I have, to use as show and tell. It’s a crazy assortment. My latest addition is a mayo jar that’s been colored like a vintage blue mason jar, and has a solar light attached to the lid. Yes, I’m making my own solar lamps for the garden. That’s how many glass jars I have to spare…
At the last group meeting, I went for a walk with Jane, to explore the Indian grocery store a few doors down from our meeting spot. While we were gone, they other ladies decided they liked my Little Fat Gluebook idea, and wanted to do a swap of some 4×6 cards. I missed the explanation, but since I knew the size, and that the theme is HOT (go figure), I made this set of cards. Now I’ve heard that we can use any media, so I might do another set with my garden photos and some pastels. Or not.
Maybe altered bottles next. We’ll see what happens…