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february 4, 2010
teeth and bones
teeth and bones
is that a strange thing to have a collection of?
i really don’t know. 
i have old watches, twisted and rusted pieces of wire, fortune cookies and three little metal crowns.  
i don’t know for sure what’s strange and what isn’t anymore.
and it still hasn’t rained but it will.
 i can taste it.
i can feel it in my bones.




 
february 4, 2010
teeth and bones
teeth and bones
is that a strange thing to have a collection of?
i really don’t know. 
i have old watches, twisted and rusted pieces of wire, fortune cookies and three little metal crowns.  
i don’t know for sure what’s strange and what isn’t anymore.
and it still hasn’t rained but it will.
 i can taste it.
i can feel it in my bones.




 
february 3, 2010
 
From Planting Along The Verge
playing with old photos and photos of old work.
looking through my new book 
little pictures of japan.

thank you Allene! 

trying not to think about dinner.
especially since it’s my day to cook and i’d rather be skiing or going to the dentist.
february 3, 2010
 
From Planting Along The Verge
playing with old photos and photos of old work.
looking through my new book 
little pictures of japan.

thank you Allene! 

trying not to think about dinner.
especially since it’s my day to cook and i’d rather be skiing or going to the dentist.
February 2, 2010
From Planting Along The Verge

i think i’m turning japanese.
i managed to decipher one simple pattern from the new japanese sewing book
Heart Warming Life Series
pochee Special.
it was a simple little cardigan. two front and two back pieces but i had to stare at the page this way and that to find them.  there are several pattern pieces all printed over one another on the same page.  i still can’t figure out what any of the numbers on the page mean.  the book has about 40 patterns in it.
that was sunday. 
today i was back to staring and finding pattern. something my eye and mind love to do. i’m sure there is a category for this condition in the physician desk reference.
 another pattern became visible this morning and i’m almost finished with that one but decided to stop and think about what to make for dinner.  not that i want to but tearful will be home and he probably skipped lunch like he does and that will never do. not that rice and beans will thrill him but at least it will nourish and my mother would be proud. 

here’s what we watched last night:







 
 
February 2, 2010
From Planting Along The Verge

i think i’m turning japanese.
i managed to decipher one simple pattern from the new japanese sewing book
Heart Warming Life Series
pochee Special.
it was a simple little cardigan. two front and two back pieces but i had to stare at the page this way and that to find them.  there are several pattern pieces all printed over one another on the same page.  i still can’t figure out what any of the numbers on the page mean.  the book has about 40 patterns in it.
that was sunday. 
today i was back to staring and finding pattern. something my eye and mind love to do. i’m sure there is a category for this condition in the physician desk reference.
 another pattern became visible this morning and i’m almost finished with that one but decided to stop and think about what to make for dinner.  not that i want to but tearful will be home and he probably skipped lunch like he does and that will never do. not that rice and beans will thrill him but at least it will nourish and my mother would be proud. 

here’s what we watched last night:







 
 

Monday February 1, 2010

From Planting Along The Verge

lu and i walked up to the cemetary this morning.
  it’s covered in a thick carpet of clover and sour grass. with clumps of real and fake daffodils.
it feels like rain.

Monday February 1, 2010

From Planting Along The Verge

lu and i walked up to the cemetary this morning.
  it’s covered in a thick carpet of clover and sour grass. with clumps of real and fake daffodils.
it feels like rain.

so that boot picture had absolutely nothing to do with san francisco but it was all i could manage from the hotel tomo lobby.
i love the hotel but it has a couple drawbacks one of which is there really isn’t any wireless internet connection. at least not for my laptop. the reason they gave this time was the rain. 
which we all know wreaks havoc on internet connections.
our short impromptu runaway to the city was just what we both needed.  we made a quick stop to the mission for food, books and browsing. tearful found me a new author, yannick murphy, thanks baby, and i found a pink cashmere sweater for $6.  we checked into the tomo and then browsed around japantown before heading over to suchada for our massages.
  holy mother of god!
i had a big lady this time and she worked me over pretty good. i think i fell in love a little.
after that we went back to japantown and wound up at tanpopo for more noodles. i ate about a pound of noodles on friday. after a short walk it was back to the hotel. lights out!
in the morning we found the red door.
the windows were blocked with red velvet curtains so you couldn’t see anything inside. it looked like some kind of speakeasy a little scary but the sign said they had french toast so we went over to the art supply store where we came close to spending all our life savings.  then back to…
 
the red door cafe.
that’s ahmed in the pink dress and blond wig. he runs the place and makes the best coffee in the universe. it cured my headache.
this has been added as a regular stop.
we spent the rest of the morning walking around japantown where they were having some sort of manga convention event extravaganza. there were manga characters everywhere. here are two of them…
 
there was also an ikebana class at the ikebana society…
 
 
one of the ladies told me she was looking for an apprentice so she could retire. she is afraid the art form will be forgotten.
i don’t think so!!
 ladies!  
another beautiful san francisco lady…
 
 
  now it’s back to our sunday routine.
walkies and catching up on my internet reading and unpacking all the loot.  i stopped at scrap of course for more fabric because i can’t seem to help myself. 
one of the best finds of this trip was the bookstore in japantown where i found a book with sewing patterns. it’s all in japanese so it may be slow going but the designs are all simple and well illustrated
so i am hopeful.


so that boot picture had absolutely nothing to do with san francisco but it was all i could manage from the hotel tomo lobby.
i love the hotel but it has a couple drawbacks one of which is there really isn’t any wireless internet connection. at least not for my laptop. the reason they gave this time was the rain. 
which we all know wreaks havoc on internet connections.
our short impromptu runaway to the city was just what we both needed.  we made a quick stop to the mission for food, books and browsing. tearful found me a new author, yannick murphy, thanks baby, and i found a pink cashmere sweater for $6.  we checked into the tomo and then browsed around japantown before heading over to suchada for our massages.
  holy mother of god!
i had a big lady this time and she worked me over pretty good. i think i fell in love a little.
after that we went back to japantown and wound up at tanpopo for more noodles. i ate about a pound of noodles on friday. after a short walk it was back to the hotel. lights out!
in the morning we found the red door.
the windows were blocked with red velvet curtains so you couldn’t see anything inside. it looked like some kind of speakeasy a little scary but the sign said they had french toast so we went over to the art supply store where we came close to spending all our life savings.  then back to…
 
the red door cafe.
that’s ahmed in the pink dress and blond wig. he runs the place and makes the best coffee in the universe. it cured my headache.
this has been added as a regular stop.
we spent the rest of the morning walking around japantown where they were having some sort of manga convention event extravaganza. there were manga characters everywhere. here are two of them…
 
there was also an ikebana class at the ikebana society…
 
 
one of the ladies told me she was looking for an apprentice so she could retire. she is afraid the art form will be forgotten.
i don’t think so!!
 ladies!  
another beautiful san francisco lady…
 
 
  now it’s back to our sunday routine.
walkies and catching up on my internet reading and unpacking all the loot.  i stopped at scrap of course for more fabric because i can’t seem to help myself. 
one of the best finds of this trip was the bookstore in japantown where i found a book with sewing patterns. it’s all in japanese so it may be slow going but the designs are all simple and well illustrated
so i am hopeful.


so that boot picture had absolutely nothing to do with san francisco but it was all i could manage from the hotel tomo lobby.
i love the hotel but it has a couple drawbacks one of which is there really isn’t any wireless internet connection. at least not for my laptop. the reason they gave this time was the rain. 
which we all know wreaks havoc on internet connections.
our short impromptu runaway to the city was just what we both needed.  we made a quick stop to the mission for food, books and browsing. tearful found me a new author, yannick murphy, thanks baby, and i found a pink cashmere sweater for $6.  we checked into the tomo and then browsed around japantown before heading over to suchada for our massages.
  holy mother of god!
i had a big lady this time and she worked me over pretty good. i think i fell in love a little.
after that we went back to japantown and wound up at tanpopo for more noodles. i ate about a pound of noodles on friday. after a short walk it was back to the hotel. lights out!
in the morning we found the red door.
the windows were blocked with red velvet curtains so you couldn’t see anything inside. it looked like some kind of speakeasy a little scary but the sign said they had french toast so we went over to the art supply store where we came close to spending all our life savings.  then back to…
 
the red door cafe.
that’s ahmed in the pink dress and blond wig. he runs the place and makes the best coffee in the universe. it cured my headache.
this has been added as a regular stop.
we spent the rest of the morning walking around japantown where they were having some sort of manga convention event extravaganza. there were manga characters everywhere. here are two of them…
 
there was also an ikebana class at the ikebana society…
 
 
one of the ladies told me she was looking for an apprentice so she could retire. she is afraid the art form will be forgotten.
i don’t think so!!
 ladies!  
another beautiful san francisco lady…
 
 
  now it’s back to our sunday routine.
walkies and catching up on my internet reading and unpacking all the loot.  i stopped at scrap of course for more fabric because i can’t seem to help myself. 
one of the best finds of this trip was the bookstore in japantown where i found a book with sewing patterns. it’s all in japanese so it may be slow going but the designs are all simple and well illustrated
so i am hopeful.