Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now

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  • Night visitors

    Stuff happens after dark. We see the evidence in the morning. Flowers chomped, bird bath tipped over, stuff like that.

    Last week we got a trail camera that snaps photos when it detects movement. Last night we got a two-fer, raccoon and the almost full moon.

    We don’t know what the li’l guy was up to as this pic is the only one we captured. We moved the camera to another zone for tonight. Some animal (perhaps the raccoon) is prying up the smaller stone pavers on our west-side path. Looking for slugs? Maybe. We’ll see. I hope.

    For the technologically curious, we got a Gardepro with an app that lets us see what’s on the trail cam from the cell phone.

  • A new goal

    A little essay

    Always fun when the local weekly lets me write, this time about amateur radio and my new somewhat out-of-this-world goal.

  • Chickadees for Liz

    Thread painting — using embroidery thread to create images — is a thing I’ve been trying the last three years. I’m starting to get the hang of it.

    The chickadees are DMC cotton thread on linen fabric dyed using Derwent Inktense pencils.

    To see the genius artists of this genre, check My Modern Met’s collection of examples from 2016.

    A couple of other stunning eartists: Charles & Elin and Ana Teresa Barbosa.

    Fun thing about a project like this is it helps you identify areas that need more learning and practice. Coordinating colors is much more difficult that I had understood. Also dyeing fabric is an art that probably takes years to master.