SublimeBirdy: 2012

Looking for love in all the right places

by Sublime Birdy - 9:31 PM

Sunset over the Great Meadow

hoo hoo hoooo hoo hoo

The persistent, rhythmic noise intercepted my dreams poking me gently awake. It was an hour or two before dawn. I lay with my eyes closed, half asleep.

hoo hoo hoooo hoo hoo

and again…

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When clothing makes you look foolish

by Sublime Birdy - 6:20 AM

Part of the reason I like to sew is that I am very interested in the construction of clothing, the fit and the look or, what is often my case, the lack thereof. I've had some clothing malfunctions as of late, not the Janet Jackson type, but more of the mis-buttoning kind.

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With good intentions...

by Sublime Birdy - 8:59 PM

I really tried so hard.

I had one goal that Saturday morning and it wasn’t sleeping in. The house had suffered too long from the beautiful summer weather, I didn’t care how nice it was outside I was going to stay inside and get the house picked up. Except that it really was just so nice outside.

I wandered out to the garden and looked down and that was all it took. Now, why hadn’t I noticed that before? After the previous nights hard rain, the sun was shining brightly that morning and the angle of its light was revealing the most amazing elements in the garden, but this was too magical to ignore and I had never noticed it before. Quickly forgetting my house cleaning intentions I grabbed my camera.

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The Pain & Joy of Roots & Wings

by Sublime Birdy - 7:57 PM

I leaned over to pat his knee, neither of us spoke, I couldn’t even look at him as I drove, I knew I had to keep it together because I wondered if he could, I wondered if I could. Even then I was nudging him to the next level.

“Be brave, give all that you’ve got, be strong” my soul softly whispered to his.

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Build it and they will come

by Sublime Birdy - 3:10 PM

Rana Clamitans Melanota enjoying his new place

That small project spawned a little diy goldfish pond project which then spawned a larger and more back-breaking diy patio and water-fall project. Looking back on that rock-moving and dirt-dumping that we did it seemed like and endless task but in the end those projects added greatly to our tiny house giving us an extra place to hang during nice weather.

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Stuck in the spin cycle

by Sublime Birdy - 9:36 PM

Sometimes the “business “of life can get you stuck in the spin-cycle. You become so busy that you don’t notice what is going on right in front of you. On the treadmill of two jobs, one as a producer for a multi-media company and another sewing production for a dog clothing company, throw in three kids, two not-so-well dressed dogs and a husband who travels and it all makes for an interesting life.

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Levi's® thinks only men have fun on bikes

by Sublime Birdy - 1:17 PM

Now, I am not criticizing, I actually think the line is pretty cool and well thought out. When I first saw it I thought “WOW”! But that feeling quickly deflated as I watched the well dressed men riding their bikes through the city, my eyes searching the video for a girl on bike.

“Well, there's got to be a women's video next.” I thought

Strangely the video ends without a mention or sign of the female gender anywhere on a bicycle.

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Frozen fish and honey bees in winter

by Sublime Birdy - 12:21 PM

Sometimes things seem odd when they really aren't at all

The cold sealed the fish pond, first with ice, then with snow, making it impossible to check on the torpid goldfish below. I wondered if I should heat up some water in the kettle to melt a little hole in the ice to get them some oxygen before drifting off to bed but by morning, with a winter thaw seeping into New England overnight, nature had done the chore for me. A lazy swish of an orange tale in the pond muck below assured me the fish had survived their temporary entombment.

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Sewing the wintertime blues away

by Sublime Birdy - 12:51 PM

Late winter can be a mad, mad time in New England.

The calendar tells you spring is almost here, and with the anticipated arrival of daylight savings time lengthening the day, it awakens the memories of blissful warm temperatures, the cheerful return of crocus and tulips, peepers sing their tunes and birds are back at the windowsill. But there seems to be ample grey in late winter and spring in New England. I know it’s the reason everything is so green in the summer here but we sure do pay for it.

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Looking for love in all the right places

When clothing makes you look foolish

With good intentions...

The Pain & Joy of Roots & Wings

Build it and they will come

Stuck in the spin cycle

Levi's® thinks only men have fun on bikes

Frozen fish and honey bees in winter

Sometimes things seem odd when they really aren't at all

Sewing the wintertime blues away

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