may beaded house

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sorry for the lack of updates! my shoulder and neck were still acting up so i was staying away from most of the art for weeks or so. that is starting to finally feel better, though i have been unwell in other ways. but at least i DID do some art this weekend.. i finished, finally, the may beaded journal house, which rounds out the year. this one incorporates watch / blog parts, a brass dragonfly charm, and a ceramic button. The photo was taken by Audin Malmin, my mad scientist friend who i sometimes mention here.

most of the rest of the time i have been loafing about reading. the beader Ann Bensen wrote a trilogy about the black death outbreak in europe in the 1300s, which also flashes forward to a future global pandemic, and those are pretty good. they are:
the plague tales
the burning road
and
the physicians tale

the 2nd was my favorite. i am also about done with Betty Macdonald's tale of living on vashon during WWII, which is called onions in the stew. you may know here name since she wrote the well known Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series for children, but she also wrote several delightful memoirs for adults, including the egg and i, which was made into a film. her sister,Mary Bard, also wrote books for both children and adults.