More (than) Mending

A Three-Part Post: Some Recommendations of TV series and films; a recent mending project; and some thoughts on being 80 from an artist’s journal. Click through to read more.

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Portraits of an Artist’s Play Date. . . .

 Mary Knowles (coincidentally, also my sister’s name) stitched this portrait of herself working on a commission (by Queen Charlotte) of a portrait of King George III. The king’s portrait — also “needle-painted” —  was commissioned…

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Five Things Friday

Pater has been away all week; he comes back today, and I’ll admit that I didn’t get nearly everything done that I’d hoped to do in my time alone. But lists have been whittled down;…

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Five Things Late Friday, Heading into the Weekend. . .

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Five Things Friday, but I have a few small pleasures to share and/or recommend: 1. The Lady in the Van magically appeared in my Netflix recommendations last week.…

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Fabulous Friday! OOTDs, New Glasses, and New Friends!!

I don’t imagine you’ve been waiting with bated breath to find out which pair of frames I chose for my new glasses, but if you don’t follow me on Instagram, you won’t have seen the photo…

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