...today while heading out in the morning to prune a few wayward forsythia branches, I looked down and noticed this sprig of hardy fuschia still had a few blooms in late December. I snipped it off to bring inside. Winter has not really been that cold, we have had frost, but no ice or snow, and some days, like today, are surprisingly moderate.
As a maker of things, I imagine that a trail of objects large and small, and more or less ephemeral, lie scattered behind me, drifting away into the created world. Some are gone quickly, some are lost but not gone, and some are my legacy to whatever future may exist.... Enamel lasts for centuries, at least
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The more time I have been spending reading the book, the more I want to live in the world described in the game Wanderhome. We start tomorrow, and it is going to be so much fun...
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Further adventures in drying laundry without a tumble dryer. It is possible. Not as convenient, but OTOH, not as energy intensive. If we had the sort of winter that up until recently has been common, with many days of rain and even snow, it would be more difficult. But this winter there have been occasional partial days of simply grey damp, or even sunbreaks.
Since I work from home, I can take advantage of this, and choose to run the washing machine then, and put the clothing out to get mostly dry on the tangle of lines I've set up across the middle of the yard. When I hear the rain returning, I run outside and gather it all in again, and hang it on the big ceiling rack in the laundry zone, or across tension rods over the tub or in the hallways, and socks as always on the octopus in the "furnace" closet.
the big drying rack
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~ day 23 ~
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Apparently chop shop of used tech on Ebay is not unknown, other than to me, as mentioning it to other more tech savvy friends I see knowing nods. So, I have ordered a salvaged key cap set, with great hopes of successful refurbishment. Stay tuned...
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December SMART goals (x=extra)
| # | THINGS MADE | THINGS FIXED | THINGS GONE |
| 1 | rainbow cowl tassels | more clothesline | recycle bin |
| 2 | 85 origami squares | cardboard down | random book parts |
| 3 | heraldic potholders | set up paperwhites | recycle bin |
| 4 | pine needle stars | grey linen pinafore | yard waste bin |
| 5 | solstice sweets | bandanna hem | yard waste bin |
| 6 | x | calendar pages | recycle bin |
| 7 | x | x | x |
| 8 | x | x | x |
| 9 | x | x | x |
today's gratitudes -
1. hopefully within a week I will have a key cap to repair the keyboard, seller has sent several info emails
2. starting work on a calendar for 2025, have all the pages numbered and background colored
3. hardy fuschia still has flowers in December!
Time of Isolation - Day 1621
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