If you remember, in my last post we were almost retired and were making plans to do some extensive travel in
our RV. It has happened! Handy Randy has officially retired and we have been away from home for over 2 months. Although I am enjoying every minute of it, I do miss not being able to run to the studio
and try a new technique that I read about on the many blogs I follow. Even so,
I have been able to quench my thirst to create.
So, did I actually do the embroidering for which I had
planned? Yep, mostly while HR is driving or watching baseball. Here is what I
have done so far on the Dropcloth Sampler purchased at Ephemera Paducah in
preparation for our trip. (Please don’t look too closely at the stitching.)
I continue to make entries in my Bible Journal, but not
as often as I had imagined.
Encouraged to keep a travel journal, I have started one
but sadly I am pretty far behind. It is
a bit of an effort to get out pencils, pens, gesso and glue to work a little
and put it away to make space on the table for food.
I have done a little tangling.
Missing the classes at Paducah School of Art and Design, I
am taking an online hand drawing class; in addition to practicing in a sketchbook
I did this charcoal drawing and have another one on the easel. (Handy Randy gave
me an awesome travel easel for my birthday, such a thoughtful guy!)
Don't you know it, I have added another interest for my every expanding
AADD. While visiting relatives in Kansas, I was gifted a 1953 Singer Featherweight sewing machine that once belonged to HR’s
grandmother. It is a sweet machine that stills sews beautifully. To be honest,
I was not familiar with the Featherweight
and was surprised to find it is such a coveted treasure. I have discovered there is a
Facebook page Singer Featherweight 221&222 Sewing Machine. Also I found a lot of information on April’s 1930 Featherweight web site. Can’t
wait to get home and actually make something with it!
So this catches you up for now. We plan to be home in
about 10 days. I am making a list of things I have read about and want to try
once I get back to The Underground. Next
week I will share some free tutorials and downloads I have come across.
Oh, if you are REALLY curious about where we have been
and what we have done these past two months, you can check out our blog for
family and friends at www.livingrichlyinretirement.blogspot.com
