what i've been up to

the recycled chambray and flannel is done!

and ready to go to connecticut. 

for the denim couch in the family room.

i think the weather ratio this summer has been about

three rainy days for every sunny one.

time for lots of reading and netflix.

some recommendations?

• A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
• Love and Death, My Journey Through the Valley of the Shadow by Forrest Church
• The Miracle of Mindfulness,  by Thich Nhat Hanh
• The Creative Entrepreneur, by Lisa Sonora Beam
• The Fingerprints of God, The Search for the Science of Spirituality, by Barbara Bradley Hagerty
• Collect Raindrops, the seasons gathered, by Nikki McClure

and a few good movies?

How About You (a most excellent "sleeper")

Brick Lane

and tonight i'll watch Our City Dreams

about some women artists in NYC 

(thanks Natalya

for the recommendation.)

 on saturday we took gretta to burlington.

to find her graduation present.

so many choices!

isn't she a beauty?

completely refurbished.

that gretta is a greenie through and through.

good thing illinois is flat.

one speed will be just fine.