Hello!!!

Hi Everyone! My name is Sweet Pea, and I am the new addition to Anne's household. She saw me at the pet store, and I looked really sad because I knew she would come back for me. I could tell.....she had that look, and I thought maybe it would be interesting living at her house too!
I just have one leg; I was born that way but it doesn't slow me down much and I came home to a special Bird Penthouse with fitted wooden shelves to walk on and big fat soft rope perches. I have nice ceramic dishes for food and water, an angled ladder covered with a piece of wood, so I can explore the bottom of the new house, a perch with a birdie friend (he doesn't say anything, very quiet; I think he's shy) a daisy mirror with a bell and of course a cuttlebone. I'm not bragging, just describing the nice place I moved to!
And I found I had a soft, cushie, hand knit Birdie Bed with a nice little snuggle corner, which was much better than the accomodations at the pet store. ;-) I know we all hate moving, but this has been a good move for me, and I have heard something I never heard before; I think it is called Jazz? I like that!
The only problem is at night, when I am covered in my special flannel wrap with all the Jazz Notes on it, there has been *something* running about and turning the computer on and making noise. Not a lot mind you, but I know something is up. I am wondering if it is that Milo character Anne has mentioned......
Well, I just wanted to stop by a second and introduce myself as the Studio Mascot, and---this is secret---my initials, S.P. also stand for Special Parakeet. Kind of like the old TV shows with Secret Agent Men. (I haven't seen those but I've heard of them...)
Okay, now I'll give the blog back to Anne, ummmmm, MOM, and hope you all have a really Big Budgie Day!!!

Peep....

My Little Fluff-Balls.....

Equal time for my little *Peep-Meisters*!

They can't share a cage, one is sweet, one is ornery,

but Sunday Morning is Aaron Neville gospel music

time, and then they both BEHAVE.

(until the CD is over.....)

Yes, we have Parakeet Church here, and it is

DEFINITELY a Praise Band!!!

Have a wonderful day!

Peep......

Wrapped In The Quiet Of Fog.......

......both literally, mentally and physically.

I took a day off.
The emotional upheavals of the past week have been more than enough; DH is better thankfully (and thank you's to all who wrote on his behalf sending spiritual help!) but still on the mend, I am okay as things go, and finally gave in and decided a day of total rest was in order. And possibly another today. As of this moment, it does not appear I have contracted whatever he has been coddling and incubating.......*it* has stayed at bay.
It's amazing what a few good nights sleep and some down time during the day can do for the body. I might want to try this more often....though I know it won't happen. ;-) I was sitting thinking of all the things I could be doing, but the body refused to move.....for once, it really did know best.

Sometimes wrapping yourself in solitude is a good thing; you think things out, you get creative problems solved, you have the opportunity to catch up on small busywork while the mind wanders freely, not that mine doesn't wander enough.

My musings have traveled to the possibility of an Etsy shop for small things I make, how I want to simplify the Holidays, being truly thankful for what we have and that includes everyone I have met through this blog this year, and getting back to a pace where I know where the year went instead of almost being in tears that it's November.

I have been thinking also about what projects to take on next year, when my current committments are complete and whether to continue in that same path, or choose something more managable. I certainly am not getting any younger and trying to fight the weight of 12 yards of fabric going 20 different directions is beginning to lose it's appeal. (and my ability to manage it)

And then, as I said, there is that niggling idea for the Etsy shop, to put a few small things *out there* and see what happens.

And mostly get back to a point where I am making art and not killing myself.

I would like to revisit some of my mixed media fiber art and the time has not allowed that. There is more I want to do with my current series of canvas pieces. I made the mistake of assessing the amount of yarn I have in the knitting basket last evening and decided I could knit tights for Giant Octopi for the next twenty years and not get that stash lessened much.....

So when does one start change? At what point do you say, no matter how much I enjoy parts of the work I do, the whole of it is too much for my body, eventhough it does pay? When do you become more stingy with time and talent and focus smaller and for what your own artistic soul is telling you to do? And where do you start?

It should be obvious, after this post, why I don't take much time off.

I tend to THINK.

I am not always sure that is a good idea, though this time, there have been some good questions that have bubbled to the surface.

As an aside for humor:

My blue budgie has figured out how to open his cage door. I went to cover him last evening and there he sat, giving me *the eye* with the door wide open and him inside. That bird soooooo belongs in this household--ornery in every little ounce! From here on in, I will have to watch him cautiously.

I am thinking, mostly, it is because I have paid more attention to DH than the *Boys*. (Joey, the green one, has been quite GOOD......)

Men.

With or without wings...........  ;-)

Pax.

Gabba Gabba Hey!!!

"I don't wanna be a Pinhead NO MORE...."

Okay, this is a desperation post because I am going too many directions at once. Yesterday I looked in at my little mosh-pit Budgie, Johnny (namesake of Johnny Ramone), the one who likes to bite me, and there he sat with a most annoyed look and a down feather perfectly placed on his head to approximate a weak mohawk!

You have to realize, for an old and decrepit Punk, this is humor worth getting the camera out and trying to coerce the bird to look towards it. (no such luck, in case you're wondering---he does his own thing)

And I was laughing too hard at the poor bird to get a really good photo, so this is it for the day.

Geez......I am reduced to making *da boyz* the subjects of posts. I am the avian equivalent of the Crazy Cat Lady.....except I only have two....thank the stars.

A fact: two parakeets CAN and WILL--given the opportunity--deafen you. They are better than any commercial alarm system known to mankind!

That's it.

I've humiliated myself and my bird enough.

I'll try better tomorrow! ;)

P.S. Am working on the circus banners---all five cut last evening after lugging a 50 yard roll of canvas up a flight of steep stairs. I would say how do I get in these situations, but oh....I know! Am on my way to town this morning to:

A) Get a car tire checked and then

B) Go back and SEW the hems on the banners.

Happy Valentines Day!!!

The boys and I would like to wish you all a very Happy Valentines Day!!! We *PEEP* you very much!!!
Yesterday was a day of ups and downs; the first call of the day was that my dad's cousins husband had passed. He had been in hospice with Alzheimer's so it was a blessing, but still the shock that one more family member is gone. Age makes you look at this differently. The up part of the day was finishing the second banner and delivering them to the church. (plus a side trip to Goodwill on the way......) Yes, I forgot to take the camera. I was doing good to have my drivers license with me......
They were thrilled with them; couldn't grasp how many steps went into the process of making them. The one lady kept saying "But this fabric was WHITE---it was WHITE!" Turns out in their ceiling stained glass, there was purple, and it was almost the same shade as some of the variants in the dying process on the linen! Everyone was excited, especially the minister! The women are always happy with fiber work so it's fun to see a man be happier!
I got the commission for Easter banners too----soooooo, I may be whining about those in the near future. For today, I think rest is in order, and cleaning up around the house a bit. Or maybe I will start cutting some of the Muscle Man fabric! ;)
I think I just need a few days to recoup and then jump feet first into the fire again. Have a piece of art to get ready to submit for an exhibit, and that is pretty low maintenance so maybe I can accomplish that.
Big hearts to everyone!!!!!! XXXOOO!!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

May your day be peaceful and not start out with the *bang* mine did of chasing my little blue budgie, Johnny, all over the studio, as he gleefully dive-bombed DH and me! Seems he thought his Christmas present was making *Momma-Keet* do the "swoop and cuss" as I chased him with the piece of fabric I use to catch the little stinker. And he is getting smarter by the day, because now it is a game of how long he can stay OUT. Geez.........I have learned birds are faster than humans. Waaaaaay faster!

So here is a nice peaceful picture, to inspire a bit of warmth for the day!

And yes, Santa-Budgie came to visit.......that's how little demon bird got out, while his new toys were going in the cage....... >:(

Have a great one everybody! HO! HO! HO!

The Boys say it all.......

May you have safe warm days filled with joy and light
in this dark time of the year.
May you have friends and family to be close to bring cheer.
May you have enough, and if you have more than enough,
may you share with those who don't.
May the Christmas Star shine within your heart
not only today, but through out this coming year.

May you know love.