I've made a change to my Linen-drape along project, which will be known hereafter as Petulance. I realized I'm just not in the mood to deal with sleeves, re-calculating various and sundry aspects of construction, etc. So Fleuressence will now look a lot like Petula from Rowan 31, except that it already has the waist shaping of Essence (which Petula lacks). Hence, Petulance. Although it was born in a bit of a fit of pique, I hope it doesn't make me petulant as I wear it! Here's where we stand:
We planted flowers in the front and back yards of our condo building today, which was a lot of fun. The sod I laid last fall in the back survived the winter very well and looks good. Now I have to watch for the August die-off...last August, the whole thing (OK, it's only a 6' by 6' square) died and I had to re-lay new sod. I blame inattentive neighbors and/or grubs. I'll be ready with a pesticide for the latter and have learned not to rely on the former to take the appropriate care of me little patch o' green.
Ronald Reagan...his politics were not my cup of tea, but he seemed to be a decent man, all in all. He clearly loved this country a great deal and stood consistently and compellingly against the Soviet Union. Gosh, remember the Soviet Union?? Certainly he and his family suffered a lot these last ten years, and I hope both he and they have found some peace after a long ordeal. It really is something, isn't it, to think about all the cultural and technological changes he and the men and women of that generation witnessed.
i agree - great new name for the project.
Posted by: carolyn | June 07, 2004 at 08:56 PM
Petulance is PERFECT for the linen drape project, good for you!
Posted by: greta | June 05, 2004 at 06:36 PM