crazy time of year again

But maybe it's always crazy around here. I've just finished hambonedesigns.com, my new venture with my older brother on our original bike bag design. And now I'm thrown head first into sewing for holiday presents. What I do love about this is picking out fabric for each person. That is so much fun, I get to buy fabrics that I really like but wouldn't normally buy for myself.
I just finished this super cute bonnet for my niece, which was made from a pattern I found on the made by Petchy blog. I added rick rack to the edges which came out so cute, but I haven't decided yet if I will do the topstitch around the edge. What do you think?

Colorful Breakfast

colorful breakfast, originally uploaded by *Honeychild*.

Currently addicted to genmaicha tea, and this delicious strawberry jelly I found at Bi-Rite. And here's a little known fact for you, I eat kiwis by scooping the fruit out of the skin with a spoon in one movement. Quick & easy.

step into the consciousness of your right brain hemisphere

Got 20 minutes? Watch this.

Listening to...

I have been doing a lot of sewing in my craft room lately, and whiling away the time by listening to the podcast Tapestry of the Times broadcast out of Baltimore. It's a show that features the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, and you'll hear everything from Indonesian traditional music to banjo players in Appalachia to Pete Seeger. Just read this description of Episode 8:

In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: Gourd banjo music from Mike Seeger, a rare recording of a young Bob Dylan, Calypso music from Trinidad, and the final performance of folk legend Dave Van Ronk. Plus: a cowboy ballad from Lead Belly, and “Mean Talking Blues” from Woody Guthrie.

The only bad thing is at this rate I'll be done listening to all of them before the week is through.

so true.

so true., originally uploaded by *Honeychild*.

go. do. something.

The Sixties

In running errands today I was taken to 49 Geary, that five floor building on the fringe of Union Square that houses five floors of art galleries. I had completely forgotten that the Fraenkel Gallery is having a Garry Winogrand show this month, and I owed it to myself to walk around and see some beautiful art so I had a look. It's a collection of his photographs from the 60's, many of which show the Kennedy/Nixon election which is so poignant during this presidential debacle...errr campaign...we're having. The feeling in these photographs is eerily similar to what is going on now. There's presidential campaigns between young men and old, there's homeless people in the street, there's civil unrest due to overseas tension, and of course there's an interracial couple with chimpanzees.



Also at 49 Geary are photographs by Todd Hido at the Stephen Wirtz Gallery, his signature houses at night were present as well as a series of overcast landscapes taken through a car windshield. His images are so desolate. I love the style. This show is up through the end of December and is worth the trip.

what message does this send?

I was thinking about the city I live in the other day; how we celebrate difference and variety in people, and how in so many areas of this country that same quality of difference is abhorred. I just watched a video that interviewed so many people who think Obama is a terrorist. A woman who said his name is too close to Osama. A man who said Obama spent his childhood from the age of 1 to 6 with islamic muslims. Is it illegal to be muslim? What kind of message is being sent to young children of differing faiths and colors – that they should be the same as everyone else? I certainly don't think that all McCain supporters are of this ilk, but the fact that they have brought about this kind of hatred in a country that was founded on violence and built on blood, I think that's reprehensible. We are so polarized and I don't see how we can ever reconcile as a country. With people on both sides saying they're afraid for the future of the country if the other side wins. I am not even a democrat! I just want someone who is reasonable.
/rant

Fresh Eggs

Fresh Eggs, originally uploaded by *Honeychild*.

My brother says that everyone he knows in Santa Cruz who lives in a house with a backyard has their own chickens. I love the idea of having chickens, if only to have fresh eggs all the time. These were from our friends who live near Davenport. They were so much better tasting than normal store-bought eggs. I might have to get a coop for the fire escape!

Sew Sweet

Fabric.com is holding a “Sew” Sweet Giveaway, which also allows you to enter daily through Oct. 31. Each time you enter you choose between two prize packages, one quilting-focused and one garment-focused. Both include a $300 shopping spree from Fabric.com, free shipping for a year, an Amy Butler Sweet Life bag, and a Gutermann thread cabinet.

we all fall down

Sigh. I don't want to worry about societal troubles right now. I'm tired of worrying.
Time for Talking Heads.