what happened to June: part 1

We were in the land of fancy, beautiful weddings, with many pairs of fascinating, beautiful shoes. It was also the land of hot and steamy and no one was wearing polar fleece at this formal affair!

I was happy in my "dress flipflops," thanks.

(taken through an open window)

Then, home again, where the hot and steamy followed us (briefly). Sometimes, after dinner on a thunderstormy night, all you can do is just lay right down on the cool floor and read aloud by candlelight. (The Penderwicks at Point Mouette---another family favorite in the series!)

*wedding weekend*

Centerpiece made by Groom's Mom

Some wore fancy, some wore practical

the kiss!

view from the terrace where the ceremony was held,

overlooking Northeast Harbor,

on the walking trail up to Thuya Gardens

A moment up top at the gardens, the two of us, together, and a photo to prove it!

the coolest bridge in Maine

a regular sort of bridge, in Belfast

on Sunday, a quick hike up the Beehive in Acadia National Park,

overlooking Sand Beach,

with my own groom

P.S. One half of the wedding couple is Kate, my collaborator in the unfurlingferns project.

Artist Journals, Knitting, Flowers

Robinsunne and I are collaborating on an Artist Journal mini-course at the library, which you may remember. The quick recap is that Artist Journals can be anything, narrative or not, personal or not, for a purpose or just to explore techniques...you get the idea. They are any and everything. This seemed like a logical next step to try with our intrepid library artists! So we plastify the children's room and cram in there and make art together. It's fabulous.
Here is what I have done so far...and let me say that Jonas and I are collaborating on a book together.

If you're wondering, yes, that is a domino,
and it's affixed with some seriously strong
Acrylic Gel Medium.

Perhaps you also remember the travel journal I made for Jonas last summer (you can read about it here and here).

I finished the Simple Yet Effective Shawl and was unprepared for its smallness. It was disappointing that it was not the vision I had for it, but oh well. I am wearing it here as a kerchief, because the ends of it, when worn in typical shawl fashion, are not even close to meeting. I am not busty, or large, so I don't know what's up with that. Perhaps I will ultimately gift it to a midget or a small child.
Also, sneakily, the pattern photos have way wider swaths of pattern repeat...I followed the directions and my result is different (and I wouldn't have had enough yarn to have wider swaths either!). So, it is a good basis for a pattern, but I was underwhelmed and even annoyed, ultimately. If I buy a pattern, I expect it to perform like the photo or I feel tricked.
And if you are wondering about my absence this week, I made a really quick trip to the BIG big city, Boston, for a fancy event, wearing these shoes. So as a result, the flow of things around here is pretty compressed, as my graduation and end of semester wind up next week. I have lots of loose ends to tie up and am praying that everyone stays well and healthy and goes to school next week as they are supposed to so I can do what needs doing (and what didn't get done this week!). Schoolwork, then housecleaning.

There were lovely blooming flowers
and two very un-shy little sparrows, mating brazenly just off the side-walk from us, something I had never seen in wild birds. Sorry, no pictures, that just felt like too much of a violation since I am not a bird pornographer.