Showing posts with label Susan Meller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Susan Meller. Show all posts

Friday, January 6, 2023

Brownies, Palestinian embroidery and the moon

So I made the brownies. I never used a mix before, never eaten brownies either, so I'm not much of a judge.

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Looking a bit artisanal. Anyway I took a few over to Gary where they were well received. Maybe Handsome Son will like them, too. Me, not so much , not being a chocolate fan 

And to followers of the Moon, here's a Twelfth night offering for the year

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Meanwhile al Bayt posted a lovely thread on, well, threads. Palestinian embroidery, wonderful traditional form. There was a local exhibit of Palestinian embroidery here a while back,  but it was a man, mansplaining a women's art so I didn't bother.

Here's the real thing

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I'm getting back into my Arabic study next week, now that my brain seems to be working again.

And my next reading is a book

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I discovered about through the wonderful Eine Saite blog, which I recommend. Full of interesting textile talk and great pictures.

Happy day everyone, the world's full of such lovely stuff to enjoy, so let's. Speaking of which, the puzzle solution is:

TEENAGER

It was three pairs of anagrams, so you just needed to jumble item five to get there.

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