dreaming about galway

the river corrib

three day weekends

three day weekends were once among the rarest breeds of weekends, usually only seen around national holidays.  somehow, i have managed to secure a semester's worth of three day weekends.  fifteen magical three day weekends with which i can do whatever i please.  this particular three day weekend, culminating on the first of many class-free mondays, was (and still is) a wonderful one.  I am now hooked (atrocious pun intended) on crocheting.  and my sewing machine is ready for more.  I couldn't help myself and continued on with my crocheting, despite previously giving in to my frustration.  my little basket from my last post has evolved and become an integral half of my newly completed piece creamer and sugar pot, equipped with spoon.  though incredibly unusable for their suggested purpose, i had a lot of fun making these objects and they are dear to me.  Also, after a very large cup of coffee, i grew more ambitious and endeavored to make myself a hat from leftover yarn.  i anticipate more crocheted work in the near future. 

creamer and sugar pot

hand crocheted yarn and twine, some sewn twine detail

hand crocheted yarn hat
some of us don't make much out of our weekends at all

diving in

i'm back in school and officially a fibers major.  taking four fibers studios is already proving to be a demanding choice, but so far, i love it.  i'm taking body art & adornment, off loom structures, book structures, and silkscreen on fabric.  the following images are of work completed in the last 48 hours.  normally, i am a little more last minute with things, but i was excited and jumped right into the semester.  i've already learned to crochet (well, kind of) in off loom!

pod 

polyester, wool blend, polyester velour lining, fiber fill

untitled

twine, yarn

good old american christmas

the following is a brief visual list of things that made returning to the united states worthwhile:

1) decorating the christmas tree 

2) lucy, the new puppy

3) gracie, seasoned member of the family
4) pippin, mentally challenged but delightful pig
5) evie and joon, buxom peruvian spies

the last of roma

alison and i outside our front door with the christmas tree put up by our awful doorman

via dei gracchi 84, closest thing to home in roma
fountain in neighborhood piazza

sights along my way to school and near our apartment

the east side of the tiber

a road i took home sometimes
bridge right outside school
school.... woo
fancy government building

nice graffiti

beggar outside st. pietro in vincoli (st. peter in chains)
ceiling in st. peter

chains of st. peter

michelangelo's moses
tree on via del corso
piazza del popolo at dusk

coliseum

things in the little museum in the coliseum



basilica in the forum

arch of constantine
inside the coliseum

detail of arch of constantine

temple of st. augusto
umbrella pines, how i will miss them

arch of titus

the tiber flooded

an unfortunate misspelling?  i will never know.