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Yes, soup got made, brownies baked... (a dismal failure, need new recipe), laundry done, and ironing taken care of.

Today I am going to go find a garland and some lights and do my fall decorating project. Hub Man helped me take down some of the books from the bookshelf last night and I did the rest today and moved the thing over about 10 inches. (How annoying) but the good news is we had a wooden ski in the garage to use for the support for the garland and lights. Now I just need to bite the bullet and decide what kind of garland to get.

I have scrubbed my kitchen sink with clorox along with the tile behind it preparing to caulk along the back as I found out it leaks there because of some breaks in the caulk bead. I have a fan on it right now to make sure it's dry before I do the job.

Tonight begins Rosh Hashanah. The Jewish New Year. Tomorrow we need to hear the Shofar (ram's horn). It is the call to repentance, in preparation for Yom Kippur on the 25th of September. We eat apples and honey as a symbol of the desire for a good and sweet new year.

Becoming wanted to know what I was talking about when I mentioned working on gourds. Here are two pictures. I decoupage handmade paper (some of which I make myself) and pressed leaves onto my gourds. A humble art form compared to other gourd artists, trust me.

The other day my friend and I went to the gourd farm and saw a man there giving a class. He had lines of beads strung in intricate designs covering the top half of gourds that he had also burned and stained with geometric patterns. They just took your breath away. Me, I just play with paper and leaves and leave the artwork to those more capable. But I like my rustic approach. It suits me.

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Comments (11)

sezrah (Legacy)

wow, i LOVE that, it would look really good in my house too! :-P

diarist lilith also makes gourds, i do believe

RealmOfRachel (Legacy)

YOu know I'm prepared to take those brownies off your hands with you being so busy and all...;)

I'm afraid I'm not getting the pictures of your gourds. So is the expression going out of one's gourd related to this at all?

hugs
Rach xxx

Pragmatist (Legacy)

To each his own, I say. I think a beady decor would be completely out of place. What you have is a calm, serene ambiance in your home, and I think fancy gaudied-up gourds would detract.

Your gourds are beautiful and perfectly complement your home and your style.

L'Shana Tova

ImNotLisa (Legacy)

Beautiful gourds! :o)

I like your Bush button, too!

AQuietEvening (Legacy)

I've always wondered what gourds are for. I always have this insane urge to purchase them this time of year....but then what do you do with them???

Your gourds are beautiful!

~QE

ichandra (Legacy)

these gourds are so beautiful in a very poignant way they are deeply religious like all of your housekeeping
mon amie happy new year! this calls for celebration something out of the ordinary like using an exclamation mark
yes now i had asked you the date for yom kippur but you know when i was truly honest about all the bad things i had done i reached the truth that i did not really think they were bad or i would have never done them it is an external condemnation
now i am really in trouble with the big guy
yesterdays post hilarious mon petit gateau geek i dont think you should change if you did you wouldnt be as entertaining and our new year wouldnt be as good and sweet
god bless you my little geek and may the monitors light continue to guide you through our darkest nights

bookworm (Legacy)

Pity about your brownies - something I've never eaten in my life. I gather they're US. Thanks for the pics of the gourds. They look very cool. ;-)

fairywishes (Legacy)

very nice, I like rustic

x

ichandra (Legacy)

i saw met some teenagers eating apples today and i thought hey their lives are good and i almost said that it was jewish new year yesterday for the ones that didnt happen to be jewish and the apple symbolizes the good life and dont we just have it all but somehow i got distracted and did not say it but on another occasion i will
thanks for the thought mon amie
love and light ichandra

becoming (Legacy)

Thanks so much for sharing the pictures of the gourds! They are AWESOME. What a beautiful way to celebrate the change of seasons.

Happy New Year to you! *smile*

Anne

Calantha (Legacy)

I have been craving brownies myself.

The tile thing . . . I have to do that in my own bathroom soon. It's not leaking, but it doesn't look so good. Just a little work and the pretty peach colored tiles will look great, without the moldy and crumbling caulk.

I'm looking forward to seeing your fall decorating project!

You are a very 'crafty' lady hehehehe