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a wet desert day, not great for a lizard person

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what's left of the wood that isn't wet….under the tarp.  behind, the compost, where a couple days ago were many footprints, including the skunk.

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both this and the pic above taken from inside the house…the living room window.  it's raining.

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much of the day was absorbed by this very very small bird.  could you have known it was a bird if i hadn't told you???  i learned a lot.  the original  that is seen in previous posts was just 3 scraps of some of Deb Lacativa's damask.  i just loved it in that form.  but, as i stitched it down, it became threads, seperating threads.  so i kept at it and here we have the result.  not at all what i had envisioned in the beginning, but i will let it remain, to remind me in the future. 

 

 

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29 responses to “a wet desert day, not great for a lizard person”

  1. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    Definitely would have know it was a bird…. wonderfully expressive and exuberant grass,
    and all you all out of wood before winter?

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  2. jude Avatar
    jude

    bird like. which is enough.

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  3. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    Love the bird- it’s perfect! Love how the yellow pops!!! Seems the rain has taken a short break here on the east coast, altho I think we are expecting it back Wed night into Thurs. I still havent gotten over snow in October. Hope you are well and staying warm! xo Sandy

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  4. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    oh, good about the bird.
    yes…that’s the Giant Secaton grass. isn’t it amazing?
    it’s taller than i am.
    no…there is a whole new cord that got delivered the
    night it snowed. then, by the time the snow was almost
    melted, it’s begun
    RAINING
    NOT how it usually is…i am
    TRYING
    to get right with it, but oh, i do not love rain

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  5. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    bird like
    which maybe, even, is better than for sure Bird.
    bird like
    is really what i was aiming for…so maybe i got there
    in a different way?
    i’ll look at it later. tonight it’s like the pupils in
    my eyes

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  6. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    HEY, Sandy…and YOU??????? i check clothdiscoveries
    well…we get what we get.
    yes. am well and warm. good enough.
    hope the same for you, xoxo

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  7. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    woops…discoverycloth….it’s that glass of wine…..

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  8. deb Avatar
    deb

    I knew it for a bird right away…almost knew what kind but the name flew away. Isn’t a rainy day in the desert some kinda miracle?

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  9. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    LOL, I knew you knew….. Glad to hear you are well and warm. ❤ Sandy

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  10. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes, a blessing, anyway. and yes. i know. but it’s
    also
    cold.
    i looked up today what lizards do in winter and they
    are probably down under those pallets that the wood
    is on. cozy.
    or, under the rocks, the raised bed wood, even the
    compost.
    yes. and i really really work to welcome the WET. as
    that Giant Secaton does. storing it in it’s roots for
    other days.
    i am a whiner.

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  11. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Certainly a bird, a sun bird?

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  12. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes. always a sun bird over the Moon

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  13. serena Avatar
    serena

    i like that it’s blurry. i personally never really see completely in focus birds. they don’t sit still enough for that….

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  14. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    blurry…a good word. a blurry bird with an odd tail.
    good then.
    here, since things are much more singular (desert), like,
    a tree
    bird
    in a
    tree
    they are much easier. but i like that.
    blurry.
    how flight would make it.
    thanks, Serena xoxo

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  15. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    OH, YOU HAVE ALL GONE TO BED–WHEN IT’S 10:43 IN NYC WHAT TIME IS IT IN YOUR DESERT? (I AM NOT YELLING WITH CAPITALS, JUST LAZY TO SWITCH BACK AND FORTH AND MY EYES ARE ALWAYS A BIT “BLURRY” DESPITE GLASSES–SO FORGIVE ME. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU FOR DAYS SINCE BEING GIVEN A BOOK–I’ll email you the picture of a lizard that caught my eye. As for the bird, when first seen by me I thought butterfly (blurry eyes will need a laser soon)–but, well, it seems crane-like to me–with long legs trailing back in flight, and golden because it is being illuminated by the sun–and, as to flight–seems to me when the direction is left to right the action is forward moving–and since it’s tilted on an upward trajectory–seems headed for higher altitudes. As to rain and snow and cold winds that blow—inside is the right side to be. Still okay here, rain due in a few days and chill in the morning air.

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  16. Suzanna Avatar
    Suzanna

    Yes, a bird taking off, going somewhere, rather purposefully. To me it seems to be a girl bird, I’m not sure why…

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  17. sandra Avatar
    sandra

    yes, definitely a bird!

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  18. Penny B Avatar
    Penny B

    Surely a bird. If a cow can jump over the moon, surely a bird can too!

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  19. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    yes!!! the lizard you sent is wonderful. i just love
    them. all kinds. gechos, chameleons, all of them.
    and again…they are really into making eye contact
    with human beings…
    Sun remembered to come back today.

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  20. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    almost all the things i make for my world are girls.
    some not, but most.

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  21. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    am going to try again with my original plan, do it
    a little differently. will report.

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  22. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    i think they do it all the time, yes!

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  23. Vicky Avatar
    Vicky

    i saw the motion of the bird first, then the body. every bird can fly around the moon…even if it is just a perspective thing.

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  24. KaiteM. Avatar
    KaiteM.

    i remember way back when i was in my little schoolhouse i would dry the wet firewood in the fuel stove oven overnight, with the oven door open. it’s a dear little bird, let it fly, let it fly.

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  25. Nance Avatar
    Nance

    Michelle, I thought it was a butterfly too. Everyone else thought it was a bird so I thought I wouldn’t say anything. But in like it anyway…

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  26. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    well, really, a butterfly would be even greater flying
    over a Moon, wouldn’t it. so…we will leave it a
    shape shifter…either way is good.

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  27. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    they can. and i suppose we can too?????
    i feel like it tonight……….

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  28. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    you are a dear woman, Kaite

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  29. handstories Avatar
    handstories

    i saw a bird…and the best thing about it is how strongly it’s flying. i can almost feel the flap of pushing the air down.

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