70

70. It comes after 69 and before 71. Today, I’m 69. Tomorrow, I’ll be 70. My brain feels 35, but the rest of me is older. I was planning on having beef on weck for my birthday dinner. Weck is a bastardization of the German word kummelweck. It means caraway seed. Kummelweck rolls have coarse salt and caraway seeds on the top. Slice the beef very thin. Put fresh ground horseradish on the sandwich. The plan changed to linguini and raw sauce. Raw sauce is chopped tomato, basil, Kalamata olives and mozzarella. It’s a room temperature sauce. I had this in New York City several years back, and loved it. For a whole lot of reasons, both Jim and I need to switch to a low-fat vegetarian diet. So much for beef on weck. Pass the beans, please.

I’ve been doing a bit of photography today. We’ve been getting rain nearly every day for the last week, and the desert is filled with blooms. 

White oleander. I experimented with a setting that’s supposed to give me true colors. And it did. White flowers are tricky because the camera is set for neutral gray.

Barrel cactus – probably 3 feet (1 meter) tall.

Cactus flower on a different barrel cactus. The fruits are edible.

Flower on a low growing cactus.

I’ve been working on sewing anther pair of shorts, and a pair of slacks that I can wear into the paint studio. Every time I walk in that room, I end up covered in paint. The slacks are being made from more of my proof fabrics.

I’ve been working one geometric fabric designs. Eventually, I’ll order proofs of my designs and then put the designs in my Spoonflower shop here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

I’m linking with Nina Marie http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

My online store, Deb Thuman Art is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com