ready to go

A late night photo of the ready-to-go dishcloths.

They'll be in the show starting this weekend, at the Long Beach Island Foundation. Here is how they look in a stack. They'll be shown in a stack, with a book that includes a photograph of every cloth, in the order I received them, with handwritten info about the person who made the cloth and where they're from. It's called archive. I think my sister will take photos for us all to see.

And I'm not ready to go, but need to be in the next hour or so. I leave for Denver very early in the morning and speak tomorrow night at Tattered Cover book store. I'm really looking forward to the flight and time in Denver, but I really dislike packing and getting to the "or-port."

Someone who may or may not be ready to go is Ellie. I've explained to Sebastian she needs to go somewhere and will not be able to come back. Sometimes she looks so great and jumps for tennis balls and runs for 20 or more minutes with me. Other times it looks like she can barely breathe. We think she rallies for fun stuff and food, but really she is in very poor shape. She's had all the treatment they will give her, and she's survived longer than expected on the last dose. But she breathes very fast and shallowly when resting, and she's acting dumber or more on instinct - barking a lot even when it's us coming in the door, stealing food from the garbage and people's hands. She has never been like this. We'll know more this weekend.

Sebastian says:

At thirteen o'clock we can go to the strawberry train and get some strawberries. And we can eat them on the way home. On the people coach of the strawberry train.

All aboard.

Comments

[kt]

Sending love to Ellie and you all, wishing you safe travels, loving the looks of the cloths all snugged together and wondering where I can purchase a ticket for the strawberry train?

[Nina]

Sending love to you and Ellie -- she's lucky to have people that love her like this.

[b from knitting harvest]

Safe travels and my sympathies to you and yours on Ellie. I love the LBI Foundation where the cloths are going. Spent many a time there at arts and crafts festivals in the last 30 some odd years.

[Knittripps]

Sending best wishes for your travels and my sympathy for Ellie and your family.

[Pam Michael]

I love these wash cloths. Do you know any of the patterns are?

[jj]

have a safe trip! and i'm so sorry about ellie :(

[Lynette]

Keeping sweet Ellie in my prayers...She has been a good companioin, in deed.

Great one, Sebastian! I love Sebastian's prose poem.

Safe travels. xo

~Auntie Lynette~

[elizabeth a airhart]

thank you for haveing my square
the square with the breast cancer ribbon
may is the month i had the radical operation
now here i am 8 years later in your art show
many thanks i am just ever so pleased

[Prunila]

I wanted also to thank you!!! How emotionant to have my square there! I just did a helleborus pattern but ... I also had a radical operation (ovarian) two years ago and survived of cancer and I'm SO happy I did!