"Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born." (Horace) A compilation of art, commentary, and thoughts on life and gospel topics from a rather silly little mouse.
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Photos From This Week!
I have NEVER seen one of these Caterpillars in real life before--it's only ever been that I've seen them in pictures of TV. So when I saw this one as I was heading out to visit my Therapy Ladies I, 1. pulled out my phone to take a picture, and 2. picked it up using a piece of paper and moved it to a safer location (i.e. not the sidewalk, and not heading towards the very busy road). It freaked out a little when I did this, one of those, "WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME?!" moments, but settled down after I safely dropped it off and started walking away.
Pretty cool. It was a little longer than the length of my palm.
I've been trying to be more involved with people lately. For one, it's healthy to make connections with other human beings. Two, my Therapy Lady told me to. XD
So! I set up an account on Meetup and signed up for a whole bunch of groups. Then, when I realized how obnoxious getting all those updates is, I narrowed down the groups and settled on a few that I like. One such group meets at my local library, making their activities easily accessible. The first time we did painting, then the next was yarn activities, and today there was dancing. Quite a wide array of events! And I've had the chance to meet some really wonderful people!
However, at the yarn event I was the only person who showed up. XD So the organizer and I just basically sat down and chewed the fat. At one point two children showed up and asked us what we were doing and I tried my best to teach them how to do it (+2 points for me, a beginer, trying to learn how to do crocheting left-handedly when I had only just learned that day...and I'm right-handed. But you know what they say about how the best way to learn is to teach. *shrugs and smiles*) before they headed off to take over the computers they had put on hold.
As for myself, the project I was working on was an old one. While on the mission one of my favorite companions, S., was suddenly inspired to make some baby hats that look like acorns...only for adults. A very, VERY patient member of the Japanese Ward we worked with set aside some time for a week or two to try to teach us. I didn't get very far, honestly, but it was a lot of fun even if it was a bit difficult for me.
Long story short, the yarn sat around for over a year and a half after returning home from my mission. The project itself I decided to scrap (I know my own strengths and weaknesses), but I have a fondness for the material. So I opted to start over again with the hopes of creating a muffler-style scarf. This (the above image) is my current amount of progress. But my hope is that it will continue to grow until I have a nice muffler for the winter. :)
Aaaaaand ramen! Because WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED that I would not only make ramen, but take a photo of it? Shocker, right? ;-) In any case, I'm trying to eat more consistently, and make sure to have water. So ramen is my usual solution. This batch was made using bean sprouts, a thin type of mushroom I liked in Japan, tofu (my one true love), green onions, and zucchini. No eggs this time, as we are running low on them.
Welcome to the excitingness that is my life! XD
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When trying to teach kids crochet I always start them on a single stitch finger crochet. It's super easy and if they start to get the hang of it (aka if they're persistent) they can make friendship bracelets with it. XD
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