some craftiness

hi team! it's a monday! i didn't do much other than finish up some crafts so i can concentrate on school with a put together apartment. here i what i finished up:

you'll notice the felt ball garland, one of my favorite mary oliver quotes, a vintage pic from steamboat springs in 1948, and various eleanor inspired art (a silhouette and a picture graciously bestowed on us from none other than danny stone of smelly ellie and me at the supreme court now grace the wall above her "room"). i also incorporated lotsa this new amaaaazing fabric my lovely auntie po bought for me at the awesome urban arts and crafts in kc. 

remind me to tell you about my weekend tomorrow!

until then, 

k and e

spring has indeed sprung

the princess and i headed home a week and a half ago to have some major relaxin:

we spent the majority of our time in kansas with the ever lovely elva lola grandmother, which is a whole other post of its own, but here are some pics from the trip and our escape to kc for a day (los compas! huge dos equis! friends (and alex)! family! we're spoiled!)

ellie beholds our hometown from urban arts and crafts (if you haven't been, go. right now. 2 projects in the works from treasures found there). we certainly miss our town and all it offers in friendship and fun.

shortly after this photo was taken, we were ushered to the airport where we flew on back home. i think the princess and i should be qualifying for a free flight soon. we were greeted by a district where spring had sprung forth in a beautiful abundance. i mean, just look at my patio tree (top center) dripping with bright blossoms, or the forsythia shining golden. the irises i planted are still alive, and i even made it for the tail end of the cherry blossoms. i can't take it. so, so breathtaking. 

. . . heaven is an eternal spring. 

today i placed a really funny amazon order that contained two books (heaven is here - i love nienie's blog - and health care reform: what it is, why it's necessary, how it works - in cartoon form!), a package of biodegradable princess eleanor poop bags, and 4 oz of silver glitter. ever since i moved to dc i've been pining after some good old fashioned glitter to use to spruce up my depressing apartment. and maybe some to sprinkle on myself and be all like "long day at the office, tee hee".

alright that about brings you up to date for now. i've gotta head to a new part of town to be a tutor. wish me luck.

happy hump day!!

xoxo, 

k and the incomparable princess e

debbie downer

today was sort of sad. i never feel particularly happy after checking the news, but obviously today's news was worse than normal.

dear japan: i'm feeling so distressed about your loss. you'll be in the thoughts and prayers of millions across the globe.

it's the soberest feeling.

luckily, in this situation global neighbors tend to step up and offer a bit of help with damage control. but what if global neighbors recognized not only these acute events of destruction, but also the everyday destructions that occur below our industrialized and privileged radar?

anyway. that's deep enough for now. this post is dedicated to my Japanese reader that google stats tells me that i have. hello Japanese reader. i sincerely hope that you and your family are safe and sound. you're in my prayers. tomorrow morning day will break again in the land of the rising sun and in a few weeks the cherry blossoms will start to bloom and this too shall pass.

xoxo,

k and e

p.s. to make it an even worse news day, maryland's equality in marriage bill died today.

p.p.s. i hate leaving things on a sad note. happily, i've found my next knitting project courtesy of pickles:

knitted pouf stool - so cute