Diane tells me it was last January that she prepared the first version of the "mobile." I posted a blog at that time that showed the various parts hanging and scattered on the floor after the mobile disintegrated - sort of. I searched for those pictures in my files. Alas! They are not to be found anywhere - maybe some other time. During her stay this summer Diane has completed the mobile and stabilized it. There is a fish in the mobile depicting each of us in four generations of Hatches. It is sort of a dynamic thing however and changes constantly will make it out of date with births and marriages. (Mike and Emily are not shown as a family on it yet.) It is now hanging where, for many months, the Christmas Star quilt was hanging. That quilt needed to be moved for several reasons. One is that it is no longer Christmas season. Another is that the integrity of the quilt needs to be preserved and taking it down is one way to do that. It has gone back into the cedar chest to await further disposition.
Diane is leaving tomorrow to go back to Tacna, Arizona to get ready for her school year. We barely got the mobile hung this morning. I have a couple of pictures of her and Coyote, her cat, which I am including in this blog. Evelyn will return to Japan in about a week to teach at the Yokosuka Naval Base, so in spite of her protests I took a picture. As you can see she did not pose.
Diane is leaving tomorrow to go back to Tacna, Arizona to get ready for her school year. We barely got the mobile hung this morning. I have a couple of pictures of her and Coyote, her cat, which I am including in this blog. Evelyn will return to Japan in about a week to teach at the Yokosuka Naval Base, so in spite of her protests I took a picture. As you can see she did not pose.
I also posted a blog last fall that showed an old antique rocking chair that I proposed to finish, but the refinishing process was proving to be too formidable with so many little cuts and grooves, so I am just going to strengthen it physically and leave the old patina on it and keep it as the rocker out on the porch. I will post a blog when it is done. Clarine is helping by sewing some cushion covers for the seat and back it will look good (rustic) and it will be comfortable. To make it solid I had to put some wires with turnbuckles in them, so that if anything loosens all I have to do is take up a little more slack with the turnbuckle.We had very hot weather the week of the 24th of July and the week immediately after. This week is showing some promise of starting to cool.
Well, after Diane and Evelyn leave, Clarine and I can catch our breath after a very busy summer. Our visitors will all be gone, and we can put things back in their usual order. We will keep you posted. gwh
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