Sometimes orders are totally fun, and sometimes they just boggle the mind.
Like this one.
I have the fabric samples approved by the customer, and I can't quite wrap my head around their choices.
L says I often am not wild about color combinations I am asked to make a rug out of. And then sometimes, when all is said and done, they turn out to be ok.
We'll see.
The jury is still out on this one.
Tell me truly, do these colors go together?
There is a "freeze warning" for tonight, and today it was only in the 40's, with a chilly wind.
Roy doesn't care, he loves walking between the river and the canal.
The Hudson is lovely here, and it is generally pretty quiet in the middle of the week.
On the weekends, when it is warm, not so much.......there are usually "too many" people jumping off the dam, littering the area, and generally being rowdy.
On weekends, I like to walk EARLY in the morning, before they all roll out of bed.
Instead of in front of me.
Hallelujah.
Finally, when she took a breath, I said: "Say one positive thing."
She said, "What?" I said, "Just say ONE POSITIVE THING, because everything you are saying is NEGATIVE, so say just ONE positive thing."
She thought for a second, then looked me straight in the eye, and said, "I love you, Hilary."
The road home.
It's cold, but the lilacs are finally out.
And my mother loves me.
Here's a link, to another blog post, that my BFF sent me today.
It reminds me, that in spite of the infirmities of age, and the changes in personality, my mother is the same woman that has been in my corner, my whole life.
What I wished I'd said to my mother.
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