Peacock and a Picture Story

For a while, I've been envisioning a beading project, called "the peacock" because I wanted a mix-match of blues and greens. I wanted it to be secure, without a clasp, and without exposed metal parts. I got some pointers from MJ in CR, and 文大猊 took me to the crazy "I-didn't-know-they-had-a-bead-for-that" bead shop in SF. This is where I found the aqua-colored leaf beads, the two blue twisty beads in front, a mix of peacock colors, and the focal bead. The rest was done with four colors of seed beads, wire, and crimps.



We caught the Corn Maze on the second to last day it was open. I've never done one before, but this one covers 8 acres, and the theme this year was monarch butterflies. The maze had a butterfly shape in the center, which could be seen on the map and aerial view. It was difficult. It was muddy. We couldn't imagine participating in the "Haunted Maze" which would take place after dark that night with flashlights. We couldn't imagine taking kids there and setting them loose, since there were a few moments where we two adults were afraid that we were lost in the corn.

There is a group on Flickr that posts picture stories in 4-picture sequences. I used them in my classes in China, and I decided that a picture story would be a good way to present the maze adventure. (Click to enlarge)

Maize Maze: A Picture Story


-吴碧芙

Rainbows and Fairies

When I was little, my Grama had a prism hanging in the western window. In the afternoons, the rainbows would be projected all over the floor, and I would try to stand on them, or hold them in my hands. When I had my own apartment in Iowa City, I went downtown and bought a prism, which has been with me from IC to Phoenix, and finally to SD.

I hung my prism in my only window, southern, and I find it makes the best rainbows in the fall and winter. As I sat talking on Saturday, I realized that one was projected onto my hand, like a little light of Tinkerbell, so we tried to capture it in a picture.


Rainbows are a common theme lately. While visiting my parents, I went to a yarn shop with my mom and found a really bright and exciting sock yarn. This finally gave me the necessary motivation to actually knit a sock. I had some difficulty with the gusset, but I'm finally on the home stretch, with only half of the foot and the toe left to finish.


Finally, I finished the scarf that I had been working on since Thanksgiving. Everyone who saw me working on it at that gathering, will be happy to see the finished product. I gave it to 文大猊, who was surprised and excited to have a new scarf in personalized colors, which I picked out a few weeks after meeting him.


Be well,
-吴碧芙