Death Bed Paintings

Yesterday I visited the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Here is a small sampling of the death bed paintings,

memento moris and hair work.

The memento mori usually contains hair of the deceased, often

ground to make pigment.

These examples of hairwork were usually given to

one's betrothed.

I am really drawn to the intimacy of wearing

a physical part of a loved one.  It also makes

a memento mori more poignant.

Saturday Walk

These days

I have started a lot of projects recently.

Knitting a cable rug.  I bought the largest knitting needles

I could find.

Sewing curtains for the living room.

I never realised what a pain it is to sew a floor length curtain.

106 inches long.

Ebe likes to play with it while I work on it.

I'll put up pictures soon.

 

Happenings...

Taft Art Museum

Yesterday we went to the Taft Art Museum 

Funny, because whenever I hear William Taft

I think of him stuck in a bathtub.

The museum had an extremely nice asian

collection, mostly ceramics.

 All the fu dogs reminded me of my shih tzu, Ebe.

The museum also had great carpets.

I should have taken pictures.

 

Rainy Monday

 Can you see the 3 deer?

Jace and I went running in Eden Park and these three came out of

the woodwork to greet us/warn us to get off their turf.

A view of downtown during a walk.

Oktoberfest!

 This is a pretty building a block to two down from where we live.

It has nothing to do with the festival.

Just ornamentation.

 Potato pancake extremely out of focus due to my food excitement