FEELIN' GROOVY!

 I hope you're singing!

  I present to you the colorful and happy mailbox art!

 The back side of the box.  

(Even though the mail people don't see this side, I wanted everyone to be able to see color, too.)

I had fun coloring a whole spiral and then covering it with the black 

and doing what is called negative painting.  

I struggle with wrapping my head around it but the numbers are

 legible and was a good brain exercise!

I hope to make a lot of smiles on my road!

And if you need help knowin' the words to the song....

I will help you out!

Slow down, you move too fast

You got to make the morning last

Just kicking down the cobblestones

Looking for fun and feeling groovy

Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy

Hello lamppost, what'cha knowing

I've come to watch your flowers growin'

Ain't you got no rhymes for me?

Doo-ait-n-doo-doo, feeling groovy

Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy

I got no deeds to do, no promises to keep

I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep

Let the morningtime drop all its petals on me

Life, I love you, all is groovy

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Paul Simon

The 59th Street Bridge Song lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Add Color!

 Look who we saw early in the morning!!!

They came right up to the back patio door 

asking for cracked corn!

All three together is a very good thing;

the 'chick' is an adolescent now-

adult plumage except for the red head-that's the last bit of coloring

to be added!

Speaking of color, look at my mailbox!

The mail lady came as I was stitching the last of the stitches

and I apologized for covering up the numbers nailed to the post

and she said not to worry--that they all knew which one it was now! lol

I will be painting the old black box in the 60's style today!

An Ending and A Beginning!

Ending--

 The Regia socks are finished!

They were knit on #2.5mm needles over 64 stitches.

I worked them toe-up with a gusset and heel turn.

A simple 2 x 2 rib was worked for the leg.

They match!

Beginning-- 

On the way to go and work at the mailbox,

I stepped out my front door to meet this guy!

We conversed for a bit and then he wandered away.

The single males are kicked out by their parents 

when they raise their new brood.

These gents wander for a bit figuring things out 

and try to find an area where they can settle in safely.

Beginning--

 I started the mailbox yarn bombing!

I think looking at the picture, 

I didn't realize how much of a gap there would be where the

brace meets the upright post.

I will work on filling it in with another section today.

And adding some to the top section--that was just my mis-math! lol

I'm also going to work on covering the horizontal section under the mailbox.

For that, I will have to use some staples.

I think I know what I am doing for that!

Beginning--

I leave you with this shimmering photo of the desert rose

almost in full bloom!

She is spectacular;  standing 4' tall.

(no aroma!-I told you, showy isn't savory!)

Ending--

Goodbye April....

I can't say I'll miss you!

Work on Two Fronts

 I pieced several rows of the apple core in the morning yesterday.

It didn't exhaust me to work at this!

 After lunch, I played at making different swatches at my knitting machine

until I had achieved the look I envisioned

for the beginning of my own yarn bombing!

This will be stitched to the lower part of my mailbox post.

I can't wait to work on the next section today!

Thank you, Isolated Creativity, for the inspiration!