Mushrooms, baked and felted.

I couldn't leave that last blah post at the top of the page for the entire weekend while we're off skiing. 

Instead, some Sculpey trees and mushrooms made and baked a week or so ago by the boys and myself, and some of Grace's Myriads of Mushrooms knit and felted during the past week.  I may mess around with the stems a little more, stuffing and closing them off at the bottom as the pattern suggests, before sewing them the caps and stems together.  I ended up cutting the bottom off of one that turned out too tall. 

The picture is a bit foggy from the condensation that formed on the lens after leaving the camera out in the cold car overnight and trying to take pictures immediately after bringing it back inside. 

E, preparing to shoot them down, I think, with some Lego parts, here, while waiting for R to finish his schoolwork so they can play together again.  Unfortunately, he has learned that dreaded word: boring.  Until recently, we've managed to keep it completely out of our vocabulary.  Somehow, after so many years, it snuck it's way in.  Argh.  I suppose, on the other hand, that it's not a bad thing to have the words to express how your feeling, right?

There.  A clearer one. 

Comments

[Sarah R]

I remember reading somewhere that boredom can be important...it's when one is really bored that one comes up with astonishing ideas of things to do.

Though your boys seem to keep pretty busy without the dreaded boredom!

[Ellen]

What wonderful mushrooms! I've got to try these, especially since I stumbled upon her blog right after Christmas and the printouts are sitting in a pile on my desk!

[Lizz]

I'm looking forward to knitting some in the future. Great clay mushrooms too.

[Amber]

Love those mushrooms!

Thoughts on boring... I've heard, "I'm BORED," faaaaar too many times. But I also believe that boredom is integral to a healthy life----that we need to be bored from time to time. Sometimes, I think boredom leads to our best creative discoveries.

That said, during our own homeschooling days, boredom was something I tried to avoid because I felt like I was "failing" my kids in some way if they were bored...

When we homeschooled, the months of Jan & Feb were the toughest---we were in the rain 24-7 and we were all in a funk. I don't presume you have the same routine as we did, but I just want to say hang in there! I know the low-light and cold months of this time of year can be a drag.

[Susan]

We're caught in the winter doldrums these days, too (I think it's worse for me than the children...they reflect my energy--or lack thereof). Nice mushrooms.