{"id":589,"date":"2011-07-24T23:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=589"},"modified":"2013-05-29T15:02:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T20:02:55","slug":"the-garden-wanes-sewing-flourishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=589","title":{"rendered":"The garden wanes; sewing flourishes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_590\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 236px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Okra-frog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-590 \" title=\"Okra frog\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Okra-frog.jpg\" width=\"236\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trained Killer Garden Guard<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here&#8217;s a picture of a little guy I see each okra-picking morning.\u00a0 I listen to him sing songs of love each evening.\u00a0 He&#8217;s been around for nearly 3 weeks and though I enjoy seeing him, I wish he&#8217;d find a lovely green partner to start a family.\u00a0 A herd\/gaggle\/swarm\/flock\/pack (?) of them would be most welcomed in the garden.\u00a0 Our lizards and geckos would appreciate the bug-eating help.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Though I still pick okra every day or two, the remainder of the garden has finished production and the harvest is canned or frozen.\u00a0 It&#8217;s still too early to start our fall garden so this is the time I&#8217;m able to take an air conditioned break and settle with fabric and thread.\u00a0 My aching back is more than ready for a rest!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;ve spent a few days with new clothing patterns, taking measurements and redrawing to accommodate my unusual size.\u00a0 Yesterday, I finally cut fabric and assembled a new t-shirt.\u00a0 I spent today taking the neckline apart to rework it more to my liking.\u00a0 Had I followed the pattern precisely, I&#8217;d not been able to get it over my head!\u00a0 As it turned out, it&#8217;s still more snug around my neck than I prefer.\u00a0 Phooey on patterns!\u00a0 With a whack, a few snips and newly created facings, tomorrow I&#8217;ll have a custom t-shirt to love and wear often.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Also tomorrow, I plan to start making another shirt or blouse or nightgown or shorts, depending which fabric calls the loudest.\u00a0 Sewing is such fun and I love the infinite clothing choices it offers!\u00a0 I can make things plain or frilly, chic or funky, according to my disposition and if I don&#8217;t like how it turns out, minor or radical changes can be made.\u00a0 Thankfully at this stage in my life, I have the patience to rip out, re-design, re-cut and re-sew.\u00a0 There&#8217;s no reason to settle for less than pleasing!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shirl<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Here&#8217;s a picture of a little guy I see each okra-picking morning.\u00a0 I listen to him sing songs of love each evening.\u00a0 He&#8217;s been around for nearly 3 weeks and though I enjoy seeing him, I wish he&#8217;d find a lovely green partner to start a family.\u00a0 A herd\/gaggle\/swarm\/flock\/pack (?) of them would be<span class=\"more-excerpt\"><a class=\"more-excerpt-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=589\"> (continue reading&#8230;)  <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1518,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/1518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}