http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog Homesteading, Life as Art, Creation instead of Consumption, Beauty Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:14:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have 2 weeks off with very little to do, so I decided to head South to my mom's house for a couple days so we could do some bonding and some canning. I've never really canned before, and didn't really this time either, but it was still fun and ... http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2008/09/06/vacation-time/ I love beets. I really do. I love their earthy flavour, I love their colour, I love it all. Today we went down to Buskerfest but there were so many people, and I hate crowds-especially in full sun, that I trickled off and bought a bunch of produce at the ... http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2008/08/23/gimme-a-beet/ I started to make a blanket (afghan?) after seeing these pictures. Pretty, huh? I have a rather huge collection of yarn and decided to go with what I have instead of going out and spending loads of money. I tend to like bright colours, as you can see, and I ... http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2008/08/05/incomplete/ It's been so long since this site has been updated that I wonder if anyone even bothers looking any more. We get the Dignam catalogue in the mail regularly and the latest one came with a gift certificate with a scratch off for $980.oo off your next purchase of land from ... http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2008/08/01/delayed-post/ On account of the dreaded pirates that have been terrorizing Nefarious's Playmobile universe, we built a jail cell for the worst offenders. It's made out of some Fimo, BBQ skewers, and a bunch of silver spray paint (yes, it's a little blobby). The skewers are exactly the right size to ... http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2008/06/16/diy-playmobile-prison/ I added some more layers to this painting to try and give it more depth, and a rainbow because I like them. It's approaching completion, and probably will only need a couple hours more -- click it to zoom in. http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2008/06/07/blind-leading-the-blind-iv/ I worked a bit more on The Blind Leading The Blind, building up the texture and making the colours a little less "flat". Of course it's in an unlined state right now, but you can see it's much nicer than in the previous post. You can click it to zoom ... http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2008/05/31/blind-leading-the-blind-iii/ This still needs a lot of work and I'm not so happy with it at present (it's also a poor photo), but I did a little bit more painting on this project...   http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2008/05/24/the-blind-leading-the-blind-2/ I decided to do a new painting based on one of my favorite classic paintings, "The Blind Leading the Blind" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1568). It's of course based on Matthew 15:14; Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both ... http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2008/05/18/the-blind-leading-the-blind/ I hope she doesn't write me out of her will for this. http://www.ineedmorelife.com/blog/2008/05/10/my-mom-reads-this-blog/