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..the daily life of a hermit and her dog ...
River Echo
September, 2010
Welcome to Oma's World.
Welcome to Oma's world: a hermitage set on a pristine lake, nestled in mountains, surrounded by trees and inhabited by Oma, Kenya (her own dog) and the dogs she looks after.
In Oma's world there is time to see, really see, the natural landscape as it changes. When she is not outside with the dogs, Oma reads, writes and watches films. She has also returned to a lost hobby, knitting, tried pottery and felting with very limited success, and produced a great deal of funky furniture over the past year or so. She also teaches occasionally at a local language school.
Since moving to the hermitage she has discovered the secret to raising healthy house plants. They have to love their environment. We all do if we are to lead happy productive lives.
This summer she tried her hand at creating a garden, and has been consumed by it to the exclusion of most other occupations.
In Oma's world there is time to see, really see, the natural landscape as it changes. When she is not outside with the dogs, Oma reads, writes and watches films. She has also returned to a lost hobby, knitting, tried pottery and felting with very limited success, and produced a great deal of funky furniture over the past year or so. She also teaches occasionally at a local language school.
Since moving to the hermitage she has discovered the secret to raising healthy house plants. They have to love their environment. We all do if we are to lead happy productive lives.
This summer she tried her hand at creating a garden, and has been consumed by it to the exclusion of most other occupations.
My Other Blogs
Kenya
My Lady of the Lake
Some of My Regular (and Occasional) Haunts
About Me
- Oma
- ... a woman who has been many women and will likely continue to metamorphose right til the end ... I have been a mother, a grandmother, a writer, a teacher, a traveler, a nomad,a hermit, a dog sitter, and a sporadic folk artist wannabe. Right now I am also a tiny-time-chef and caterer. Who knows where my travels will lead me as I travel down the final stretch of life's road?
Blogs for Writers
Followers
Something I Noticed Recently
- "A first draft is a work of construction. A seventh is the work of an artist." Barbara Kingsolver
Kenya's Sleepover Buddies
- Peach, a gentle 5 year old Lassie-type Collie
- Oberon, King of the Cat Fairies
- Corey, a 7 year old Golden Retriever
- Kitty, AKA Button, 8 weeks
- Tom Cat, 1 year old... run over November, 2010
- Olive, the 2 year old black lab
- Chelsea, the old and lumpy black lab on steroids
- Mica, the Siberian Husky
- Maggie, the two year old Berner
- Stella, the 7 month old Bernese Mountain Dog puppy
- Tango, the Ancient Sheep Dog, now deceased
- Zeke, the Nova Scotia Duck Toller, now deceased
- Henry, Marta's Golden Retriever
- Lulu, the tiny Cockapoo puppy
- Havoc, the Doberman
- Remi, Sarah's Golden Doodle
- Tango, the Golden Lab mix
- Teddy and Shea, Tammy and Carlos' dogs
- Nina, the Chocolate Lab, now re-homed because of viciousness
Blog Archive
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2010
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February
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- Life and Social Awkwardness
- Decrepitude and Treats
- Moules et Frites at Le Hibou
- We Used to Die; Now We Outlive Our Body Parts ...
- Remi has joined our household
- Clare's Chair ... finished?
- Clare's Chair ... almost finished ... with cushion...
- Sparking with the dogs on the lake ...
- Chelsea: old and lumpy but very sweet and loves to...
- The End of the Saga ... The Beginning of Fun
- Chapter ??? in the Saga
- The Kicksled Saga Continues ...
- Yesterday and Today
- Today
- Yesterday
- Mrs. Doubtfire and the Sled
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February
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Films I am Watching (reviewed are starred)
- Blood Diamond
- Amazing Grace
- Rosenstrasse
- The Blade Runner
- My Cousin Vinnie
What I am Reading These Days
- Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
- Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott
- What They Wanted by Donna Morrissey
- Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather o'Neill
- Merle's Door: Lessons from a Free Thinking Dog by Ted Kerasote
7 comments:
Absolutely lovely!
And the sled chair looks feasible, if a little thin; I had imagined it more sturdy, but then it would be cumbersome to maneuvour (sp?).
Thank you. I will post a photo of the absolutely finished chair in a few days.
The sled is lightweight ... but at my age that's a plus ... especially on a flat surface like the lake where tippiness is not a real concern.
It is beautiful!
The chair is gorgeous!!! You've done a spectacular job (as always)!
There will eventually be a line of laundry, some mergansers, loons and other Pike Lake things ... but I am going slowly now and seeing how I like each thing I add before adding more ... and the whole thing has to be polyurethaned. I was going to do flowers because Clare loved her garden better than almost anything, but then I received the perfect flowered cushion for looking after Oberon, and its flowers are nicer than anything I could manage.
This chair looks more grown up and suited to a larger range of tastes and room designs. Your other works are more whimsical and likely better sited to spaces that people have deemed as "fun" or recreational.
Great job.
Rob
Thanks, Rob. I think you are right. But yesterday I added a clothesline ... so there is a at least a touch of whimsy in this one too.
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