WOW it's HOT and has been for a while. With the lowest rainfall here in California and the temperatures now in the nineties, I'm feeling a little crabby. The A/C just took a gasp and shuddered to a stop. Darn mechanical things doesn't it know that I'm not in the mood to be be trifled with right now. As though it could actually understand.

Maybe I should break out the water colors, pull up a lawn chair on the patio, turn on the hose and set it to a fine spray and paint some water color backgrounds or call the A/C fix it people. I think I'll paint then consider calling. Last year I made this bra. Using fabric dyes for the background, draped it with a deconstructed gauze scarf then embellished with embroidery, bugle beads, trim them applied a butterfly and dragonfly for a bit of whimsy. What are you doing to take your mind off the heat, if you out west or the flooding if you are in the mid states. Or, what do you do to take your mind off whatever is a hurdle in you life? Inquiring minds want to know.