29.01.2017

With this prompt I thought I won’t have any trouble with anybody in my flat, because there is an agreement, that each member of this community cares for her/his own footgear only.

So I went to my shoe rack to pick one of my walking boots, but strangely enough there was only one of them sitting on the rack. I looked around and found the second one in the other corner of our hallway. What had happened here? Cindy had her own boots and my were far too big for her. But maybe she had tripped over it last night not seeing anything with her eyes on fire.

But when I bent down to pick up the boot, I noticed someone looking at me wide-eyed. His mouth was moving quickly. I heard some squeaky sound but couldn’t make out any word. He started waving around with his tiny arms wildly gesturing. As far as I understood, he seemed to be a new lodger in our flatshare. I had a deeper look in my boot and saw, that someone had made oneself at home already.

Well, good that boots always come in pairs. I picked the untenanted and sat down in the kitchen to start with Carlas prompt.

28.01.2017

It was just a question of time, until Cindy showed up in the kitchen to look, what I was up to.

She was so delighted about the wonderful hula, she saw in one post, that she instantly ripped of her clothes to try on a tulip sort of hula. She wiggled her hips and got really excited. “Hey, Petra, with this hula, I need to wear the hottest bra ever.” 

She jumped into the spice board and picked some really hot bird chiles from Mexico. I had to take a picture. I was just in time, because a second later, she was in tears, because she had rubbed her eyes with her chile fingers. Poor girl!

24.01.2017

While listening to Mandy Greer I thought it might the right time to reintroduce you to my neigbors, the Schwümmlis. It is wonderful to have them next door. Such a lovely family.

Today I have a short portrait of Granny Schwümmli for you. Because when we talk about textile art and adventurers, we can’t fail to make her acquaintance.

Granny Schwümmli had built up quite a reputation in the kneesock knitter scene as early as in the 1950s. Her “Magic Rainbow” Kneesocks are on display for decades already in the Museum of Contemporary Knitting and Wooly Art. You can find a picture of the hanging here:

https://petrajackel.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/the-schwummlis-episode-8-magic-rainbows/

Nowadays her unmistakable style is still en vogue and thousands of handknitted kneesocks are shipped to all parts of the world.

Granny is not only a fantastic entrepeneur, but she also is an explorer and adventurer. She seeks for inspiration by travelling around the world and gets sometimes inspired by artists as far as Seattle.

Her new fashion line shows (she loves presenting her fashion herself), that there are no boundaries, when you think of wooly art. Amazing what she creates with her knitting needles.

17.01.2017

FAKE NEWS whereever you look!!!

Did you really believe, that lemons grow on trees?

Here is the unequivocal proof, that this is not actually true.

Cindy came back with this picture of an ad, she had taken a couple of hours ago at our local grocery store.