under the blanket

Chinatown has become my new hunting ground.

Have been on leave the past four days and have been there daily to eat, shop and take dressmaking lessons.

After just three lessons, I'm almost done with my first attempt to make an A-line skirt. I wish I could quit my job and do this full-time. It's so satisfying and relaxing to hunch over a sewing machine or just tack with needle and thread. As I commented to Mousey, who is my partner in crime and the business of skirt making: "I just love doing things which don't need me to use my brains."

I know this guy we call Bee Keeper, because that is what he would do if he could do anything in the world. I told him I wanted to be Carpet Weaver. But Dress Maker would suit me just fine too at this point in time.