Pandemic Hats , genius

In the post today I received two amazing gifts. Posters made by Lizzy. The amount of creativity in this one woman is astounding, is it not? During the beginning of stay at home, she went into her drawers and shelves and made an incredible hat a day! WOW! 

 I have known Liz for  48 years!  She is British, now living in Norway,  I am Murican- obviously- we met in Kent  outside of Marden, Great Sheephurst farm, where ,she in a bus, me in a hop hut,  lived and worked picking apples, cherries, hops. There were  two dogs,  a tiny black kitten, several chickens, two babies, and some interesting men folk.  Washing clothes in a  huge tub over on open fire, making  and eating hashish custard at the end of the day.  No electricity, a bog at the bottom of the field, traveling to Tonbridge for a once a fortnight bath. 

  We have kept in touch in various ways, used to make tapes to send  across the pond,. I recorded the waves on the beach,  playing my clarinet, reading a poem, chatting while ironing- She sent the same with added children , and  a guinea pig squeaking and chomping carrots. Many letters, pages long, complete with annotation and art  illustrations.  The amount of life lived in those 48 years is the stuff of unbelievable adventure, sorrow,  challenges, children, dead children,  travel,  but always, art! 

Glad to say that Lizzy is , as always,  creatively, delightfully nutty, as you can see. What a grand surprise this morning. Carry on!