Morrisa Sherman

@morrisasherman

Artsy homemaker and surreal dreamer

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Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· 20d

Omg I took this pic over a decade and a half ago, and I didn't know who it was for. Now I know.

Photo of a personalized California license plate, on a Chevy Impala. The text reads "VLAD THE"

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· 21d

Abbey Sciutto, perky, friendly, huggy, gothtastic forensic scientist, also wears creative and fabulous clothes every damn day, just because.

Pollyanna, like me, is an irrepressibly friendly and optimistic sort, and can't sit normally in a chair

Mary Poppins, magical caregiver, enjoys a compliment from an animated penguin

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· 25d

From Mary Poppins, Severe looking nannies and their umbrellas being blown away from the Banks' residence in a magically powerful wind. The mushroom above reminded me of this scene.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· 25d

The kids like their nanny better than their distant parents, but their dad does belatedly have a values shift.

Image shows Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins, sharing a song with a wee animatronic modern dinosaur

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· 25d

Trifle cat wants to be one of your besties

Head photo of a poofy Siberian lynxpoint cat with blue eyes and a ballet-slipper-pink nose

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jul 7

Breakfast rush at the Frog Fountain Buffet

House finches and squirrels amiably eating seeds together near the frog fountain

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jul 6

image shows a brioche crochet WIP, a "liana" pattern short scarf in greens and earthtones. It is embarrassingly narrow, given that I've been working on it for five days now.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jul 6

Approved

An illustration from Alice in Wonderland, from the nonsense croquet game. Alice in a blue dress and pinafore with matching striped tights, has her foot on a balled-up hedgehog as another hedgehog begins to wander off. Alice and her croquet flamingo stars into each others eyes. I'm not sure they've reached rapport yet on how to proceed together most effectively.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jul 2

My good people, I present: The great tragedienne, Sarah Bernhardt, incarnate as TrifleCat! She has been fed, AND given treats. Her craft, perfection. Wasting no motion drawing attention to her own beauty, she directs our gaze to the plate licked immaculately clean, weeping in clarion tones of woe.

Trifle, a lynx-point Siberian cat, has a mostly ivory coat with dark tail, feet, and tabby striped face. She stands on the granite counter of the kitchen island, staring pointedly at a clean, white plate, not a crumb on to hint at the full breakfast or the treats she was already given. The imaginary audience can hear her clear meows in the uppermost seats of the gallery.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jul 1

I made a brioche crochet SWATCH! It took a youtube video, and hours of pausing and backing up and unraveling little bits and doing them again, but I think I have a better understanding of the pattern language for this sort of crochet now, and maybe I can try something more ambitious!

Photo shows a purple swatch of a brioche crochet leaf pattern made by following a youtube tutorial video.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 30

Bougainvillea & lantana! Both thrive in my part of California. Lantana has a spicy-resinous scent to the foliage, makes it quite deer and pest resistant; if given room, can spread to a dense groundcover. Bougainvillea is a climbing vine that loves trellis-ish support. Dig this one in Berkeley!

A massive ebulliently blooming old bougainvillea vine. They love yet warmer climes than mine, thriving in places like Southern California and Hawaii. Varietals include red and a lovely variegated pink orange, But that crayon magenta like yours and like this one is the hardiest, most likely to survive a more changeable climate. This one grew supported by a telephone pole, and like an old, successful wisteria vine, its entwined vines are themselves thick, barked, self supporting at this point, nearly a tree trunk! Some folks use bougainvillea on fences as a floral alternative to barbed wire, actually a pretty good deterrent to trespass. The thorns on this one are old some a couple of inches long, and stiletto sharp. A plant that commands RESPECT.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 27

I love that color that wanders between brown and purple. Feeling fig today, and sporting gift treasures.

A tighter closeup so the jewelry described in the second photo, the amethyst knot brooch, the chimera headed knot brooch, and the rather beetlish Edwardian repoussée pendant are easier to see.

A nice selfie; beloved vintage jewelry is easier to see in this one. My hat has a wee Victorian mourning portrait pin and a big ole vintage amber glass brooch. I'm wearing an amethyst and gold vermeille knot pin, a Victorian "Etruscan revival" chimera-headed knot pin, and the lovely Edwardian pendant and matching earrings my husband got me from a favorite vintage store as a cherished birthday treat.

A photo of me leaning on my walker and modeling the whole figgy outfit, a floral mesh layering body suit and two kinds of thin flowy slip skirts under a floral chiffon dress with a plunge neckline and balloon three-quarter length sleeves. I've accessorized with a vintage seventies woven leather belt, my fave befeathered and brooch pinned brown cloche hat, and some dearly favorite jewelry, gifts from my husband for various birthdays and holidays.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 27

RITE?!

Bugs in the middle of being pounced upon, suddenly starts giving Gossamer a manicure and disarms him with small talk, "My, I'll bet you monsters lead interesting lives..."

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 26

The myth of Daphne, only it's Beaker from the Muppet Show

a tree with two cut branch scars that look like eyes and a downturned scar in its bark that looks rather like a downturned mouth

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 20

Also, the entry way garden is lovely

fuchsia blossoms looking rather like a clutch of ballet dancers

Assorted flowers mixed into a bed of mostly yellow, pink, and orangy lqntana clusters

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 20

MRIs complete, time to appreciate the decor and garden at Stanford's Emeryville clinic and radiology center.

An indoor restful spot with a canopied wooden bench, art, plants, and a grand gong

I also look good next to a painting of a stylized Asiatic tiger framed in patterning

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 19

2 MRIs, thoracic and lumbar, this evening. I shall take physic to quell anxiety, enter a massive magnet tunnel, and brave its tumult and clamorous bruit with perfect stillness. The contrivance shall divine the source of my spinal torment, so my wise chirurgeon may know where upon me to cut. Magic.

Photo shows me in super comfy, cotton dress layers of a soft khaki sage and a buff-brown plaid. I'm wearing a soft little green crocheted hat I made. Trifle the lynx-point Siberian cat rests on my lap. Until it's time to be driven to my MRIs, my big job for the day is rest in a recliner chair, stay centered, avoid nerve spasms, (nobody likes the shrieking) and be a warm lap for Trifle.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 19

Black and white photo shows a child, mouth agape in awe, wearing a plastic helmet and goggles cobbled together of vaguely futury bits. The texts in the child's two thought balloons read "Radar is so fun to use-- If only you would join me." I for one, you see, hope to be weird and NOT disappointing.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 18

Mine's still down

Trifle, a Siberian lynxpoint cat, asleep across one and a half human sized spaces on a couch

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 18

Yay! New dinner, a thai curry chicken soup, made of a leftover half rotisserie chicken and a bunch of stuff we had on hand.

Photo shows a big mixing spoon scooping shredded chicken and veggies out of a broth made with canned coconut creme, fresh lime and lime zest, and thai green curry paste.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 17

I listened to hold music for 47 minutes, long enough to use my insta-pot to make the leftover half rotisserie chicken into the base of a chicken curry, but I won't exaggerate. It was not long enough to also hand debone the meat. I HAVE verified my spine MRIs scheduled for Friday are AUTHORIZED🎉🥳!

Photo shows chicken meat strained out of an insta pot, sitting in a second cooking pot, ready to be deboned. I took the photo after the insta-pot had depressurized, JUST as I finally reached the person I needed to speak to in order to ascertain whether my two upcoming spine MRIs are insurance authorized. Whew! They are, hooray! Tonight's curry can be enjoyed in peace.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 12

Photo of a feminine wigstand head placidly modeling a double-layer, brass-colored, metal cage device. The device has vertical rows of adjustable screws as well as adjustable screws in front of the face and eyes.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 11

More beading funz. Between two busted necklaces and a lovely pendant off of a filthy cord plus some inherited beads and I was able to make me a long necklace, and a shorter one with a pair of matching earrings for my daughter. Shh. Don't tell her. Details in ALT texts.

Photo of a messy beading tray as I try to figure out how I'm going to assemble everything. There's ONE excellent antique porcelain dragon bead I got in China, um, 37 years ago? Yeah! It had been on a cord with a tassle, but the cord wasn't that great to begin with, and it had gotten very dirty and frayed. I also got the necklace that yielded the large and small vintage cloisonné beads there. The lapis curved beads and the bright-blue, round stone beads (probably died howlite, not speckly enough or quite dark enough for lapis) were from a different broken necklace, and with those along with small glass iridescent beads I inherited from my sweet departed sister, there's enough length here for me to share some of the precious cloisonné wealth with my daughter!

I had two, only two, lapis long rectangle beads. Earrings. Obviously.

A closeup photo of the glorious, round, pierced-porcelain dragon pendant, now wired with beads on his new bead necklace home. You can also see detail of the large and small vintage cloisonné beads above the dragon.

Finished! Photo shows the long necklace with the porcelain dragon pendant, the short necklace with the dramatic three curved lapis beads, and the earrings.

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 11

Understood. I with my inferior phone camera am Team Squirrel 4 ever.

A pair of squirrels sit and partake of the safflower seeds and wildbird mix I scatter daily for them and for my local birdfriends

Morrisa Sherman@morrisasherman· Jun 10

I'm tired and sore after a grueling day of (checks notes) sitting upright in a chair. I have a dress I want to wear on Sunday, and I realized the 2 unfinished strands of crisocola beads I bought years ago in a mineral store would complement it, and well, that became my day! deets in ALT txt