TAGS FOR ORGANIZING MY HOME

Because I have low vision I like to use organization tips to help find things faster. I used stickers to tag my knitting needles. The smaller the pattern; the smaller the needle. The stickers are also used to price my handmade beaded jewelry I sell.

LIGHTS OUT

I haven't posted in awhile due to many reasons but mainly Blogspot changed their home page for bloggers. I can't find anything on my iPad so I can post. Yesterday my husband and I had guest over for supper. We went to Publix for groceries. As we took off down the road we noticed a few street light out. We thought this must have just happened. We entered Publix to out surprise the store was dark. I was explained to us that the lights had been out for 30 minutes. They had a generator so the AC and some lights were on. As we made our way around the store I had my cane out and told my poor husband not to move more than 4 feet away from me. We found most of the items we needed. Did I mention the just rearranged the store so I'm not sure where most things are. The employees were working together to cover the refrigerated and frozen foods. The staff were very friendly asking did we find everything we needed and had flashlights to help. I told my husband I usually have a flashlight in my purse but not today. At the register they were joking about the lights I commented as I folded my cane "Now you now what my world is like". We heard from several friends that their neighborhood were without light but not ours. Today the newspaper reported the outage was due to a squirrel in the transformer.

LIFE'S A BEACH

We live two hours from the South Carolina coast. I love going to the beach and picking up shells. I have a small collection. I love the white ones. Since I bead I have the smaller ones with a hole in the top strung with ribbon for my nieces to wear as a necklace. The very tiny ones we put is small bottles someone game me. Collecting shell is relaxing and fun. I even have bowls around the house full of shell. There are some from Savannah, Georgia to Myrtie, Beach, South Carolina.

New Art Exhibition Highlights Blind And Low-Vision Artists

Wichita, Kansas,
City Arts

Tue, October 04, 2011

KMUW / Fletcher Powell

A new exhibition is on display at Wichita’s City Arts that shows works by blind and low-vision artists. The exhibition, “Through Our Eyes,” runs through October 29.

In recognition of Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month the downtown Wichita gallery has joined with the Envision Foundation to present works by 10 youth artists and seven adult artists with levels of visual impairment ranging from moderate sight loss to complete blindness.

The artists, who collaborated on many of the pieces, produced dozens of tactile paintings, ceramics and sculptures, some of which will be auctioned off partway through the exhibition’s run, and then replaced by more work from the Envision artists.



Marilee Mitchell is the assistant artistic director at City Arts; she says they decided to exhibit the work to demonstrate that the art is essentially indistinguishable from works by artists with full visual abilities.

“We thought that it would be a great opportunity to show people that even if you’re missing one of your senses, you still have a voice and an artistic ability to create,” said Mitchell.