Pleasant Evening
I've spent a pleasant evening of watching some taped TV and doing Pysanky while I watched. I was watching Matlock and then Columbo. My husband joined me for a little while toward the end of the last Columbo. He was surprised at the low price of the sherry and root beer that Columbo paid for at the airport. I reminded him that these reruns were originally made years ago. I don't know how many years, but prices were much lower then than now.
I have discovered a pleasing combination of dyes for my latest eggs. I've been doing first yellow, then red, then orange, and finally blue. The finished combination is one I really like. When I try to use new combinations of colors, I'm often disappointed when I wipe the wax off because it isn't pleasing. Sometimes the colors just don't go together as I thought they would. When layering the dyes, they seem to be affected by each successive dye bath and the end result isn't sharp and distinct. I have eggs that I've spent hours putting on an intricate design and then they don't look attractive because I used unfortunate color combinations. But I'm learning.
Today I tried out an interwoven circle design that I feel that I invented for myself, but actually it's hard to invent new geometric designs. I know it must have been done before. One of the most enjoyable parts of Pysanky is wiping the wax off and finding what the egg really looks like under all that waxy build up.
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