Category: mending

This morning

I woke up at dawn. I saw this gleam in the sky. When I put my glasses on, I could see it was a crescent moon, accompanied by a planet. Venus? The dawn was...

New binding

I started hand-stitching this binding today. It’s my niece’s quilt, I believe my mom (her grandmother) made it. My niece’s favorite color has always been purple. When looking for a fabric to use, I...

September

It doesn’t seem like we really had summer this year. It was 47 degrees this morning! But it’s September, and I welcome the new month. I am really enjoying the circle garden. The native...

Gabriel’s quilt

It’s so rainy and overcast, I’m in a bubble of cloudy weather. Better than being under a heat dome. I don’t spend much time in the garden though, too wet. I hope the seedlings...

Thought feathers

Drawings are thought feathers, they are ideas that I seize in mid-flight and put down on paper. Louise Bourgeois I took a Zoom class yesterday with London Drawing Group. “Louise Bourgeois: Doodling and the...

Everything’s slow

Things are slow here. I guess that’s okay. I wanted to make some progress on a few projects today, but I also wanted to have some downtime. I think I need some extra rest....

Revealing

The light snow that fell emphasizes the stillness of today. It sits quietly on everything. The pea trellis shows off its folds and turns. It’s tall, taller than I can reach, and the fencing...