Happy new year

‘Fast away the old year passes…’

Here in the northern hemisphere with winter causing a pause in growth all around us in garden and forest, it seems exactly right to pause as well from the toiling and routine of the past year. The days will lengthen. The sun will warm our faces again. Newness and growth are gifts of New Year.  I wish you contentment and courage in equal measure. 

Shout winter

Aren't amaryllis amazing? Giant bulb, giant flowers. No yellow ones or we could clearly see that they are cousins of the daffodil. And just as daffodil say Spring, amaryllis shout Winter.  

Tea helps

Life happens. Tea helps.

Light the lamp

November days are dark and damp. Come inside and light the lamp

Utility and art

Aren’t zippered pouches the perfect blend of utility and art?

Just like the bunny

While foraging at a thrift shop I unearthed a little crewel kit, circa 1979. It seemed the perfect time to try something new.  I washed the small bundles of wool and let them air dry in case moths had wandered by and taken a bite or two.  They had but only half heartedly.  

It was so much fun to stitch!

I made a few tweaks. I replaced the pink wool supplied for the berries with navy and burgundy: blackberry colors.  And turned four flowers destined to be yellow petalled, into white trilliums.  I thought that seemed more wild and woodsy.  Just like the bunny.  

How To

Doesn’t it look like the little girl is trying to teach the chickens how to fly? I painted her in gumboots but where’s her sweater?! Must be a typical fall day.