red fox
So now I'm back, and I have to tell you about red fox, which seems like an impossible task at this point. I had a lot of shifts in perspective over the days, and I can still hear the voices of everyone...
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I misread the title of this pattern when I saw it first, and my head filled up with images of rascal boys climbing high walls and juicy apples in the colour of this merino/silk, before I went back and...
View Articlethe pretty pieces
I want to tell you that the geese haven't arrived yet, and I'm missing their presence.I want to tell you this quote, and watch your face as I read it. When I heard it, I smiled so wide and my face held...
View Articlemade today
Terrible light, sorry, it's winter here today. I used the inch long patchwork scrap left over from this that I couldn't bear to throw away. Any suggestions for finishing? All I can think of is mini...
View Articlethe feel of fabric in my hands
When I haven't been here in a while, all the news piles up and I'm not sure where to start. So I'm just going to dive right in:1. That's my Christmas table runner up there for a swap with the Modern...
View Articlesolstice
Oh, please ignore the state of that mirror. So I'm finally getting to show my new cardigan here. I often think I can judge the success of a project by how much time lapses between finishing and...
View Articlea december runner
This month got away from me, as it does for so many of us. The busyness accumulated over the weeks, dropping me at this point, with so many things done, but a long list still in hand. It's a pesky...
View Articleenriching the adventure
I've been thinking a good bit about my word for this year. I picked ENRICH last year and I found it very powerful - it always seemed to come to the forefront of my mind when I was making a decision,...
View Articlethe books of 2013
I really enjoyed writing my book list for 2012, so even though the new year has started, here are my favourite books of the past twelve months.:: L.M. Montgomery. I found a recommendation of the blue...
View Articlemy joy allowance
{the holiday card wall - left up for a bit of joy in January}I've been thinking a lot about joy lately - how to let myself feel it in a good run, and what I really define it as.I have plenty of...
View Articlecaptured moments
I'm doing Susannah's journal your life at the moment and finding it really healing. I loved this prompt from last week, which is really a return to the way I used to blog.On Monday, I was driving home...
View Articleon holding it in
In February, I caught myself thinking "that would be a good thing to blog about on my birthday" (the 12th of April, since you ask.) That encapsulates the past couple of months in blogging terms. I...
View Articlered shoes make me happy
the haze of incense greeting me as I enter my space.a string of colourful hearts that Sarah made for me.the small boy running across the road in his fire red jacket, displaying the capabilities of his...
View Articlecollage and spring
I've been...:: walking the pier for a change instead of the beach. Noticing the new ruts in the path from last winter's storms and people watching as the tourists and daytrippers pass by.:: driving...
View Article10 things I was not expecting to discover in America
1. Yellow school buses exist outside cartoons.2. Country and western is the muzak of choice.3. There are rocking chairs in Boston airport. (Apparently this phenomenon is widespread.)4. Small acts of...
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