Zero degrees
I feel a little worn out this morning. Last night I read some of The Road by Cormac McCarthy before going to sleep. Probably a mistake. I had nightmares. It is a great book...
Monthly Archive: February 2023
Pre-snow
I took a longer walk today so I could visit the beach. Because who knows when I’ll see it again. Snow for the next few days, maybe a lot of it. Then ice as...
Cabins
I am really interested in making log cabin patches. I was making squares, and as always, found squares very interesting and compelling. But something about the cabins Jude has been posting about spoke of...
The winter garden
It was 10 degrees F outdoors this morning. With a light snowfall overnight. But the sunlight is getting stronger and lasting longer each day. The plants in the hoophouse should be showing signs of...
One step at a time
We are in a winter lull. Life feels very mundane. That’s okay, I like it. It’s a very settled-in feeling. I made two more woven cloth hearts. I stitched these two together with blanket...
heart opening
I saw this demonstrated on Instagram using paper (account @the_jpp) and immediately wanted to try it with cloth. It was quite fiddly to weave, but doable. I’m enjoying the result. Something comes over me...
Sea smoke
I think the worst is over. The chickens survived the night in their coop. The wind was howling all night. Temperatures dropped to -15. We woke up to no water, but Sam solved the...