Stitching houses
I’ve decided to handstitch the houses on to the backgrounds. I have three done, almost four. The colors look washed out in the photos below. They are much more interesting in person, I think....
Category: Making
Stitching fervor, and some silence
My winter of making squares has come to an end. My spring of patching them together is beginning. I subscribe to India Flint’s Substack “floribundineum.” Today she posted this Wendell Berry poem. I liked...
Building, landscaping
Some weeks ago, I decided I wanted to move forward on my golden houses project. I laid them out and thought about stitching them down. But – this step was premature. I realized I...
Seedlings
I’ve started planting seeds and seedlings. One of my favorite things is to see seeds sprout, to watch that baby plant establish itself, and to take care of it and see it grow. Here’s...
Home
Here I am, drinking coffee in the garden of my step-son-in-law, Stonington, Connecticut. This was last Saturday, the morning after our return from France. Travel does not mean what it used to mean to...
Noticing
A new thought – I should really know how many trunks there are on the birch at the top of our driveway. So I counted them. Five. And there’s another birch next to it,...
Not knowing, but learning
I haven’t felt like blogging for a week. Every day, I say, I’ll post today. Then I don’t. Who knows what that’s about. I’m getting used to not having to find a reason for...