a pale November sky

It's been trying to snow. That makes me happy.
There is a spot in my heart for the first snow. There are so many false starts here that I get to savour that feeling a few times...

The following pictures are from the book I have been playing in or "altering":

weaving and cutting out

 

more weaving with stitching

 and then some freehand embroidery with a stamp on the gessoed text

 

the back of the same embroidered page with a blurry stamp that I gessoed over

and a facing page, gessoed as well, waiting for inspiration

 

embroidering an older piece that I abandoned last winter

as I wait for the gesso to dry and more inspiration to come

 

Quiet, reflective work

a crow flies by the bare branches of the ash tree

a pale November sky

I smile for you