twelve days

Twelve days.
12 days ago I started this little project.

Two days ago I finally put a little rip at the bottom of the page

That surprised me. I thought it would happen much sooner.

 

With apologies for the blurriness,

 akin to how I feel at the end of a day of stitching.

 

I expect I will have to take a break soon, despite my diligence, my hope to not abandon this piece before it feels done, because of preparations over the next 12 days for the holidays.

 

Peace and Joy

Keeping the light in our hearts



soft and hard edges

Since these next few pictures were taken, we've had a bit of snow, just a bit.

It was so nice to see the morning sun rising that I ran out to catch these shots.

 The glare created a metaphorically pink bubble on the lens which I thought was rather fitting for the state of mind I was in.

 

Turning, I could see the silhouette of our property in shadow across the street,

 garage on the left, house on the right, and the chimney of Forget-Me-Not Cabin in the middle

 

The next day brought the clouds that would bring the snow.

 

the roiling sky.

 

I'm still working on an embroidery in thread on paper in my altered book that I started last week with a day off yesterday. Today will be day 5 and I must say, I'm ready to move on, but won't until I've tied up...a few loose ends. Oh those puns keep coming. I've got so many ideas I'd like to jump into. But this piece needs some attention before I abandon it altogether. I seem to get into these endless projects sometimes. They usually happen when I jump in without much direction, hoping somehow they'll come together, but often have inherent problems like the fact that this is way out of my comfort zone with the geometrics and hard edges.

 

Day 2

I'll show you more soon



 



Keeping peace in our hearts,

I wish you love



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