Just as it is

A tight squeeze but we are sharing the chair. And the hair.

Some tree trimming and there is more light on the kitchen side.

The grass is as high as a young deer's eye, almost...

We made a new path to the cabin.

A patch of realization found in the thread nest, I was going to flip the photo but it seemed about right this way.

I did some painting.  A redraw from long ago. Season is still my teacher. The border is a bit crooked, not perfectly straight.  I stopped using tape for that. There is plastic in tape.

Hope you had a nice weekend. I heard not one firecracker.  Ahhhhhh.

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  1. Juditth

    So many fireworks here, legal and illegal, that the cats stopped hiding.
    How wonderful to live where you don’t need curtains.

  2. Nancy

    Jude~ Love that face! Or “such a punim!” as we say. It is so full of expression 🙂 (unlike this one! haha)
    I love how tall and skinny that fruit tree is…as tall as the evergreens!

  3. Elizabeth Van Buren

    I continue to marvel at the beauty of your new home. I really can’t imagine a more perfect place for you and Solo to land after your most recent Journey. Except for the brutal frigidity of the winter there it seems ideal. I like to think of you living there among the ferns, trees and wildlife. I hope you find lots of peace there as you continue to settle in. ❤️

  4. Checking in from the war zone known as Long Beach California. Untenable.
    How?$$$$ Why? A young girl died from getting hit by one in her own yard.
    I admire your peace.
    That fern lined path ❤️.
    New light ❤️.
    I had to laugh ❤️ at your thread nest. I recently saw someone lamenting how she wanted to get control of her embroidery floss. They were all individually wrapped onto floss cards in a big bin. Others posted all their own favorite ways to store them in very organized ways(lots of plastic).
    I thought of you, and preferred your way.

    • jude

      Why is taking over my mind.
      I had to run to the forest to calm down.
      I like the nest, it’s restful. I search for a color and often stray to another I had not considered…

  5. Bethany Garner

    I too love the trees… and always have your beautiful landscape on my mind… a very special treat to imagine the out of doors and hiking around the area..

  6. sharon

    this delightful montage of photos makes my heart sing! have u ever considered stained glass or see-thru cloth fragments attached to an old window frame? or a mobile of stitched cloth with glass beads? the light pourin’ thru’ your cottage window is glorious …

  7. Pam S.

    Love the painting of beautiful trees 🌲🌲🌲
    And you are lucky to not have my neighbors…. days before and days after I have to hear the blasted fireworks. Even with earplugs I can still hear it 😤
    Need more quiet stitching days 🤞🏼
    💙✌🏼

    • jude

      working with an old image, maybe a few different ways, it is interesting how older work can become a base layer for new thoughts.
      Back where I came from the fireworks were awful. My next door neighbor didn’t limit himself to holidays. Set them off randomly all the time, night and day.

  8. Nancy D

    We had some boombooms. Poor little Pepper hid under a corner chair in our bedroom. All is quiet on the home front now.
    Oh, your Moon and stars are storybook! And you have the coolest kitchen I’ve ever seen…

  9. Victoria W

    I only heard one firecracker. I think fireworks without any sound would be wondrous. Everyone just sitting quietly and really looking. It’ll never happen of course, but nice to envision.

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