by jude
Wood chips. There is no denying that May keeps me outside. The mountain of chips seems to be endless. I even like it as a landscaping element. I have used them to start some paths into the wooded areas as well as fill in the the garden walkways. I left another planting strip near the fence which has given me tons more room and a built in trellis. Grapes have been planted on the side that will not throw shade […]
Categories: Garden, Grow, Home, LIFE AND STORY
by jude
This is Woody. We met on the first day here. These two doves do everything together. Maybe I should rename this blog Spirit Birds. I am boiling up the black walnuts today. They have been soaking since last fall. Frozen on and off for months, thawed and smelling spicy. The dyepo(e)ts stay out on the porch most of the time. Gotta move them anyway. We need an outside fire pit. Should think about that again. But, in terms of frame, […]
by jude
She fell down in the rain. Face down in the dirt. I picked her up, washed her off and let her continue. A new addition to the garden. Moved from the porch. I am going to put some solar lights in there at night. Mullein is lifting off. Lavendar is refreshing. I have just started some sage seeds. it is still cold but not too cold. Just Floating in a Deep Pool of Thought today. I renamed this small cloth… […]
Categories: Deep Pool of Thought, Garden, just going, Stray Selves Series, THOUGHT CATCHING
by jude
doing it And oh yeah, there was a tick bite. Fingers crossed. Blood test tomorrow.
Categories: Garden, Grow, what's happening
by jude
… while there is peace in the valley once again. 6.1 inches of rain according to my rain gauge. One sunflower down. Sun’s out. Me too.
Categories: Garden, LIFE AND STORY
by jude
The romantic, optimistic part of me comes from my Mom. She was the happy, Winnie the Poo, Pie in the Sky person in the room. Always reminding me that everything is going to be all right, that folks are basically good, that tomorrow is another day. Probably I didn’t really buy a lot of what she was selling all the time, but seriously, Pie Eyes can make the difference in a day sometimes. Good medicine. And my ,my, could she […]
Categories: Blog, DYEING, Garden, Mom and Dad, What if (?)
by jude
I am happy to see so many bees. I look forward to next year’s garden now that I am a bit more familiar with what will grow here. Rain barrels are the next project. And maybe an ark… just sayin’… The red line is drawn. Stitched. Pressed into the cloth, It seems the beginning of a basket. I sense so many here already. And the line came through. I had spread it on the floor, to look. Covered in cat […]
Categories: Basket, circle, COMPOSITION, Eyes, field, Garden, Grow, LARGE CLOTH, LIFE AND STORY, SPIRIT CLOTH LANGUAGE, Symbols and Motifs, the other side, THOUGHT CATCHING, What if (?)
by jude
This morning, Everything Is So Fragile resting in a Nest of Days… I used a scratched up worn photo filter to make it look the way it feels. A big cloth is a place to rest, in so many ways. A bit difficult, hard to get this picture myself but I wanted to catch the current fashion statement. The good news is I can almost fully bend my knees and get back to yoga. For those of you who knew […]
Categories: Garden, LARGE CLOTH, LIFE AND STORY, Nest of Days, Ragmates, Remembering, rest, THOUGHT CATCHING
by jude
The edge, the Frame of Mind, in this case, I suppose might simply be the hope for containment. On so many levels. Maybe even just the ability to hold the scope of it. Back to Back Patchwork. I lifted this picture from way back in 2006. From the beginning when I was working on Listen to the River. I am using that method here. I have some videos somewhere, but let’s just say patchwork on both sides, wrong sides facing […]
Categories: COMPOSITION, edges, fire, Frame of Mind, framing, Garden, LIFE AND STORY, PATCHWORK, Quilting, Season, STITCH, the other side, WORKING IN A SERIES