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How it might go

June 6, 2022 by jude

The porch repair has changed the view, from outside, there is more through. The gutter has made a big change in the erosion. The flowers I did not plant always surprise me the most. The new eyes I am planting on the cloth I call Grow, they form so slowly. Just wait, I mumble to myself. The actual garden has far outpaced the one I imagine myself to be. Tomatoes do well here. I planted some seeds. Plants have popped […]

Categories: Eyes, Garden, Grow, LARGE CLOTH, Symbols and Motifs

Yesterday was May

June 1, 2022 by jude

There was a bit of sweaty stitching yesterday. It reached 94 here. This morning 57. I didn’t want to cover the original embroidery so I worked the 2 points with thread. Deb thread. It was a slow challenge, I love this appearing and disappearing. I used what I call the wrap stitch. There is a lot of old cloth around here, I have ideas. I watched a squirrel friend fall prey to a fox friend. There wasn’t much else I […]

Categories: design mending, LIFE AND STORY, sympathetic evolution, the wrap

Amost June, on the porch

May 31, 2022 by jude

Being outside, I love how light becomes so much of a component of working, and looking, and thought catching. Later in the day the thinness and the sun’s movement revealed the 9.

Categories: Home, nine, Season

SUN day

May 29, 2022 by jude

The rain finally subsided. It’s been days. I spent some time finishing up some mending that I probably started a year ago. I have no pants left to wear, holes are not good, it is a mosquito party right now. As you can see, light. I am going to cover/ wrap really, these chairs, with some old clothwork. The man made this table base years ago, it has wheels on the legs. The glass came from some old table in […]

Categories: Home, Mending

Rain Rain Rain

May 28, 2022 by jude

And one happy beast. Biggest I have ever seen in real life. I kept my distance, said hello and watched him/her? disappear.

Categories: Garden

Today Again

May 27, 2022 by jude

Hello. Pinhead. How I feel sometimes when I cannot understand. It is raining a lot and nothing is leaking. And there are gutters, leading the water to the garden. I need to rig up a rain barrel as well. A dark day yet light enough for stitching, reading, drawing, even growing. We will paint the ceiling white. This weekend. I think we can sleep out here now. There are 3 large skylights. Enough light on the darkest of days, not […]

Categories: Home, nine

Today

May 26, 2022 by jude

The Japanese indigo, which I planted in the raised bed on the porch, well it just reseeds itself basically. Here it is again! I cut it 2 or three times a season for fresh leaf color using the salt method. ( you can google it, I put this one link here today) It yields more of a turquoise, and it is easy and fun. You may remember, I tend to use it as an overdyed method, just to mix it […]

Categories: Garden, Indigo, what's happening

Emergence

May 19, 2022 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

Just to be …

May 16, 2022 by jude

Good Morning… The craziness here has not diminished. Some new roof issues have prolonged the process. And increased the cost. But hey, whatever gets done here will last a lifetime, especially ours, at this point. My Impression of May is just as it can be. I do feel it is a Mothering on many levels. It is comforting me. Demanding nothing in return. Instilling a sense of going that feels natural. It is helping me understand order without feeling limited, […]

Categories: design mending, just going, Season

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