Cold snow and winter

I woke up today to 4 degrees but bright and sunny

 Quiet fields with blue skies.

The birds have emptied the feeder. my husband made a feeder of a plastic plant saucer and mounted it on a pole. This way they cannot shove all the seed out on the ground. Sunday on that windy day the sparrows crouched down in the saucer to feed.

Today  I will start making the 5 tote bags I cut out yesterday. I am making them of wool tweeds and herringbone suiting. I go to the Salvation Army and buy old suit coats, wash and dry them. I find the best heavy wools that way.

I was in the basement working yesterday afternoon and looked up to see the deer looking back at me through the window while they munched the dead flower heads.They are doing my spring clean up for me.

While I had better start on my Christmas gifts.

Inside myself

Springs that never dry up

Inside myself

is a place where I live all alone,

and that's where you renew your springs

that never dry up.

Pearl S Buck

How aptly that describes me.

I find that places with water help me renew my spirit.

It is snowing and this seem like it will be a long cold winter.

I will return again and again to the scenes of this  past year to make winter seem shorter.

Finding treasures cleaning the sewing closet

 I took time out from cleaning the closet today  to make a Christmas card for Virginia A. Spiegel. Yesterday she posted on her blog  her new Folio 2 Black Trees art and I loved the new series so I  decided to treat myself for Christmas. Check out her blog. www.VirginiaSpiegel.com

I found some treasures while cleaning the closet. I bought this old sampler over 15 years ago. Amazing what you find.  I am going to set it out with the Christmas decor. Perfect to go with the winter season. Sunday morning 10 deer were wandering around the backyard munching the grass. One Sunday last year we counted 32 deer crossing the back yard. Some reason they move though on Sunday. Think they are on their way to church?

Than I found some old sheet music from 1908 that will be perfect for a collage.  I should have cleaned the closet a few years ago. It was so bad I couldn't walk in it. My grandson helped me and made me eliminate and share I have 3 big black bags to donate so far. We will continue in the morning with the closet detail. I promised him tacos for lunch if he brought a pound of hamburger.



Time is precious

Yesterday  has gone

Tomorrow may never come.

There is only the miracle of this moment.

Savor it. It is a gift.

Marie Stilkind

Enjoy your day

Attic finds,Hoar Frost, painting inspired by the frost

 Some of the items that will be half priced Saturday the last day of my open houses. I need to empty the attic to make room for a room. Come  help me do so.

Hoar Frost in Indiana in the winter.  I was at the end of our road taking photos when the nice state trooper reminded me to put on my flashers if  I am going to sit in the street and take pictures even though it was 6 am and there wasn't any traffic.  Good advice.

The painting inspired by the woods when I was  taking hoar frost photos.

Fiber Art

 I am looking forward to the first snow so I can make more of these luscious fabrics. They work so well in art quilting. I can sell the fabric also.

Come and enjoy a Christmas Open House at Cedar Ridge Studio this Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm. Contact me for directions or just drive through DeMotte, Indiana and look for the orange signs.

Sunday morning

Watercolor with fall leaf

Global Warming

Seeds

Snow dyed fabric. I do have hand dyed fabrics I am willing to sell

Using fabric like paint I create one of a kind tote bags.

Sunday's are special -a time to breathe

In the bustle of life, In the pressure of decisions,

peace has become a luxury

Take it when it comes, and cherish it.

It gives you the time to breathe.

It gives you rest and hope and life.

Pam Brown