simple
un touched
Nature just knows how to make everything perfect
stones
feathers
pine cones
soft beautiful wool for yarn
~ Au Natural ~
3/14/15
3/12/15
Whitefish ~ Montana
Peace — that was the other name for home.
~Kathleen Norris
On this beach is where it all started for me
11 years ago I was standing here with my father and my little 6 year old daughter
running barefoot on the beach
Sometimes you just know...that feeling washes over you
your heart skips a beat and your soul just shouts YES!!!
Though we now live in the country 9 miles away, it's always fun to visit the ski town
Huckleberry Ice cream from " Sweet Peaks "
Great views of Big Mountain
( yes I'm old school I refuse to call it Whitefish ski resort)
snow is starting to melt and spring is in the air
Hey kid
get outta my way!
Back on the beach the ice is melting too
I love ice
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Pretty neat to see how the ice melt pushes up towards the shore
 You can see all the way to our northern neighbors in Canada |
Hey kid - knock it off!
Auggie's pretty excited that spring is here - skateboarding again
skating in front, back and side ways of me
almost tripped several times on this walk with him
skating in front, back and side ways of me
almost tripped several times on this walk with him
Home is such a special feeling
familiar and comforting
Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
3/10/15
The Art of Instruction
I have figured out how to combine my love of fiber + botany.
Natural Plant Dye.
Working on a simple top down Cardi dyed with natural plant dye.
You can see more of it
I am leaving for Santa Fe New Mexico in 3 weeks and hope to be wearing the cardi on the trip.
I am also enjoying my Botany book:
The Art of Instruction
a beautiful collection of vintage Educational Charts from the 19th and 20th century.
A plethora of color and creativity is ongoing from this book.
So what juices you these days?
Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams
3/9/15
Fiberish
~ Fiddle Fern ~
This name is so fun to say- hubby came up with it when he saw me spinning.
Got my hands on the Ashford again, though I am no wiz bang at plying- it is fun to spin again
thick and thin
It's been a fiber- ish weekend.
more single ply
How do you store your needles?
My round needles are in an old hat box
And the long straight needles are in a Irish Cream tin and a Macadamia box
the smaller ones and crochet needles are in jam jars
My sewing needles and scissors are in a mint tin
and I came up with a clever idea this weekend
I put my boring stitch markers in a G.U. M. box that came with the tooth floss that I buy
they fit perfectly
And they fit in the tin neatly.
This is my top down cardi
the yarn is the plant dyed " experiment" from the this
It is so fun to knit with colors that I came up with, it makes it even more special.
Keeping it simple so I can see how the colors work and blend with out to much showy stitches.
As with the barn sweater I am at a cross road of which side I should have facing out
the knit stitch?
or the purl stitch?
What say you?