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material girl?

I have a lot of thread. I have a lot of different threads. They inhabit two large boxes, roughly sorted by color. The greens are tricky because some are with the yellows and some are with the blues. The purples... Continue reading

Posted May 8, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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barn and forsythia

Timna correctly pointed out that this barn is more integrated into the work than the previous barn. I am very pleased with this one! I'm looking forward to Lesley's reaction when I bring it to the gallery on Wednesday. Continue reading

Reblogged May 6, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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the river, looking west

"Stand in the place where you live now look north think about directions wonder why you haven't before." An REM song called Stand, one of my favorites. So I stood today and looked west, and north, and up at willows... Continue reading

Reblogged May 2, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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fiddly heads

Even if I'm not making much, or talking about it, I can still show you what I've seen lately. Continue reading

Reblogged Apr 21, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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cardboard horse for the white knight

still busy! ANNIE is over and done, and the current show is ALICE IN WONDERLAND, directed by a student. I've been making rosebushes, cardboard pots and pans (so they can be flung at Alice's head in the show [not my... Continue reading

Reblogged Apr 10, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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the best going to school conversation in a while

*passing the local tv station truck with its extendable dish raised high, and a wire wrapping around it, making it look... sproingy* Lee: put a hamster up there and pull back, you could launch it into low earth orbit Alice:... Continue reading

Posted Mar 26, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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dusty in here

I'm still neck deep in the high school musical, but today I do not have to be at school until noon, so I marched into my studio and started something. Before I could start anything I had to sweep a... Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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bison in hadley

via www.flickr.com The ground is frozen so hard there is no riding at the moment, not unless I shoe the red mare. Instead we've been playing games with following, circling, and changing directions with me on the ground. She thinks... Continue reading

Reblogged Feb 3, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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tobacco barn, snow

via www.flickr.com The first finished piece of the year. I was driving around when the weather was soooo cold, because i could turn up the heat in the car and I'd been riding, and I wanted to take pictures of... Continue reading

Reblogged Jan 30, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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reviewing 2012

Goodness! Generally I have reviewed last years work and made plans for the coming year by this time in January. I can only offer in my defense that I was busy coughing. Since I can now type without stopping to... Continue reading

Posted Jan 13, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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December's daily circles

via www.flickr.com It felt kind of odd not to have to take a photo and post it here - but it comes as a relief too, to be off the hook for producing something daily. My first major undertaking for... Continue reading

Reblogged Jan 1, 2013 at Dancing Crow

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last

via www.flickr.com The end of the 2012 Circle project. I'm off to a party, where, with luck, I will give away the rest of them, plus a couple in the mail. A very happy new year to every one -... Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 31, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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dec 28

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Reblogged Dec 31, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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six days in December

via www.flickr.com Holidays and family and weather, Oh My! Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 27, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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merry and quiet

Aerin was named Christmas Czar this year. Her decree was that everything should have to do with books, if it wasn't a book. So it became Bookmas. It was a huge success. The kids agreed to get out of bed... Continue reading

Posted Dec 25, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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holes in the fabric of something

via www.flickr.com I think this is my favorite of the last few days. I've been spending a lot of time at school, talking to the student directors for the Shorts Festival (mostly one acts, some scenes) coming up a week... Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 21, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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a wheel in a wheel

via www.flickr.com tiny circles on circles in a circle just a little distracted Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 17, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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folded, spindled...

via www.flickr.com I think I caught the textures well! The neighbors are celebrating St. Lucia's day with sweet things, astonishing mulled wine and what seems to be 57 kinds of cookies. Oh, and Eva-Q gets to wear a crown with... Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 15, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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tobacco barn

via www.flickr.com A new thing is tugging on me. Also I rode a horse today! Kaboose and I did 20 minutes walking and trotting. She was not limping, my back didn't hurt, and neither of us freaked out. And! I... Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 12, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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layers

via www.flickr.com There is a very sheer circle in the center. I had to mess with the photo so it was almost visible. I am recuperating from two days on my feet at the craft fair. I managed laundry and... Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 10, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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folding

via www.flickr.com I talked to more nice people today than I did all week - craft fairs are good for that. I'm lucky in my neighbors, and lucky with my customers. I will be there again tomorrow too, all day.... Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 8, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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square the circle

via www.flickr.com And a triangle in the circle with a square inside. Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 6, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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day of rest

via www.flickr.com A day of nothing much, augmented with a two hour nap. I am feeling much more cheerful. Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 5, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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wheels within wheels

via www.flickr.com Worked on this one while at Aerin's Concert Band Concert. There was also a percussion ensemble, the members of which played everything from vibraphone to tom-toms, including tin cans and the jawbone of an ass. It was quite... Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 4, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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circulate

via www.flickr.com I'm still enjoying making my circle lounging on the end of the couch. There are advantages of hand work. I like working with fabric that help me stitch neatly, and I am pleased with the little extra circle... Continue reading

Reblogged Dec 3, 2012 at Dancing Crow

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