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a floor is a great canvas! and the painting is like a hearth.
Commented Feb 4, 2022 on Bright Spots on a Dark Day at Spirit Cloth
Bright Spots on a Dark Day
It's been so so cold, but today we are above freezing. It's warm enough for smells. The smell of Earth. Even on this dark day, enough light to reflect. Get ready, I have decided to paint this old floor. And great news, some of you know Helen Lee... and her guy Mark. He has a shop! And I ...
i went back and read posts tagged with alphabet soup... i'd forgotten. H is a nice letter. with a bridge between two uprights... a way to pass over.
Commented Jan 31, 2022 on H was for Heart at Spirit Cloth
H was for Heart
And hand. And now maybe hope. The Alphabet Soup Quilt. In February, a lot of just going is planned before sleep. No showing or telling, just stitching. It really is about sweet dreams. So long ago, this one, but it feels just right in these days. But these days will surely change it.
It’s beautiful. I’m glad you are only getting enough to enjoy it. I remember the quiet.
Commented Jan 29, 2022 on storm watching at Spirit Cloth
storm watching
You call this a storm? We are on the edge of it. Probably we will not see much more than 5-6 inches. It is snowing inside too. Bigger wind coming later...we'll see. Wind can be many things. The different thing about this storm is that it is snowing and it is so so cold. 8 but feels like -1...
Love the muted colors and tones in that. And the light in your room there.
I recommend making tomato and basil soup for canning when the tomatoes are plentiful. I’m still enjoying mine from about 7 months ago. But sadly down to the last 3 quarts. But tomato seeds sprouted yesterday!
Commented Jan 25, 2022 on What is a life? at Spirit Cloth
What is a life?
I so relate to a basket of scraps. There is a mirror across from the bed, on the closet door. This is a pic of the reflection. I was trying to get a pic of soul-o, but the pic was snapped before I was ready. So here we are. Me almost 71 and he is getting older too. Sleeping in again. We ar...
Authenticity is a a deep running river. It can be felt and observed over time.
Here, we had BigWinds last night. Big Sur is on fire again.
Oh Mo…
Commented Jan 22, 2022 on Colder and Higher at Spirit Cloth
Colder and Higher
Probably the most frozen I have ever ever felt. And the scene outside makes me want to do some pencil drawings. How many thoughts are just thought and not acted on? That is the question and the reason I will continue with my new series. Still, frozen here. In mind but not really spirit. My spiri...
Sounds like a good plan for now. Hope you had a memorable day. Xo
Commented Jan 20, 2022 on Inspired by the Cloth Itself at Spirit Cloth
Inspired by the Cloth Itself
And a thread from here to there... I am really enjoying this scratched/old filter lately, probably because I can relate. I had added a dyed layer over a print, loving how the illusion of it sliding behind the foliage gave it depth. That gave me a similar idea here. But before I go further, ...
Sounds like you found a path through/in. I wonder how many conversations have taken place over that old stone wall?
Commented Jan 17, 2022 on Path Way at Spirit Cloth
Path Way
We are in the middle of a new storm. Still dark here and I don't even want to imagine the snow and rain mix. The yuckiest kind of weather to try to get around in. So I am not going anywhere. I took this picture Yesterday. That's a new path winding through the woods. Won't be visible when winte...
that foggy wood is mesmerizing! here, the rain lifted finally and the sky is blue. we are very thankful for all the rain, cold weather and snowpack.
Iron lion Zion, iron lion Zion, iron lion Zion...
let's all form a circle and enter the New Year!
Commented Dec 31, 2021 on Fog. On New Year's Eve at Spirit Cloth
Fog. On New Year's Eve
This year. Fog. And More Fog. It's been fog, brain fog. I feel like something is trying to confuse me. Us. This year, I became a lion. And soon, I'll be 71. I softened this photo and thought to myself... Fog can come in handy Here we go again. No plans. Just Going.
when i get blah...i just want to clean everything... i'm cleaning today. feels good.
Commented Dec 20, 2021 on Just a day at Spirit Cloth
Just a day
There was oatmeal with figs and pumpkins seeds, my favorite breakfast these days, and a read through Saskia's little hand made book. It's just great. A joyful thing. I did a little sketch over a photo of a piece I made last week. A new placement for the snow globe effect. Winter wings mayb...
words ,words, words... sometimes more, sometimes less. it all works for me.
Commented Dec 20, 2021 on words are welling up at Spirit Cloth
words are welling up
I realize it isn't really natural for me to be silent.
tying up loose ends, thinking, seed planting... solstice tomorrow! opening the door to 2022 cautiously... xo liking the new space!
Commented Dec 20, 2021 on regeneration at Spirit Cloth
regeneration
Cut, wait and see. Yesterday rain all day. I sat and stitched for hours. My back hurts, I am achy and tired. This is the new turn of events, how funny, now these days, moving makes me feel so much better. Maybe I should build something else instead of cloths. Everything is patchwork, in p...
WHat? I'm ten years older now? time passed like nothing it seems...so many moons ago... but here we are.
Commented Nov 29, 2021 on And There I Was... at Spirit Cloth
And There I Was...
June 2011 Magic Diaries. When I began by saying: This series was set up to follow what I call larger cloth. By this I do not always necessarily mean bigger, but just slower and longer term. Deeper maybe. I wanted a format where I could talk about that a little more. In more detail than I do on ...
the layering, the thinning, the chaos- nature!
that stream of tiny eyes...
pond name... looking forward to that.
Commented Nov 8, 2021 on The Thinning at Spirit Cloth
The Thinning
Last Night, the setting sun set the distant mountain on fire. We can see further now. Many leaves have fallen. I even caught a glimpse of the roadside pond below. I used to call it a lake, but it is small, and it has no official name. So pond I guess. I should give her a name. I taped the smal...
sweet family days are precious. and the tomatoes! everytime i go out to consider pulling out the last of the summer tomato vines they cough up another handful-thereby putting off the inevitable! and their taste is super concentrated and delicious even though they are quite small compared to summer tomatoes.
Commented Oct 24, 2021 on A simple morning with questions at Spirit Cloth
A simple morning with questions
Yesterday, such a sweet day, I forgot to take pictures. The Boy is fine. The woman is fine and we all went out for sushi! The true sense of a simpler time filled me. I've lost my way here, it feels a bit like that today. I am wandering. But it feels ok. I am slower. Could I just work on thi...
i'm anxiously waiting for my ginko trees to turn color. it will be a bit of a wait here yet. but lots of persimmons are ripening- good thing the new DIL loves them too!
Commented Oct 23, 2021 on Tea and Patches at Spirit Cloth
Tea and Patches
A Free Form Friday. No place to go. And the hickory has turned, while the oaks are just beginning. I made these photos look a bit old, simply because it seems like I have been here before. I like that thought and felt like sharing the feeling. The little loose drawn patches, from a while...
the moon has been glorious lately. I can roll over in bed in the wee hours and see it set out my upstairs window. so comforting. and stitching some things has been a sanctuary in itself in recent days...
i once came across a downed tree in the woods near Yosemite that had become a haven for tens of thousands of ladybugs. it was so beautiful and interesting i kept going back there every day just to watch!
Commented Oct 21, 2021 on The Sun is Up at Spirit Cloth
The Sun is Up
But I can still see the Moon. There are so many things I could say here, but I just can't find the quiet time. Checking things off the to-do list. Almost. Distracted by that. And confused by a troubled world. Still. Taking a bit of time to stitch. And see the beauty in the fallen. We are n...
that first photo with the light just over the hill- take me there!
such a lovely time of year to travel there right now. soak it up!
Commented Oct 17, 2021 on What is Just Going? at Spirit Cloth
What is Just Going?
Good Morning Ragmates. Today will probably be the last really warm day here. The maples over the ridge have turned golden. Isn't that amazing? Been exploring this land. As it turns out, there are walnuts here. Right Here. As Mom used to say...How about that? The dyepo(e)t waits. Reconside...
each day stands on it's own. especially these days. I see yesterday looking over my shoulder often. love the younger self and the wiser self here...at least that's how i'm seeing it.
big day here tomorrow- beach wedding (son)! BBQ on the beach after. love the short notice and the simplicity of it!
Commented Oct 13, 2021 on Yesterday was not a great day at Spirit Cloth
Yesterday was not a great day
Good Morning. Sometimes, a nothing day is just what we need. There are already 2 jars of seeds. This is not the last of the indigo. We have another warm week here. And no real frost in sight. Yet. I can say this one is well stitched. Remember when we were young?
the Redding fires...i dread seeing all the burn areas next time i'm up that way. hospitals...yes, here in the US. hard to fathom it all.
somehow i keep missing your blog so adding it into my sidebar so i and others may more regularly visit you here. not paper, but a reorganizing of sorts.
maybe not an indulgence, but a treasury of memories...
Commented Sep 27, 2021 on open. open day. at windthread
open. open day.
jenny messaged yesterday....not coming. She was exhausted, both physically and of heart. She messaged that the hospital where she works had only 3 icu units left. The week had been grueling. She couldn't move. Today at around noon she messaged again. Got called in to work. Not comi...
ascending is what i think of when i see this.
Commented Sep 26, 2021 on there's something happening here... at Spirit Cloth
there's something happening here...
There was no sleep last night. So just to catch my blog feed, which I cannot change the time on anymore...just to be here, I just got up, a picture then and I will just gather words and try to put them here later. This piece continued from here.
the hickory nuts look beautiful. the color, the texture of them. i wonder how long that tree has been there!
Commented Sep 26, 2021 on Live and Learn at Spirit Cloth
Live and Learn
Hickory. New to me. There are 2 kinds of hickory trees here. Three have tiny bitter fruit, further in the woods. But the big one by the road in... Edible and delicious. Have you ever tried to shell a hickory nut? Now I know why they are not sold in stores. Gotta pick the fruit out mostly. ...
I love that piece. I can count the seasons in the rings…
Commented Sep 17, 2021 on Here we are at Spirit Cloth
Here we are
On the edge of season, again. It was around this time almost 2 years ago that we knew we were probably going to move here. My sense of time is so strange now. But a circle always helps me realize it doesn't matter. Moving some firewood today. And I renamed this many times but today I will ca...
softening is a word i needed to hear today. so thanks for that.
regarding composition, my intention is to make a piece feel good to me, to find a balance in it, adding or subtracting until the feeling emerges or rises. i think this is why i am not so interested in traditional quilting. i don't like having a plan all laid out, i like to use intuition to let it evolve. usually, that means looking at it over a number of days, even just glances at it from the other side of the room. kind of like a version of self, getting outside of myself to gain another perspective.
Commented Sep 16, 2021 on Composition at Spirit Cloth
Composition
Compose. To begin with something. To make peace with it. That is how I use the word. There is a the physical thing. The need for it to feel right, and to hold together, at least long enough to reconsider. Letting it, helping it BE. There is also the thought behind it. I always hope that migh...
Every day I’m looking at my new to me old loom. My goal is to finish rehabbing it and get a small warp on it to test it out. By the end of the year. There. I said it.
Commented Sep 15, 2021 on Just Looking at Spirit Cloth
Just Looking
Found the old mama loom (I still have the 3)at the bottom of the closet. For a long time I have been weaving on looms I make myself. And Considering Weave in the context of sewing. I want to warp up all my looms. That is not something I would teach or show here. Just the cloth forming part. And...
it seams as the center red is a place to safely rest...
Commented Sep 12, 2021 on Pause for a Moment at Spirit Cloth
Pause for a Moment
I worked on this one yesterday. In the lamplight this morning, the colors are altered. The photo not so clear. I added the red dot. Some stitch. Link to audio if you see no player above
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