Spirit Cloth

Reviving the Dye Po(e)t

There she is, holding the earth and the sky (and me) all at once. Indian Summer has taken hold, at least for a bit. The most glorious of days. Just to test the water really, the water that rises from... Read more →

colors of here

Jar 1, Rainwater and whatever fell in there since we moved here 8 months ago. Oak droppings mostly. a penny I found in between the boards on the deck, along with some loose moss scraped from the steps. Jar 2.... Read more →

Sky-Dye

Today just tired of trying to say. Read more →

Yellow Earth

Maybe snow tomorrow. The season's first Earth Yellows. Saving them for something. Read more →

The Shift-O

Feeling it... We had to replace the old stovepipe joint last spring. There it is like a big root vegetable in a summer soup. Looks ready for something. The little stone house we wanted to buy got snatched up before... Read more →

Layers

Cloth Weaving with plant dyed scrap. Dyed here. This place. A kind of Home Base then. For the shop. And then not. Because it became a place to be for a while. Nine. Nine dujour. I think it's a habit... Read more →

Green Saturday

Just thinking how I feel lately like there is no time for anything. Nothing is getting done. But in the course of a day, so many things get done. It's hard actually, to find the time to count them all.... Read more →

Another Spring here. Being outside will be very important to me this time around. Dandelion. Maple flowers. I'll stick to solar dyeing. Bits of old silk. Make a little cloth. Eventually. Maybe call it the the Last Spring. Here of... Read more →

How it seems to continue...

Sometimes. What we want need needs rethinking. Confusion continues as we rethink so many things here. Mostly triggered by aging and what that might mean in terms of comfort and challenge. We speak to each other about how being two... Read more →

Like Magic

Poof. The snow disappeared. Another morning, near 60 degrees. By this evening, another deep freeze. It's amazing that sometimes science is used as a near antonym for magic. To me they are nearly the same. More about that another day.... Read more →