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Recent Favorites

Published September 17, 2009 This & That , Through The Lens 3 Comments

1. flavored, 2. rooster chronicles, part one, 3. IMG_6091, 4. gnomes homes, 5. Ingrid Press Festival Of Quilts 2009, NEC Birmingham, 6. Whale Human encounter, 7. thomas run, 8. film.26, 9. my favorite kind of beach, 10. produce and pyrex, 11. quilt from The Quilt Merchant, 12. {201} a handful of radishes., 13. Wild, 14. the waiting room, 15. P8100014, 16. summer blur, 17. film.2, 18. inspiration, 19. zinnias on the kitchen table, 20. {film.375}, 21. Untitled, 22. peas on july…. 21st?, 23. blue chair with yarrow, 24. Jellicle Snail, 25. {film.361}, 26. sewing by the sea, 27. Untitled, 28. white clover, 29. Quilted, 30. summer patchwork, 31. specimens, 32. My Virtual Quilting Bee quilt, 33. Sarah’s Tablecloth Quilt, 34. Florrisant homestead, 35. felt rocks from blair, 36. The Yarn Nest

Recent Favorites

Published July 1, 2009 This & That , Through The Lens 1 Comment

Thank you all for all your kind words about my crummy week. We had a lovely weekend and this week looks to be a good one. I mean how can a week be bad when it ends with fireworks? So, I thought it might be time for more recent favorites from flickr. Enjoy.

1. modern grace hourglass , 2. a tiny tablescape, 3. hedgehogs, 4. it’s really all about the light, 5. OOCL, 6. red car, 7. huge granny square, 8. grandpa, 9. two swallows & the poppy (view A), 10. obviously i need a big flash., 11. Untitled, 12. seascape, 13. scrap log cabin for bea — top done, 14. kid season has started, 15. dandelion, 16. two owlets, 17. boy’s still life, 18. roads quilt, 19. almost done, 20. 1F4X7960, 21. film.423, 22. {film.311}, 23. april’s flowers, 24. easter egg collection, 25. firepit, 26. Quilt for Erin L., 27. three left, 28. Detail of "Spot On" Circle Quilt, 29. switching, 30. Tree House, 31. "city" block print collage, kindergarten auction project, 32. details, 33. patchwork crab, 34. afternoon’s work, 35. class project "city" block prints, 36. turtle!

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There Was a Child Went Forth

Published May 1, 2009 Through The Lens 4 Comments

There was a child went forth every day;
And the first object he look’d upon, that object he became;
And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part of
the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of years.

The early lilacs became part of this child,
And grass, and white and red morning-glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phoebe-bird,
And the Third-month lambs, and the sow’s pink-faint litter, and the mare’s foal, and the cow’s calf,
And the noisy brood of the barn-yard, or by the mire of the pond-side,
And the fish suspending themselves so curiously below there–and the beautiful curious liquid,
And the water-plants with their graceful flat heads–all became part of him…

-Walt Whitman

Almost May

Published April 25, 2009 Homemaking , In the Garden , Through The Lens 8 Comments

My goodness, where did April go? Seriously. The month is almost over and I don’t feel like I’ve finished much of anything. In fact I haven’t even started my mystery blanket — the project for April — from the Knitter’s Almanac. Enough bellyaching and time to get back at it. Hopefully on Monday I’ll have some finished stuff to show you. In the meantime, you can enjoy the fruits of another Mama’s labor. She’s been outside my study window and on Thursday that little guy hatched. I think his little brother might join us today.

Recent Favorites

Published March 23, 2009 Inspiring , Through The Lens 9 Comments

So you guys told me that you really like these posts and a good thing too since I woke up this morning with a raging sore throat. Did I mention Katie’s sixth birthday party is this Saturday and Papa has a big race on Sunday? Yeah, excellent timing. So, if I’m not back in this space this week you’ll forgive me, right? Enjoy the favorites:

1. welcoming warmth, 2. norway tribbles, 3. cactus, 4. searching, 5. tags, 6. blanket!, 7. beach collection : color, 8. {film.267}, 9. Bushfire Quilt Project, 10. red + white, 11. transition, 12. fancy shoes, 13. confidence, 14. because i think it is beautiful, 15. yellow bus, 16. Untitled, 17. saturday at thomas run, 18. green } 5, 19. Spring :: Mud and Flowers, 20. Building Blocks Fabric Easter Eggs, 21. second pillow, 22. Robots, 23. Untitled, 24. yellow blot, 25. roupa de alguém, 26. note-books for first scribbles, 27. coasters, 28. pink grapefruit, 29. Santa Lucia Doll & Fabric Trees, 30. winter wishes, 31. Beezus and some of her Lovely Doll Friends, 32. weathered, 33. ice., 34. multitasking, 35. birch bokeh, 36. Komb

Take a Hike

Published February 23, 2009 Crafting With the Urchins , Through The Lens 4 Comments

My in-laws were here last week and we miss them already — not just because they kept my kitchen spotless. On President’s Day we all went out and took a hike to look for animal tracks. Tristan wore his explorer pack and Katie brought her field guides. The only tracks we found belonged to horses and canines but we still had a fabulous time looking for signs of life in the cold quiet woods.

Yellow

Published February 20, 2009 Homemaking , In the Corners , Through The Lens 6 Comments

Did you know about yellow week?

Recent Favorites

Published January 28, 2009 Inspiring , Through The Lens 1 Comment

1. HAPPY WINTER, 2. last bus of the day, 3. Gee’s Bend trial, 4. bare, 5. what really cold looks like, 6. floating, 7. felted rocks, 8. Penguins, 9. ……, 10. detail of "Endlessly Repeating….", 11. goodbye Christmas, 12. the sunset, 13. christmas armadillo, 14. merrymaking.8, 15. winterberry, 16. Untitled, 17. beads + pipe cleaner, 18. 01materials, 19. Backtack 4, 20. Frolicking, 21. {film.147}, 22. tree with little bird quilt, 23. solstice08, 24. Pink Posies Patchwork Owl, 25. as the snow started, 26. Bunny and her stuff, 27. bowl o’ cones, 28. Tree Huggin’, 29. at the sea: staring, 30. Mama, 31. anything better than a hand-sewn sequin heart?, 32. Untitled, 33. happy thanksgiving, 34. Untitled, 35. Beach Collection I, 36. Hug

We Took a Train Ride

Published December 15, 2008 Through The Lens 9 Comments

s t i l l – ness

Published November 21, 2008 This & That , Through The Lens 5 Comments

Sorry for being so silent and still this week. Katie got a stomach bug early in the week but thankfully the rest of us were spared. The tail end of the week has been consumed with preparing for a third birthday party this weekend. I cannot believe my youngest child is three. Time does fly. More about the rocket-boy birthday later, for now let’s have some stillness.