Yearly Archives: 2009

The Fox that ate the Two Turtledoves

26 December 2009

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I’ve spent nearly all of the second day of Christmas needling this little fox into existance.

Christmas Bunny

26 December 2009

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I’ve started playing with needle felting, and this is my first creation! I gave it to my sister Sabrina for Christmas. Now I’m making a fox, and I’ll post photos when I’m done.  I’m having LOTS of fun!

work in progress, progress in work

25 November 2009

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Two weeks ago I was scheduled to attend an art market, but my plans were thwarted by a minor emergency.  It’s quite true that, emergency or not,  my creative endeavors are often thwarted–by sick children or a busy husband or my own lack of energy–and that this has been a source of ongoing conflict in [...]

Sir Ken Robinson–do schools kill creativity?

8 November 2009

Witch Hazel blooming

1 November 2009

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witch hazel blooming along my road

a close-up of the blooms

Elizabeth Gilbert

22 October 2009

last pumpkin

17 October 2009

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pumpkin blossom
The forecast skipped frost and headed straight to snow. I went out to the garden yesterday to see what I could harvest before the cold. I had abandoned gardening since September or so, and walked with some trepidation through the gate. Everything was beautiful, in its own chaotic way. I’ll [...]