Thoughts from the trail...

While much of the country is buried under blankets of snow and ice, here in western Washington we've been enjoying one of the mildest winters in recent memory... Dawg & I walk often, no matter what the weather, but it is a particular pleasure to wander deep...

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Needle felting sampler

Honey, I shrank the kids vest! I just couldn't give up on that teal colored wool vest (or maybe not all wool) that I wrote about here. The color is too perfect, just what I need for my January page of the Bead Journal Project...so this time...

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Upcycled wool...

...by deconstructing sweaters? Why not. While figuring out the parameters for this years Bead Journal Project, I realized that over the coming months I was going to need a lot more felt - a LOT more.  My primary felt pieces will be the resist...

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Stoppin' for the wags...

Sometimes you just have to drop everything. Especially when she is giving you THIS look... Could we puhleeez go for a walk now? The sun has come out and dawg is antsy for an adventure, so she stares me down while that tail goes back and forth,...

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A reason for a list...

Outside the window today was this sight...a 'Jelena' witch hazel blooming her silly head off.  My first blooms of winter on the first shrub planted in the first garden of my very first home.  Whew, that's firsts  a'plenty.  I am grateful,...

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Once in a Blue Moon resolution...

For the first day of this new decade, I offer a story...an extraordinary true tale of a wondrous series of events.   These events happened to a pilot friend of mine while in a plane last night on New Years eve.  He has generously agreed to let me send...

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