Almost

I've been working on the edging of my shetland tea shawl and I'm getting really excited about how its turning out. So I thought I would post some progress pictures. Enjoy!



I have also made some progress on my embroidery.

Time and Eternity

MY cocoon tightens, colors tease,
I ’m feeling for the air;
A dim capacity for wings
Degrades the dress I wear.

A power of butterfly must be
The aptitude to fly,
Meadows of majesty concedes
And easy sweeps of sky.

So I must baffle at the hint
And cipher at the sign,
And make much blunder, if at last
I take the clew divine.

- Emily Dickinson

With the Coming Rain

Poppies are growing all over the garden. Along with a ton of other little flowers and pumpkins, tomatoes, sunflowers, squash, beans and gourds. All thats missing is a few chickens and maybe a sheep or two :).
Its been a sort of sleepy day today, mostly going around and doing errands. A storm seems to be coming and I'm planning on cuddling up with a good book (War and Peace) and drinking some sort of spicy indian tea.
Its been a very hectic week, and relaxing seems somewhat hard to do after all the unrest and anxiety. This anxiety seems to stay with one, like an echo, fading slowly, but nevertheless present. I don't quite remember a time when all of these little echoes have completely left me. However they fade, and what are they but memories?

I told you in my last post that I have been painting a bit, this is an unfinished watercolor that I have been working on. I'm also getting ready to do some embroidery, and hopefully work some more on my shetland tea shawl. And with that I will leave you with a picture of the sky at dusk as seen from Pennsylvania.

And the Days Go By

Its strange how time flies, how quickly the hours pass, not to mention the days. The corn outside my window has gotten huge, it seems like yesterday I could just barely see it sprouting up. I have been feeling very creative recently and drawing a few things here and there. Also I've managed to start the edging on my Shetland tea shawl, and decided to delude myself into thinking that it will be done soon.
On another note entirely I've fumbled upon the many delights of etsy recently and have begun to daydream of selling stuff through it. But this would require A)stuff B) time to make stuff C) mailing stuff on time (this, I'm sure my friend Natalie will agree, is not my strong point). So for now I will keep to my daydreams.... which also include making a quilt (that I can manage, hopefully).

A Moment

WILL there really be a morning?
Is there such a thing as day?
Could I see it from the mountains
If I were as tall as they?

Has it feet like water-lilies?
Has it feathers like a bird?
Is it brought from famous countries
Of which I have never heard?

Oh, some scholar! Oh, some sailor!
Oh, some wise man from the skies!
Please to tell a little pilgrim
Where the place called morning lies!

-Emily Dickinson