wordless in a green beautiful world

 

Wordless Wednesday

Our Beautiful World

?? celebrating spring ??

much of the rest of the country (U.S.) is under snow. we certainly should be but when i walk outside this is what i'm seeing.  

the iris pushing up out of it's winter mulch towards the sun. see it's wrinkly new leaf goodness?
see that bright sunshine?

and there are daffodils crowding out of the ground too.
strangely, the crocus have not made an appearance.
i don't know whether to laugh or cry. it's extremely early for any of this to be happening here and i imagine a killing frost coming at just the wrong time . . .
to celebrate or not? stay tuned.

it's time to link up with Julie and friends for Art Journal Every Day and i have a page to share. this is page six for the Journal52 project.

all about  "the lost art of love letters". this was the love letter that was whispered to me early one morning.

i'm at risk of never catching up with the Journal52 prompts. i'm not sure whether to laugh or cry about that either . . .

it seems that my heART and stitching fingers had a mind all their own this a.m. and rather than paying attention to one of the pages prompted by the project i started and stitched on another small fabric page . . . as i was thinking about ageing/turning 50 (more laughter and tears). going in circles. and trying to be okay with that. 

 

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."

or so said: Steve Jobs.

 

 

 

recently i sent my wonderful daughter a fun envelope in the mail. nothing remarkable on the inside but it was quite 'happy' on the outside.

snail mail is still the best in my world.

connecting up with:












recent gifts include:

• space in my life from letting go of some stuff
• clean hair
• sunshine in blue skies
• green grass peeking through the dormant matt of last years growth
• thoughts of planting seeds

"derelict" on wordless wednesday in our beautiful world ~ feb. 12, 2014

repetition abstracted

freshly wordless

shadows on a wordless wednesday ~ january 15, 2014

"Love" at Our Beautiful World on Wordless Wednesday

Big Skies in October and Slow Stitching Sunday

it's october and the mountain begins to change from it's peaceful summer greens to it's bright fall colors. the aspens are now leafy torches.


on this slow stitch sunday i'm working a little bit on my second stocking. 

maybe i'll use one of my fabric covered embroidered buttons on this one . . .

consider joining the slow stitch sunday link up and/or just checking out what it is that others are putting their hand stitches into over at Kathy's Quilts.



i have finished and delivered the first stocking. it will be auctioned in a fund raiser for our local family resource center.

detail of the cuff

 



i enjoyed working on it and  am happy with the results.

all finished

detail of stitching

as usual you can click on my images and see everything  better.

 

i will be linking up with:

 

 

 

 

 

Pixel Dust is pitching a "sky" prompt and at Our Beautiful World it's all about "October". take a minute to visit one and/or both for some talented photo sharing.

 

recent gifts include:

• seeing the tiny specks of baby fish growing into "fry"
• watching the mountain change into a bright blaze of color
• getting LOTS done with good energy
• seeing Suki (the grand-dog) improve at her frisbee skills



"Together" on Our Beautiful World and Wordless Wednesday