I grew up on a dairy farm in New Hampshire and behind the house was a gnarly evergreen that we could see from the kitchen windows where our table was. Early on I remember the tree was known as the Mother Nature tree. I can't know how the story was created but surely...
I thought I could get number of photos out tonight but it is just too darn late and tomorrow is the final push to the finish. We did an incredible amount of work. Fifteen of us focused on handpainting a number of substrates with varying degrees of texture and...
My city life reality while here is to use the metro bus system to get around. Seattle's system is pretty good and you can get anywhere for $2.00 during peak hours and $1.75 during off peak. So here I was yesterday AM....late for the bus at it arrives way down to the...
Day one of the work at Earthues began with discussions about the importance of fiber preparation when working with natural dyes. First and foremost is the scouring process. Of course it is imperative with raw fibers but even when you think your prepared yarns are...
Seattle is such a great city....a break from my country life in the best of ways. I awoke this morning rather early at 6AM but really late for the Northeast. Time clock was discombobulated so Seattle's 6AM was my East Coast body's 9AM. Soaking up the Northwest morning...
Looking back across our June and first half of July: it was a test of one's patience and creativity as the rains came. It was a deluge, day after day after day. Here is the flock holed up in one of the pasture sheds waiting out yet another storm. It was a long four...
A few months ago I was happy to join in on Elisa's challenge to help Animal Rescue of Fresno and she had a fun giveaway for those donating to the cause. And lo and behold I won the grand prize, a tiny painting by nrLois. I had the choice of a random painting or one...
My favorite topic of any day is the weather but I have to say our current pattern here in New England is just the pits!May was not the best month for sunny days but in June we have had 7 days without rain and a rainfall total so far as of this morning of 4.5". Late...
Betsy MacIssac of Crooked Fence Farm, our sister farm across the river, is surely kidding. I stopped by yesterday to see the new arrivals from her flock of Cashmere goats. The past few days brought forth some dear little kids! This is Karina and her kid, June, just a...
Jack and I traveled Downeast this past weekend for the memorial service for my uncle.We left the farm at noon and traveled across NH and up the coast of ME to Bucksport and then down into Deer Isle. We arrived at the Pilgrim's Inn (backview of the inn), a beautiful...
