As the days go by.....

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

There came a time, just recently,

when I had no empty bobbins.  Not one!

All of them had various lengths of cotton, silk or wool

in a wide variety of colours.

Pretty to look at, but of no use whatsoever

to weave with!!!

What to do?  What to do?

It came to me in the night....why not morph the threads on these bobbins into a colourful, random warp and make a nice, dented, wispy summer scarf.

and so I did!

It is not the most intricate, elaborate project

but it is gay, and it drapes nicely,

and is just the thing to add a little colour

to a white summer ensemble.

And I have my bobbins back!!!!!!

Some of them are getting filled with 8/4 cotton

to do a Log Cabin sample

a la Jane Stafford

and this too may end up  as a scarf,

or a runner,

or placemats.

I am not too inclined to get into mischief,

but if I were

the looms and weaving certainly

keep me out of it!!!!

Spring is here and the garden is tattered and forlorn

with last fall's dry leaves and stalks

but underneath, as I rake the debris away

(lovely compost)

the peonies are pushing their beautiful scarlet

knobs through the soil

the Daphne is in bloom

and there are violets scattered throughout the lawn.

I brought home some pink tulips

from the grocery store,

but soon there will be a glorious array of spring bulbs.

The catkins are now about seven inches long,

fat and sassy, and the nut tree

is full of bees, in their glory!

Ah spring

I'm frightfully bucked at the signs that one sees

the jolly old sap in the jolly old trees!!!!!!

That gorgeous green aura 

that surrounds all the trees,

and the beautiful rosy bushes.....

heavenly!