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Happy New Year! A Blessing For 2023 May we: Have more compassion for ourselves and others. Forgive our past mistakes and ill behaviors. Trust in our intuition and believe ourselves when we are telling ourselves the truth. Build our wildness into abundance. Feel our way …
As we head into the weekend and a blizzard here at Spring Bird, I want to wish you Happy Holidays! Take care of yourselves!!!!
Tote Bags Hand Drawn Farmers Market Tote Bag I am a person who can not have too many tote bags. I want a different tote bag for each of my moods and for every day of the week. I want different tote bags for carrying …
Listen to the latest episode of the Woolgathering Podcast! In this episode, Grandma begins to really worry, and Beatriz and the witches work through the problems at hand.
When I was little, I loved the book “The Christmas Day Kitten” by James Herriot. Not only did I covet a tiny kitten for Christmas, but I also wanted to flop on the ground in front of the fireplace alongside Herriot’s large, droopy basset hounds. …
This wayfaring tree has been calling to me. It grows near our patio, and I don’t remember its leaves remaining this far into December. They are such a lovely shade of purple. It is said that if you come across a wayfaring tree, you are …
This image is the cover of the “Winter 2022” Issue of Woolgathering. It’s the final issue of Woolgathering, my nature magazine devoted to our connection to the seasons, and it should be landing in mailboxes today! This year, I featured chairs on the covers of …
Fall and Winter are my two favorite seasons. While I love these falling temperatures, I am a person who runs cold like a lizard. So without my heat lamp to keep me unfrozen, I turn to wearing many layers of wool to keep warm. Soon …
I made this illustration of Spring Bird Cottage into a postcard for the Spring Issue of Woolgathering Magazine. In this Spring Issue, I write a lot about our deep connection to place, and so, I made a tourist inspired postcard for our little cottage. My …
So – this is a quilt top – or perhaps a partial quilt top composed of the various moon squares that I sewed starting in March of 2021. I celebrated each full moon for twelve moons by honoring a bird and that bird’s message. There …
These photos are from a couple days ago – a fern in its infancy and snowdrops. I tell myself they are still there – under the snow. The snakes are waiting under the ground. This is all part and parcel of the waters of March. …
I woke up to a snow covered Spring Bird – that is certainly beautiful but has me in seasonal confusion. Weren’t there green shoots, snow drops, and twitterpated birds yesterday? This morning, they are all smothered under snow – except for the birds who have …
Oh my goodness! I’m so excited for this to be happening. It’s Season Three of the Woolgathering Podcast and Beatriz has begun!!! In this first episode of the third season, we begin a new story about Beatriz. We meet Beatriz and her family as well …
I love the visible mending movement and am grateful for all of the accessible tutorials from generous sewists that make mending look so easy and beautiful. I had a go at Patrick’s jeans the other day, and I think my mending looks like the Circus …
