Junuary

Hello, Dear Friends, I hope that you are living each 

day with faith, clarity and courage as we 

face these challenging times together. 

 xx

 The buttercups are blooming. 

xx

A gentle reminder that despite all of the turmoil 

in this world, nature keeps her promise 

of beauty and grace.

I hope that you've had a few moments to appreciate 

nature's beauty as we all work together to 

lift our hearts and minds towards a more 

compassionate, just and equitable world. 

xx

Wild viburnum under moody skies

We are now in the month of June, or 'Junuary' 

as we like to call it around here. 

It's very cool and wet, as you can see by the 

 happy plant-life! 

Red Huckleberry growing out of 'nurse' stump

The woodland along my driveway 

Thimble-Berry blossoms. They seem to be pollinated 

by these strange, winged insects.

The view from my gate into the neighbor's field. 

Driveway, looking back from gate. 

We rarely see the sun anymore, as we are locked in 

perpetual twilight with successive weather systems 

coming down from Alaska. 

The temperature hovers between the 50's and 60's, 

with 40's at night. The vegetation is thick and 

we are cautious when we are outside. 

There are predators among us, along with abundant new life. 

Grosbeak visiting the maple by the back deck. 

We are content to stay inside, only venturing out 

to mow the lawn or pot up some flowers

 during a rare few hours of sunshine. 

I've done some re-fashioning of some sturdy blouses 

to wear around the house or in the gardens

while waiting for sun.  

They needed a scooch more room :)

to wear comfortably while doing chores. 

It was so easy to draw a paper pattern 

by making a triangle, cutting out the fabric and

 inserting it into a slit in the back. 

I used some iron-on interfacing on this 

old tablecloth lace to reinforce it, 

and finished the seam edges with a zig-zag stitch. 

xx

This sturdy denim tunic only needed a patch. 

I added calico to this heavy cotton, gingham blouse. 

I just traced around the collar and cuffs to make the patterns 

and slipped them over the old ones. 

I added inserts to the sides of this homespun blouse. 

Now I have some wiggle room :)

 

I had some fun and now have a sweet collection of 

comfy and protective work smocks. 

I've been slowly replacing my worn out pansies

on the deck. 

This is the last of them and now I will let them go to seed. 

My 3 yr old grandson decided that this doll chair 

needed to stay here on the stair landing. 

It was once my daughter's when she was a child. 

My poor roses have been deer browsed. 

Only the top has survived.

What is left of some flowers.  

The lush landscape with roses. 

These are rugosa roses with wicked thorns 

even the deer won't bother. 

These are by the house, so haven't been disturbed. 

The Mr. brought home flowers to cheer up the gloom. 

My grandson loves to help bake cookies. 

He especially loves to use sprinkles :)

I think I'll make a pot of tea and help myself to a couple. 

xx

Thank you for your sweet visits, my dear friends. 

Your kind comments remind me that we are 

all kindred spirits as we do our part to 

take care of each other. 

xoxo