melting

"If I keep a green bough in my heart, then the singing bird will come." ~ Chinese proverb

wheresoever you go

We (unexpectedly) went north for a couple of days and avoided the snowstorm.

This morning we went for a walk in the woods. Although the photo doesn't show it particularly well, this was a beautiful little natural ice sculpture with dangling crystals.

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." ~ Confucius

snow-capped erosion bundle

This one will probably be made into a brooch.

A frosting of snow on my Erosion Bundle.

Rosemary. Bamboo.

Unidentified shrub with red berries.

"Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower." ~ Shigenori Kameoka

eyes of the heart

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. " ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

An unexpected drive out to Chester County to deliver a forgotten item.

While there, I took a photo of a quilt I made many years ago. It's a little faded but will be coming home soon since the office where it is currently displayed will be relocating in a few weeks.

illusions of love

This is where I am on the project I started a couple of weeks ago.  I've added a row of paper hearts from a weeded novel rescued a few year ago from the discard pile. This isn't necessarily the final arrangement but I am inclined to place them in rows of similar hearts rather than mixing them up like regular patchwork. Interestingly, the title of the novel is Illusions of Love.


"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts." ~ Albert Einstein

stitching in red

I've practiced stitching in red on a couple of hearts.

Experimented with more paper-stitching, and have started making them full, dimensional, slightly stuffed hearts using vintage bits of fabric and buttons.

"One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heat that you can't utter.." ~ James Earl Jones

woven text

Fabric strips woven into a page from a Greek translation of The Iliad. Another rustic heart.

"Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart. and try to love the questions themselves." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

The views from the two windows on my third floor studio. I don't have skylights but my next door neighbors do.