stiff dyed vellum cover, laced in text block sewn on vellum tapes
the pages for august were made exactly one year ago, i made a page each day. looking through the book i see my thinking from the year before, stuff much on my mind in august. before going back to teach another school year. coyotes, dyes, flax, landscape, paper, shifu, tess, and a small gathering of much loved humans.a friend valerie sparked a renewed local interest in hula hooping. she is amazing, here in the park during farmer's market, teaching a small group of enthusiastic hoopers. hoopists? i caught the end of the mini workshop, but i did see her with three hoops, all rotating.
this young lady is my friend's pup tess. she was with me for ten of the august days last year as a ten week old. it was NOT fun! she was very needy then. she's beautiful and has eyes only for him, though she likes everyone else with a breezy, have fun attitude. tess and the gwen. when these two visit, they bring along lena, a dobie. wendy deeply disapproves of them all, but mostly tess. these two are very cuddly.
your book is a stunning textural delight.
ReplyDeletelove those puupy pictures...we are about to get another pup in a few weeks and I am gearing myself up for those ten week old days...
There is a reason puppies are cute...so that their companions can survive their puppy hood with mental health intact. :)
ReplyDeleteit was a huge sacrifice to care for someone else's pup for so long. because it was HARD.
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