some more snow

school delays and closings

we were sent home from school early.

there was rain and even sun!

i went to mid morning yoga!

home for lunch and a nap, oh lovely nap!

and then the snow came on

 and on

 and on

 and i just shoveled very wet

but fairly thick

six or so inches

i have some reading material

lovely.

close-ups

 

 

of things i'm looking at

today

after break

 landscape tapestry

so familiar, 

i see almost daily

this backside of my land

beyond the ecotone

 afternoon flat light and little snow

keep my boots wet, 

wendy's coat soaked

 the snow is rich manure

for poor men this year

 who knows what she sees now,

certainly the snow

clouds and shadows.

she rolls her head into the crunchy snow

her body no longer follows the lead of her exuberant spine

she looks over her shoulder

at me. yes?

she is quiet and tired after half a walk,

will make her chatty border collie

grunt-talk when we get home

until i feed her

then she will rest nearby

a curl, a comma, of dog.

 the ecoprint on cave flax paper 

has me pleased.

paper

i couldn't help but title this post paper

(not a post of paper!)

so much of my thinking these days is on paper

not too many words on paper,

color, texture, strength

while helping a friend with indigo

i unearthed a lokta sheet i'd dyed

and spun it up

 the mail came with these three paper and silk yarns from habu

i will dye up the white, the other two

i am *thinking* about

 the last dyepot

 the last papers out

 ecoprint on handmade flax

and a favorite print on arches.

possibles

a possible, but not mine,

mine had only the slightest bits of blue...

 there was a night and a day 

and then some more

dyeing paper

here's a little dance

how it's disbound 

 what i found inside

pleases me,

this winter break

where there is some color play

on the surface of cotton

paper 

with a little help

from staghorn sumac

blueberries, onion skins, hollyhock,

yellow birch,

a spider plant,

and metal things

 some string marks

 some metals

 a length in transition

and my vat god, plus a linen bundle

oh, and there was a moon or two

or more.

 last night's snow was lit up and

this morning there's new snow

so these bits of startling color indoors

make outside more beautiful still.

winter break

a tiny group of fibers

web into many things- 

playing with my printer

 and some photos

 and dimension

 and light and shadow

 so fun to have the richness 

of a week off work

only a few things i must do

dentist today (again)

and new jeans to source

 reading an old friend

larger than life moro-shifu

no supper

so we drove into the mountains

 and it was cold

 and the late day light 

picked out bits of brilliant color

 and then in the distance

 the mountains took on a decidedly 

stunning appearance

 i haven't seen the adirondacks

look so amazing in ages

new snow on the high peaks

in the distance 

but sadness at our goal:

saranac lake and casa del sol,

my favorite restaurant,

has closed.

i first went there over thirty years ago,

i took my kids when they were babies and

celebrated many special days there

end of an era.

some white