Final backyard kozo tally: 1 pound, 1.5 ounces / 496 grams.
I do love the holiday lull, the quietened inbox that happily brings good wishes from friends, and also the company of nearby friends and friends who are temporarily in town. I spent the weekend with two lovely folks in the studio, reminding me a bit of a pre-holiday baking session, but with fiber and the beautiful bronze beater instead of cookies and an oven: very nice. I wish for many more such days.
Festive (and huge) flax bubbles.
Apparently I still feel a seasonal need to scrape bark: cleaned dogbane in progress.
Paul and I jumbled communications, he referring to Christmas as the attending celebration, and me as December 25th. I just discovered today that we’re home tomorrow; not at the family gathering which will take place on Friday. That’s an unexpected gift: no horrendous holiday traffic and a day to do whatever we please. So, we ran out and got festive but stress-free food fixings, and it’ll be a warm, relaxed day tomorrow: cooking things up in the kitchen and in the studio. And we still have the family to look forward to as well. That’s merry!
I wish you all the words in today’s blog title, whatever and however you celebrate! (And I wish some of you were here to share this lovely peaceful brand of merriment.)
i don’t know which photo i like best, the last one, so cozy, or those big flax bubbles…all beautiful. happy days to you, too.
They’re all great pictures!
A quiet day for me as well, and now a bit of scrambling as I unpack and begin to setting in to the house-sit. Four glorious months of peace, quiet, and isolated creativity can’t start fast enough.