Mixing Dyes

It is satisfying to see the garden plants stretch out and grow. About the yard this time of year, things change everyday. The Iris were beautiful and now gone, but poppies and beauty bushes have new blossoms every morning.I like to take note in the morning of each new...

Amity Farm – Early Days

Thinking back to those days long ago on Amity Farm……… Spring! the air filled with the sweet smell of blossoms and new mown hay, Looking up the hill with the sun filtering through a multitude of fairy beds. Early morning, going to get the cows off...

Cold but Beautiful

It has still been freezing here and sooooooooo far behind last year, when pasture arrived early in April. The grass is green at last and heavy rain arrived last night pounding on our windows and earth below. The forsythia bushes have finally donned their bright...

Earth Day

Earth Day – Good Friday……… Spring is still cold, windy, rainy and beautiful in a cold sort of way. Red buds are showing on distant trees and the mountains are highlighted with small patches of sun. All here comes from the earth and returns to....

Out of Frost Into the Sun

Last week, everyday, 20 degrees, frost! The morning light comes sooner each day and I’d walk to my studio and look out the window to sun high-lighting trees and mountains in the distance, turning the field by us white. Last week, still no leaves to be seen and...