Starting August

Starting August


The heat has already begun and it's not yet 8 in the morning.  It will get to mid 30's today and in protected areas around the house, up in the high 30's.  The nasturtiums are spent ~ it's too hot on the deck for them and the zucchini is struggling.  This is the first year I tried them up here, next year they will go down in pots in the cool, hosta bed.  Really all I want is salad blooms and squash blossoms to saute and stuff!  The lavender, yarrow and globe thistle in the front garden are giving their last to the pollinators that come in this area where there is little.  The grasses are loving it and stretching up in soft waves.


I continue to dabble at many things.  My goal is to refine my work this year and hopefully as more years come.  To pay attention to the little details, the finishings, the refinement of stitches.  I am also working through all my unfinished projects.  I think they clutter your psyche after a while.   Lost creativity - or stalled creativity.  Tidying them up I am hoping will give me completion and open the space for more creativity.  I just finished two sweaters, one that went on my needles a decade ago.  My 'works in progress' are many - a pair of socks, the yarn which I dyed as sock blanks about 3 years ago.  A cowl.  A shawl.  Norwegian mittens.  Bins of fibre for spinning up lovely yarn ( I am currently working on a silk/merino blend).  Stitching tumeric dyed linen squares for a piece that is yet to be defined.  Stitching up panels with double layers of cotton jersey (a la Alabama Chanin)....

I am sure there are more but that is a good start!

I just began to subscribe to a great little podcast  https://rss.wbur.org/kindworld/podcast
give yourself a treat and listen for a bit.

now for the day....

Location: Osoyoos, BC V0H, Canada

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