short but sweet

took this picture the other day and wanted to share it. Love the two birds nest in such a beautiful red bark tree. i know why they picked this tree color always makes your home a happy place!

 James and I in Seattle staying at the "Ace Hotel" great place, great price we are here to celebrate my Birthday. A simple get away, of course i brought my stitching and worked a little on my "Hare Pyns" project tonight. love working on the florentine stitch.  i should be done if i didn't have at least 4 other projects to work on. not complaining i can't think of a better way to spend my birthday than  with the man i love and lots of silk thread and linen. hope your birthday this year will be spent with someone you love and all you enjoy close by.

New Times Reflect Old Times

the sun actually came out today but boy is it cold outside.
i spent yesterday with 3 of my favorite stitching buddies. i love that we can talk about anything and disagree on many subjects but still open up enough to listen to one another. i wouldn't change anything about them. i relish that we share a common interest and share a friendship much like the women long ago who stitched without electicity or all the wonderful linens/floss we have today. they shared in the same dreams i am sure and loved the conversation of other women in a time that was difficult and troubling like we do now. i will always feel privilege that i have these incredible talented women in my life to push me on in my creativity and listen to my complaints and ideas. what more could one want in this New Year.
i wish for all of you the same.

2010

Happy New Year to all my friends.
Let us start the New Year with our hearts open to those we do not understand. Give.
Let us begin this year with our hands ready for new creative endeavours and our minds open to unique ideas. Receive.
Remember one thought from someone new may be the thought that brings us closer to understanding who we are as a person and who we wish to be as a world. Listen.
Let us remember we are all in this together.
understanding is the beginning. Love.

one year ends

I can hardly believe the year is almost over, another slipped by. i never quite get the whole idea of a party to throw out the old and bring in the new. i like to celebrate now in a quiet way. i am eager to start this New Year with all the new ideas i have running thru my head and a art room filled with things to touch and create with.
i hope this New Year brings all of us closer to our creative self and the world closer to the peace we all deserve.
Give of yourself and give to yourself. each is worth gold to those around you.