Monday 2 July 2012

Scratched


The RP's and I turned the corner
and there sat a snowshoe hare
right in the middle of the road


 He just wouldn't move
Not concerned about the car at all
So out came the camera
I crept forward to drive past on the left
Still he sat there
Until finally he turned and
Ran up the road
With me driving slowly behind
Until he finally decided to pop into the woods


Then the next morning a loon watched
from the safety of the basin
as the RP's and I walked the dike.
Oh, and Thursday's art class
dealt with reflections


And on Friday
Mark and Donna
took possession of their first home
So exciting for them


Six months of my life in a tangled pile


or a long, long road


or perhaps a curled scroll.
Six months is long enough
so I've started a new scroll
for July 1st.

28 comments:

  1. I recently came across your blog. Very interesting! Silly of me to ask but what do you do to finish you journal of stitches? I am curious if you make them into a quilt or wall hanging?

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    1. It has a backing where I write little bits of info to remind me of what's what; but I won't be making it into a quilt. Right now I'm trying to work out how to hang it. I'm also allowing room for some kind of fastener to join the next six months onto it.

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  2. You know how much I love your stitched journal and the way it has evolved. Your pic of the rabbit and the fact that I have no picture of the Sandhill Cranes made me decide that I need a smaller camera that will fit in my bag to carry with me always. So many times recently that I wanted a picture and the Kodak was at home.
    xx, Carol

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    1. Oh, yes, Carol, you need a camera small enough to go everywhere with you! I never leave the house without mine hitched onto my jeans!

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  3. My goodness, there's miles of it!

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    1. Yup! And now I'm starting the second set of miles!

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  4. Your six months of cloth looks wonderful...a textile diary...very satisfying.

    I was inspired by Judy Martin to do a daily cloth too, but mine became weekly and now is a bit like my journalling...sporadic. You inspire me to keep going with it, yours looks so amazing.

    You are very disciplined and your cloth is so beautiful. I love the look of it in a tangled pile. There is something about the folds of cloth.

    Jacky xox

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    1. Oh, yes, Jacky keep at it but keep it simple. It becomes more interesting the more you add to it. Glad you like mine!

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  5. This is amazing, Penny! It is like the Bayeux Tapestry. Maybe one day it will be on display in a darkened, climate controlled room somewhere with huge lineups of people waiting to see it! Great job !!

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  6. Fabulous to see it all rolled out and then all rolled up. Like a scroll of your life for the past six months. Beautiful work!

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    1. When I started I imagined it just like an Egyptian scroll of hieroglyphs!

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  7. How precious this must be to you! I love it rolled up as a scroll because it's a story of your life and your creative soul.

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    1. Yes, I like it as a scroll too but if I keep it rolled up I won't get to see it and so right now I'm trying to work out how to hang it up above my studio windows where I can check it out and remember.

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  8. This is absolutely incredible to see! Are you also keeping a written record of each scratch to remind you in years to come of what prompted each?

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    1. So far what I have done is write on the back but the back only gets added after a whole length has been stitched. So I think you are right...I should be writing things down every day 'cos those memory cells ain't working as well as they used to!

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  9. Beautiful accomplishment for the first half of the year. Have you dated it?

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  10. Thanks Kaite....and oh, yes I do two things to date entries. At the beginning of each month I stitch a tag on and for the interesting days I write date and story on the backing fabric.

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  11. There is something so deeply soulful, tears behind my eyes honest about your work here. Beautiful just doesn't say enough. It always reminds me of an exhibit I saw many years ago that was fiber scrolls, mounted on three large walls, eyeball height...wrapping around the exhibit room...the history of ...well, of it all on 3 walls. I keep trying to find it online. My memory cells are not helping!
    I love how it looks the rusty pups are driving!
    Thanks for always sharing this work of art!

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    1. Oh, Nancy, wish I had seen that! I've been googling trying to find it but no luck. If you come across it do let me know. Those rusty pups in the car were difficult. I kept trying to stitch them but they looked way too clunky in the car and so ended up just drawing them in but not very successfully!

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  12. I have just caught up with a few of your postings...and I have to say I agree with Nancy's comment, there is a very moving & emotional quality to your scroll cloth. It has certainly touched my heart.
    Also wanted to say I am so enjoying your photography...I often wonder if I was joining you on one of your walks with the RP's, would I notice all the little quirks of nature that you photograph? So whilst I sit at my office desk eating my lunch, I thank you for transporting me to a beautiful part of the world. from Jenny (Australia)

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    1. So glad you're enjoying spending time here, Jenny! Love that expression "scroll cloth" - I might steal it. I'm sure you would notice all the little things...after all I walk those walks daily! When I spent lunch hours at my desk there was no such thing as the internet....wow I must be old!

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  13. a fine text/ile indeed. what an accomplishment!

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    1. Would be great if I could include some of your lotka (sp?) weaving! One day I'll take a class from you.

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  14. Absolutely fabulous! I love seeing the piece all stretched out on the deck. Did you lock the RP's in the house?

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    1. You are right! I have to think like that because they are usually underfoot!

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  15. You know how I admire your work...and I will soon be following your steps...

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