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Monday 4 February 2013

Scratching Time and Circles


A Birthday week scratched.
Days fly
Weeks swoosh by
and years zoom by!


On Monday I suddenly remembered
my licence had to be renewed by Tuesday.
So we made tracks down to the nearest motor vehicle office.
For Tuesday I had to fit sixty six candles
into one day's scratchings...that was hard!
On Wednesday I recorded the moon against that purple sky.


Boy, was Thursday windy...
I returned home after a day away
to find the driveway blocked by a fallen beauty.
The wind was from the south
it melted away all our snow.


A circle filled to the brim


Then a circle filled with a cross.
The snow returned.


Perhaps I'll fill more circles.

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19 comments:

  1. Rachel4 February 2013 at 08:06

    A week of adventures indeed! I hope the fallen tree didn't crash into anything it shouldn't have..

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    1. Penny Berens8 February 2013 at 15:12

      We were lucky, it wasn't close to any buildings but it housed our only light that shone on the driveway for nighttime guests.

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  2. Unknown4 February 2013 at 10:17

    How enticing those colorful candles! Birthday blessings to you or your loved one.-sus

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  3. Margaret Cooter4 February 2013 at 10:59

    The candles, with their vari-coloured flames, reminded me of a poem by Edna St Vincent Millay:
    My candle burns at both ends
    It will not last the night.
    But ah my foes and oh my friends
    It gives a lovely light.

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  4. Penny4 February 2013 at 13:23

    Happy belated birthday! Love the circle.

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    1. Penny Berens8 February 2013 at 15:14

      Thanks and yup, me too...the circle is my favourite this week.

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  5. deanna7trees4 February 2013 at 16:41

    happy birthday...wonderful circles.

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  6. Judy Martin5 February 2013 at 00:51

    Penny, your 2013 scratchings are surpassing those from 2012. You must be taking more space with each day - a metaphor for something. You say the days fly by, but they are filled with circles, with dynamic energy and self.

    Beautiful work. absolutely beautiful. You've cheered me up.
    xx

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    1. Penny Berens8 February 2013 at 15:16

      Yes, Judy, this year's scroll is going to be miles longer than last year's!
      Glad it brought a smile to your lovely face.

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  7. Sweetpea5 February 2013 at 02:06

    I agree with Judy....yes, surpassing.
    60 really good reasons to keep moving forward.
    And I have a brooch, so similar, but not quite ~ very Celtic, not absolutely round ~ maybe I should post it for you to see?

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  8. Magpie's Mumblings5 February 2013 at 23:25

    Hmmmm - licenses and candles. Methinks, perhaps, congratulations are in order (along with cake!).

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    1. Penny Berens8 February 2013 at 15:17

      Gosh, I'd love a birthday cake! But cakes are on the no no list nowadays!

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  9. Nancy6 February 2013 at 01:43

    Well, happy birthday to you! Love those lit up candles :)

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    1. Penny Berens8 February 2013 at 15:18

      Thanks, Nancy. I started off trying to make every single flame a different colour but soon gave up and started repeating!

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  10. blandina 10 February 2013 at 04:17

    I am still smiling, I knew we had something in common, I will be 60 in July...
    Happy birthday, I hope the new decade will bring us more experimentations, stitching and curiosity!

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  11. Robin10 February 2013 at 15:29

    I love this post and your Kantha stitches, your time scratching. I came here from Sweetpea's Path... Yay!

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