Scratch, Scratch, Scratching Away!

First of all...

apologies for the quality of these pics...

they were done in a rush under difficult lighting.

On Monday I was paging through a favourite book

"The Language of the Goddess"

by Marija Gimbutas.

Because Spring is on it's way

(hopefully sooner rather than later)

I thought a "ship of renewal" as found in Scandinavian rock art

might encourage Spring on her slow journey to this part of the world.

It rained most of the day

puddles were gathering in the garden

So I felt like making a puddle with bling!

Not a very beautiful puddle though.

(The first time I've scratched with beads''

and probably the last!)

For Thursday, I just went with the flow.

On Friday we made tracks up the valley as the snow fell

all for a mammogram!

Not my favourite way of spending a day.

just doodling

Friends had a wine tasting party with a difference...

they were all our home made wines.

And guess who won for the best red wine...

my Handy Hubby!

Work in Progress

Started by stitching myself in black thread

except for the red glasses of course!

looked way too boring

it needed a bit of fun

It's on a very sheer lawn

can't add anything too heavy

so stitched on some sheers.

Now I'm wondering what to do

on the enormous amount of background that surrounds me.

Do I add stitch?

Do I stitch in a myriad of colours or just white?

Decisions

Decisions

If You Were Down On The Dike Today

You would have caught sight of a weathered sentry

standing tall among bushy chaos...

Leaves that amazingly still cling to trees

after a windy winter

and yet

in our woods we've lost about five entire trees....

You would have seen a thick blanket of cloud

kissing the top of the North Mountain....

And you would have seen the scallop fishermen

returning home.

My goodness this one needs a new paint job does it not!

If You Were In The Woods Today

You would have seen icy snow

hovering over the stream....

Fungi clinging on the sunny sides of trees....

Fallen trees slowly enriching the land...

Lush green lichen spreading over broken bark....

And perhaps a Rusty Pup of two

If only I could find the other one but

She's off hunting deeper in the woods.

A Week Scratched on Cloth

Perhaps winter is waning.

On Monday fourteen of us met at Laurie's home

Some of us knit great socks!

Not me...I never did finish my one attempt! 

Handy Hubby looked out the front window

and there on the front porch was a mink

looking back at him.

Mark and Donna have set a June date for their wedding.

Handy Hubby went down the road to help a friend

bottle his wine.

Time on Face Time organizing

Taking snapshots of  this week's scratchings

I smashed my one year old camera

against that rock

and now the lens cover is smashed into a thousand pieces.

Oh joy!

Supposed to illustrate "springing forward"

'cos we jumped forward to daylight savings time.

A Monochromatic World

The Teasels are still standing tall through wind and snow

The squirrels are out munching even as the snow swirls around them

The old rusty wheel is probably rusting up a bit more

getting ready to transfer that lovely colour onto cotton next summer

The baby spruce are weighed down with a fresh coating

and

it's hard to believe

I spied snowdrops preparing to bloom just a couple of days ago

A Scratching Post

Just keeping ourselves amused between snow storms!

Needle pulling thread

Indigo blue cloth marked with bleach

Indigo blue thread scratching

Sometimes we can learn from using the colours we don't like

Some days bring strange doodles in stitch!

The woods are weighed down with a fresh coat of snow

Ancient scratchings stitched

Ancient pottery markings stitched

That was the week that was