the relationship of bees to flowers

so...

i am working towards my show at the craft council gallery in st. john's that opens march 9th . it's a show that i'm sharing with ceramicists deb kuzyk and ray mackie who live in annapolis royal, nova scotia now ( they were living in newfoundland when i met them over 20 years ago) and run lucky rabbit pottery. the show is about interconnections. for me - the interconnection between my hooked mats and my paintings. for deb and ray - between themselves - and for all of us the influence we've had on one another's lives and work. it's also about our shared buddhist beliefs. about the influence of all things on all other things...

at mile's end

we've come to the end of our part in robyn's knitted mile project. all day yesterday knitting was being dropped off at my house. today i'll take it up to the university to add to what has been collected there. barb will then send it off to robyn. robyn needs to add text, sew it all together, and intstall it in dallas at the end of february. she'll send all the participants photos of the installation so i'll update it on my blog. this has been such a group project. love it.

what gets ignored

when i'm working flat out (as i am this month getting ready for the devon house show) some things get ignored. it's a long list that includes almost everything but my work. housecleaning. keith. friends. meals. personal appearance. and abigail. she's always watching me. for the nod. time for a walk. for play. i look up from my work and there's a pile of toys she's brought for me - one after the other (is this the one you want?) without me noticing.

sometimes i get it wrong

sometimes i get it wrong. yesterday, for about 5 hours, i hooked this blue into my new mat. about half way into it i started questioning how it was looking. some fabrics seem to come to life in the hooking, others go flat. by the end of the evening i was hating it. but i've learned not to rip out/unravel/overpaint late at night. my eyes/brain see differently in the morning. this morning i'm starting over...

kissy fish

finished up this "kissy fish" mat for the february challenge "unexpected love" with my fibre arts group on etsy. it's for sale in my etsy shop now. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9288971

yesterday morning - with the threat of another big storm - we drove up to the bulk food store stocked up on apricots and almonds and then to the video store for the 2nd part of the last season of sopranos. all set for another snowed in weekend.

i have arrived

thursday night i finished knitting my last ball for the knitting mile project

and added the text "i have arrived" - one of my favourite quotes from buddhist monk thich nhat hanh. living in the moment, we are always already there...

so that's where all the bird seed went

we've been having a thaw for the past couple of days. wonderful to watch the layers of winter being exposed. to go outside with just a heavy sweater and gloves rather than bundles and bundles of clothes. we're stripping down the layers too...