they arrived early most days,

between 7 and 8 and stayed until almost dark.

this is rudy

shortly before hauling up 4 x 8 foot metal roofing

and here is my old ark of a house

in all her soft green glorious sheathing.

and then, well, rudy spoke with me about siding...

indoors i've been messing around with flax and stitch,

charlie's flax here with my stitching.

making lots of small papers

and reading this book which excites me no end.

i bought some old hemp from sri

which i love

and intend to put to good use.

closer,

notice the stitching here.

can you guess the stitching material?

notice these squares.

can you guess fiber and pigment?

they really look good together

these colors

i'd like a nice soft red with them.

actually, i'd like all the colors

sometimes.

i was a happy woman to order

and receive

a LOT of indigo

kitchen papermaking.

mould by britt quinlin, the paperwright

my next splurge will be a lot of flax.

i've used up almost all of the 10 pounds i ordered last fall.

and today there was a breakthrough of sorts

but i am too tired to mess around with blogger and pictures and stuff

so it'll have to wait some.

i've offered a friend a book, but if she doesn't want it,

i may offer it up to you all.

my first ever contest,

probably!