i was grateful to see the sky shining bright as i drove home after school. 
the cloud bank was far enough south to not bring more snow. 
but it was windy and cold, beautiful.

a new arrival at my neighbor's. 

i saw two new calves. 

they tickle me, and all of the cows came over to see me. 

i had no goodies, but i told them they were very very beautiful.

my mailbox had a couple of surprises...

a note from a duck(!), 

and the catalog for the threads of feeling show. 

if only i could get to london to see this thing. 

indeed, the book must suffice!

 the latest hand/eye online has another wonderful article 

by wendy golden-levitt. 

you can see the hands of some of the children she works with, 

and some of the textiles that help them do their work.

and a shifu book.

some big snow.

the top three feet of the chimney came down in a huge ice storm in1998, i think.

brought down buy the grandfather maple that you can see the remains of. 

 a third of the tree became firewood last year.

 today it's crotch high.

i did walk into the yard, briefly, before i walked wendy.

the depth of snow is almost frightening without snowshoes on.

i have a feeling that this catalog will be a challenging thing to read.

but i will begin tonight.