The end of October brings the leaves down. We rake them to the parkway (the grass between the sidewalk and the street) and the city will come and suck them all up with giant leaf vacuums and take them to the composting site. It is amazing to see. The colors of autumn have been especially beautiful this year in northern Indiana, and the ginko tree on the front lawn is a flash of gold. A freeze is predicted for tonight, so the ginko will be bare tomorrow.
Wintering: Snowbound , 32 x 37”, wool, cotton
Wintering: Snowbound has been selected for CraftForms 2023 at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne PA. The exhibit is open from December 2 through January 20. This is the first time I have entered this show, and I was happy to have this little piece represented. I made three Wintering pieces early in 2023, all in wool, using wool tapestry yarn for the stitches. Here is the artist statement for the series:
I live in a place with cold dark winters. For me, it is a woolen season, a time to shelter in place and quietly stitch. The works in this series show the winter stars and falling snow, seen from the windows of a warm and protective home.
Let’s talk about books. Recently I have enjoyed these titles: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride; River Sing Me Home, by Eleanor Shearer; Swamp Story, by Dave Barry (all on audio) and My Name is Iris, by Brando Skyhorse; The Invisible Hour, by Alice Hoffman, The Break, by Katherena Vernette; and Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett (all as print books). Tom Lake gets a five star review. There was so much to love about this book!