~ Imbolc : Stitching : and Six-Word-Days ~

the crocuses are in bloom

this morning in our garden 

I am feeling quiet, and words are keeping a distance, so please excuse this laundry-list of a post....

It is Imbolc again, and we have the fire and candles lit and the little hearth alter in place to honour Brigid and the return of the light.

I wasn't sure what to do with this piece

but....

....Jude's Cloth to Cloth class came to the rescue

and I had great fun doing a small weave.

I like it!

We had a dusting of snow, so I gave the cloth a little snow ceremony. 

I have been taking part in 41 6-word Days with j and julia. It's a great community and I love condensing the description of my day to six words....I can cope with that number!

Happy Imbolc, and greetings to February ~

Cariad mawr

H x

little blue tit outside my shed

I thought I had not taken many photos over the last five months, but, looking through the camera had me pleasantly surprised....I must have been on auto pilot!

Evening Primrose and Poppies 

in the Gwbert evening sun

 A window display in Cardigan

Marchnad Yd ~ Corn Market

A mistake that I liked

The elder leaf dye in its pan in the greenhouse, where I left it until it

dried out.

The result, below, was greener than this picture shows, but now, months later, is close to the colour it has faded to.

from the garden....

.....memories of summer....

...and Yule...

our willow Yule 'tree'

I have been sewing leaves, collected in Cardigan on the 

September full moon, into my Moleskin.

These two were sewn in on the January full moon

 We still have LIGHT ~

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and the shadows have had me dancing this month

Have a good week ~

Cariad Mawr

H x