2012

I couldn’t bring myself to do the usual honoring of the dear ones this year…so let an anonymous little grouping of sweet girls from long ago stand in for all those that we and the world have said good-bye to.

These November days are so full of feeling…like the sadness and beauty I felt when I opened this old suitcase and found the picture of my grandmother with it’s broken glass and the leaves and flowers collected…an Autumn or two ago, I suppose.

We are beginning our first steps towards An Unhurried Christmas at Wisteria & Sunshine. Transforming this suitcase from a place of wistful remembrance to a cosy and hopeful container for the storing up of Christmas gifts was my happy work this week.

Wishing you a warm and soulful November…

P.S. And I’ve been meaning to tell you that I had an Autumnal article published in the latest edition of Heather Sprigg’s online magazine Gatherings.

When I started The Bower six years ago, it was in response to my Small Meadow Press customers wishing to know me a bit better…to bring them closer to my life than a few minutes in a booth at an art show allowed, or what could be shared in a short email. 

I think the mixture of what I was paying attention to in my creating for Small Meadow Press and what I was paying attention to in living my days worked quite well in the past. I am not sure why I felt inclined to separate the two when I began Wisteria & Sunshine, but have been feeling the pull to bring them back together again.

So this is just a small note to let you know that you may expect more posts here in the future. They will be a weaving of what I am thinking about and exploring and adventuring within the bower that is my home and my days and within the bower that is Wisteria & Sunshine…for it is all of a piece.

Looking forward to writing here again soon…of the Everyday Deep, as I like to call it. And I will soon close the Tidings blog and return here, with gladness.

See you soon!