Todays Thanksgiving Quote

"Fortune was not a house full of gold and jade, but something much more".

From Where the Mountains Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
This months selection from the Intergenerational Book Club that I participate in.

Note: Didn't love the book but the cover fits the book well.

Cann't see the leaves

This spring when we put in the new patio and took out the tree that was leaning on the garage - we put in two ginkgo trees.  I know you are supposed to plant native trees but I always loved the leaves of the tree and was pleased when the landscape person suggested two of them.

I was surprised that the tree dropped all its leaves in one day versus the other trees on the block taking weeks.

But I can no longer enjoy them on the ground since they are now covered in snow.

Twenty Years Ago Yesterday

I find it hard to believe that it has been that long.  I meant to write this yesterday but couldn't bring myself to start.  Twenty years ago yesterday my mom died - 1999.  I remember she was real concerned about the hysteria that some of the TV stations were warning with the millennium.  Every time I came over she asked if she had to be concerned - I always said no.  But then she would say that she might not make it and she didn't.

I still feel - "like a motherless child".  Don't know if you ever get over that.

Lastest Guild Exhibit

My weaving guild had an exhibit in December and January of some of our members items.  While I have not been weaving much - I did have four items that I had never exhibited that I submitted to the show.   

All three scarfs were on a yellowish painted warp.

Scarf that I sold from the exhibit.

Color on A Grey Day

Didn't go to Greenfield Village today due to the ice.  Needed a bit of color so I took pictures of the yarn I dyed at our weaving guilds annual dye day this past Saturday.

This is to be a set of two scarves.   It is tercel and some novelty yarn.

 These are small bought of unmercerized cotton to be made into dish towels.