I walk and run amongst trees while foraging and collecting.  At home, I spend time experimenting with the finds, as well as learning about tree lore.  Much of what I am sharing today is from that world of mine - photos, quilting, pigment making, as well as another set of Simple365 b&w photos of my everyday life.

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Hello Everyone!  Last time I talked about working on a painting.   This painting began during a visit to the mountains, although I didn't know it as such then.   It all started with the tree. Then, slowly, a painting formed in my head, accompanied by the beginnings of a story.  After a fair amount of prep work,  I was ready to paint.  After our last visit to the Sierra Mountains, I added the final touches to the picture.   The beginning in 2020 and the ending in 2024 both came from the mountains.

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Welcome to the Witchy Stichy blog hop hosted by Carol.  We have very recently moved to a house which has some very old and very beautiful trees.  I think trees are quite magical.  Over the past couple of weeks, as I have been unpacking, I have been listening to them rustling in the wind and wondering what they are saying to each other, or perhaps whispering an idea of a story to me.

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Last month, quite unexpectedly, Mother Nature treated me to a weekend of rain. The sound of rain is like the calls of the mythological Sirens for me. Re-purposing John Muir’s quote – “The rain is calling and I must go”, and go I did. I put on my raincoat and my waterproof pants and went for a 4+ mile run, all the while feeling the rain on my face.

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