Pretend It’s Friday

If you’re both a knitter and an Instagram follower you probably already know about Fair Isle Friday or #fif as it’s hashtagged. It’s quite fun to search a hashtag such as #fif and see all of the great colorwork that’s being knit across the globe. Knitters are besotted with colorwork and I’m no different. Yesterday…

Copper Wings

Every summer there are a few weeks here on the farm when the dragonflies are especially thick in the air between the studio and the garden. It seems early but it appears that dragonfly mating season has begun. Despite the triple digit heat I lingered to watch the show last evening as I walked from…

Good Gourd A-Mighty!

Chris has been brush hogging our pastures, and at that slow, prodding pace gets to notice things that otherwise get overlooked. Yesterday when he returned from across the creek he brought two little green and yellow gourds. “There are probably a hundred of them near the creek,” he said. Thank goodness I know an expert…

On Clear Creek

Throughout history people have written stories about the significant impact bodies of water have on their lives, whether it’s from flood or from drought. Life here on Clear Creek is no different. We don’t have water piped in from a city source or some lake miles away like urbanites. The well, a mere thirty-foot deep,…

Survival

The soft puttering sound of rain on the leaves surrounding our house is beautiful. The rolling thunder and the lightening are wonderful too. All of it is worth the annoyance of a piddlin’ lil’ migraine that accompanies a dramatic barometer swing. By now most people have probably read bout the record smashing summer of Oklahoma…