Last Harvest

trolls

Yesterday we went for a walk in the woods and found this troll house.




















And this troll

Maiden Spinster

I believe there were days when
you could not bear to spin.
trapped on your low stool.
It became a task too cruel
while outside sunlight burned,
banners snapped crisp,
and hoof beats fell like laughter.
But in winter when dark wrapped
close and wind racked rock
you were glad of colored fire
and crimped wool with lanolin
that could not work if cold.

Autumn Gold

I don't have many pictures of Autumn, aka Fuzzy. But
Here is a poem (not a great one)I wrote about him. I don't know when.
He vanished just after Katrina devastated New Orleans and I was still frantic for Jane who was trapped in her house with a phone line that friends and family could call in on, but she couldn't call out. Bad days, those were.

Scent Lessons

lavender boiling
ripped grocery bag yielding faint blue of hydrocarbon
fruit spilling orange, yellow, bruised, cheap
You, blonde, big Norwegian
once human
now lie on the flooring of old oak and poly (whatever that is)
watching with those greengold circles
me cleaning
your litter
stale male urine wafting, marking
your place
to you an alphabet of knowledge
the a b c's of cat

Bird

Kamath has this toy - we call it bird - that he drags around Everywhere. He even knows it's name and will go get Bird if you tell him to. Some nights we have to sleep with it on the bed and often it is stretched out in the hall when we wake up. Last night he decided to sleep in this chair and drug Bird in with him so he could sleep on top of it.

Kamath

fairy circle

what popped up in our garden this fall
i wanted to go out at midnight and see if any wee people were dancing there, but never made it

Little Miss by the Day

This was one of my favorite books when I was a child. I have a copy, but its cover is ripped and the spine gone. Still, I would have a very difficut time parting with it.

alpaca yarn

I have wound off another skein of 2 ply alpaca Danza. Here it is on my antique clock winder.

Fall

It's finally beginning to look and feel like Fall around here. Perhaps the cooler weather today helps.

This is a photo I took on my trip to Kentucky in October. I stopped in the grand metropolis of Crab Orchard near what I guess is the city park, or the town square. There are always a few locals selling stuff at tables there, I wanted to walk Buddy, but one guy had his hound keeping an eye on things from the back of his truck and I didn't want to stir up trouble. Crab Orchard is interesting and I like stopping there before I have to get back on the interstate.

Anyway, I haven't written much about my Kentucky visit on either this blog, or my other one, Johnson Family Bible, but guess I should start putting down the information I gleaned from relatives, Neville mostly. Or it will be lost in the vagaries of my loopy handwriting. Next post.

goldenrod roving, Etsy

This is some roving I dyed with goldenrod and posted for sale on Etsy. I'm not sure why the photo is coming out so small.

Quiet

Halloween was quiet. I felt a bit under the weather, we went out for breakfast at McD's, Brian worked on the kitchen, I made Cushaw soup and dessert, read an interesting book, we had a few, very few, trick-or-treaters. The weather was grim Saturday, but Sunday was lovely and eventually we went for a ride to TR by back ways to look at Autumn leaves at sunset and explore. It was lovely, we found a fabulous view of the mountains, and the moon was rising, but we didn't have the camera. Well.....

Another week of physical therapy, doctor's visits and the hope the B holds onto his job. Same old scary routine.