Catching Faeries by the Sea

This is surely an enchanted place

where faeries like to hide

I swear I saw one flitting here

and two more close by

one curled up in this faerie seat

but turned out to be shy

no matter how quiet we called

they would not come outside

they keep to their faerie glen

 in their home by the waves

you can dance in their stone circle

if you are quick, and you are brave



I swear there was one on this flower

who whispered to me

"Welcome to our home amongst the waves and stones,

If you are ever lost here you will never be alone

bring your bright umbrellas and sing us a song

come dance among the thistles

come dance among the flowers

and never go home"

they were there, Joe saw them run into the thistle

and whistle their faerie tune. 

We'll keep returning until we find,

whether that is never or soon.

Lilacs and Thistle in My Gardern Grow

 My newest projects,  my second summer of

very Outlander inspired projects..

something about those books

Starting with Thistles, because Scotland.

 

 I see them growing around here in great variety,

some tiny and almost delicate, others more robust and dangerous.

I love thistles despite their prickliness

they are much easier to draw than to touch

so they are sketched into my summer garden

 

 

and then they are sewn into my book

my newest sketches

consisting of beads and thread

that catch the light

 

 

a busy book for grown up kids to play with

and to occupy those moments of waiting

while it is too hot to knit

 

 

Lilac in thread, still my favorite despite a certain character

almost ruining it.

I love lavender, I love the colors and how it smells.

I love how it tastes cooked in cake.

 



 

and how it looks in pencil

 

 

what is a garden without birds

and Mr. Willoughby

 

 

or a view of the mountains

of Fraser's Ridge

  

 

and weekends in the French countryside

in a pastoral idyll of cotton and linen

held together with careful stitches



 

of course fall is just around the corner

and then plaid and shawls will be in order

 

 

 

 a plaid shawl with hollyhocks

to keep you warm or to toss over

an inconvenient customs man

 

or cool nights around a campfire....

 

and thoughts of winter and kitting

with a cup of cocoa on the table next to me

and a cat curled up on my lap.

 

days when it is not hot and sticky

or as the meteorologist called it

"air you can wear"