March 31, 2012

sun in my eyes

a cat chases

dust motes

beginning with

pouring rain 

ending with

glorious sunshine

last day of March

Six Word Saturday

writing, quilting, napping
rainy day fun

March 30, 2012

pencil smears

across the page

a left-hander’s mark

new blue 

hot tub cover

lots of errands

finished sewing

my first reversible vest

March 29, 2012

a dog grins

with a lop-sided smile

the squirrel runs

debating with students

proctoring exams

remembering the frog

croaking during

my hot tub soak

March 28, 2012

green tips

on the blue cypress

a robin hunts worms

fielding questions

from high schoolers

and seniors

sun shines through

pouring rain

March 27, 2012

rehearsals

end of term finals

spring musical

tutoring math

cataloguing books

running errands

cozy inside

pouring rain out

March 26, 2012

rain falling on

pink cyclamen

a crow caws

my friend drives me

off island from one doctor

to another and then for

take out and a fabric shop

long sunny day

March 25, 2012

bumblebee returns

watching the repeating

cycle of nature

sharing my shower

with a baby slug

a bumblebee returns

to sun on the 

purple walkway

Wordle 49: The Quilter

And the words for this week's Wordle are (drum roll please): craft, joy, supple, alchemist, gauge, juices, tender, acid, acumen, sprinkled, and sweep.  I found the words difficult, but then I got the idea of writing about what I do and using the alchemist as a metaphor and I hope it works.

The Quilter 

She sat at her sewing machine

piecing fabric and as an alchemist

would measure and sprinkle

acids over various metals

so she mixed colors and patterns

her acumen helping her gauge

just the right combinations

that would bring a tender smile

from those who saw her craft.

She moved the fabric easily

under the needle of her machine

with a suppleness which belied her age,

her creative juices flowing easily 

as the joy of her art swept through her.

March 24, 2012

a dragonfly

flits above a baby slug

birds chirp

sunny

60 degrees

lovely spring day

writing, reading,

and napping

March 23, 2012

aerated lawn

full of plugs

sunny all day

novel revisions

household chores

sewing lessons

a reversible vest

glorious spring day

March 22, 2012

floating

under the stars

hot tub soak

weeks end

helping students

cutting fabric

hanging paintings

a friend visits

March 21, 2012

yellow daffodils

purple striped crocuses

a slug meanders

tutoring and teaching

therapy and vet visit

daughter’s text photo

after much rain

a sunny day

March 20, 2012

thundering hail 

on the skylight

Vernal Equinox

tutoring and conferencing

cutting 32 strips

into 192 squares

three quilts laid out

one more to go

March 19, 2012

rectangles into squares

triangles into pinwheels

piecing quilt tops

dogs to the groomer

running errands

cutting and pressing

strips of fabric

last day of winter

March 18, 2012

maple donuts

video games with my son

sunday mornings

quiet rainy day

last Sunday of winter

sewing strips into

wider strips

reading and napping

March 17, 2012

tripping 

falling off the walkway

a four-leaf clover

138 strips from 23 fabrics

to be sewn into

46 wider strips

to be cut into

276 squares

March 16, 2012

family secrets

long held

winter abates

pinning and cutting

pinning and sewing

everything hinges 

on proper pinning

new shirt completed

March 15, 2012

first born

arrives two weeks late

Ides of March

hard downpours

washouts on the road

tutoring in between

rain drops

work week ends

March 14, 2012

imagining

romantic gifts

a crow caws

weather turns

wintery as

spring approaches

teaching and tutoring

great vet visit

March 13, 2012

stars above

soaking in the

hot tub

sewing seven pairs

of sleep shorts

pandas and dinosaurs

giraffe and sea otters

sweet dreams for me

March 12, 2012

left-handed clock

student does a

double-take

three quilts

bound and headed

out the door

the rain continues

and continues

March 11, 2012

squaring a quilt

with a rotary cutter

the sun breaks through

three quilts

quilted and squared

binding prepared

a new garage light

and even a nap

March 10, 2012

grey skies 

watering hellebores 

and daffodils

three tops pieced

backs sewn

all pinned together

binding cut

ready to quilt

March 9, 2012

paying bills

my headache never

quits

appointments 

and errands

household chores

finishing one quilt top

and half of another

March 8, 2012

blaming the full moon

students and teacher

alike

work week ends

with tutoring

and errands

one quilt top 

half-pieced

March 7, 2012

a diet of

quilting and reading

daffodils bloom

tutoring, errands

appointments

more tutoring

vet appointment

very busy day

March 6, 2012

waking to

surprise snow fall

fresh orange juice

snow falls

during the night

trees covered but

not sufficient

for a snow day

March 5, 2012

finding the

real person despite

student’s bravado

haircut, errands then

lunch and afternoon

with a good friend before

turning triangle into squares

piecing quilt tops

March 4, 2012

mother’s hangover

smoking in bed

childhood ends

writing in the morning

napping and quilting

in the afternoon

a friend stops by

a beautiful day

Wordle 46

Daughter's Return

After years of absence

my beloved daughter returned

in text messages which she

prefers as a new beginning.

It is a shadow of the former relationship,

without fullness or depth,

but after years of being unaware of 

even where she lives

it feels warm and soft

like a woolly white lamb

to have her in my life

even a little, once again.

She hasn't admonished me

or told me to go away,

bringing me joy like a spring day

when I go coatless 

after a long bitter winter.

Remembering how we

used to bake cookies,

counting them out onto 

metal cookie sheets,

I imagine her in her kitchen

making new recipes which

she shares with me

even though I still 

can't cook!

The words for wordle 46 are: white, returned, prefers, coatless, woolly, shadow, daughter, fullness, unaware, metal, admonish, and kitchen.  Out of these twelve words the word daughter took over.  Had to stretch to get some of the others to fit, but there it is.

March 3, 2012

gazing globe

in the backyard pond

confusing the dog

writing blog posts

journal entries and

haiku submissions 

Sasha helps me

piece new quilts

March 2, 2012

resale shop

my old becomes

another’s new

week’s end

with appointments

and errands

new pet diets

online journalling class

March 1, 2012

waiting 

for plum blossoms

cyclamen blooms

dog’s surgery

tutoring and

quilt delivery

calendars flip

a new month begins