~ Inspiration & Needle Night ~

Good Monday Morning

Friends & Folk ~

it is a beautifully rainy Monday here at the farm...

perfect for a bit of inspiration daydreaming ~

while I'm printing, folding and packing things for the upcoming

Rug Hooking Week at Sauder Village.

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Whenever I have the chance to visit my birth state of Connecticut

I try to get at least one walk in at an ancient graveyard....

the old headstones with their curious carvings

have held my fascination since I was a small child.

those in particular,

my very favorites...are very very early 

- like the 1600's early.

towns in CT like Guilford, Trumbull 

& Stratford all have these archaic 'people-gardens'...

the naiveness of the carvings,

some more prolific than others

continuously creep into my imagination

even this long after visiting them...

I hold them in my memory for future reference.

it's funny though,

to look at some of them now,

you would have thought that as a child I would have been scared of them?

nope. 

... not me.

I would race home from school and then ride my bike down to the library where the best one was.

and I would lay on the grass amongst the stones and watch the clouds overhead

and chase the wild-rabbits that lived there by the hundreds....

i never considered a cemetery to be a scary place.

i thought {think} they are peaceful and beautifully serene,

with so much interesting history ~ 

mostly forgotten now, but meant to last Eternal.

to read their epitaphs, 

the names of small children passed so young ~

and almost feel them standing there next to you 

while you visit their sometimes hidden 

and more than likely forgotten resting places.

I'll take my cue once again,

from my past and the past of other artists ~

and turn their works of stone

into my works 

in needle and thread.

And

speaking of needle and thread ~

tonight is our

"NEEDLE NIGHT"

here in the farm shop.

We will be open from 5:00 - 9:00 for all you stitching night-owls...

we will have sandwiches and drinks to keep you fortified while you work,

so grab your basket, your work in progress and come create with us ~

and enjoy the rain.

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori