Favorite Colors & Longing for Rain....

We are in dire need of life-giving & cooling rain.

not a shower or two, but at least a week's worth of soaking, sopping rain...

if it rains hard & fast now, it will only run off the cement-hard, baked clay that we once called dirt.

it will only cause flooding and a mess...

but, if it were to start raining a nice, slow, steady rain...
then crescendo to a little heavier and stay for a while, then we would be in good shape.

our gardens are parched, the grass is crunchy & the chickens are panting.

it. is. hot.

and dry.

so please join me in praying, hoping wishing for the rain to come....

the flowers in my old ironstone pitcher reflect the weather..

bland, crisp & dry ~ but they are loverly still.

yarrow from our garden earlier this spring

my favorite 'dirty' ironstone pitcher

I'm punch-drunk lately ~ day in & day out I'm punching lots of things
like these fellows that will be turned into wool pincushions for upcoming shows ~





goofy faces & hats

ready for his close-up!



a paranoid little witch ~




a not-quite-ripened JOL ~

and a picture of what's on my worktable at the moment :

some of my favorite things in my favorite colors....





old scissors, new threads...old pin cube and photograph ~ bird's nest and redware
and of course, stained linen & early ticking

Blessings from the farm,

Lori