tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-533897 2009-12-28T18:42:25-05:00 a personal journey into gift giving TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a786c937970b 2009-12-28T18:42:25-05:00 2009-12-28T18:52:50-05:00

i guess i will take a few days off from posting to digest all this new stuff. here is a link to deb mentioned above even though she is in my side bar under 'always busy what-iffing' . i really...

jude hill <p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a786c424970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Thinking about edges" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a786c424970b image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a786c424970b-800wi" title="Thinking about edges"></img></a> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7874b5a970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="A heart cornered by memory 1" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7874b5a970b image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7874b5a970b-800wi" title="A heart cornered by memory 1"></img></a> <br> </span><br>i guess i will take a few days off from posting to digest all this new stuff.  here is a link to deb mentioned above even though she is in my side bar under 'always busy what-iffing' .  <a href="http://beecreative.typepad.com/bee_creative/2009/12/thought-it-might-be-a-good-idea-to-remind-myself-of-a-few-definitionsdefinition-of-intersection-a-place-where-things-as-str.html">i really like what she is working on</a> . and  you might visit another blog and see what's happening because after a comment on my last post i discovered  <a href="http://mnemosynesthreads.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-we-met-cont.html">this</a>.  and i really like it. </p><p> <span style="color: #737373;">( you can always click on the text or the photo for a better view)</span></p><p><span style="color: #737373;"><br></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?a=x6Ux2RL6uG0:Emzh96719vs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?a=x6Ux2RL6uG0:Emzh96719vs:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SpiritCloth/~4/x6Ux2RL6uG0" height="1" width="1"/> http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2009/12/thoughts-on-corners.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7857483970b 2009-12-28T09:14:30-05:00 2009-12-28T09:14:30-05:00

about this journal thing... please forgive errors and spelling mistakes, no editing is going on at the moment, and click the text to enlarge for easier reading. thanks for understanding.

jude hill <a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0128768849fd970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Reworking a recurring thought" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0128768849fd970c image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0128768849fd970c-800wi" title="Reworking a recurring thought"></img></a> <a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a785718b970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Flying things once again" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a785718b970b image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a785718b970b-800wi" title="Flying things once again"></img></a> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7857253970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Breaking up in december" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7857253970b image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7857253970b-800wi" title="Breaking up in december"></img></a> <a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7857278970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="A maze as part of breaking up" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7857278970b image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7857278970b-800wi" title="A maze as part of breaking up"></img></a> <br> <br> </span> <span style="color: #8b8b8b;">about this journal thing... please forgive errors and spelling mistakes, no editing is going on at the moment, and click the text to enlarge for easier reading.</span> <span style="color: #8b8b8b;">thanks for understanding. </span><br><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?a=v8dh67WUvo4:ZS55CSczQPs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?a=v8dh67WUvo4:ZS55CSczQPs:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SpiritCloth/~4/v8dh67WUvo4" height="1" width="1"/> http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2009/12/overlap-and-collision.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7831430970b 2009-12-27T17:13:40-05:00 2009-12-27T16:58:18-05:00

had to post again today because it was that kind of day. after 24 hours of rain and warmer temperatures, the snow has totally disappeared. amazing actually. and today was like spring. the sun was blinding, its reflection creating a...

jude hill <p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7830d1a970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="December light" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7830d1a970b image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7830d1a970b-800wi" title="December light"></img></a> <br> had to post again today because it was that kind of day. after 24 hours of rain and warmer temperatures, the snow has totally disappeared. amazing actually. and today was like spring. the sun was blinding, its reflection creating a mirror effect on the thin layer of dampness left on the sand. we walked and estimated the length of our december shadows...i caught a glimpse of that blue moon forming.  and i found a square-ish rock!</p><p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287685df79970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Shisha nine patch" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287685df79970c image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287685df79970c-800wi" title="Shisha nine patch"></img></a> <br> and once back home i decided to do what i have been thinking about doing for a while. i added a shisha nine patch to the blue moon piece. in honor of the return of the light. and in honor of this past year of the dot...</p><p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7831245970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Blue moon evolving" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7831245970b image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a7831245970b-800wi" title="Blue moon evolving"></img></a> <br> the little blue cloth is evolving. i decided to square it off with a border but now i am thinking of leaving the extra that i was planning to cut off.  the mirrors were a gift from tiggy rawling, and the background is one of her hand dyed indigo cloths... tiggy is a marvelous dyer of indigo among other things. she is one of the suppliers in my sidebar. i hope to meet her one day. i love her latest project. <a href="http://tiggyrawling.blogspot.com/2009/12/old-shirts.html">yes, i really like this</a>. </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?a=adDTNQexNJk:rZVrC4l0VuE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?a=adDTNQexNJk:rZVrC4l0VuE:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SpiritCloth/~4/adDTNQexNJk" height="1" width="1"/> http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2009/12/a-shiny-day.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287684c32c970c 2009-12-27T08:39:19-05:00 2009-12-27T08:38:43-05:00

(click text for larger view) related post (this journal format is an experiment for the coming year, please bear with me until i get my good scanner hooked up and make this thing more reader friendly...)

jude hill <p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287684c256970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #8b8b8b;">(click text for larger view)</span><img alt="Thoughts on same and different" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287684c256970c image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287684c256970c-800wi" title="Thoughts on same and different"></img></a><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287684c2ec970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Needle chant" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287684c2ec970c image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287684c2ec970c-800wi" title="Needle chant"></img></a></p><p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2008/07/needle-chanting.html">related post</a></p><p><span style="color: #737373;">(this journal format is an experiment for the coming year, please bear with me until i get my good scanner hooked up and make this thing more reader friendly...)</span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2008/07/needle-chanting.html"><br></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?a=Y-3sRHfa3Xw:9BszSBrsWQ4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?a=Y-3sRHfa3Xw:9BszSBrsWQ4:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SpiritCloth/~4/Y-3sRHfa3Xw" height="1" width="1"/> http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2009/12/thoughts-on-same-and-different.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287681c34e970c 2009-12-26T09:31:30-05:00 2009-12-27T18:01:42-05:00

chistmas was really nice this year. mom has bounced back a bit since dad left us. she keeps getting smaller and smaller but at the same time she is becoming a brighter and brighter light in my life. she got...

jude hill <p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287681c33e970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Holiday lights" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287681c33e970c image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287681c33e970c-800wi" title="Holiday lights"></img></a> <br> chistmas was really nice this year. mom has bounced back a bit since dad left us.  she keeps getting smaller and smaller  but  at the same time she is becoming a brighter and brighter light in my life. </p><p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a77ee304970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="The sun through the snow" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a77ee304970b image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef0120a77ee304970b-800wi" title="The sun through the snow"></img></a> <br> she got all excited christmas eve...when she peeked though the window and out into the garden where she  saw the solar lights shining though the snow.  we went outside to take some pictures.  </p><p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287681bfb4970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="The ghost of christmas peresent" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287681bfb4970c image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287681bfb4970c-800wi" title="The ghost of christmas peresent"></img></a> <br> on the way back in i took this picture of her steadying herself against the house as she teetered a bit on the uneven slate pathway. and i thought once again about <em>magic</em>. the appearing and disappearing part. </p><p><a href="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287681bebb970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="The thinness of a blue moon" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287681bebb970c image-full " src="http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c8bd453ef01287681bebb970c-800wi" title="The thinness of a blue moon"></img></a> <br> later while working on a blue moon... i became aware of the thin-ness of the cloth...taping it to the window to get a better view on the embedded details.  wouldn't it be lovely to simple become thinner and thinner over time?... to become exposed and ultimately be absorbed by light? and isn't it amazing to be able to see past the surface sometimes...with a bit of practice, it could become a habit.</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?a=FkbpMN39vHQ:xaoyaD4AScY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?a=FkbpMN39vHQ:xaoyaD4AScY:YwkR-u9nhCs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SpiritCloth?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SpiritCloth/~4/FkbpMN39vHQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2009/12/thinness.html