Deanne Fitzpatrick » Entries tagged with "inspiration"
I brake for beauty
Dear Diary, I have driven this road to Parrsboro a hundred times I am sure. There are weeks that I have gone down there three or four times. Yet last weekend there was this tree, a tree I had never seen before. It looked like something from the Group of Seven, but there it was standing alone on top of a blueberry field in Cumberland County. I drove by it on the way down. I … Read entire article »
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rug love
Dear Diary, This morning I took a soft great wool and outlines the edges of the Bay of Fundy rug that I started. I have used gold and pale greens for the foreground which would be the dykes, introduced a slippery chocolate colour, and just waiting for the time when I can add the mauves. No doubt after all these natural colours I will be looking to the brights again, like the flower mats I just … Read entire article »
Filed under: Diary, Rug Hooking
Bay of Fundy
Dear Diary,You get to be friends with the people you work with. Yesterday Brenda and I took a ride up to Heidi Wulfraats , London Wool Farm, and I bought some of Heidi’s handspun. It was just a fun little art date, and time to hang out together. I kept eyeing this big skein of purple blue and then I hugged it, and it was mine. When I laid it on the counter , I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Rug Hooking, Small Town Life
Look with Lorna
I love when Brenda is working and decides to create something beautiful with lots of different textures…here are our small beauty packs.  “The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.” Brenda has been putting together some beautiful details packages — Dr. Linus Pauling … Read entire article »
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seven things about sunday
Dear Diary, On Sunday it’s perfectly okay not to know what to do with yourself bacon is legal long drives to no where are expected you are reminded to make peace with God arts and lifestyle sections in newspapers are thicker you can sleep in and not make lunches books are waiting for you there is time for doing nothing or doing something … Read entire article »
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the lines in your face
Dear Diary, Maybe it’s because I am getting older but it comes to be that I find the lines on people’s faces real interesting. I don’t really even mind the lines on my own. Today, I took a long drive in the country through a bumpy dirt road to visit a friend. We had a long walk, and an easy talk. I just like her, her values, and the way she believes that simple is good. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Diary, Small Town Life
Look with Lorna
Each week I would like to show you something in our Studio. Everyday I come to work and would like to share with you what I see each day.Today is a kind of rainy day so the Blue Sari Silk yarn seems like a great choice , as I wish for a blue sky. Â Â Â … Read entire article »
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seeing things differently
Dear Diary, On Saturday afternoon, myself and a friend walked out to the sugar woods. I had my big camera with me and after one shot, it went dead, no back up battery, like I usually have, so I got out my phone. and played. My mission was to look at the woods differently then I usually do. No sap buckets, just the details about the place that I usually miss. I played with the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creativity, Small Town Life
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