Feb 27
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

I loved the bumples around the outside of this key, and I tried all kinds of ways to show them – rubbings, paint, sun prints, pebeo contact prints; nothing worked very well. I finally figured it out. Make them really really big. Print out. Embroider like mad. I love this postcard. I need more grays.

I had a really happy day. Not complicated, but full, and each part good. I had a great yoga class, where we were all packed in and communal and friendly and you had to not hit anyone when bending and twisting, and the teacher made us laugh. I ran a mile and felt better at the end than the beginning. Red Kate brought cherry oat scones which we ignored while we made a test version of a cape for Serenity, then we walked down to Woodstar Cafe and had fabulous lunch and then to the bead store, where they had fabulous beads, and then home. I took the girls to Brattleboro for circus classes and I am thisclose to a freestanding handstand, all by myself. Being upside down makes me happy. But I was happy before I started. This is the kind of night I have happy dreams.

I need to think about my theme for March. I made a great list in Woodstar:

• play
• square, square, square
• flow
• water
• architecture
• arctitectural details
• doorways
• food
• testing, testing
• using only things I made
• horses
• eyes
• house animals (domestic)

There is some overlap, but I was just brainstorming, which means I have to write everything down. Red Kate helped. Plus there are my standards:

• leaves
• shells
• fish
• beach things
• rocks
• trees
• flowers (usually from my garden or it gets overwhelming)
• it came from the backyard
• landscape

Any suggestions?