poetry

Poetry, Christmas Fabric, Wee Dog Visit, Wooden House Wonderings from Canadian Needle Nana

The Poetry Foundation is a wonderful site I visit every week. I love to read the poetry bits but there are lots of other features to be found there. Just yesterday I listened to this podcast, A History With Holes, which explored the subject of slavery. We continue to grapple with the residential schools scandals here in Canada. So how in the world do we, trying our best to be human today, wrap our heads around these atrocities. Heavy thoughts appropriate for this day, November 11, our Remembrance Day here in Canada.

I love having the wood up on the ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 3 years, 1 month ago. under christmas , courthouse steps , dogs , food , poetry , quilting

Dog Therapy, Dining Out, Squids and Blueberries, Bring Flowers and A Poem Too from Canadian Needle Nana

I recently met up with an old friend to have lunch- it's been such a long time since I could write that! Everything is far here compared to what I was used to so I had a 40 minute drive to the restaurant. On the route which is familiar to me, two new roundabouts had been made during pandemic days. I don't know what it is about them, but you can see the drivers hesitating though really, they are fairly straight forward. I had to wave a woman on in one-she had right of way but maybe was ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 3 years, 4 months ago. under cross stitch , dogs , poetry , wildlife

Kindness is In, Baskets and Parachutes Applique, Rebecca- the Movie, A Thanksgiving Cactus from Canadian Needle Nana

I dreamt the other night that I was swimming. It is a recurring dream and the water is what this dream is about. It's an ocean with warm, clear blue-green water. (Nothing like the North Atlantic at home where I grew up). It feels beautiful as I effortless swim through it. I'm thinking all the while, this is so wonderful. I'm a much better swimmer in this dream than in real life where what I do barely qualifies as swimming. I've had this same dream very occasionally but going back some 45 years; it is like ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 4 years, 1 month ago. under basket case quilt , dogs , flowers , parachutes quilt , poetry , shows to watch

Halloween Colours, Poetry, Tiny Yellow Triangles, A Show to Watch from Canadian Needle Nana

Dylan Thomas

Especially when the October wind

with frosty fingers punishes my hair,

Caught by the crabbing sun I walk on fire

And cast a shadow crab upon the land

No shadow crab cast that day. Hubby and Murphy enjoy one of our daily walks in cloudy weather. Someone asked and yes, we walk no matter the weather. We have all the gear.

Suddenly it seems, all our trails are leafy ones.

And wild autumn New England asters are everywhere! From this meadow area, our trail leads through those trees to the left of the white birch branch, an area ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 4 years, 2 months ago. under halloweencolours , poetry , shows to watch , tiny triangle quilt , wildlife

the owl and the pussy-cat . . . from Count it *all* JOY!

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat:
They took some honey, and plenty of

money
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!"

Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl,
How charmingly sweet you sing!
Oh! let us be married; too long we have

tarried,
But what shall we do for a ring?"
They sailed away, for a ...

added by Denise :) 4 years, 11 months ago. under ancestry , cat , family , history , owl , photo , poetry , pussy-cat

Texture & Colour & Inspiration Tuesday from Clever Chameleon

Scarlet Macaw colour board at Clever Chameleon Quilting

Have you ever played with texture on a quilt?

You know me, I often like to experiment with texture and embellishments in my quilt projects. Quilting is for me where “art meets sewing”. Two itches, one colossal scratching!

So when Island Batik announced that December was 3D month for the 2019 Ambassadors, I was in both ecstasy and agony. Right up my alley…. but, oh! Which alley to choose!?!? Thing is, I just about need a street directory for all my alleys. I didn’t even have to make up any new projects for this challenge, and I still had ...

added by Dione Gardner-Stephen 5 years ago. under 3d , applique , block of the month , colour inspiration tuesday , embellishment , fabric , island batik , island batik ambassador post , island batik fabric , love with a twist bom , macaw , penguin , poetry , quilt construction , texture , texture magic , thread craft (Comments)

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