Stringing along thoughts

My whole house is basically a studio space.

I always joke that I should sleep under the kitchen sink because the rest of the space is in use!

It is kind of a jungle in here with projects, supplies and plants as they start to come in out of the cold.

The spiders seem to quickly and eagerly take over, I can't keep up.

This house is granite and used to be a barn.

The stove has been lit more often than not, to keep out the cold and to keep out the damp.

And although we seem to be losing light, I am able to catch grand moments of golden rays peeking into corners and onto tables and in shelves.

I like having the indoors feel like outdoors.

I cut some of the last flowers in bloom to bring in and adorn my studio table.

I love their beaming pink, it opens my heart.

Lately I have been finding and collecting more and more treasures from nature,

feathers, bones, stones, shells, abandoned nests...

I think I need to find a little cabinet with a glass door to house these things so I can arrange them, study them, be inspired by them.

Do you collect things from nature?

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Tonight is the opening of Present here in Gloucester.

It is a seasonal holiday shop open for November and December and I am very honored to be a part of it for the first time this year.

So tonight there is a celebration and I made cookies!

I hope you all are able to have a little celebration of your own of some sorts.

I think mini celebrations just might be the best,

what do you think?