The winter hours...

It's been an extremely cold week here...at least for us on

the Coast. We don't usually get below freezing temps and

wow!, snow too!

The fires been on 24/7...



Thanks to Norene who has been perfecting the business of candle making,

She is now the wax maven,

many beeswax candles have been burning as the night grows dark...

 I've been doing a bit of seasonal decorating

around the house...picking big, fat, plump snow berries and

placing them in clear glass vases...

 I don't know if I've ever seen them so full...

 Could be a sign of a cold winter!

Setting out little winter dioramas under glass...

This is a picture of my mom when she was about 10 one long ago winter

at St Annes school in Victoria...

 ...pine cones, and faux snow in the bottom of an old mason jar cradle her picture...

I saw this idea on Poppytalk and since we just got a bunch

of very fragrant Bay leaves, I thought I'd make myself one.

Even after the leaves begin to dry and curl, it still looks quite pretty...

A big basket of pine cones sits by the fire...

And the precious little Anna's hummingbird outside our window...

 Yesterday he was just sitting there for a long spell...

 Perhaps letting the sun warm his back...

 Did you know at night when they go into torpor, they can

slow their hear trate down from 246 beats a minute to 6?!!

 Truly little miracles...

Now today I will put some outdoor greenery on the porch since its warmed up

a bit...get up some fairy lights up and hunker down into

the season of light.

Happy Sunday.



Rain and Light...

Its raining, its pouring....seems to be the theme all over the place at the moment...I watch in awe as I see what havoc water can play...but in some ways I love this weather, cozied up in the studio and filled with ideas, finishing projects which sat in my head all summer...

I finally finished up a long anticipated sculpture of the Bremen town musicians and was able to have a few minutes of dry weather to take some photos for my etsy shop...It was great fun to watch the characters come to life and to revisit the Brothers Grimm fable...sometimes things pop into my head from long ago and give me that surprised, giggly feeling to bring it back to the present...
So today it became very dark in the midst of day and I took my camera for a brief walk around the house to capture a bit of light...

It is no wonder that we celebrate with candles and lights at this time of year for it's when we most need it...keep your fingers and minds busy...create, reflect, keep warm and dry...