Fools Spring
We are in the midst of "fools spring" as a friend told me a few days ago. I agree. It's been a particularly cold and hard winter, with nice and warm days in between. Yesterday I spent the day outside, knitting, reading, and writing some scripture to remember. It was a good day. I got a bit sunburned from being out there too. I slept well last night from all the fresh air and sunshine, in between dreams that captivated me. This is a picture I drew of myself as a baby. It's from a photo my parents had. I'm not good with color really so I'm trying to get better with it. I didn't do it yesterday, but since I'm inside mostly today, I'm reminiscing. I got some doilies out of a chest I inherited from my Grandmother. The chest had been given to her from an uncle who had become an apprentice to a town carpenter in the early 1920's. He made the chest in 1921-26 and made a coffin for a baby. After the coffin he stopped being a carpenter and moved on to...
