Our return home was truly magical, and our first Christmas here has been wonderful!….complete with a powdered sugar dusting of snow on Christmas Eve! This is not my house, but a well known inn in our little town…. photo taken by Mark Cappitella.
We’ve seen lots of family and friends, and I’ve slept in my ‘cloud bed’ which I dearly miss whenever I’m away from home. Rob and Chris have joined me in the kitchen cooking and baking some of our favorite recipes.
And Santa brought me a wonderful surprise! A beautiful painting done by a tapestry weaver who feels like a friend even though we’ve never met in person. I’ve followed her blog for years, and we’ve emailed over several years, so I feel like I know her. I’m talking about Kathy Spoering who maintains a wonderful website on top of painting and weaving such beautiful images. She’s a very talented woman, and I’m so happy to have one of her paintings. I’m going to put it in my bedroom where I’ll see it every morning when I wake up! (At least for the next 10 days or so before we head back to our life on board Pandora!)
Seeing this painting each morning makes me so happy! A great start to the day. Kathy’s other offerings are in her etsy shop Yellow Dog Tapestries.
There has been a bit too much celebrating to spend any time in my studio (except to hunt for things and realize how much re-organizing lies in my future). Today I will finally spend a day working on my pear tapestry. Can’t ask for a better day, with the threat of coming snow and plenty of good food in the house!
