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stitching.
many very very small stitches.  very very many very small stitches necessary.  but not necessarily Seen.  maybe Never, really, noticable.  but necessary.
Thunder Man is out there again.  This is really a Monsoon year and there is great Relief for that, that the order of the seasons remains.  when i dove into town 2 days ago, i saw the most delicate cast of green upon the land.  
and i am still looking at This
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I printed out this pic twice.  once large and once medium.  WHY? do i love this pic So So Much?
i don't know.  but i do.  i love it.  i love it like you would love a lover, like you would love a newborn baby.  i cannot get enough of it.  i want more and more and more of this pic.
WHAT?  does it represent to me?  WHY do i love it so much?
Looking.  and Looking.
and then,
DO YOU SEE, AT THE TOP OF THE BLOG, OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE?…A THING
SHOP
AND A PIC?
how so totally amazing and funny.  i filled out a typepad Help ticket some days ago about how to put small pics in the side bar.  got a response that i could not make heads nor tails of.  so this morning did it again, but in more detail, begging.  
Got a response and i followed it as best as i could and then Gave Up but then…THERE on the right sidebar  the words
SHOP
and a pic.  my experiment.  not the actually "right" pic i would have put there…..But…….
and really,  i have NO idea how that happened.  what exactly i clicked or not.  but…it reminds me
of the night, well after midnight when i 
created a 
blog
and 
i though i was alone.  in the dark.  i thought i was the Only One Looking and suddenly, like really
Suddenly, there…as a COMMENT of all things…was
Jude.
saying something like…well, here you are.
and i was so startled.
i had thought i was ALONE.
Not.
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20 responses to “156”

  1. Julie Avatar
    Julie

    So Not, Grace.

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  2. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    grace, stitch by stitch, tiny stitch by tiny stitch, we learn to do these new things.

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  3. grace Avatar
    grace

    I will never forget that night…when i went throught the steps they gave me and suddenly
    suddenly
    there i was. that was Blogspot. but, there i was, there
    IT was.
    and i was so startled. like STARTLED.
    and then…JUDE CAUGHT ME. IN THE NIGHT, IN THE DARK.
    and i was more Startled
    eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    i thought…..
    i was a little afraid

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  4. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. and how really AMAZING it is. there are NO words
    that convey the reality of it. none.
    who can tell,
    the small stitch?
    Who can tell, the small stitch next to small stitch?
    the immense feeling of RIGHTNESS of it?

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  5. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Hi Grace! I’ve been working on it too and I think I’ve got it figured out. Probably tomorrow I’ll try it again. Briefly I had a very huge picture in my side bar. 🙂

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  6. LaceLady Avatar
    LaceLady

    Wonderful is the goats new shelter in your “155”. So instinctive to explore shelter ~ I am most secure when I have my back at a wall, and windows all around in front of me, so that new shelter of theirs – oh so nifty – well done!
    Today “156” ~ the scene/picture that you love is my favourite! Truly a “thrill, spill, fill” arrangement of beauties ~ full of promise and substance ~ scene is a ‘work of joy’.
    And your new shop item – IMG_6440f – oh. my. word! if I could just touch it through the screen…

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  7. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    Brilliant! I stay for those moments of being startled. They’re so like waking up–sudden–brightly lit, like that soft green landscape you love–lit from within–thrilingg.

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  8. elizabeth fortes Avatar
    elizabeth fortes

    Something in this picture spells HOME….
    love,
    e.

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  9. patricia Avatar
    patricia

    yes. your oasis. your ship. and the two clothes line posts–its masts and here you are, a-sail. a spot of green in the desert. a big spot of light for those who visit here. imagining birds flying over must delight in this refuge as much as your two legged followers do.
    and the cloth–both cloths, but the sidebar cloth. the butterfly woman. your cloth tracks. the language of Grace. and will this be your shop? and if so, it’s perfect.

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  10. jude Avatar
    jude

    and here you still are.

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  11. saskia Avatar
    saskia

    for me, the picture is so great because here is an image of a real life, a more or less haphazard collection of all kinds of stuff, stuff you might use one day, are using today and will continue to use and stuff that one day you’ll give/throw away, and this is where you are at now and we get to share a bit of that….
    that is really cool

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  12. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes…so not. smile.

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  13. grace Avatar
    grace

    i might still need your tech help…am not at all
    confident i can do it again. and i’d like to
    put some words, too….

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  14. grace Avatar
    grace

    i wish i could delete the img #, but oh well. i DID
    get that far and it’s a real accomplishment. the new
    shelter will need one side, the South side covered with
    wall…it’s where the Weather comes from throughout most
    of the year, ie rain and hail. they all seemed to fit
    into the first one well enough, but then that night of
    huge slanting sheets of Rain and they were exposed to it..
    this one gives them another option. but really, probably
    it gives me a sense of having done ALL i can and now i
    can just well, Just Go with some peace of mind. i’ll work
    on that wall a little at a time this next week i hope.
    yes…looking more, i love the Layers of it, the Layers
    of Living there. so like a cloth occuring. more looking
    necessary.
    glad you like the funny little “shop”
    love to you,

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  15. grace Avatar
    grace

    Startles are yes, so Great!

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  16. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes..home…to so MANY life forms
    and again…that thing i have about DIORAMA
    xoxo

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  17. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. my “shop”. funny isn’t it. a small box. but…
    it’s so slow going. no need for something bigger.
    Will just put a pic of things in there as they are
    finished.
    i wanted, still do, to put some words about the cloth
    and also dimensions, fabrics, and Price.
    i think price is good to have there. it’s more comfortable
    than asking i think
    but they will be the same….$50 for the Altar cloths
    and $90 for the Story Cloths….so i’ll keep seeing if
    i can do that. they, typepad, indicated i can i think…
    ?????
    xoxoxo

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  18. grace Avatar
    grace

    yup. that’s something, isn’t it.
    happy as a clam.

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  19. grace Avatar
    grace

    YES…you say it well…
    and as i said above, it’s that DIORAMA thing i have…
    my personal Natural History world????

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  20. beth Avatar
    beth

    So much of the Grace story is in that photo. When I first started visiting you here you had your eye on those chairs. Walnut gathering basket, dye pots, cloth on the line, goat fence. It’s so rich. And the green…

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