Refilling my cup

I have been in NM since Aug 8, soaking in all the sunlight, green and red Chile and desert air into my soul. These new memories I make will be the source material for my dreams until I return again. 

I finished a Barley hat in the Jemez mountains and started another for my sister while immersed in the sacred spaces at Ojo Caliente.  The crisp mountain air of inspiration fills my lungs and I am back in the womb of my childhood. I am blessed, privileged and grateful. 

I also made a Penny Pinafore for my mom, using Italian linen from Stone Mountain and Daughter fabric store, and it was a treat to sew on the vintage Pfaff that we both found at an estate sale when I  lived in Denver.  It still sews like a dream!

Ojo Caliente mineral hot springs.  My son and I soaked while the stars loomed overhead.  It was magical.

Sewing the Penny Pinafore…

I found some beautiful worsted wool that was dyed locally with natural materials, at a great yarn store called Mooncat (www.mooncatfiber.com).  This will be a Barley Hat for my sister. 

This was a bed throw at the suite we stayed in at Ojo Caliente.  The spa had been re-opened for 3 weeks.  It was closed due to the pandemic and also since some of the bath houses succumbed to a fire last year, so there is some construction to bring this sacred space back to life.  I took my son for his first soak and he loved it.  Www.ojospa.com 

This is a river bed that was part of our morning hike, Ojo Caliente. 

These are VERY old ponderosa pine trees, and the resin in the bark smells like vanilla.  My sister is a fire ecologist and was identifying the tree species for us and giving us a lesson in tree ecology.