Stasia's Place Of Grace

Monday, September 02, 2002

 

Beauty Of Nature

Once again, I am grateful for the wonderful, fascinating beauty of Nature.

This is my collection of stones, which I just dusted off. Besides being good therapy for my hands, it gave me an opportunity to hold each one and appreciate its color, patterning, or (in the case of the quartz stones) the little rainbows that appear deep within. I am amazed that plain, old rocks can come in such a variety of colors and levels of opacity, not to mention the shapes. Each one is a little jewel to me. Choosing one to meditate upon helps me to focus, and the colors give me a good energy pick-me-up when I'm feeling sluggish.

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This is Herman. I found him outside today, on the last leaf of a lonely Milkweed plant. I had no choice but to intervene and bring him inside. I will bring him fresh Milkweed leaves from the field every day.

Normally I like to let Nature take her course, but as you might know, this was an extremely bad year for the Monarch butterfly population. We usually have many, many caterpillars in our yard... this year, Herman is the only one I have seen! I hope that by offering him a little protection from the rainstorm we're now having, and additional food (as he was about to run out!), I can make a difference in this little life. Cross your fingers for us...

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These are my sweeties, Jeff and Val, by the Brown Eyed Susans (native prairie flowers we re-established). Aren't they cute?

This is the cedar fence Jeff put up today. Wow! What a good job, Jeff! I'm grateful for the natural beauty of this wood fence, along with its functionality, and that I have such a nice husband to put it up in order to protect our prairie! Sometimes Nature needs a helping hand (in our case, to protect Her from neighbor kids with minibikes!) I always think a fence made of natural materials looks least like a human contrivance.

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Today I...

• Harvested a pound of Goldenrod and dyed a pound of wool with it. Will update my dyeing webpage with photos and instructions as soon as I have it rinsed out. What color! Theresa, you have got to try Goldenrod!

• Continued to work on sleeve number two of the gray cable sweater; made good progress at Starbuck's with Jeff and Dianna. Dianna talked so much she forgot to take out her knitting! Made plans for all of us to attend the Tall Grass Mohair Farm Fiber Jubilee in October. Linda, need another fleece? They're reserving kids'...

• Spent some time out back watching Jeff put up the fence and enjoying the warm, windy weather. We knew a storm was brewing (it just hit now) but it held off during the day. The prairie is a riot of yellow with the Goldenrod and Brown Eyed Susans in full bloom.

• Helped Jeff with a cat he found - rather, she found him in the yard - and as she was ill and uncollared, we arranged with the Sheriff to have the Humane Society opened so Jeff could drop her off. (Didn't I just tell you our Sheriffs are great?!) We gave her some food and water, and then Jeff drove her up, taking a break from fence building. She's a beautiful kitty and is now in good hands and hopefully will find a good home. Wish we could keep her!

... and that was about it (aside from some boring laundry). Time to rest now. Hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend!

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