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Thank you for making my day bright

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Well gosh! Thanks for the mention!! I'm so tickled for all kinds of reasons... namely that the Dog Songs is being enjoyed! It's funny to me that one can be reading another's words and think of some random thing, share the random thing and then learn how much the random thing is appreciated. It's really one of the best and magical things about being a human. And I so appreciate you! I love reading these sharings.

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It's marvelous isn't it-- the little ripples that go out from random thoughts shared--that butterfly effect. Though mostly we have no idea, it's always a treat to learn a little about the shore where they landed, eh? Thank you again.

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Definitely a diptych, and another book to enjoy: The wife of Bath by Marion Turner. Thank you for a wonderful piece of poetic prose.

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I recently read about Turner's book on The Wife of Bath. Thank you for the extra recommendation! Also for the Diptych affirmation. Linda Teadragon (below) suggested switching the positions, with the smaller squares on the left, which I'm trying and quite like!

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Endings and beginnings. O know that feeling at the end of the tapestry....sorry to end, wanting to see what I did. But most of all I loved the journey to the cabin for another farewell to Dan, a bracelet to remember and the comfort of a beloved place. Thank you for sharing that with us, including the pictures. Beautiful spring! Beautiful hills. Then home to another new beginning, including lettuce, and I hope, another tapestry to keep the diptych company. I wonder if my cat would enjoy Dog Songs????

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Well your cat might have some opinions about Dog Songs and the odes gloriously ridiculous beloved ( to some), behavior of dogs (so rarely sensibly cat-like) -- so who knows what you'd find out?

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I love your tapestries here! Instead I think they need to be 3 tapestries with the 3rd as a transitional piece. Just my thoughts…

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Lovely idea!

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That is a lovely idea! Madeline Darling-Tung suggests something similar below. Such fun to think about.

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Sarah, thanks so much for your lovely contemplations! I'd second Mary's opinion that a transition piece may be warranted for your dip(trip)tych.

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Thanks for that! As I just wrote to her, Madeline (below), says something similar, even with some imagery...

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What a lovely place for Dan's ashes to be embraced by the mountains and woods, where it sounds like you both, and now Beryl too, loves!

For some reason, I visualize a 3rd tapestry more wide horizontally than vertical to complete a triptych set. And green with white squares or geometrics. 😉😉

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Now that is a fascinating and helpful thought. A third more horizontal tapestry would also eliminate the need (which I didn't know I assumed till now), to make a third one exactly (ish) the same length as the other two.

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I could see a beaded vine travelling from one finished woven piece to the second one with the vine(s) acknowledging the woven coloured squares. Each evening my cat, who I rescued at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, listens intently to me as I read aloud... At the moment we are reading about the History of Beads... Good Fun...

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Oh Gee whiz -- thank you for that idea. I noted it above in response to a couple of the comments about needing a third tapestry of some sort. Had definitely not contemplated undulating shapes, but of course they are old friends of mine so..... Also LOVE the idea about reading the History of Beads to your cat.

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Thank you Sarah for the lovely meanderings you take in your life. I am glad you are going to the cabin again to enjoy the solitude. Also, those tapestries are wonderful. Not sure about a diptych

because you will discover what else you want to do. I love their simplicity.

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Thanks Eileen, for the confidence! Happily, I do trust the materials and ideas to make themselves known to me in time -- even as I am really enjoying people's thoughts and feedback. The simplicity is compelling, though, isn't it. so calming. Love that you get it.

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Oh Sarah, I love the symmetry and math of this tapestry...4-3-2-1-1-2-3-4...but there is a feel of asymmetry too - the subtle shades/hues, and texture. From a sacred geometry view, a square is representative of Mother Earth ~ very grounding. And yet the one woven before it (shown towards the end of posting) speaks to my mathematical/geometric heart-mind too...5-3-1-7. I'd like to think that both honor you mother and her mathematical background ;) Love that you were able to head to the cabin with Dan's ashes. (Took me almost 2 years.) Not an easy thing to do, but certainly another step in the healing journey. So glad that you have Beryl by your side...and more cordage. Letting go, moving forward, pondering deeply, and reading poetry to Beryl...all so wonderfully woven together.

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Symmetry and numbers and underlying resonance. It's SO important as I am learning to notice every day.

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thank you for these musings. they brighten my day, remind me of dog love & teach me how hard things are done with grace & dignity. i’m honored to be privy to your journey

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Oh gosh, thank you so much. Grace and Dignity are worthy goals indeed-- and so calming so contemplate as a general approach to, well, everything. And especially the hard things.

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beautiful sarah, so glad beryl is sharing her life with you.

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You always find the right words. Hurrying and savoring and dealing with the “itch.” Thanks, Sarah. Another wonderful post that precisely captures the mood of the moment. PS- each piece stands on its own!!

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That is the part that struck me -- in what ways do the two pieces compliment one another, and in what ways do they resonate most relaxedly on their own? The joy of pinning things to the wall is that I get to try both/all.... Thank you

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A diptych…only if you are inspired to say more and to drink more coffee!

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...and continue with the kind of coffee filters that I have been using. Though I suppose a related pieces could happen should I become enamored of something new.... Or return to tea.

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So glad for Tuesdays with Sarah and Beryl. Your lovely coffee filter tapestries are such serene siblings. Happy alone, happy together. They'll let you know if they want more! What's the warp? .... Your cabin looks like a sweet spot, for sure. How wonderful for you that Beryl stays close and doesn't feel compelled to run off on extended wilderness adventures (like my girls!)

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Serene-- thank you for that! That's just how they feel to me. The warp on each is kinda ridiculous. Both are cotton. The one with the big squares has some ancient "sugar and cream" knitting/crochet cotton for warp which is WAY too fragile for comfort though none broke and did feel lovely under my fingers. For the one I just finished (small squares) I used general purpose twisted cotton twine from the hardware store--super available, nicer than Seine Twine on my hands, good and strong but also unreliable knot-wise (there are occasional "icky" bits I had to work around). Still -- I'd use it again.

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Glad you enjoyed your virtual vist to an Aussie back yard and your vist to the cabin must have been bittersweet,so glad you were able to go though,as for the tapestry you will know which way to go enjoy your summer and just enjoy with long slow days with Beryl as we face a grey bleak winter curled up inside spinning and weaving and knitting and reading,oh is there time In life for much more.

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Thinking of you heading into bleak gray winter even as things bloom and grow here. Hopefully your quiet fallow time will allow for more weaving? BTW I just watched the first episode of an Australian show about working Kelpies on Netflix, so am getting some good Glimpses of Australian ranching in all parts of the country and thinking about it all even more. Also -- dog training!

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