Pheobes, Finches, Titmice........

The spring birds are back and calling.  Roasted asparagus for dinner with a glass of Saint Veran.....what could be better?

Patching has taken over from knitting.....the wool will go away now until late summer.

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Weather be damned........

Yes, I know I said I liked snow, but not in April and not on the First Friday Art Walk in Portland!  Please stop in at Chelliswilson during the entire month of April, this will be in the window.......

A pair of paint brushes and an iron pot........

The paint brushes are American with horse hair bristles......The iron pot is Japanese.  Both have wonderful patina.  info@ioneta.us

A beautiful morning to shoot this soulful boro Noragi.........

See more Friday, April 1st at ChellisWilson:  "Found" a new installation of vintage Japanese Textiles, mid-century studio pottery, and vernacular photography.  See you then.

Sometimes adversity ends up making you reevaluate what's important in life.....

Getting back to Maine has been tough.  Emotionally, it's been a life saver but I've had to sacrifice things that belonged to me.   Sometimes I wake up and mourn their loss, but then I realize that they are just things that have come and gone, something else will rise to take their place......or not.  And when I sit and think about it, I would give up most possessions just to be able to get up in the morning and look out across the islands, or go walking with the dogs, quietly, through the woods. 

I did receive this in the mail today from my wonderful dealer in Japan.  It's an amazing piece of indigo dyed felt.  This was probably used as an alter cloth and dates from the late Meiji period.  If you're interested, please contact me directly at info@ioneta.us

As I was going through my things, I found this carved horse that I picked up several years ago.  At the time, I bought it because it reminded me of the horses in Picasso's "Guernica".  Great movement.  I added the artist made finial.....it will be posted on Etsy tonight.

Many years ago, on a much earlier birthday........

My mother gave me a copy of Simca's Cuisine by Simone Beck.  This has been the standard bearer for me when I cook all things french.  My copy has travelled everywhere, both coasts and across the water.  Though it's dog eared, and favorite recipes bear smudges of butter, it has never failed me.  Tonight, in honor of my sister turning 50, Simca's Le Montmorency chocolate cake, wins the evening again.....

Of course we had her favorite pasta first!

Though David Foster Wallace has forever changed the way I view lobster, I found these two, old, hand tied lobster bait bags last weekend and filled them with some new tufts of moss that are begining to emerge after the snow melt........