2018 IN COLOR

 "Nature is full of genius; full of the divinity; 

so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand." 

Henry David Thoreau

Today I found my year represented in a sphere of color. The colors were taken from Instagram posts I'd made throughout 2018, and combined to make a delightful circuitous personification of my activities. I see this as an opportunity to put this year into fabric; all the little bobbles combined and stitched into a textile format.

Days upon days spent on trails in the Upper Peninsula woods, along the shoreline of the lake I love, Lake Superior, and through our fields and other's meadows, all displayed in small balls of color and arranged in a sphere.

It will help me to remember this last and mostly solo year spent in the UP, the places I ran and all I saw, but was unable to share with any family members and friends who mean so much to me. It will be a fine opportunity to "sew a fine seam" and to smile as each penny-circle is hand stitched and the experience it represents comes flowing back into my memory. 

 It's been a very fine year.

Thank you Lord.