Lenore went up to the pasture to visit Bartleby again. Touched noses. I think they will be pals.
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I don’t get involved in politics on this site, there’s enough of that without me. But on this weekend, I am thinking not only of all the people who gave their lives in wars, but also of the people in the Gulf. Thinking of them, praying for them,wishing for a speedy end to this tragedy.
It was a beautiful day on Bunker Hill Road, and this dairy cow was enjoying it. I am learning that since fear is irration, you can’t really argue with it. You can only acknowledge it, and move along. One of the first things I ever wrote about fear is true – fear is a geography, a space to cross.
It doesn’t ever completely disappear, and it is only rarely about reality. I am learning to see it, say hello, and move on to something else. It works much of the time.
Bartleby is setting in well, grazing each morning with mom. She is a good mother. Sometimes she plants Bartleby in the grass and goes off and grazes, but when he squawks, which he does frequently, she comes back quickly. I should day that there is virtually no chance that Bartlesby will stay on the farm after Labor Day. He will head back to Vermont with the other sheep.
Maria and I visited friends at nearby Cossayuna Lake. Their son Carl swam out to a rock some yards from shore, and I like the symmetry of the photo. It seems lonelier than it was.
Maria custom designed this bag for a customer who collects sea glass stones at the beach and wanted something to carry the stones in. A different kind of bag from fullmoonfiberart. Also check out Bedlam Farm notecards at Redux. At 1 p.m., July 24, at the Redux Gallery in Dorset, Vt., Maria and I will have an affordable art show – “Creative Union”, celebrating love, marriage, potholders and notecards. We are seeking ways to make our art available to people who can’t spend a lot of money on art, which is a lot of people these days. Maria will introduce some new potholder art ideas and I will debut some new notecards – the donkeys, Rose at work, Bartleby. Nothing over $15. Redux Art & Antiques is now on Facebook.
