still life: February 2012

Monday, February 27, 2012

2012: The Year of Tolkien (and friends)

2012 marks for us the Year of Tolkien in which we plan to read all of Tolkien (or re-read) and since we're almost finished the Lord of the Rings and it's only February, we may branch out to read the works of his friends, the Inklings. After the big works of Tolkien we will enjoy the lesser known:
-Leaf by Niggle
-Mr. Bliss
-Tree and Leaf
-Mythopoeia
-The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth

In devoting a year (or how ever long it takes us) to the wonderful writings of this author we feel as if we are spending time with him in his study by the fire, talking over his Noble characters and finding our own Mines of Moiria in our daily lives. Join us if you like!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Snowy Saturday

It was a beautiful snowy Saturday

And to Julia's baby shower I went

There was feasting

And gifts

And helpers who will be very glad to have a new cousin soon

Saturday, February 11, 2012

One Winter Project Update

Our Winter has been full of many projects, but one of the most

exciting has been learning how to cane a chair. This chair was a curbside find from good friends

and it graced our front porch beautifully until the seat fell through. That is a rather significant problem

for a rocking chair. The lovely thing is that Dad is an expert at caning chairs - rush, cane or reed and so lessons began. This week we finished the seat and began the back of the chair. Here are some before pictures to remind us of the process when we are happily sitting on the chair this summer