When I awoke this morning, something was missing.  For the first time in two weeks, not one leaf on the aspen trees outside our bedroom window was moving.  The wind has been so consistent that the quiet - just for a moment - was odd.  But what a welcome change!  We managed to walk every day except one, and when we saw people on the street in the area, the responses ranged from "I'm going home.  The wind is too crazy", to "I am getting just a little tired of the wind."  Wind makes everything more difficult, but we still consider ourselves lucky.  I think about how amazing it is that the birds can survive.  And the men who were building a house near us had their hands full, applying tar paper and mesh before stucco, hoping it wouldn't take flight after they departed for the day.  But wind is part of nature and it does churn the water in lakes, bringing sediment to the surface, and keeping them healthy.   So we adapted, doing things like walking and watering in the early morning hours, and the remainders of the days were excellent for hunkering down.  For me, that meant doing photography when possible, and developing and organizing when the wind was in its howling mode.  Fred was weaving.  Part of the photography work this week was of his latest rug.  It was woven into the day.  But I thought I would feature some of his work since he completed Rug 400.     

Rug 401

Navajo Chiefs Blanket motif, with hand-dyed cochineal and indigo wool from Rainbow Fiber Coop, natural white from iii dog farm, and natural dark grey from Tierra Wools

Rug 401

Detail, Rug 401

Rug 401 detail

Rug 402

made of 100% Navajo-Churro wool, cochineal from Rainbow Fiber Coop, as well as natural dark and light grey, and dyed Tierra Amarilla from Tierra Wools 

Rug 402

Rug 403

100% Navajo-Churro Wool from Tierra Wools.  The top and bottom panels of the rug are comprised of six different dye lots of Chile Colorado, while the center panel is natural light and dark grey.  The three panels are separated by Tierra Amarilla.  This rug is listed in the New Mexico True Summer Gift Guide.

Rug 403

Rug 405

It is made of 100% Navajo-Churro wool from the Rainbow Fiber Coop, with a field of natural dark grey, punctuated by cochineal motifs sometimes called Chinle Stars.   

Rug 405

Rug 405, under construction  

Rug 405 detail

Thanks to Barbara F. R., TTT, Tim, Jean & Sam, Steve, Catherine S., Rebecca A., and Ingrid for commenting on last week's blog.  

I hope some of you were able to photograph the northern lights courtesy of solar flares this weekend, and that the coming week is a more gentle transition into late spring and early summer.

until next Monday,

DB

 a passion for the image©