What a lovely weekend has gone by. I do so love all the festivals - they are a time for anticipation, reverence and wonder. They nourish our souls and they connect us to a greater rythmn that is present in the universe. Christmas is my big and favourite one I must admit but I do enjoy Easter too. It's a time when we start breathing out after the inward breathing of winter. Eostre was the goddess of Spring to our ancestors and she brought new life and light to the world. Death and resurrection are the two main features at this time and I suppose you can see this in nature when the little seed swells and splits apart, giving up it's existence to grow into new life. It's also portrayed so well in the Easter garden that we made when the caterpillar was transformed into a butterfly. Raj was awestruck when he found that this had happened to his caterpillar and similarly when he found all the eggs hidden by the Easter hare. On another note it's also a time to get together with friends and family and so this afternoon we had 14 to tea. There was a splendid feast - hot cross buns, simnel cake and bridge rolls with salmon (sadly I forgot to take a photo and it all disappeared rather quickly).
Other than eating and planting seeds over these four days I did manage to make Sally.
She was supposed to be a sock doll but could I find any suitable socks? In the end I used an old cardigan of Amber's that had shrunk in the wash and the head was one of my usual (waldorf) ones. It took a lot longer than if I had had socks but I am pleased with the result. She is supposed to be holding a little dolly which I should have made but I got distracted by Jeremy. Here is a sneak preview of Jeremy. More of him tomorrow after I have been clothes shopping with Amber.....
That is a seriously darling doll, and from a sweater! It's so charming. This reminds me that I need to get to work on a certain "spring" doll that was promised a month ago! Where does the time go? Can't wait to see the other one you're working on too.
Posted by: ~Vicki | April 19, 2006 at 03:02 AM