"Enclosed in a Tumultuous Privacy of Storm"

 

Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
And veils the farmhouse at the garden's end.
The sled and traveler stopped, the courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

I am getting very excited about the storm they have forecast for this weekend. There is nothing as exhilarating as a good snow storm. Steve and I will sit "around the radiant fireplace" (wood stove in the basement) while the snow is "driving o'er the fields". I just love this poem. Have you ever looked up into a heavily falling snow? It rushes at your face just as if "announced by all the trumpets of the sky". And the coziness of being inside the house looking out into the white, it is a wonderful feeling of privacy. I have been a little sad that we are not going to Vermont this winter. But now a little bit of Vermont is coming to us.

I already shopped for our weekend's food needs and Steve will fill the gas can tomorrow in case we need the generator. I have some projects in the works and a few books to read. I hope to capitalize on being shut in to use the time for crafting, sewing, and cooking comfort food. We will make some forays out into the white too, I am sure. 

 

I have one little rug to finish: "Birdies" by Maggie Bonanomi. This will be sewn into a pillow for Tess's office chair. I am also plugging along on a border for a largish cross stitch, "Newcastle Bouquet" by Teresa Kogut. I lost a great deal of time counting and double counting the brown border to get it to line up. What a beast that border was! I do love the saturation of color in this pattern and I have a feeling it will be one of my all time favorites. 

I also have three quilts and two pillows to get going on. I laid out a few rows of the "Cut the Mustard" quilt by Jo Morton on the floor last night to encourage myself. I also washed and ironed all the Tilda "Merry Little Christmas" fabric so it will be ready to cut.

I will shuffle the squares around to get a good placement before I sew them.

 

I was enamored by this whimsical line of Tilda "Merry Little Christmas" fabric. This will all become two quilts and two pillows.