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Tag Archives: autumn

October

25 Thursday Oct 2018

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Farm Life, Photography

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autumn, country life, landscape, seasons, weather

Foggy morning season (warm days, cold nights) is coming to an end and it’s just allround chilly. The woodstove AND sometimes the studio space heater are running most of the day, I’m remembering that summer should have been the season for knitting more woolen socks.

I was gifted completely new flooring for the upstairs, much needed as replacement for dingy old carpets. Problem: I now have to paint the walls first or it wouldn’t make any sense. I can’t believe yet again I put myself in a position of less studio time! I do the work in tiny little bits, but much sitting time is required as a result. Room one nearly done, two to go – with much shuffling of stuff in between since hauling everything downstairs on bendy stairs and then living in the piles for weeks would also be exhausting.

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Winding down

30 Thursday Aug 2018

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Critters, Farm Life, Garden

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autumn, nature, seasons, video, weather

Rainy grey day today, a reminder that soon, soon, I’ll want to stay indoors for days on end, playing rotisserie in front of the wood stove, rushing through and not around the outside of the barn to get to my studio upstairs. Thinking in muted tones and drinking buckets of tea, layering up in wool sweaters and socks.

Only a week ago I was in the hammock on a beautiful warm, quiet day with that certain something in the air that is no longer summer – not the least an unusual gathering of birdies doing acrobatics over the garden. It took me a long while to realize that I had brought my phone for a change and that it does in fact make videos (because forget taking a still photo of the little speedsters).

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7 in 7 b/w recap

09 Thursday Nov 2017

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Farm Life, Photography

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autumn, b/w, black and white

My artsy friend Tracy asked me to participate in a 7 day black and white photo challenge, but since I don’t see most you on IG or FB here’s a rerun of my 7 photos.

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Enter dusk

01 Wednesday Nov 2017

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat

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autumn, forest, seasons, trees, weather

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Time to get yourself outside early in the day or else! After adjusting our clocks, it’s now dark at 5 pm and counting down for the next two months. I’m still hoping to get some forest exercise in before it’s too cold (my lungs don’t take kindly to heavy breathing in frosty temps), but with rain, back pain, sick ponies and what else, my plans have been thwarted so far. I really don’t know why I keep making them!

I’ve been working on installing studio stairs instead of the ladder, but it’s still missing a banister at the top. I’ll show you when it’s done.

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Today’s yardwork

08 Sunday Oct 2017

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Farm Life, Garden

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autumn, leaves, seasons, small stone, tinypost

Clearing the view through inner courtyard. Some day I may even renovate the rest of it.

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Another transition

01 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Critters, Farm Life

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autumn, cats, country life, horses, life, pets, seasons, weather

Today marks the official boundary between summer and autumn, but I was abruptly reminded a few days ago when Leo, as has been his habit of late, woke me up in the middle of the night.

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Mary Oliver: The Artist’s Task

24 Thursday Aug 2017

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Thoughts

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art, autumn, creativity, inner conviction, life, Photography, rowan, work

“It is a silver morning like any other. I am at my desk. Then the phone rings, or someone raps at the door. I am deep in the machinery of my wits. Reluctantly I rise, I answer the phone or I open the door. And the thought which I had in hand, or almost in hand, is gone. Creative work needs solitude. It needs concentration, without interruptions. It needs the whole sky to fly in, and no eye watching until it comes to that certainty which it aspires to, but does not necessarily have at once. Privacy, then. A place apart — to pace, to chew pencils, to scribble and erase and scribble again.

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August!

03 Thursday Aug 2017

Posted by Pia in Books & reading, Chit Chat, Garden, Painting, Weaving, Yarn and Fiber

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autumn, garden, life, orange, summer, texture, weather

How has summer been treating you so far? Here in DK, children will be starting school again soon, in other countries I know August is the big holiday month. Do you have plans or did they already happen?

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Wintertime

31 Monday Oct 2016

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Thoughts

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autumn, country life, nature, relax, seasons, time, winter

wintertime1Daylight savings over, it now gets dark at 5 but for a while longer it’s easier to get up in the morning at least. When I was serious about horseriding this was a time of anguish for me, as I couldn’t make it out before dark unless I geared up around 2 pm. Out here it’s dark when the sun goes down, not even a single street lamp, so we feel the seasons more than in the city – although I remember November in CPH being decidedly glum, so perhaps not. Continue reading →

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Foliage of the week

27 Thursday Oct 2016

Posted by Pia in Garden, Photography

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autumn, colour, leaves, seasons, trees

– garden views for you today. I try to get my butt outside every time the weather lets up, even just for a short spell. And every year in October I just go nuts clicking at leaves, once I start I can’t seem to stop, 100’s of images and nothing to do with them! These are just the raw snaps, I hope to dive deeper into work on them later. Too many varied projects going on right now, so next task will be getting all my ducks in a row.

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