Records Broken
Yesterday, we broke two weather related records here in North Texas. The high for the day was 107, and the previous record for that day had been 100. The second record broken was we have now had 70 days this season of temps at or above 100 F. Our normal amount of days at or above 100 is 16. We have also broken all previous drought records for the state. These are not the kind of records any of us wants to see broken. Yet, still, I am hopeful for the coming of the season of falling leaves, Indian corn hanging on the front door, pumpkins arranged on bales of hay and the smell of apple cider donuts cooking in the kitchen.
This week I was looking up photos of Tasha Tudor and found one of her with a wonderful red shawl around her tiny shoulders, she is standing at the stove, cooking. It evoked in me a great feeling, something akin to having a hero. I so wish to have a life like hers in my elder years. Strolling gardens dressed just in the way she did. A bit of that person lost in time. Not caring that the world outside my fence is running at a pace I don't desire to keep up with. From that photo I stumbled about a link with the pattern for that very shawl. I didn't have any red wool on hand, so for now I am working with a green variegated wool I had found on sale recently. A trial shawl perhaps. Its easy work, the kind you can work on while dreaming the time away. The air conditioner is keeping the house cool, clouds are filling up the sky, balsam incense are burning, filling the room with that wood stove sort of smell, mixed in with memories of long hikes in the Maine woods where balsam grows so freely, scenting the air. Candle burning, one made by my own hand, 100% beeswax, not for light so much as for taking back to a time when candles burned brightly when the days were shortened as cold weather appeared. Coffee in my mug, knitting needles getting acquainted with the yarn and the pattern. Silence except for my heartbeat. Perhaps, a bit of a day like Tasha Tudor so often experienced.
photo of Tasha Tudor from http://www.tashatudorandfamily.com/receipts.html
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