i’m home, but not really here. i’m still somewhere on lummi island. roaming through the tall trees, walking along legoe bay, watching the eagles, and always. always. keeping one eye on the great white watcher – mt. baker. the pacific northwest cast a great spell, like a net, over me. i’m already plotting how to get back. lummi island is magic. i might say that about everywhere i go because it’s easy to fall in love with places when you have a serious case of wanderlust, but i mean it. pure magic. the kind they write stories about. that you dream about. that you want to be real. that kind.
anyway. here’s some of my travel journal.
people in STITCH*BOOKERY i’m going to be walking you through the process of making this book. i may have found the perfect travel journal of all time.
if you aren’t in class i’m still sharing pics right here on DFLA. and eventually a video flip through.
because i’ve had quite a few messages on facebook and emails i feel the need to explain my thinking behind registration for this summer’s online class adventure. i refer to it as a “live” class because i’m in the process of releasing it right now. people are very active in the facebook group. it’s kind of like being in a room full of excited people. however participation is not mandatory. you watch everything at your leisure and you decide if you want to interact or not. completely up to you. you begin class and end class at anytime during your membership period – 1, 2, or 3 years. still with me?
on august 8th registration closes and stays closed until sometime in late october when i reopen for the november “live” session. then wash rinse repeat. i’m testing this method out to see if i like it better than leaving registration open all the time. many people who sign up for my classes seem to enjoy participating with a big group of people who are all making/swapping/sharing stuff at the same time they are. once the initial flush of the “live” class is over everything can be revisited as often as you want for as long as your membership lasts. if you registered for this first session but are delayed in getting started, there’s another “live” session on the horizon and other crazy kids with whom you can play. or you can choose to jump into the fray everytime there’s another “live” session and see what’s going on with the new kids on the block.
on the morning we left the island a thick shelf of fog hovered over the island. oh the enchantments of the natural world are great, aren’t they?
hope you’re good in your worlds. see you soon!
Mt. Baker. Swoon! My. Rainier is its twin sibling and the one who silently watched over me as I grew up in a small town in Rainier’s shadow. The First Nation people’s name for Rainier is Tahoma, which translates to “the mountain that was God.” Perfection!
XO
Thank you for sharing your vacation. Your photos are always beautiful. Since I live on the east coast, I’ll never get to Lummi island. I’d never heard of it before! You’re forever the teacher…
Have you read Mink River by Brian Doyle? It takes place on the Oregon coast, but I think you would LOVE it, especially while under the spell of Lummi Island. Incredible, evocative writing about a specific place, its climate, animals, people.
I so love your photos from the island! I mean, what color even IS that sky in the top one? Beautiful, and love the road too. You got out of here just in time. It is supposed to be in the 90’s and might even break 100 in a few places this week! Hep me!!! Although, it is always cooler up where you were near the water and farther north.
I am still debating on when the best time to take the class would be. For me it might make a nice pastime for the colder, rainier weather. Oh well, I have a few days left to decide. It looks amazing,no matter when I do it. It is generous of you to still share some of it on your blog🙂
We find the Pacific NW, particularly the islands, very enchanting, too. We’ve taken two vacations there in recent years. Nothing draws you like that water and the mountains, islands and wildlife. I worked on my first book for Stitchbookery all afternoon and I’m pleased with the progress, though I need more small ephemera, so I have to do more scrounging for that. Will post in time… Thanks for another fun class!