tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79945613310002058452024-03-13T05:34:27.113-07:00A Gnome A DayMooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.comBlogger909125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-67883742294031231192016-01-13T05:00:00.000-08:002016-01-13T05:00:12.016-08:00The Menagerie: Lima & Bean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One day in the autumn of 2014, I came across two tiny kittens who had been dumped in the yard of a family. I brought the kittens home and got to the busy task of feeding them. They were tiny and hungry and we had to feed them with small bottles and syringes. They spent a lot of time the first couple of days eating and becoming stronger. We called the girl Lima and the boy Bean.</div>
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We wore them in baby carriers and fed them and cuddled them and they settled quickly into this life with humans.</div>
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Then our young papillon stepped in. We'd noticed that she was fond of the babies and then she took it to a new level. She gathered them up and laid down so that they could nurse. Though she had never had babies and did not have milk, she would lay there for hours and let them nurse, curled against her warm furry body, a doting surrogate mother.</div>
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Lima and Bean grew quickly and when they hit about ten weeks old, a dear friend came to pick them up. They now live with two other cats and a very doting eight year old who, as it turns out, Lima is particularly fond of. I hear that Bean occasionally wreaks havoc with his antic and he's even eaten a gnome!<br />
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Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-50831966867899054612016-01-11T05:00:00.001-08:002016-01-11T05:00:16.180-08:00Snowy Winters.......<div style="text-align: center;">
We've been in Maine for over three years now, this is our four winter, and I have to say- I love snow. There is something so magical about it. I know that sometimes people dread it or get tired of it or just plain hate it here but after so many winters of gray and rain, I am so happy to be in a place that has winters of sunshine and glittering white snow. I feel like a kid!</div>
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Occasionally winter will run long and my toes will be so tired of being cold but beneath that, there is such a love of snowy winters that lives in my heart.</div>
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This winter has been particularly mellow and mild and I find myself missing the constant snow fall and cozy fires. I admit it- I don't miss shoveling but I do miss that magical snow fall that makes me think of hot chocolate and snowmen and sledding. The kind of winter days that end with tucking in with the kiddos and making a gnome. </div>
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Of course, there was that night I came home to snow gnome in my driveway complete with knitted beard from our dress up box....</div>
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So, I dug up some of those wonderful snowy memories.......</div>
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Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-60002985789344449052016-01-09T05:00:00.000-08:002016-01-09T05:00:04.271-08:00Weekending- Gnomes of the Week<div style="text-align: center;">
And during the week, I made gnomes- oh those gnomes!!<br />
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Every weekend I list up the gnomes that were made during the living that took place that week. Here are the newest gnomes of this crazy and enlivening daily practice. Their dates of creation and any personal tidbits are located below each photo......</div>
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This fellow seems particularly cheerful and ready for adventure- it seems fitting since he is, after all, a New Year's Day gnome..... <i>(created on January 1, 2016)</i></div>
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I felt the need (no pun intended!!) to do something soft and small and along came this tiny gnomeling. Such a sweet and gentle, giggly soul she is! Surely a bringer of joy! <i>(This gnomeling was created January 2, 2016)</i><br />
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This fellow is a big fan of sledding and wakes up every morning ready to get started- such energy! Such enthusiasm!<br />
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This gnome is a weaver and she loves nothing more than bringing color and patterns together with her loom and her clever hands.... Such magic!<br />
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As you may guess, I have become extremely fond of a gnomeling in a pointy hat. This little one loves singing and has such a keen ear for a tune!<br />
<i>(This gnomeling was created on January 6, 2016)</i><br />
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This fellow is quite knowledgeable on many, many subjects and enjoys nothing more than an animated, intelligent conversation with another being...<br />
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Yes, you may have noticed there is a gnome missing- for Tuesday.<br />
I actually can't believe it! I <i>forgot! </i>I did and I only realized it when I woke up on Wednesday morning. I had had a wonderful afternoon felting with students at a school on Tuesday and came home a little tired. Perhaps my brain equated the felting class with actually felting but somehow, my brain let it go. I still can't believe that I did that but, this is one of the lessons we learn with a daily practice: forgiveness. It is important to understand and embrace our fallibility and know that that are mistakes don't define who we are, they help us learn and grow and evolve.....</div>
<br />Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-80819993434895746752016-01-08T05:00:00.000-08:002016-01-08T05:00:07.447-08:00In Gratitude<div style="text-align: center;">
Sometimes it just takes a moment for us to change our perspective and sometimes that moment seems like the hardest thing in the world to make space and time for; it feels impossible.</div>
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But I believe that the fastest way to create positive change is to find gratitude and embrace it. Wrap your arms, your heart and your soul around it and hold on tight, the magic is there.</div>
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Sometimes it is something small, something seemingly infinitesimal in the middle of chaos or loss or madness but it's always there. </div>
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For me that gratitude starts with daily practice, a moment when I can breathe and slow myself and <i>create </i>so when the rest of the day is a blur, or a tear to the heart or a chronic out breath of busyness I can always take a moment to sit in gratitude<i>. </i></div>
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These moments were with me in the midst of driving back and forth between family and home, too-short visits with beloveds, getting back into the rhythm of work and homeschool, tidying the house and making up schedules and in the midst of the ongoing complications parents sometimes face with the testy, lovely practice of raising human beings- life's sticky like that, isn't?<i>....</i></div>
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Ferns in the snow and a silent concrete bunny hidden in fronds......</div>
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Bees and the memory of so many of them swarming my lavender bushes in Portland, Oregon......</div>
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Gnomes who seek their own adventures and opportunities to commune with nature......</div>
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String lights in the dark parts of the year......</div>
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Wool to process from my own sheep............</div>
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A treadmill with a felting table on top so I can walk (ever so carefully) while I felt.......</div>
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Constant, glorious sunrises and sunsets..........</div>
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Canada geese overhead reminding me to stay light, sing loud and find my rhythm with others.....</div>
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Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-73458348607483404512016-01-06T05:00:00.000-08:002016-01-06T05:00:01.651-08:00The Menagerie -- Zek & Gillian<div style="text-align: center;">
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There are always things happening here on the homestead in between the making of a daily practice. My days are so full and inevitably that daily gnome holds things together when they start slipping and sliding around as they so often do. I thought I might share a little bit about slips and slides and adventures starting with the story of our ducks: Zek and Gillian.<br />
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**I should warn you here that some of the photos show the ducklings with extensive wounds which may be upsetting so please keep this in mind as you read this post. Despite the injuries this is a small story of hope and healing.**<br />
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After the dogs and cats have finished their important morning task of licking and greeting everyone in the house, we head out to the barn where the sheep, goats and horse are let out into the fields. Then on to the chickens who quickly flock into the yard and start their roaming. And last but not least are our ducks: Zek & Gillian. The two of them waddle out, heads together, holding counsel as they head for the apple tree where, until recently, there was still a substantial load of apples on the ground.<br />
There's something extra special about those two and it has a lot to do with their awfully rough start on this planet.<br />
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When they were a couple days old, we came out to the barn to discover that their father, our drake, had attacked them, leaving them close to death, their backs de-feathered and raw. We cried as we carefully gathered them up and took them inside.</div>
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Once we had them cleaned up we discovered that Zek had lost an entire wing and neither one of them could walk or stay upright in the sink.<br />
I prepared the children for the grim reality that they may not live but I promised them that we would try.<br />
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We washed them with anti-bacterial soap and then carefully covered them with triple antibiotic cream.<br />
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So, we set to making cotton t-shirts for them.<br />
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And then, in what seemed like no time, they were covered in bigger feathers and running around like any other ducklings would. Even Zek, with her one wing, seemed to be as balanced as any other duck around.<br />
We did have to say goodbye to the other ducks since Zek and Gillian could not escape (and possibly not survive) the chronic (sometimes violent) pestering they were receiving from the other ducks. Their parents and siblings went to live on two other homesteads where we knew they would be happy while Zek and Gillian settled into a gentler life here.<br />
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It was a busy and lovely autumn and holiday season. So much felting got done! I made gnomes and ornaments and wool paintings and my heart was SO FULL of JOY! </div>
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And then my arms started to complain- a little in the beginning which I ignored (I can't stop <i>now!</i>) and then they <i>really</i> started to complain, pain shooting down from my shoulder and muscles getting weak in my hands so when the dust of the holiday prep settled, I made myself stop felting daily.</div>
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Yep, you read that right. I stopped. I allowed myself to felt for about 15 minutes every few days and I rested. My fear was that I would get an official "stop felting" request from a doctor if I continued to ignore the pain and over-use and what would I do with a mandatory no-felting request?!</div>
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Choosing self-care over the joy of daily practice is difficult but so necessary. It made me wonder why it is so hard to pause to repair in this day and age. Is it that our never ending list gets too long and needs constant maintenance? Is it the need to keep busy, keep moving, keep doing? Is it the habit of saying "Not today, tomorrow, this can wait"? </div>
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I think it's because <i>we are creative</i>. Whether we are cleaning a home, paving roads, bagging groceries or bandaging wounds, we are creating: organization, clean smooth paths, a bag of nourishment, a better outcome. Everything we do is creative because we thrive on it. In every moment of the day we are creating because <b><i>we are innately creative</i></b>. So when we are asked not to create or told not to create in the way that we are used to (or in the way that fills us with joy), I think we get a little lost, our skin feels different and the world looks a little lopsided as we try to find balance in a new reality. And I think this makes us avoid stopping; avoid changing even if it's what is needed.</div>
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I think the trick in those moments is to remember that we also create in other ways- our thoughts create, our words create, our hearts create and our feelings create. So, in those moments when we are interrupted in our usual ways of creating, we are given the opportunity to check in with our other innate abilities to create. Sure, it can be scary but it helps us evolve and round out our abilities.<br />
What if we pause to take in our other creative abilities?<br />
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I have begun to sneak a daily gnome in, going slowly, paying attention to the way my arms feel. And, as I sit here, resting my arms (well, except for typing which I am doing carefully), wishing I was felting more than my body will currently allow, I stretch out my muscles and try to pay attention to the different places in my body that I feel pain.<br />
What can I do to support and heal that pain?<br />
And while I am resting what else am I creating?<br />
Are there story ideas floating through my mind that I may have missed because I was so focused on creating in other ways?<br />
Are there any ideas on what my next piece will be when I embark (oh so carefully) on a new felting adventure?<br />
Are there any memories I can be creating with my children and my family right now?<br />
What have I been creating while I was so focused on <i>creating</i>? </div>
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Creating comes in so many different shapes and size.<br />
What are<b><i> you</i></b> creating?<br />
I'd love to hear.....</div>
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And a very special gnome drawing from a particularly special six year old.....<br />
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For a while now I have been considering the marriage of two blogs- this one and another blog that I started a few months after this one at the request of friends who wanted to know just what this Maine adventure was all about- and why we were doing it.</div>
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I wrote for a while on that other blog, managing to maintain two blogs for a brief space of time before I had to choose between them. </div>
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I chose the gnomes- isn't that just the way?</div>
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But I still have so many moments in my day where I think: "I wish I could blog about this project/story/adventure. This is so funny! No one would believe it." But I always wonder "Can I just leap into non-gnome posts like that? I have done it in the past once in a while, but this would be rather consistent."</div>
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I was stuck on the idea that this blog could pretty much only be pictures of gnomes. </div>
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I've realized that just isn't the case. </div>
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So, I'm stepping into somewhat unfamiliar territory and wondering if I can expand this to encompass the multiple impacts that happen around a daily practice. Maybe it will work, maybe it will return to just the gnomes but I want to try something new.</div>
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I want to write about what happens in between the gnomes- there's meat there. How do I fit them in?</div>
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Yes, I make a gnome pretty much every day- they are constant- even when I've missed a day, I am thinking of the gnomes. But, I am also the mother of four complicated, delightful, intriguing and wonderful human beings who require a lot of attention and connection because they <i>are</i> humans and I am given the gift of a brief moment in the vastness of time with them and I need to be conscious and present with that. </div>
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And I am a happy momma of three dogs, two cats, two goats, two sheep (plus one that boards with us), a miniature horse, six chickens, two ducks and now a rabbit. That is a lot to take care of but the love is so present!!</div>
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The thing that keeps me so busy is homeschooling. It is a pleasure and sometimes completely intimidating. We have a sort of odd blend of unschooling, Waldorf influences and whatever I can find that helps the children find their way and inspires them to seek knowledge. That is what I really want- my children to seek to learn daily so that when they think of a question, there are no qualms about seeking the answer. </div>
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The gnomes trickle in at different times in my day- though this year I want to create a sacred space in each day for the creation of them, to take that practice to a new place in my heart and in my soul.</div>
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So this blog is mixing things up a bit- there will be gnomes- so many gnomes! And stories and adventures about this place we live.</div>
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In the old, familiar words of my very first Gnome a Day post:</div>
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Here. We. GOOOOOOOOO!</div>
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Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-40246322895724535312015-11-20T07:16:00.001-08:002015-12-21T05:42:59.590-08:00There Be Changes Here- Coming 2016!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You may have been wondering what on earth is going on with this gnomey blog. </div>
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I would like to be updating it regularly but with some unexpected adjustments in our home and on the family front, I have let go of that updating piece of bloggy-goodness and I've been sticking to tending the growing needs of my sweet kiddos, the animals, making art and creating those daily gnomes that keep me sane. </div>
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There are changes coming to the blog- they won't be too overwhelming (I hope) but I have long had a hankering for a new approach to the blogging piece; a new way of going through this blogging experience.</div>
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If you want to keep track of daily gnomes, I often post them on Instagram which you can either follow me on by clicking <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jessicapeillmeininghaus/" target="_blank">here</a> OR you can visit me here on the blog and look at the recent photos that scroll by on the right in my Instagram feed. There is also the option of visiting my website <a href="http://www.themoongoat.com/">www.themoongoat.com</a> where you can also see my gallery and check out recent Instagram-ed gnomes. </div>
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I know, that isn't quite as rockin' as sitting down and creating a blog post with clearer, higher quality photos and a little bit about that particular gnome. But I have had to make some time choices and the daily gnome (of course) had to stay in tact while I had to make a choice about the blogging. That said-- I have something in the works for a new (and improved?) blog in 2016. I'll announce it once I've got things up and running.</div>
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In the meantime, you can always email or peruse the archives of gnomes, knowing that everyday (well, pretty much) I sit down and make that daily gnome to lift me up, settle my soul and keep my rhythm.......</div>
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The final custom gnome was a gnomeling- a sweet baby girl (I think) with purple hair. She giggles and emanates joy- how can she not with so much joy from her parents wrapped around her?</div>
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<i>This gnomeling was made on October 15th, 2015</i></div>
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Another special custom order for that special birthday girl. She had such a specific list of colors for her gnomes and not just the one gnome- there was a list.</div>
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This girl is a fire cracker and quite ready for adventures whenever they may arise. She loves hiking and sailing and kayaking and rock climbing and new places and new flavors and new people. Such a wild open heart!</div>
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<i>This gnome was made on October 14th, 2015</i> </div>
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Yes, another no-show. This time was just too exhausted after a day that was far too long and after driven for so many hours to get to all the places I needed to be. So, I chose sleep- sweet, sacred, precious sleep....</div>
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<i>There was no gnome for October 13th, 2015</i></div>
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This is a special birthday gnome for a special birthday girl. She asked for a series of gnomes and along they came.</div>
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This magical girl is quite adept at concocting magic and bringing joy into her own and other people's lives....</div>
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<i>This gnome was made on October 12th, 2015</i></div>
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This gnome is quite a scholar. She loves to learn new things and read every book she can get her hands on. Oh yes, the pursuit of knowledge is something she takes very seriously....</div>
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<i>This gnome was made on October 11th, 2015</i></div>
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There's always a moment of panic when I realize that my arm is sore. This was one of those days and I decided to let my arms rest and repair. There is a lot of felting in the works and it just won't do for me to hurt myself and end up unable to felt. So this was an arm-health day....</div>
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<i>There is no gnome for October 9th, 2015</i></div>
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Somehow this fellow feels particularly active and athletic. He loves to play acorn soccer and do cartwheels and climb rocks and, on some occasions, he will race a squirrel....</div>
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<i>This gnome was made on October 8th.......</i></div>
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They like taking long strolls by the sea and speaking to the gulls. Sometimes, when they are very still and quiet, the fish whisper stories to them through the crash of the waves on rocks and shore.....</div>
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<i>This gnome and gnomeling were made on October 6th & 7th.......</i></div>
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There is something particularly genial about this fellow. He's the kind of gnome that always says "Hello" cheerily and smiles at you. He also tends to take extremely long walks (with and without a walking stick) which means he gets to shower many different beings with his sweet nature.....</div>
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<i>This gnome was made on October 5th, 2015</i></div>
Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-20278867996010028412015-10-05T13:56:00.002-07:002015-10-05T13:57:12.148-07:00For Instant Gnome Notifications & More Check Instagram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I admit it, I have a growing fondness for Instagram.... </div>
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With the help of the handy-dandy smartphone my son insisted I have, I can more quickly post pictures of gnomes (usually within moments of creating one). So, if you are curious about what sort of images & adventures cross my path during the days and what a gnome fresh from the felting pad looks like, you can check back here to see my Instagram feed (on the right of this page) or follow me on Instagram jessicapeillmeininghaus</div>
Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-69318660751144094382015-10-05T13:48:00.001-07:002015-10-05T13:48:35.430-07:002015 A Gnome A Day - Day 277<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This fellow is one of those pesky and- quite good natured- apple gnomes! He loves a good apple party with a cider press and apple pies and apple bobbing. He's known for holding such parties at his house as often as possible in the autumn.</div>
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<i>This gnome was made on October 4th, 2015</i></div>
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Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-3375369249548549592015-10-05T13:44:00.002-07:002015-10-05T13:44:53.481-07:002015 A Gnome A Day - Day 276<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This little gnome is quite a sweetie- he actually loves sweets themselves (perhaps that adds to his sweetness?)- apple pie, donuts, cookies, cupcakes- any sweets fall under the umbrella of his favorites. </div>
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He is quite a giggler and oh so jolly!</div>
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<i>This gnome was made on October 3rd, 2015</i></div>
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Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-85559631639345556812015-10-05T13:40:00.000-07:002015-10-05T13:40:02.123-07:002015 Gnomes of the Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't seem to get things going. Wait- that certainly isn't phrased correctly! I can't seem to get my butt in gear with my camera and track the gnomes. These gnomes that are continuing to keep me sane as things pick up speed and we head back into homeschooling and events and schedules. Time seems a little less fluid and the daylight fades much quicker making me feel that there is a little less time in a day.</div>
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But I am making these gnomes every day and they are keeping me happy and sane in moments when I feel overwhelmed or sad or full of anxiety about what might or might not be next. There is so much to hold sometimes and our lives change like seasons.</div>
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Now, things are beginning to settle and gnomes are made daily (and are too often lost and put aside and confused with other gnomes as they giggle and set up shop together all over the studio and house).</div>
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I love these gnomes. </div>
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They truly do change my days. </div>
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They change me and they make me still my soul and breathe for that daily moment of creation and sacred space.</div>
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Thank you hands.</div>
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Thank you wool (and sheep!).</div>
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Thank you heart.</div>
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Thank you felting needles.</div>
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Thank you gnomes!</div>
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Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-66957868217406295272015-09-23T15:13:00.001-07:002015-09-23T15:15:22.320-07:00I'm Having Sudden Gnome Craving Sale!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't usually list things here about the shop but I thought I probably should mention this in case anyone is looking for a little gnome love: </div>
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Until tomorrow morning, I will be having a very sudden sale on gnomes. </div>
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They are on sale for $12 each.</div>
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Get them while you can, after this they head out to shows, events and galleries......</div>
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You can see the gnomes available<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheMoonGoat?section_id=12549141&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1" target="_blank"> here.</a></div>
Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-91911098334176775752015-09-18T05:00:00.000-07:002015-09-18T05:00:00.868-07:00Felting Classes at Common Street Arts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am really excited to be working with Common Street Arts in Waterville, Maine and have a class and a felting course starting very soon!</div>
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One is a 2 hour class on needle felting a greeting card (so much fun!) and the other is a 7 week course where we will be creating felted pictures. We're going to play with adding different elements in there and adding layers of wool for a variety of effects. It's going to be fun!</div>
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The Felted Card Making Class will take place on September 24th from 3:00pm to 5:00pm</div>
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The Felted Pictures Course will take place on Wednesdays from 3:00pm to 5:00pm starting on October 7th. Please contact Common Street Arts to sign up!</div>
Mooniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059311602792274707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994561331000205845.post-68148919288591950222015-09-17T17:05:00.001-07:002015-09-17T17:05:20.966-07:002015 A Gnome A Day - Day 258<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another gnomeling came along and I have to say that this one loves the ocean. He dreams of it often and when he was older he will spend his days tending marine life and sailing the wide, wild waters of the sea.....</div>
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<i>This gnomeling was made on September 15th, 2015</i></div>
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