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	<title>threadspider&#039;s weblog &#187; Nature</title>
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		<title>the secret ministry of frost</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Like the feathers of a beautiful snow bird



Countless drawings, endless sketches
On my window pane.
Master craftsman, skilled engraver,
Jack Frost is his name.



From the cold wastes of Siberia,
Every winter he has come.
Never failing in his duty
Till the winter time is gone.


Endless drawings, countless sketches
On my window pane.
Master craftsman, skilled engraver,
Jack Frost is his name.
Mike Waterson



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		<title>a river runs through it&#8230;and over it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seem to have found my voice again-this post is a bit picture heavy too, for which my apologies.
I have finally finished the fourth lichen piece, stretching it over a cardboard mount and herringbone stitching the edges together to keep it taut. I&#8217;m pleased with it and will photograph the four pieces together as soon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2562&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>jack frost&#8217;s fingers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wet, wet, wet November gave up to winter last  with a magical clear blue night crowned with stars and an almost perfect silver orb of a moon. I have tried pictures before and failed, but there is a lovely one here of last night&#8217;s moon taken by Karen at Moonlight &#38; Hares. She lives in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2543&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>this beautiful day</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/this-beautiful-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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This beautiful day I counted 28 swans, adult and immature, gathered on the river. They come here every winter, relying on endless supplies of free bread from the residents to help them through the worst of the weather. It is still mild here so they really could find enough to feed on without handouts, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2530&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the wind is in from africa</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/the-wind-is-in-from-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crazy warm winds blowing straight from west Africa- it  feels like summer here. Central heating is off again, the river is looking wonderful and I&#8217;ve been working outdoors. In a t-shirt.  Pictures tomorrow. Not of the t- shirt.

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		<title>colonisation</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/colonisation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was young-or rather, in that in between stage when you are neither child nor adult, I was intrigued by radio waves. I had a little portable radio that I listened to after I was supposed to be asleep, trying to find the pirate radio stations or radio Luxembourg playing pop music, or any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2455&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>things we love</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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We spent the weekend in Cambridge, catching up with the children and their significant others, eating out, exploring outdoor spaces. This is on Sunday morning at Wicken Fen-the last working windpump in the Fens. I love the way the sails imitate the sky colours; I love the burnt out colour in the reeds.

The reeds whisper [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2420&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>colour me orange</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent a delightful day on Sunday at Barrington Court in Somerset, a lovely Tudor pile rescued from dereliction in the 1920&#8217;s. The gardens were then laid out in the &#8220;themed room&#8221; manner of Gertrude Jekyll, with a white garden and a glorious &#8220;hot&#8221; garden. Despite the date, roses were blooming enthusiastically and the borders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2372&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>colourfest</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/colourfest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exceptional weather here-just about to come to an end, but we  were blessed for our Sunday walk.  Hope you like these.




All being well, we launch our textile group this Saturday. And now we have a blog for it too. You might recognise the style&#8230; :  )
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		<title>problem solving</title>
		<link>http://threadspider.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/problem-solving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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The dye experiments were repeated this morning, under the watchful gaze of my furry friend. I was tempted to over-dye the pale piece from last time, but liked its pallid charm. I spent an enjoyable evening session yesterday binding another little piece of linen and this is how it looked just before I put it  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=threadspider.wordpress.com&blog=3189814&post=2191&subd=threadspider&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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