Summer Abundance

With all the bounty of the earth ripening in the garden and the fields, and the creative spirit of the Women's Festival at Stillpoint Farms where I vended this past weekend, I wanted to create something honoring this flow of abundance. I needlefelted this wall hanging, working on it late into the night, of a woman in the fields with a basket of apples she has just harvested from the tree. I wanted to convey the feeling of sowing and reaping, and of things being plentiful. This feeling abounded at Stillpoint Farms on Saturday. My little booth was surrounded by the crafting booths of so many amazing women artists, all of whom worked together throughout the day to uplift one another and create a  flow of nurturing and abundance. I sold my handcrafts, I bartered for some other beautiful handcrafts, I won some beautiful art in the raffle, I listened to soulful music all day long, and I had numerous conversations with other women, healers, musicians and artists, making a few new friends along the way. I spent some time appreciating the landscape around the farm with its rolling hills, forests and fields. Apples hung ripening on the trees, blackberries glistened on the vine, and strawberries grew juicy and red in the fields below. I am grateful for this day, and for abundance.