colored pencils, stitched paper and stencilling

It's near the end of November and again I'm wondering where did October go?
Yesterday we worked on more fall/winter preparations. Roger brought home a dozen pieces of trees a neighbor had cut down. They are huge- two or three hundred pounds each. A friend with a tractor loaded them onto Roger's pickup. It's nearly a cord of wood for next year. Of course, it has to be split.
Today, he's beginning the digging under the porch and studio to make footings for the support posts, replace the posts and eventually close in the space. We've had water issues and irregular shifting because the posts were never supported properly. It seems like a big job to me, but he's not intimidated by it. It's something we've talked about for quite a while. He doesn't have much work now and until the snow piles up, he's got time.
Deezel and I braved the wind chill and took a 3 mile walk. The sky was that blue, that blue which is so beautiful.The birds were quiet. Later, Buck Wheat played with the strands of lights as I hung 13 wreaths and strung the little lights across the porch/studio windows. I finally got them cleaned after the power washing of the house in late summer.

Today, regular Monday chores and a walk and some art work are the plans.

DAILY HAIKU 2009
November 29
A beech  leaf  and chestnut inspired the art work done in colored pencil. The text is written along the edge of the leaf with a sharpie which bled a little. The edges of the card have a light brush of ink applied.
                           Two muskrats scavenge
                   a pair of bald eagles soars
                        sightings on New Road

November 28
Sticks of brown wood around the side and top are balanced with the edge of the ink pad on the bottom and right side. I stenciled the oak leaves and used the negative of the stencil. I wrote the text on printed vellum with a Sharpie pen.
           Raking, Cleaning Yard
Bringing in wood for Storage,
 Prepare for winter

All day steady rain

creates large roadside puddles

Field sloppy, again.

The word of the day, "rain" is written around the edges of the card, in capitols on the left and right and lower case, piled up at the bottom.I stitched with a silvery grey thread in a blanket stitch on the card and over tracing paper and vellum on the sides. the text is written on tracing paper which is also stitched down. It's another fuzzy photo, sorry.