Our warmest greetings go out to you over the holidays and as winter begins. Whether you are like the winter birds, staying home and finding ways to keep warm or if you have left your nest for a southerly location, we look ahead to the day your wings bring you back to our neck of the woods.
Ode to Winter
…While a world drifts to sleep
Leaves curl and flowers bow
Birds take flight to a further place
A touch of frost creeps in
Stealing the landscape of its colour
Soon all shall be held motionless
In the still of a winters season
Now in all its changing
The beauty and perfection of life
Is left open to be witnessed
Savoured by the eye of an artist
To feed the soul, nourish the heart…
Matthew Holloway
Merry Christmas to all there. I sure missed you this past year! I will look forward to being with you next year. Have a lovely solstice and holiday.
Happy holidays to all of you.
I love winter! Thank you and Happy Holidays to all. Cheena
Winter has its own beauty ……thanks for the pictures! May you all have a blessed Christmas and New Year!
Thanks, Carol, and the same to you and your family! Take care and all the best to you this new year! Carolyn
The Ode is perfect and well represented by the pictures. Thank you.
Roberta
Thank you, Roberta and for your fun, news-y letter. Hope you’ll enjoy some Island winter times, too! Carolyn
Hi to all at Sievers
Have a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends.
Thank you, Barb. We all had a wonderful holiday, actually holidays! Take care and all the best in 2017. Carolyn
Thank you , Carolyn, for sharing your beautiful photos of the Island,and the poem with just the perfect sentiments. Hope that all my Silvers friends have a great holiday season and a blessed Christmas . Mary
Thank you Mary! The card you sent was beautiful and special, as always. All the best in 2017! Carolyn
Happy Holidays to all the staff and friends at Sievers School of Fiber Arts on lovely Washington Island near the tip of the Door in Wisconsin’s Winter Wonderland!
And to you Susanne!
Brrr. Beautiful but Arizona in the winter appeals. Stay warm. Love to all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Kay!
Merry Christmas to all of you! I love the Ode to Winter. Thank you. Pat
Thanks, Pat, that just seemed like such an appropriate poem. All the best in 2017!
A wonderful happy season to all including our feathered friends. Hoping your Solstice was bright and warm
Thanks and Happy New Year…your shortbread recipe is out on my counter for an upcoming baking day!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone there. As always, Carolyn, thank you for the lovely pictures. They make me want to be there with you…….until I consider the temperatures, of course!
Thank you Mary! Well, 26 here today. Just winter-y enough. All the best in 2017!
All the best of the holiday season, dear Sievers friends! Hope your holidays are happy and bright. And thanks always for the wonderful images of the Island . . . so beautiful.
So good to hear from you (and your email, too) Jacki! Enjoy your trip and take good care.
Happy New Year to all our friends at Sievers. Still weaving her in Davenport, but wish we could be back on the island, no matter what the season ! Stay warm and toasty.
Happy New Year to you and thanks for staying in touch!
Carolyn, your pictures are beautiful, and the poem so appropriate. You have the artist’s eye. However, now that the holidays are over, I’m ready to hibernate. Brrrr…no plans to cross Death’s door for me. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and may 2017 bring many blessings.
I love your Sievers newsletters!
Thanks, Karen, and all the best to you and Bob in 2017!