the ground is now covered with snow. and the end of color in this part of the world has arrived. i am looking forward to four months of dinner beside the fire, and early to bed. but it also means four months of slim pickings for STILL. any of you who have been with me longer than one year will know this is actually my favorite STILL season– minimal, spare, and uncluttered, with a new emphasis on forms and shapes and shades, rather than on those saturated showy colors of mid-summer.  for those of you living in lower latitudes, this may start to feel a little monotonous. but i hope i can show you the quiet beauty of our long, dark winters. stick with me. i’ll need your body heat.

linden bract and fruit

saint paul, minnesota