i am in a rut. well, truth be told i am in several ruts, like my closet full of striped shirts. (i am not in the kind of rut that the 14 point whitetail buck in my back yard was in yesterday, as he trotted urgently around the neighborhood with his nose to the ground like a hound dog.) the particular rut i am referring to is is my desire to make patterns. i find myself doodling patterns, painting patterns, photographing patterns, and pinning patterns. i see patterns everywhere: gridded, alternating, haphazard, overlapping. i like them all. i’m so smitten by patterns lately that my most recent pinterest board (here) is nothing but. speaking of patterns, i hope you like the one above.

pattern of white cedar leaves

my yard, saint paul, minnesota