It doesn't seem much

I don't seem to have much to show for my week away

 but how can you measure experience.

All that art,

all that friendship,

all that laughter.

I only get to catch up with these fellow artists once or twice a year

but it always feels like no time has elapsed.

On Monday morning we started with dyeing small batches of our fabric.

I used some on my old kimono fabric.

It took the dyes beautifully.

Monday stretched into Tuesday then Wednesday

(the plan was to get it all done Monday morning)

 and still we played with our individual dye pots.

We were supposed to make books

but my fabric seemed to crying out for the individual....

or maybe a set.