Last weekend it was in the 40s. I wore my sweaters. I had my first fire of the season in the fireplace. My handknit socks came out. This weekend, despite the fact that the leaves are all yellow and orange and falling through the air when the wind blows like autumn snow, it is 70… Continue reading The Leaves Are Falling Down
Author: Old Pine Hollow
Hello! My name is Alison and on welcome to my little creative space on the web. By day I work as medical lab manager and it is an insanely stressful job. So this is my little escape where I can try to live a little more creatively and a lot more slowly.
After the Solstice
This year, I was finally able to get Up North to the cabin for Summer Solstice. It was so lovely. I didn't do anything special in terms of food and I didn't have a ritual prepared, but just being amongst the pines and by the lake was magical enough! So, so healing. I had never… Continue reading After the Solstice
And Then, Summer.
Before I knew it, Memorial Day weekend arrived, and with it, the start of Summer. It is hard to believe it is June in two days. Where has this year gone?? I know that I have certainly not accomplished all that I had wished I would have by this point. But I am trying to… Continue reading And Then, Summer.
2022 – The Cross Stitch Plans
When I was very young there was a needle work store down the street from my house. It was called Calico Canvas and Colors. We lived in a fully residential area so looking back it was weird that the store was just...there. Perhaps that is why they moved locations in later years! Anyways.... There was… Continue reading 2022 – The Cross Stitch Plans
2022 – The Knitting Plans
I love setting crafting plans for a new year. I don't know why. I know, logically, that December 31st and January 1st aren't any different. Problems are magically solved and a "new you" doesn't happen instantaneously at the stroke of midnight, and yet....at the same time it does feel like a fresh blank page. I… Continue reading 2022 – The Knitting Plans
Autumn All Around
Well, kind of. It looks like Autumn, but it doesn't feel very much like it. Having the windows open and enjoying the weather in November? In Wisconsin? Crazy. Just crazy. But my concern and fear of climate change isn't what this post is about. It is actually about....nothing! Just a random mix of words and… Continue reading Autumn All Around
Halloween Stitch Marker Collection
I like collections. I like series and sets where things are all variations on a theme or, as in a book series, there is continuity between all the covers. When I started selling stitch markers and progress keepers a few years ago I would just release stuff a I made it. It was all very… Continue reading Halloween Stitch Marker Collection
The morning drive was foggy and I remembered
The road was closed. I had to detour. The roads are all different now. Old blacktop has been replaced by new cement and where once there were just quiet crossroads now circles loop traffic you around mindlessly to where you need to be (could you get stuck? maybe you just drive that circle endlessly...). There… Continue reading The morning drive was foggy and I remembered
My Little Black Dog
Please be aware that this post will talk about depression, anxiety, and suicide. Please do not read if this subject matter is not suitable for your own mental health. I love animals. All animals; even the ones that scare me! And while I am 100% a cat person, I have had a little black dog… Continue reading My Little Black Dog
In The Woods
Ye olde fish cleaning shed I went north for Beltane this year. In January my family purchased a cabin in Northern Wisconsin that we had been visiting every year for the past 30+ years. When I was a child my maternal grandfather owned a cabin in the woods in a different part of Northern Wisconsin,… Continue reading In The Woods
Old Pine Hollow 