The Willow

Hi guys! Been awhile since I posted on here. I've made a new tree themed doll. She is a weeping willow themed tree spirit, a sort of dryad if you will.

A fun note about her hair. It's made from home grown mohair, from a goat named Moe, and it was dyed using black walnuts that grow in the field with the goats. Unfortunately we don't have any actual willows out there but maybe that'll be something new to plant over the winter.

Willow Poem —

It is a willow when summer is over,
a willow by the river
from which no leaf has fallen nor
bitten by the sun
turned orange or crimson.
The leaves cling and grow paler,
swing and grow paler
over the swirling waters of the river
as if loath to let go,
they are so cool, so drunk with
the swirl of the wind and of the river—
oblivious to winter,
the last to let go and fall
into the water and on the ground.

—William Carlos Williams