XIV: Through the Tapestry ii—Olympic National Park: Ruby Beach This original miniature gouache painting of Ruby Beach depicts the beach of an iconic Olympic National Park ocean. It is part of 'The Journey,' an ongoing collection of poetry and 600 mini landscapes in National Park locations created while traveling full-time in my vintage 1976 Avion Travelcader. Through the Tapestry The Sitka spruce Dangle loose ends of green curling strands Through the damp air Beyond, the mountains rise Embroidered in fog From emerald to blue Spires reaching the mist The ocean pulls A silver thread through stone pockets Pink stitches of Tide polished stars I walk among them The expansive fibers of the earth Each thread touching another Each movement part of an endless weaving -Laura Van Moorleghem view the rest of the Olympic subcollection or The Journey
