Last weekend we went to visit our good friend Hart, not just for the great company but also to stroll his garden just as it was alight with the blooms of over 40 Rhododendrons. Now, to me, not too many flowers are as exotic as Rhodos. And these blooms were hot! Like [...]
The Green Man is often a key figure in the May Day celebrations. Ok I know, it’s a bit late in the month for May Day celebrations, but apparently there are still some Green Man celebrations happening somewhere, usually in Britain, but, unfortunately, not here in Victoria.
We, that is Bill, Eric and I, have [...]
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I’ve always been into recycling and have been creating my mosaics with old dishes and ornaments for years. So now more than ever, I like to discover other recyclers who are into creating art from recycled materials. And this morning while going through a Cloth Paper Scissors mag I found an artist [...]
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Blooms, blooms everywhere today out in the garden. And I haven’t even put them all up today on this post. I thought I’ll save some for another day. But I had to add the fern. Oh I know, it’s not a bloom but it has the movement and dance today.
Need more blooms? [...]
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The Mother’s Day Paint In show last Sunday at Hatley Castle couldn’t have been better. The sun shone all day creating some striking shadows on our cast stone sculptures.
There were crowds of people out and about, all enjoying the day.
And some who came by and pointed out sculptures that they liked… although it looks like [...]
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This week has been so busy, doing all sorts of things to prepare for the show this Sunday at Royal Roads and Hatley Castle. It’s the Mother’s Day Paint In. We participated last year too. And there is so much to do, like get the display panels ready, get the printing [...]
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A month ago, picking through all my bits of ocean tumbled pottery, I’d started a new pique assiette mosaic mirror. You would think that picking bits from the exact same basin of shards, I would come up with almost the exact same mirror frame that I’d created back in January. That was when I’d [...]
