We have a HUGE collection of elephant ornaments. Oh, my, what dust collectors, you might say. Oh pooh, dust is not important. I don’t care about dust that much. I care about having something to rest my gaze on that makes me appreciate beauty.
OK, once in while I clean them all [...]
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Way back in May I gave you a little glimpse or Installment #1 of the zany little plot of paradise that is our friend Hart’s garden. In May, the focus was on the Rhodos with just a little dollop of mosaics. But today, be prepared for a peak at how an artist [...]
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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Earth Day has been on my mind a lot. My last post was about Earth Day from a Gardening Artist’s perspective. But today I realized that I’m not done with Earth Day yet.
Our sons are all grown up now, but I can remember a particularly black day back in the early 80’s when [...]
Earth Day is on April 22, 2010! I had been reminded by news of a contest on a blog that I happened to find one day cruising the internet. Garden bloggers were invited to write and submit a blog dedicated to what they did for Earth Day. You really must check out Earth Day on [...]
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I found this quote the other day in my internet wanderings and immediately copied it and attached it to my studio door. A little reminder to find some time, no let me rephrase that, make some time to let inspiration find me working. My time is so precious, there is just not enough [...]
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Because I sometimes use ornaments in my mosaics, I have rather a good collection. And of course I had some lovely lovely bunnies.
Plus I also have a rather gorgeous painted Russian egg, which my beautiful Russian daughter-in-law, Olya, brought back all the way from Russia. Then another painted egg from Chinatown completed the [...]
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Realizing that I’ve been stuck in front of the computer for far too long, I pushed my chair away yesterday and grabbed my little camera and set out for a walk. I was looking for photos for a photo essay I’m working on, but that is for another day. I didn’t go [...]
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It occurred to me today, as I went out to do some garden clean up, that in some ways, the first day of spring can be much like New Years Day. Both days can be full of resolutions. Granted, for some, there is still snow on the first day of spring, so [...]
