Reflections on Water.

So beautiful the light this time of year. Combine with the green, and then add the stillness of the water. A chirp of a bird here and there. Oh, yes.

Leaf and Bird Skirt looking at the Sun

A quick sew as usual, a kind of heavy linen type fabric, good for warm days in winter, which we appear to be having this week.  The sun inset the patio was done when we were kids..one of my sisters......shaped from Styrofoam, and then cast in bronze by Dad, and eventually incorporated here.

Cement Floor --patina of use

This cement floor had served in my Dad's studio at one point before he moved his studio to bigger separate building. I believe the paint splats must have been from some project way back then in 1960s.

A decade or so later, a bit of an unorthodox use of mainly scrap wood was used to create a parquet floor.  Unfortunately, some of it was tasty for bad bugs, so the floor removed (with a lot of work), to reveal the cement above (after quite a bit of cleaning).  So the lines from the wood blocks added their own patina to the floor. Did I really need to say how much work it was to tackle this? Yes. 

And I haven't even got to polishing or whatever else I may do to finish it off while leaving it pseudo "raw."

Spring House

 Spring house discovered on recent walk. I hadn't seen one before. Apparently they were used to help keep food cool -- the food would be sheltered inside the house located on a Spring or river.  This particular water way wasn't a rapid, but perhaps it would do the trick.   Rendered in fabric below.

Version One above, Version Two below. I need the water.

Fairy Garden

For the birthday girl. 

Happy Birthday A !