I mentioned at the end of March that as much as i enjoyed making the Mister Finch bulbs, i wanted to do other things that were more original and personal.

Saturday, October 22, 2016. A MINDFUL MODE OF STILLNESS. What amazes me about landscape, landscape recalls you into a mindful mode of stillness, solitude, and silence where you can truly receive time. We have returned from the Drakensberg feeling soothed and replenished. The first thing I did once the car was unpacked and we had enjoyed a cup of tea was clean my work table.

Fairies find the best houses. Is a world much like ours. Things that are large are small here. And things that are small there are large here. I wonder what kind of differences that would make. Lucy always in the lead. That is all we need. Hiked to Whale Lake with friends last summer.

When the Moon hits your eye. Grown in the Pacific Northwest. Kind of like a postcard. Where I play with food and tinker with recipes.

Blue woad cloth out in the snow. Last year I exhibited some work in an Exhibition at 44AD. I posted about the work here.

Thursday, February 1, 2018. Painting On Silk With Thickened Dyes. I have made home made print paste for screen printing on silk in the past by mixing sodium alginate with alcohol then mixing Urea and hot water with a little water softener and mixing it all together. Which technically is not a starch according to Karen Sistek,. That I have filled with .

Cloth, justice, writing and food. This community has sustained me for years and now, as the U. How much I forgot about! Give yourself a little more credit.

Dear friends, this has been my blog home for such a long time. from one of our roosters who met his demise.

Lots of happy hours in 2017 but at the blog. Sunday, 18 December 2016. The peace of wild things. The peace of wild things. When despair for the world grows in me. And I wake in the night at the least sound. I go and lie down where the wood drake. Rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.