"I started photographing my domestic world and writing not just about what I had made,
but why I made it, examining the thoughts that accompany creativity and the act of making."
Jane Brocket from The Gentle Art of Domesticity p. 189 UK edition

Showing posts with label rhododendrons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rhododendrons. Show all posts

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Color Crazed

Mt. Hood from the corner of Orient Drive and Waybill Rd.
Mt. Hood from Revenue Drive by Schmidt's Farm
Rhododendrons
Rhododendrons

Knit dishcloth from Sugar'n Cream cotton, Crown Jewels
My favorite coloring book!

It has been gray and rainy outside today, but I feel happily drenched in color from absorbing the colors around me over the last few days!

The Rhododendrons are displaying their brilliant pinks and reds!  Mt. Hood stood majestically white against hazy blue skies when I took a roundabout way home on Thursday from a meeting; and  I finished knitting a variegated dishcloth in purples and greens this evening.

Around Mother's Day I got a copy of Inspire, the NLT Bible that has lots of black and white sketches to color.  So far I have used woodless colored pencils, fiber tipped ink pens, and watercolor on the opening pages. I find it very exciting work/play/meditation!

Yesterday I enjoyed listening to some knitting podcasts that Betsy and Kris told me about, and I explored the knitting tutorial for socks that Kris has successfully used. Maybe I will eventually be able to finish the magic loop socks I started several years ago if I watch the tutorial enough times...maybe :)

Tonight I watched a movie about the French artist, Seraphine, then I did a Google search to see more of her work...fantastic colors!  Do click HERE to see her work!

Do you ever feel color crazed?

Gracie xx


Monday, May 19, 2014

Happiness in May:

two gorgeous blooms on my Christmas Cactus,


making a collage with friends,

knitting a dishcloth for a new friend,

seeing Mr. Mallard and some wild iris,

and Mama Duck with her ducklings,


and bright rhododendrons in bloom!




What is bringing you happiness this May?

Gracie xx