A Glimpse and a Piece of Sky

Silk wrap just out of the pot

Like sky lying on my

artificial grass

Another silk wrap

cold dyeing with

what I believe to be Sea Almonds

Terminalia Catappa

They are now ripening and 

the trees are full of Red Tailed Black Cockatoos

eating them

Fortunately they drop a few

ripe ones for me to collect

and some new little paintings 

experimenting 

with shellac based inks

here in plain water

here in black tea

this is found rusty shapes

in black tea

all have been sealed with wax

and are 

10 x 10cm

This is a detail

of my entry to

the Cardwell Art Prize

and on an entirely different subject

this is my thumb

it is now on the mend

This is what happens when you are allergic to band aids

and are forced to use one

For days it was really swollen

and so painful

But now it just looks ugly.

x te

Another Trip to Cairns

Cane Sugar in flower

We are sorting out issues with our new to us car

which entails trips up to Cairns

It is a 2 1/2 hour drive not helped

by lots of road works

and this time

pouring rain

But we did find the pool on the Esplanade

tihs time

Right there in town on the waterfront

a free pool

Here you can see one of the life guards

there are no fences and no charge

to get in

what an awesome idea

Course part of the reason is you can't swim in the ocean

this day the tide was out

and you could see the muddy brown bottom

Lunch time saw us at Barnacle Bill's

Though my dining companion

was a little preoccupied 

Even older folk do it

This is a sample of the weather

we have been getting

Grey wet and windy

But not cold

It takes some getting used to.

Car issues still not resolved

waiting on parts

so there will be another trip

North

x te

Echidna Blue

SOLD

New in my Etsy Shop

this one has a feather in a pocket

leaf prints

drawing

wool patches

a shell heart under mica

plus an Echidna Quill Closure

with Indigo Blue 

Cretan stitch 

and this is coming up locally

and as I have entered 

I best get on with making something

So above is a beginning

Silk Noil glued onto board

and coated in starch paste

Very wet and windy here

But still very warm

most strange

x te