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Anei anō he rā

7/4/2022

 
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Anei anō he rā
i heard this today 
& it's true
another day, another outlook, another chance

Shades of Place Part II

9/5/2021

 
These fabrics & muka pieces are from the Tawa* leaf dye-bath we made in March 2021.
​We used the same cotton fabrics as the other dyebaths of this seasons explorations.
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Beautiful, soft, gentle shades of honey-yellow which shifted to greens after being in the paru.
. . . . and then of course there was a piece of silk that went in, ha - couldn't resist !
& now that it's May & i {think} know it's time to stop.

I thought i would stop a couple of weeks ago but then we gathered more Hīnau leaves & paru to do one final thing . . .  and then i couldn't bear the thought of wasting the dyebath nor the paru & now its May 9th, it's cold, it's raining & my heart (& hands) are asking why ?! Why did you keep going ?!

I'll tell you about the 'final thing' in another post - right now I need a cuppa 

mā te wā
​xxx
*Tawa Beilschmedia tawa www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/beilschmiedia-tawa/ 

The Quiet & the Calm after 5 weeks at Alert Level 4

27/4/2020

 
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i love the quiet
i mean it's usually quiet here but this quiet is different 
it has a depth & calm which is new
it's unhurried 
of course there is still the sound of the farm activity around us
& that motorbike - that one that really probably shouldn't be on the road telling by the noise it makes
this quiet lets you bask unhurriedly in the sun just a little longer than you would normally 

i love our conversation with the birds on our morning walk to the letter box
i love that they seem to be greeting us & at the same time demanding something so we obligingly floof the trees to release any insects that might be available & we chatter back & forth, back & forth while they weave & dance & dart around us

i love our food 
i love seeing all that deliciousness stacked up in the refrigerator waiting for the next meal
i especially love that a lot of the produce is from our own garden
all those delicious autumn harvest vegetables that just scream wellbeing to me

& honestly
i feel no different 
i don't feel anything has changed
i don't know that anything will change
i hope it does
i hope 'we' don't go back to normal 
i hope 'we' don't go back to the usual
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    Hi, I'm Sally
    I'm a fibre artist who loves botanicals - especially NZ native plants
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