Anei anō he rā
i heard this today
& it's true
another day, another outlook, another chance
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. 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/
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 |
Hi, I'm Sally
I'm a fibre artist who loves botanicals - especially NZ native plants Categories
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