inspirations from Canada

A chili pepper ...
one that is not common in Canada.
it's been roasted on the BBQ.
then peeled and seeded.
then stuffed & deep fried. Apparently it's a mexican dish.

below - the view from the garden this week.



here
is my travelling
knitting bag.
You never know when you might stop long
enough to knit a few stitches.

working together

this has been
the most productive season
i've ever had.
I am certain that our collaboration
has played a huge part in this.
I had a very quiet & low winter time ... then
everything seemed to come alive,
loudly and with vigour.

I am working with stones from rivers now.
something that feels so right. I'm still working
in fine silver, with pearls and gemstones, but now
with the river stones, unpolished, as the main subject.

I've always known that
ideas and plans often take their time
to stew & come to front.
I hope that this coming winter is not such a
desert for creation that i experienced in the past.

through art, ...

Robert Henri said, "Through art, mysterious bonds of
understanding and of knowledge are established. They are the
bonds of a great brotherhood. Those who are of the brotherhood
know each other, and time and space cannot separate them."

I can so relate to your poem (posted August 8th).
well written; well expressed.

it is such a physical betrayal to find the
view in the mirror is so unlike the one
you feel Should be looking back.

hhhhhmmmmmm

I met myself , one day in May.
Is that me? I said, in disarray.

When did I lose that girlish grin
and gain this older haggard skin.

How did I age and when was it,
that elfish laugh and fined tuned wit

left my soul but to persue
a grown up person without view.

Bitter, aged and cynical
Now is it that me? or with recall

can I become now and remain,
an elfish, laughing girl again?

the wisdom to know ...

Friendship with oneself is all-important,
because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Eleanor Roosevelt