Often, when the nice weather comes round again and the days are longer and warmer, we have an idea in our heads of what our summer days will be like. Not rushing, not feeling stressed, not sweating buckets as we dash from one thing to the next, but sitting in the garden with a glass of lavender lemonade, listening to birds singing and children playing. Unfortunately, reality is often not like this at all! In a society that does not acknowledge ... Read the Post...
Paintings From the Lupins Colour Scheme
Last week I shared a tiny weaving I made using embroidery thread, with a piece of cardboard as a loom. I used colours from a colour scheme I made from a photo of some lupins. The colours are so beautiful, I still feel like I haven't exhausted them! Wanting to play about with them a little bit more earlier in the week, I located my watercolours and had a fun hour or so of no pressure, low expectations painting. Neat paintings of actual ... Read the Post...
Tiny Weaving from a Photo of Lupins
About a month ago, I was sitting outside the library in Dersingham eating my lunch and admiring some lupins that had been planted nearby. I'm not much of a gardener myself, but I like gardens, and somebody had made the little bit between the library and the car park into a garden. As I liked the lupins, and in particular the colours of the flowers, I whipped out my phone and took a photo. Later on, looking through my photos, I decided ... Read the Post...
Thoughts on Living Life in Harmony With Seasons and Cycles
A little while ago, I was listening to a podcast, and in it, somebody said that human beings are designed to live according to the seasons, but modern life makes it impossible. I've talked before about humans and cycles, particularly in relation to the feeling that many of us have less energy in winter. It's true that modern life makes living in a way that acknowledges our fluctuating energy levels very difficult. Industrialisation and ... Read the Post...
