7/25/2011

Summer rain...

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...not a particularly extraordinary thing, but unusual for around here.
It hasn't rained in summer since I moved to these islands, far as I can remember.
And it  never  rained in summer where I came from (hot, inland area of northern California)...

so

although everyone has been complaining,

I am secretly delighted.


I have a story cloth project on the horizon,
one that needs parameters,
a set direction for stitching and beading,


so I had the idea today to use my phone camera as a sketching tool,
as a thought gatherer, of sorts.


I'd recently loaded a new app to play with called 'Grungetastic' and thought
why not use it to work through a few ideas...


...I'm probably more comfortable with a camera in my hand than a drawing
tool these days anyway...


so I caught some rain laden purple foliage


and some purple blooms so dark they are almost black...


...and dawg, overseer of all goings-on,
who isn't much concerned with petals and such, only concerned about where I happen to be.
A beautiful thing is that.


I see these "grunge" veils as veils of silk ~ can you see it?



There was this beauty too...who will bloom shortly and then be gone.
An ephemeral.



14 comments:

  1. Always such a delight to wander round your garden with you, C. It rains nearly every day in summer here. I wonder if any part of the world lives in balance.

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  2. And what an amazing gatherer of blooms and textures you are! Lots of inspiration and a pleasure to scroll through.

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  3. Thank you for a glimpse of your garden. Don't I love it. Dawg is beautiful too. I once had a tricolor collie...Shahara..

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  4. you have captured essence in these photos. thank you for sharing them.

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  5. Grunge veils of silk are sooooooooooooo compelling. Think you're onto something wonderful with this concept.

    Your garden a awesome beyond belief... I want to come be in it one day soon. Can I bring my beading and sit in your garden to bead?

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  6. gosh christi, after eight years of dry here I find i just love the rain. we had rain here all last summer too and I was amazed at how it brought all the colours to their best, the softness, the deepness, the beauty that is often missed in the harshness of sunlight. I loved this post and your incredible photos.

    xt

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  7. Thanks for taking us on a walk through your lovely garden. I can see a stitchery in each and every one of these pictures.

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  8. What a beautiful summer garden of flowers you have-- so many different textures!

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  9. K ~ ...always a delight to have you visit over here :>] I am not certain humankind is meant to live in balance, but possibly to find our own (inner) balance in a topsy-turvy world?

    Penny B ~ many thanks. I think it would be safe to say that I am a *flower floozie* to the core.

    Deanna, that is such a perfect word - "essence" - for what I was trying to do with my phone sketches. Rather than be too literal, I was definitely aiming for a feeling.. Thanks for that!

    Robin, of course, pack up your beads & get over here!

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  10. These photos are SO gorgeous. My favorite is #5 but I love all of them. Can't wait to see what you do with the changes in fall.

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  11. I especially love the picture of the mullien (probably didn't spell that right?). I've enjoyed our rainy days too...means I don't have to water the garden. :)

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  12. Your garden is unbelievable.

    I think it is gorgeous. I don't usually comment on garden photos in what are usually textile blog, but your garden is a tapestry.

    Thank you for the delight.

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  13. these photographs are just stellar!
    the colors and texture against and
    upon texture...i wish i had them on the wall...just breathtaking

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  14. Spring is just beginning to spring here, cant wait to see all the flowers.

    xt

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