Crafty

Im having a craft attack,it must be the cold weather.I just finished cutting out this dress,ive used a beautiful rayon fabric,but I fear it will be a bugger to sew.Its to wear to a wedding in August.I also want to make Morgan a silver cowboy shirt,but both material and pattern are proving hard to get.These girls are an inspiration.

Im in the mood to scan.

Ive been organising my pinboards ,from the layers built up over 6 years here are some favorite images.

Guerrilla Gardening.

Im planning a raid outside the local library.

Bye Dad

Get inside the flower

 

Here are a few snapshots of the flowers in my garden. So far, Digler hasn't found any of them to be too tastey. It's been pretty hot this year so I went for sun varieties that shouldn't get burned.



 

Todays project-lost love

I bought this photo at a tip shop in Hobart and when I opened the frame to clean it there was the envelope.As I do a lot of family research I set out to find Miss Jean Chalmers ,and perhaps the identity of the young man.I ended up contacting Jeans great nephew who told me that Jean lived into her 80s and never married.We assume the young man died in the first world war.

Cephalopods

I was walking across the wharves in Hobart one summers evening,when just ahead a fisherman pulled up a large bright red squid. It expelled it's ink on the wooden slats of the walkway and as we watched, it slowly changed colour . Glowing bronze with brown pulsating rings then a more transparent gold,icy light blue green and then it was clear.It really made an impression on me and I did some research about cephalopods,apparently they change skin colour to camouflage and to communicate .

The fantastic Pontani sisters

World cup

Treat would love to go and peel the ball.

Toy gun.

Training the Koolie has proved tricky.

Dogs and How to know them.

Oh god Ive opened a nursery

Things to do this week.
run busy gardening buisness,
Bake bread 2 days,
Make 20 litres of Quince jam,
Make large planters,
Deliver herbs,
etc-etc-etc.
Don't panic.
This is the old stable at the back of the Conservatory Cafe in sunny Cygnet.Now it is the Conservatory Nursery,specialising in endemic Tasmanian plants and not very endemic Bali garden sculpture.
Here are some of my favorite plants.

Pandani

These are just stunning.

Huon pine

These little Huon pines could live for thousands of years.

Leatherwood

"purty dogs"

this may not be the way 

Purty dogs

I'm trying out the posting a picture thing so sorry if this shows up in the wrong place. This is a picture of my girlfriend who lives in Phoenix. The dog on the left is Kirby and the dog on the right is Sadie. 

Our pipes froze

this morning.

Shack garden

My dear friend Annie is building a shack on Bruny Island


And Im doing the garden for her-I came across these beautifull photos of Derek Jarmans garden in Kent,while looking for ideas.

Unleash your inner soccer hooligan

Hell we love this.

How much money did I make in Melbourne?

This much.

Gone daddy gone garden.

Here's another part. It was pretty much nothing when I moved in. Sue did most of the inspiring. And encouraging. And the work.

Gone garden.

This is part of the garden I'm giving up in a couple of weeks. I think, it took so long to upload I forget. It might be some chickens.

Frosty chickens

Sorry about the one photo at a time,but the weather does affect our internet connection(don't ask me why).Introducing Dolly(top),Lucinda(going for a tasty morsel ,Jethro Barstool(with the magnificent crest) and Loretta.

Frost

My Art.

Impossible to avoid a bit of glare using the flash.I make my own paint using local ochers and oxides mixed with beeswax and varnish.Im inspired by the landscape-the surface of the ground-shapes of shells-animal skulls -rocks-things I see from above when Im walking.But Im a lazy painter with no ambition and a passion for my garden.

Jacqui Stockdale

Ok ,time to test a link on this-The painting below is by the stunning ,twisted and talented Jacqui Stockdale.Here is some more of her work
www.despard-gallery.com.au/.../11.html

More

Come in,have a look around.

Stunning photos Constance,so lush ,so weird.Ive been photographing things around the house-on this cold dark night.

Hazaaaaaaar a cabbage.

A good way to start,with a beautifull cabbage.
I want to start this blog so a group of friends can discuss gardening and music and whatever may take their fancy.