Little folded books.......

 Little folded books made from hand painted papers........

Experiments.......

Since May I have been hobbling about my gammy knee and it has knocked me out of kilter!

So...just getting back on some kind of track means,well for me,experimenting....no real direction at the moment in the studio.

Last week I was printmaking..tight and precise, though messy. 

This week...painting, oils yesterday, oil pastels the day before and today...acrylics.

I have no idea where this is all leading, but am happy to be pottering and having the sun streaming in through the window of my studio.

Here are the results......

I made this little grid with an app called Diptic...must be the easiest app in the world to use.

I hope that you can enjoy the sun when it makes an appearance....

saying goodbye.......its week 52!

Saying goodbye to my 'Be Still 52' friends......we may not be meeting on the photography dance floor but hope that we stay in touch over the ether.....

I will miss my weekly prompt from Kim....sometimes Ive loved it and sometimes its been a slog, but Ive learned a lot about composition and enjoyed using my camera more.

These strawberries in a wee crate were on sale this morning at the fruit shop and I couldn't resist them.....so had to use them in the shot.

Off to make strawberry smoothies, Eaton Mess, strawberry shortcake......:-)

Bloom and grow......

On another note, I was in the garden yesterday in the long lost summer sun!

Here are the results.......Im not a big watercolourist, but loved the freedom of painting these pieces.....off to make more...while the sun shines.

Thinking greetings cards......

movement penultimate shot.....

Penultimate shot of  Kim Klassen workshop 'Be Still 52'.

Movement....tumbling feathers......

Messy.......

Week 50 of 'Be Still 52'......

Prompt is 'messy' .......it feels counter intuitive to make a mess to make a photograph ....... !

Took a couple of shots of some embroidery that I'm finishing and added a couple of pre sets from my i pad.

stillness........

Practicing stillness........

tea and coins.....

Today's prompt...coffee and coins...

I have been working on some pieces today...colour and collage.

Made blackcurrant tea and found these coins that I picked up on our trip to Cape Cod last year at a flea market. Apparently they are coins that were used on buses  years ago.

Luckily I didn't spill the tea---though no one would have noticed on these pieces!