I'm fascinated with this chess piece kind of shape. I used to play with my dad's chess set endlessly which he frequently mistook for an interest in the actual game. I just liked the pieces just for themselves. The wood is some pine dowel I found on the street. Not the best material, but good for some practice anyway.
I just can not help myself, more exquisite material right from my back yard. The paper ribbon is from something called fruit by the foot whatever that may be, found it dog walking anyway. I think I might try pressing this just to see if I can't give it a second act.
More spring flowers. I just love them so much this season, I can't let them go, so after they're no longer up to being arranged I've been drying them and saving their petals at least. They still smell so wonderful. There's a large cherry tree in bloom in my neighborhood almost completely covered in wisteria, we're talking a two or three story wall of flowers, just gorgeous and you can smell it from way down the street.
Spent a lovely afternoon visiting my friend Karen in Old Fort. She has the curious ability of being able to spot four leaf clovers from entire meadows full of them. Once I mentioned making a necklace with them, she had a handful gathered for me in no time at all. Now that's lucky.
Found on the morning walk, it's spring! It's a really rusty little spring... I always wonder where these random parts come from and how their former host is doing without them. My father once told me a story about his dad totally taking apart a pocket watch to see if he could successfully reassemble it. He did, showed my dad how he even got it working again and all, then my dad noticed a few parts lingering on the side and asked if they didn't belong to the watch he just put together... "Well, yes they do, but clearly you don't need them...."
I think this might be one of those CO2 cartridges you use to make seltzer water, I think I remember one of those spray bottles to do that with kicking around the house when I was a kid. One of those odd standard issue items for the kitchen in the 70's
Nature is and always will be the best designer. I wanted to do something with these beautiful flowers that are coming up all over. My sister very kindly donated some of her volunteer wisteria for this one. I couldn't work it too much as the petals were dropping off in showers. I know it won't last, but neither does spring.
I don't know where all these mystery black rubber items are coming from, or what the universe is trying to tell me with them. This one had a hole running through it already, so it's this perfect little square bead. I found yet another black rubbery on my way home today, so you'll probably see that tomorrow....
