Flowers in the Garden

 The weather forecasters keep saying its going to get cold again but we have had another lovely bright sunny day here.

These are photos of new bulbs planted last autumn in my new narrow beds following the line of the patio and path.

Miniature tulips which close up when they lose the sun, I wasn't aware that tulips do that.

Kingcups

Kingcups with ladybirds

Below are kingcups which are actually in the pond but they are so profuse you cant see the water.

Ladybirds are in great abundance this year enjoying the early sun

Progress birch trees

Although I haven't mentioned my birch tree tapestry in the last week I have actually been making progress. This is the last and main tree near completion. Its hard going to sit inside when its sunny out and the garden beckons.

I can't believe this amazing weather is still going on, summer temperatures at the end of March. From the news it sounds as if most of England now has potential drought conditions due to lack of rain.

The other night we had a picture book sky, loads of stars visible and a sliver of moon with a star, which I think was probably Venus so a planet really, right on the moons tail, very beautiful.

Elemental Rainbow

 As I thought the images I took at the NEC Birmingham of our exhibit have not come out very well. Anyway here are a couple of the better ones.
Some of the long strips

These are some the five inch squares, they looked good and drew people on to the stand.

Have just got back from Taunton after collecting my piece from Mapping the Future, a very successful exhibition for our group which is unfortunately coming to an end now though I am sure the embers will progress in different directions and new groups will evolve.

Had a busy but exhausting day at the NEC, our stand was much admired and we had a lot of visitors. There was some amazing and beautiful work by different makers at the NEC, some individuals, some groups and colleges many different ideas. Also lots of stands to buy beautiful yarns and other products to experiment with, this was my downfall though I did try not to spent too much.

I have taken a few photos of the stand on my small camera so not sure how they will come out. Will upload them tomorrow if they are any good.

The weather has been far too beautiful to work inside so my garden is well weeded and my weaving is growing cobwebs, must force myself back into the studio.

Birch trees

Progress

Have got about as far up the loom as I can possibly weave, three of the five trees are now finished, one more back ground tree to complete and then on to the main one. Would have liked the trees to have been taller but not possible on the size loom I have. Then again I shall be quite pleased to get this piece finished, there will still be a lot of work to do once it is off loom.

Guild Exhibition

Lichen

Another one of my sitting in front of the telly pieces.
Circular weaving stitched on to an African strip cloth
background.

It has been a beautiful day which was mostly spent gardening. I have pruned my climbing roses, ouch! and dug up my rosemary bush which I am quite sad about but it had grown out of control. Plants that like my soil, very sandy, grow like mad, plants that don't just die.

When I moved in about five years ago I planted two birch saplings that had grown from seed in my previous garden, they are now at least thirty feet high and the inspiration for my present piece of weaving.