….thanks to Becky B. for hosting March Square on this 20th day of the month
With Easter just around the corner there are bunnies everywhere.
March Hare
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Category Archives: Photography
March Square – March 19, 2018
…thanks to Becky B for hosting March Square
I’m a day late with this one. Time just ran out yesterday with a long doctor’s appointment in the afternoon and a visit with our daughter that started with coffee and pastries at our local Italian bakery and then went into dinner at our place. After supper I drove my daughter to the subway station and then I continued on to a book club in the evening.
Roda’s Critter Connection – More Frogs
…thanks to Roda for hosting the Critter Connection
Let me introduce the Amazon milk frog. You have to look carefully because they really do blend into the background with their milky complexion.
Signs of Spring????
….even though it’s sunny and it’s milder today winter is not done with us
There are, however, clear signs that spring isn’t too far off.
Sunday Trees – 331
….thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees
March Square – Circles of Green at the Mall
….thanks to Becky B for hosting the March Square
Another reminder of the green of St. Patrick’s Day. Here’s my contribution of a circles within a square for March 18th.
A Special St. Paddy’s Day Treat
….not your usual treat when you think of St. Patrick’s Day
In the coffee shop that we stopped into today they had run out of their specialty doughnuts but they had one green St. Patrick’s Day croissant left. Not only was it somewhat green but it was also filled with raspberry jam and Bailey’s Irish liquor. Since there was only one left we had to pair it up with a French chocolate almond croissant. Both were very yummy but the green croissant was extra special.
Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Bikes of Any Kind
…thanks to Cee for hosting her Black and White Photo Challenge: Bikes of Any Kind
I went way back into the archives for this one and found a very old photo of my Dad on his motorbike taken back in the late 40s. I also found some photos from a bike show that we attended two years ago, a cycling trip with friends last summer and today I found a bike mounted on the wall in the coffee shop we stopped at.
365 Days of Art – Day 56
….getting papers ready for my Inspired by Lives and Letters class
Lendon Noe has encouraged us to make some art papers using inks, watercolour paper and tissue to use in future projects. I mixed up my walnut crystals to make walnut coloured ink and I experimented with purple and red ink.
The next step is to cut up these papers into squares and rectangles.
On the white tissue paper I used three different techniques. One was crumpling up the paper and dipping it into ink. Using red ink gives it the appearance of blood (not sure if that was a wise choice). The second technique involved folding the paper multiple times until it couldn’t be folded anymore and then dipping the edges into ink. The last method involved folding the paper like a fan and then running a water soluble ink pen down over the folds. All these techniques involved spraying the paper with some water. Not too much or the paper falls apart.
March Square – Happy St. Patrick’s Day
….thanks to Becky B on this glorious March 17th for hosting March Square
What could be more fitting today than a quilted square from the Quilt Belonging collection representing Ireland.
What could be more Irish than the Celtic cross cross stitched on Cashel linen. This piece was hand stitched by Loralyn Reilly Gazdik whose grandmother emigrated to Canada for economic and political reasons. For over two centuries the Irish have made huge contributions to the fabric of Canadian culture.
