Back to Green

I've said before that I don't have a favorite color, but green is a color that moves me so! Something transformational happens to me. I feel happy and hopeful and full of wonder. All the shades and hues, all the variegation and variety of greens fill me with contentment.

I took these photos Sunday while walking in the Oakland hills with Bill and Annie. What was most notable from our time in the woods was the sound of bees! Either we were near a hive, or hives, or it was just a great day to be out and about for all species. We collected some small stones from the brook plus some moss covered pieces of bark for our terrariums.

Oh yes. And we saw a beautiful fairy girl resting near the trunk of a tree. She reminded me of someone...

The sounds - Relax With the Sounds and Sights of Nature

This time last year on MakingPeace.

My Baby Loves Blue

I went through some of Annie's most recent PhotoBooth files tonight. She's up to 2427 self portraits now! A few caught my eye, and they had a blue theme so this little collage was just begging to be made. Her collection of self portraits are really amazing to me. She is daring, brazen, introspective and really funny.

The nine photos shown here are a few that she was willing for me to post. If she had her way I would show the crazy one's where she's stark naked or has her finger in her nose.

I've never had a favorite color, but Annie always has. From a very early age she declared that her favorite color is BLUE and she's never wavered. It's funny because her dear birthmother Patricia's favorite color is blue too!

This time last year on MakingPeace.

The song is Deep Blue by Brian Eno.

More Green

Annie and I spent the day sewing. I finished a set of cloth napkins and some darling baby items for baby William, Annie's upcoming nephew. I also made her this new nightie. Annie worked by my side and made some wonderful clothes for a doll.

The music - The Bay of Donnegal by Matthew Mascolo

Rainbow Post - The Feeling of Green

I made this little painting for Billy after Annie's third birthday. Bill wanted to take us to Ireland to celebrate Annie's turning three. He also wanted to take LaLa Pat. So we all went. It was magical. He carried Annie down lanes, onto stormy beaches, through muddy fields, into 14th century castles all the way from Dingle to Sligo. He and Pat hiked out to see views, ancient cemetaries, and primitive structures. We rented a stone house where he cooked us a lamb dinner with mint salsa that we still talk about. It was all so perfect! So this post is not about the color green, but the feeling of hope and gratitude and an eternal feeling of newness that Bill brings to my life.
Thank you Billy!

Orange

It seems that I always have a project going, and yet, I can't seem to find much of anything that I've hand-made around here for the Colors of the Rainbow project! My motivation for most of my making is to gift. I love to make things for people I love. Of course I've made plenty of clothing, toys, paintings and little precious things for Annie, but they all seem in the same theme. So when Annie snapped this shot of me this morning, I thought Orange! I'm orange.



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The music - Tangerine by Lennie Tristano