Everything seems in full swing now…. I am making progress on projects I missed all fall and winter, and at last (!!) I’ve connected with the interest groups in my new area: weavers, knitters, dyers, and lace makers! It’s all very exciting and inspiring to me.
Earlier this week I met my oldest friend at the Lyme Art Association while she was dropping of her sculpture “Daughter” that will be on display as part of the upcoming exhibit by the Hudson Valley Art Association. Right nearby was a bronze bust of Robert Frost done by Jose Bascaglia. Exciting works! My friend also has a piece in the National Sculpture Society’s exhibit that is traveling this summer (Lea Ann’s piece is “Virga,” the first image on the page).
It was a soft green drizzly day , and LeaAnn and I decided to walk through the grounds of the Florence Griswold Museum where the gardens were in soft focus.
On my daily walks I pass a certain fence that is about 100 feet long and bedecked in this lovely candy striped rose.
Later in the summer this same fence will serve as support for about a million sunflowers. The sunflower seedlings are already up! And to add to the ambience there is a huge lawn just beyond this fence border that is home to a beautiful yellow barn and two Weimaraners who are often out frolicking on the lawn. There is always something beautiful to see at this spot along my walk!
And in my own garden this summer I have a passion flower vine growing in a pot. The first flower opened this morning!
Surrounded by so many flowers, it’s no wonder I’m thinking about them for my next tapestry. I am halfway through the final pear in my ‘Trail of Pears,’ so I’ve been designing the next tapestry. I’m intrigued by a still life based on a woodcut of nasturtiums in a bowl.
I am enjoying taking this pot of nasturtiums and putting it into an environment….perhaps with a window behind and some curtains, the edge of a table…. we’ll see.
