Wednesday 31 October 2012

Still beautiful!


I have a large bright yellow yarrow plant.  I like to pick some flower heads and dry them by hanging in bunches upside down in a cool dry spot, to use later for flower arrangements, like my Mum in England does. Well, that's the theory anyway!  For one, I always forget, and anyway there is no cool dry space in summer in a rainforest area of Australia!  Hot and wet more like!
  
So again this year it didn't happen, but I have just been cutting the dried seed heads, to make way for new season's dazzling heads of intense gold.
They were too pretty and delicate for me to toss away, so I thought I would share some photos I took this morning on my old verandah table. 











They may not have their glowing gold of summer,but they are still beautiful.

And yes, I certainly like to think that we can be the same way! 
 Who wants to hang upside down from the rafters to preserve our youth? 
 Let's age gracefully where we are!!

Then again, I could well feel quite differently tomorrow......
........you just never can tell!!
How about you?

Here for your info is a link to a beautiful Golden Yarrow from Wildseed Farms

Monday 22 October 2012

I can see both sides!



Hello there one and all!  
Today I am showcasing a reversible potato necklace.
 My daughter liked it so much that I decided to give it to her.
She wears it a lot and it looks really good on her!
 Following on you'll see just some of the things around me
 which have inspired the colours of both sides of this adjustable,
 bold and lightweight neck-piece.


Bright Side
featuring this on 
Mandarin Orange Monday today

More Muted Side


Rose


Crimson Rosella


I think he's watching us out of
the corner of his eye!



Superb Fairy Wren


Evening clouds reflected


Thank you for taking a peek into the things I do and what inspires them.
  I imagine you have similar stories to tell. 
Is there something recently that has influenced your creative pursuits?
 A beautiful sky perhaps, or the colour of the sea? 
 Would love to hear about it!



Saturday 6 October 2012

Returning Home The Long Way Round


So it's time to take the second part of my trip around the loop road which links me back to home. See the first part of my journey here

Thought you would enjoy listening to John Williamson singing "Cootamundra Wattle" while you're reading. So if you'd like to, just Click here and leave it playing while you join me, and apologies for the ad at the beginning, I don't know how to get rid of it. If you find it distracting, just listen and read separately.  There are Wattles in this story, just not the Cootamundra type!


I left behind me the little tin church
and travelled through beef and dairy country


It's been very dry and you can see
a bush fire in the distance

My dear cousin Mar left a comment that this tree 
looked as though it was wanting a hug!



The dirt road leaves the gentler fields
and heads into steeper forest country.




A distant view towards Dorrigo

Towering gum trees


Some spectacular leaves

Fiddled around with this photo for Mandarin Orange Monday.
I like the results. Hope you do too!

A friendly pony is a reminder of the
homes and farms hidden in the bush







Dust on the dry dirt road

Heading to a lower altitude
 tree ferns are more in evidence




Gateway






This is a wattle in flower
(let's not get technical about names!)

I reach the creek in the valley
where the road crosses

The sun is getting low in the sky
 and leaves a golden glow on the ripples

I cross the bridge

And the wattle blossoms of a
Blackwood (pretty sure!) welcome me home

I have had fun taking you with me on my day out and look forward to another one really soon!  Where would you like to go?