onion skin
…one day in the kitchen…
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by Marja-Leena by Marja-Leena time for play
Alternating between gardening and utter exhaustion these May days, I’ve not being doing anything in the art-making side of my life. Interrupted by showers in sunshine this afternoon, I had time to play! Wanting to try making a birthday card for a gardening friend, I picked these raindrop covered petals off my favourite rhododendron and tried some scans. I like this one and hope it will print well.
Update May 28, 2008: There’s actually a name for this process – scannography!
by Marja-Leena bruised
He brought me some branches of magnolia
bruised by the fall, the snow and the frost.
Sitting in a vase near a sunny window, opening
ephemeral beauty, like ancient silk.
by Marja-Leena signs
signs of bursting
delicate green buds on bushes
native flowering currants and skunk cabbage
early snowdrops and croci finishing
now hyacinths, daffodils, forsythia
spring has sprung
Addendum March 17th, 2008: I’ve been short on words so I think you may enjoy reading lichen, a beautiful post and photo by my daughter Erika. She lovingly describes last week’s walk together in our favourite park where we took our photos.
by Marja-Leena prickly
Busy with my art work this week but tired and jet-lagged, I must say that I dislike daylight saving time! Tell me again what we are saving.
by Marja-Leena earthworks #4
Still remembering McKenzie Beach, near Pacific Rim National Park, BC, February 3rd, 2008
Happy Birthday to my best friend and husband!
We are heading out for a celebratory lunch and a long walk along the seawall.
by Marja-Leena small things
exquisite tiny treasures on the beach
like fallen wings
captured by camera only
burnt into my memory