The color around here is so staunch and burly lately…one of the blessings of winter is when robust chroma presses up against white.
I have so many things to tell you, so many things to say, but the words come on as ghosts, fragments, intangible wisps. I am patient.
Look, my geranium is blooming!
-beautiful colors-
is that water kefir?
i want to know more about that.
It isn’t! It’s simply a squeezed and squashed lemon in water.
i love every bit of this post: tater’s loving gaze as you bead, the lemon seeds lined up in your jar of water [that’s how i drink my water, also] and all the colour….and this being sunday, the little bit of sacredness hanging on your wall.
i remember reading, a long time ago upon moving to alaska, the need for colour in the winter world of whiteness. i still cling to this.
xxxx
That baby spud…he’s such a little undercover lover. I’ve been on lemon overload around here. It really makes my cells sing. I don’t usually set out to eat the seeds too, but if they get in my mouth when I’m sipping, I go ahead and crunch them like a wild zebra.
My little piece of sacredness was actually my Christmas present from Robbie — it’s such a beautiful piece of art by one of the most talented artists I know — a Polish fellow from up in the Panhandle of Idaho who is a master of wood, metal, stone…and pizza. 🙂 It’s made of cast bronze, olive wood and agate in classic Byzantine style. And as you know, that rosary is antique mother of pearl, from France…a sacred little piece as well.
The white of winter is why I wear a long, red wool coat. 🙂 I like to look like a majestic rose hip out there on the mountain, just waiting to be committed to a bird belly and flown high over the land.
Beautiful colors!!! Love them – they lift the mood.
Beading looks relaxing, though I’m not sure my 40 year old eyes would be up to it. I just took up cross stitching and had to buy a dorky lighted magnifier to wear around my neck!
I only ever do it in my spare, free moments, because it is relaxing…and it’s sort of like knitting, something you can do while you’re doing a larger something else like hanging out, watching a movie or chattering with friends…
And for the record, I think those magnifiers are downright cute!
AND…40 is young.
Thank you, hon. I’m having a bit of a hard time with it. Just hit 40 a couple weeks ago – yikes!!
eggs in a basket! Well, atleast that is what I call that oh so tasty breakfast treat!
That’s what I call it too! Robbie calls it something like “a hobo on a train”…..??? The first time I heard him call it such, I shot a pineapple spinach smoothie out my nose I laughed so hard. That Robert…he’s such an everlasting curiosity.
I’ve heard people call it Toad in a Hole. Hobo on a train is a good one too.
My hubby calls it/them/that ‘frogs on toast’..not sure why the “frog”??
AHHH! SUCH A SEA OF COLOR!
words will come as they please…
XO
You are always full of grace. XX
Oh, those eyes! Love the colour hey. Glad you’re making fun little bright splashes 🙂
Hey Elly!
I hope you are well!
Love the shot of the hanks of seedbeads!
I love that one too. It’s like the colors penetrate the very spirit…
Love it all! My geraniums and orchid are blooming too! XX
But my golly!!! Is there anything like a winter bloom???
I am patient too. (But, hurry up)
I long for your wisp of words.
And I love your bangs.
HA HA!
I try not to let myself be TOO patient…because I think I sometimes mistake patience with LAZINESS when it comes to work.
I’m trying to set aside some time today to write and write and write…life has been so full here lately, and for a short while, I was turned very…*inward*.
As for those bangs, I was about to have them pruned!
Beading therapy zone out time is one of my favorites! A plie of brightly shining tiny beads always brings a smile and these are SO RAD! Love all the color combos 🙂
The INFINITE color combos!!! Seed beads are little miracles. Thanks for being here Sierra! XX
Such bright, bold, and vibrant colors. It brings a little cheer to winter days like these.
Was it grey where you are today? Grey here, on and off, snow flurries, sunshine….it was quite the day.
My heart just skipped a beat…EVERY bit of this is pure magic…Your beauty is my gift, this day & I thank you!
PS…you can’t hide those strands of NUGGETS from me, sweet pea!
Xo
HA HA! Hey Nancy! Color is so gladdening…
It’s 20 below tonight. I feel it on my skin, a stiffness in my fingers, but inside my heart is warmed…These photos!
I’ve been so addicted to beading these last few weeks…Searching for the never before seen combo…A warm matte grey seed seems to fit everywhere…
Warmest x’es & o’s Plume.
Brrrr…we had weather like that for three weeks here. It was so hard to be in the studio working. I was constantly shivering…taking baths in the middle of the day to warm up…
Stay warm tonight, dear woman. And thanks for mentioning warm matte grey beads…I’ll need to get a hank of those.
XX
…oh my… I needed those colors today. I just keep going back to look. Seed bead heaven. x0
Hey Jills!
Gosh! I’d have never guessed that EVERYONE was in need of a good color shot! Glad I posted these images. Thanks for being here, little beauty!
X
Ah, today was a dreary soul day, although sunny outside. These photos made me stop and see the color. Thank you for that. I needed a shot of hope in the middle of worry.
Oh sister,
it’s so hard not to worry sometimes…I hope tomorrow is better.
That brown puppy sure is magical.
I know.
He has constellations in his heart.
We had a blue morning here…. not the blue of summer, but the blue promise of spring. The sunrise turned the hills and the clouds and, it seemed, even the air the lightest of blues.
A distinct change from the grey of winter mornings.
Oh how a bit of color can rouse a new feeling in a person who has been swaying to the rythm of winter’s white drum.
YOU BEAUTIFUL POET!!!
“…winter’s white drum.”
That’s really quite lovely.
Thanks for being here.
X
Thanks for this post – those colors were a gift on a cold, bleak morning!
Be bleak no more!
I hope you have a beautiful day. X
For a moment I thought your lemon seeds were stones you were stringing and couldn’t for the life of me figure out WHY they were in liquid. THEN I looked again and my blonde moment went away and I realized what it was!! Silly me…. love love love the colours… need them on these frosty northern Canadian days lately!
Bead on lovely lady….