Nature Journals and Blues

 Hi everyone, posts are out of sync because I had a not-great IV session Monday, plus other stuff going on behind the pages here. I took some time recently to catch up on my perpetual Nature Journal [set of 2]---and finally came to the necessary conclusion that the tiny much loved books are FULL.  Done, complete. These books are only about the size of your hand. 4" x 5" maybe

As always I love words and quotes and these and other  thoughts were pasted in. 

Who knows if they will ever be found and mulled upon.

Space was so meagre I had been pasting in small scribble jottings because there was no space to do a real painting.

A few pressed petals and  sketches  crept in, done on a separate small watercolor pad and tucked in.The red poppies that appeared in the wildlife tub charmed me.

As did the annual giant dragonfly migration last week.

New technique seen on IG. No sketch.

A pressed weed or two. Papyrus vetch?

Some pretty notecards for ideas:

Fun and casual, sadly I am not a fine botanical artist just a lonely woman who produced anything but personal blips and blobs. Never will be good. The point was to see and record, to try.

So--the end. I do have a new, larger,  book to use, to begin again. I found nature's finds very sparse here. If I restart this exercise I'll also paint homely items, like, oh, a can of soup or a zucchini. A knitted hat with a pompom.? Right now I am ambivalent--I was dedicated to the accomplishment of the journal goal, but doing something poorly for three years took its toll. Tomorrow is another day

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Books: while tidying the bookshelf that has really almost no books, I was attracted to this older Minick & Simpson Blue & White.

Such inspiring ideas, both for home decor and quilts.

love this shirting Star!

oooh, acorns.

I have this pattern, can't get enthusiastic about hundreds of pinwheels though. Or sunglasses.

Would love to do this border.

Remember Bitty!? Given away as a newborn gift quilt, never to be seen again. My thinking was a quilt entirely hand appli and hand quilted. I loved making it.

I got a kick out of this small interview w author Laurie S. She said the strict blue and white decor was from her sister, co-author Polly Minick's home design style--for herself, she actually loves orange. How wonderful, a woman after my own heart.

Saving a few weeds and seeds, wondering if, like Polly M,  I will leave the blues , or decorate or Fall. 

I ordered a bag of real gourds, white, dry and prim for the big bowl. And is a new rug a thing for my future. Baby Mo left his mark on the lovely blue rug I have, as he was old 

and so ill at the end of his life. Maybe dunes colors?

In quilting, a quandary. This?

or that?

This is approximately my blog's birthday! 17 years. It has been a constant joy to write. If Blogger glitches us out of blogging now I will miss it. Thank you all for being here. Say Hi, so I know you stopped by? [IG image]

Have a great mid-September!

love

lizzy

gone to the beach......