summer has arrived, feels like i'm on holiday already

yesterday was HOT, deliciously so, apparently it all became a bit too much for the camera; the red fruits come from the garden: red currants from a bush that was planted here over twenty years ago by the previous owner and wild strawberries, growing in huge quantities all over the place as there is a lot of shade in our garden

the beginning of a single-layered cloth

i love the lower light half, the pale colours and am not too happy with the darker patches, however I am going to leave them in it, perhaps if i sew a tight running stitch with white thread they too might 'lighten up'
and/or i might add darker bits of fabric for balance; i mistakenly thought this was going to be an easy cloth.....just adding piece by piece and not evaluating, ha

bought this fantastic book and almost immediately set about making a clay pot with river clay; i know it'll crack in the fire, but it was just too much fun to get cracking straight away

 

as for these two: in the flesh they are absolutely gorgeous; i laid one flat covered it with dead peonies, avocado peel, onion skins, laid the other one on top; rolled them together into a bundle, into the ole copper/brass dye pot with a mixture of ?-dye-leftover.....a couple of very hot days later and you get this: mirror image singlets

once they're dry i will attempt another picture of me wearing them and hopefully you'll see the true colours

the depth of colour and detail is amazing, alas I cannot manage to capture this on camera

leek imitating a snake and yes the shell has hair (honestly i found it thus) owl wants bigger feet and cactus gazes at the wonders of our world