A T S W I M - T W O - B I R D S

nice :^)

2012-02-26T09:20:00.007-08:00

I have a friend who has a special sense that comes into action
as soon as she enters a thrift store or flea market, or maybe it
is all the time in operation, I don't know :)
Anyway, she always finds the best stuff...
and occasionally I get some of her little treasures;
like these indigo fabrics, actually they're small head pillows;
we don't know were they come from, only that they are quite old.
I had a look in the Traditional Stripes & Lattices, and I would love
if they were of Japanese origin :)
I've found at least similar fabrics in the book, the shadow weave pattern
below is called 'split bamboo mat'.
The pattern looks complicated, but actually this is very simple plain weave;
I've added some extra large pictures on my flickr pages.
And for the weavers, this is an interesting site, and this one too.
Picture 3-4-8 come from the book.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

Cocooning, 3

2012-02-23T13:39:00.008-08:00

I've got a sunshine award from the wonderful Patrice A.!

When receiving the award you are asked to aswer some sunshine
questions and then pass the award to five people who deserve
some ray of sunshine too.

Today it was gloomy and rainy; maybe time for a little cosiness??
The sunny picture dates from last September.
Ok, here we go:

favorite color: indigo
favorite animal: dogs
favorite non-alcoholic drink: chai tea, sencha
facebook or twitter: neither
getting or giving presents: both
favorite flower: wild flowers and dahlias
favorite pattern: I love all kinds of patterns but most Japanese motifs
passion: crafting, joking, walking and much more :^)
favorite number: 1000

now, here come the 5 ladies!

journal de jours
la casita
bamarik
mayken
coco

Thank you Patrice :^)

Last weekend.

2012-02-21T13:04:00.011-08:00

Some pictures from last weekend and also a few from
a while ago; I was making new mobiles for the last couple
of weeks and now I feel comfortable to have a little stash again :^)
The mobile on the first picture is made in the same colors
as this little scratch; purple, yellow, peach and turquoise, but for the moment
he's serving as a hibernation spot for a sleeping ladybird,
look here if you don't believe me!

What about myself, I had Linzertorte for desert on Saturday night,
the next morning as breakfast and lunch and etc...
and on Monday morning, before I went to work, I have taken
to me the final piece, amen :^)

What about the weather, the days are still quite fresh, but
spring is coming, I feel it! I will show you some very brave
but long awaited roots in another post :^)
The Pilea is doing very well also.

Good Night & Sweet Dreams!

Still life.

2012-02-18T08:39:00.005-08:00

:^)

Nice suit.

2012-02-14T12:28:00.005-08:00

The frost is gone now, but I could not resist to post
this cozy bear suit, found at a pale novel;
must be super bliss having a snowball fight in this costume :^)

The plants are back on the terrace since yesterday morning,
only need to move this huge Fatsia; the plant is actually resistant
to frost but I feared for the :(heavy) terracotta pot.
I wish I had a magic wand, sigh

Goodnight & sweet dreams!

Mobiles.

2012-02-11T12:56:00.000-08:00

Thomas Schutte

Like a butterfly in your house.

2012-02-09T09:04:00.000-08:00

A butterfly was in the mailbox yesterday morning :^)
Have a peep inside the book here .
Barbara's new posters.
Les zigouis.

Mobiles again.

2012-02-07T11:40:00.000-08:00

I started on a new series of mobiles and got my first mobile
put together last weekend; some of the colors are a bit misleading
in the picture, like the black one on the third row, which is actually
a very dark purple.
But it was such a pleasure to work with this gorgeous diffuse reflecting
light from the snowy rooftops, more snow please!

Looking through the hubble.

2012-02-04T13:02:00.001-08:00

A galaxy is emerging right under my nose!

picture 1-2-3-4 Thomas Schutte drawings
bottom pic: Birth of a moon on a pink cloud :^)

aim for the moon
even if you'll miss
you'll land among the stars

My cluttered house.

2012-02-02T10:12:00.001-08:00

I'm very flattered by the beautiful post of my home at 16 house,
but mostly my workspace is pretty messy, so I'm very well trained
to manoeuvre carefully between the stuff that is scattered over the floor;
currently there are balls everywhere :)
But,
with a bit of sunlight, almost every piece of junk is transformed
into something special, so therefore I love sunny days so much!

I wish everybody Sweet Dreams or plenty of Sunshine!

My plants.

2012-02-01T09:21:00.000-08:00

My livingroom has turned into a greenhouse last night;
because of the coming night frost, I had to rescue all the
plants of the terrace, except the grasses;
so what you're seeing here is only a tiny part of the jungle
that I have brought in yesterday evening!
It gives me a bit of a 'Jane feeling'
Only my runny nose does not fit into the picture :^).
But the light was gorgeous today!!

A vintage shop for 4 days.

2012-01-31T14:11:00.000-08:00

Thursday next, there will be a 4-day pop-up at atelier solarshop;
My pillows will be for sale and also the little furs.
And potholders of course!

Thank you all for the sweet words on my previous post :^)

A mixed lot, 12

2012-01-29T12:03:00.000-08:00

1 Wrapped the black&brown smyrna pillow, tomorrow it will
be sent to the UK.
2 Lovely pattern by Aaron Siskind, found via a pale novel
3 A walk in November
4 Still life in my room
5 Wet leaves on new years eve.

Good Night and Sweet Dreams!

My week.

2012-01-27T09:14:00.000-08:00

I've been through a weird and busy week, filled with dull jobs
and unpleasant things that needed to be done urgently
so,
this is my top 3 against little nervous breakdowns when your
free time is rather limited:

1 watch a good movie
2 take care of your plants and make sure there are always
fresh flowers in your house
3 make small walks in your neighborhood and take your
camera with you.

Painting balls also helps; those on the photo had a three layer
glossy varnish.
The rider in bearskin comes from 'True Gritt'.

Have a nice weekend all!

Gift from a friend.

2012-01-21T09:50:00.001-08:00

A nice set of embroidered fabric samples :^)

Happy weekend!

A mixed lot, part 11

2012-01-18T11:33:00.000-08:00

1 Cuberdons on New Year's Eve chez Luc&Zjé;
( cuberdon or neuzeke, which means 'little nose'
is a typical Belgian sweet)
2 My very first woven piece on my own loom
3 Brushes
4 September bouquet
5 = 2

I got a special post on Designskool,
thank you so much Justine!
and thanks all for the nice words on my previous post :^)

Black&white, or almost.

2012-01-16T11:53:00.001-08:00

When looking back at my flickr pages, I'm a little embarrassed
about the poor quality of my pictures, especially those of my
sampler are really no class, brrr.
So, if the weather is ok, I mean, when there's enought light,
I will try to make some better ones, soon!
The pictures here are from a small piece of sampler; I was trying out
some leaves and flowers in different stitches; the black shapes are
a combination of crochet and embroidery, it was fun to do!
The cute cat is Amy, Luc & Zjé's pet, love the black pads
under her right leg :^)

Have a nice evening & sweet dreams!

Looking after Stella, 3

2012-01-14T13:16:00.000-08:00

1 & 2

Play.

2012-01-13T08:31:00.000-08:00

Finally some sun today!
It gives me energy :^)

I was painting balls for a new set of mobiles,
played with the blocks for a while,
then browsed in a book of Oscar Schlemmer
and made some pictures of the light that occasionally
lit up my room.
I tried a few compositions with the wooden
plates, but I'm still not quite sure what I want.
We'll see :^)

Have a nice weekend all!

My plants.

2012-01-11T15:18:00.000-08:00

New life and wild times gone by...

I've got a few stems of an umbrella palm to take root; they're
now for about two weeks with their leaves down into the water,
so I wonder when the first roots will appear.
Maybe tomorrow :^)

What about the the Nepenthes, could it be a carnivorous
becomes harmless once he's domesticated and cared for? The thing is,
the plant is doing very well but makes no more traps; the last
one was about two years ago and has now completely dried.

Or is it just laziness?
I would do the same of course!
Goodnight & Sweet dreams :^)

Tree of Life, love!!!

Yesterday...

2012-01-08T08:31:00.000-08:00

My room during the blue hour and at noon and...

in the evening, a nice dinner with a friend who recently came
to live in Antwerp :^)

Hope you had a nice weekend too!

Cocooning, 2

2012-01-05T08:59:00.000-08:00

Strong winds, thunder, rain and hail almost the size of a
snowberry :^)
stayed indoors for two days with a sore throat and a running nose,
wrapped in a woolen blanket reading
Manhattan Transfer and browsing some magazines and photo books

but...

I wish for a bit of sun, no wind and a peaceful thick carpet of snow and then
make a nice walk in the woods!

Jardin du Luxembourg by Edouard Boubat
Sixteenth century embroidery, found here

Looking after Stella, 2.

2012-01-04T08:25:00.000-08:00

Photo 1,2 & 4 were taken on that sunny Thursday hour;
the photo of the garden dates from November.

Looking after Stella.

2012-01-03T13:32:00.000-08:00

I was allowed to use my neighbor's home as a setting for
my cushions ( while I was taking care for their cat Stella :^)
So on Thursday morning, shortly after they left, I ran
downstairs - my pyjamas still on - to capture the only ray
of sun in an otherwise dark and dreary week;
I have taken as many pictures as I could during that
Half Hour Sun;
the picture below is one of those series.
The other photo was taken by night with almost
no light; I had brought that snowberry branch with me,
so I cheated a little.
The white spot on the right is Stella's face.

I had a free ticket for the Peter Lindbergh exhibition :^)
this was my favourite photo.

Sweet dreams :^)

After Braeckman.

2011-12-30T22:35:00.000-08:00

After the exhibition, in the train on the way back, we started
to compare each others pictures we had taken in the
museum; many of the photos had a clear Braeckman
influence, so we started giggling and joking and decided to manipulate
some of the pictures in a Braeckman-way and make an additional
Braeckman inspired post :^)
The first and bottom pic were taken in the museum M, the
middle picture is my mom on the right, our neighbor Jen in
the middle and her sister in-laws José on the left.
I would just mention that Jen, our neighbor had the airs of a diva,
as if she were Ava Gardner playing a housewife and as a child
I really liked her long tanned legs :^)
My mom was wearing nylons.

Have a look at Mieke's creations too.

Ok, this is the last post for this year :)
I wish you all a very nice and creative 2012!!

Dirk Braeckman.

2011-12-29T11:36:00.000-08:00

I finally went to see the Dirk Braeckman exhibition in museum M
today, it was wonderful!
The show runs only until 08-01-2012!
Picture 3: Mieke.

Balls & balloons.

2011-12-26T12:29:00.000-08:00

My nephew Julian was born on Christmas Eve, and last
weekend we celebrated his birthday;
four candles to blow out this time, and the little guy seemed
very focussed before going into action :^)
Hope everyone had a nice Christmas too.

All photos taken by my niece Jasperine.

Up.

2011-12-24T03:41:00.000-08:00

'UP' from Alessandra's giveaway was in my mailbox
yesterday morning :^)
Finally I have a bauble now to cheer up my Christmas post a bit!
Thank you alessandra!

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas.

My shell.

2011-12-22T13:48:00.001-08:00

I think I have never been so happy with an apartment
as with my current one, as if it were designed specially for me;
that is of course nonsense, but I do know that this place
inspires and that I'm in my element here, what is very,
very important for a Cancer, ha!
Some time ago, a friend of mine made this funny joke about me,
my home & blog, saying:
'Your home is like a shell with an internet connection' :^)
Anyway, I'm a (modern) hermit and I love My Shell!

new cushion, have a look at my flickr for the back.

The Nephentes in 2010
and here
goodnight!

Little zoo.

2011-12-21T09:06:00.000-08:00

I've bought a rhino for my little nephew and a turtle for myself;
they look so lifelike, don't you think!

( the chicken is chocolate :^)

More animals at Mieke Willems.

A mixed lot, part 10

2011-12-20T15:19:00.000-08:00

I haven't had any chance to take some pictures last week,
so, here's another mixed lot; the theme is
'Gardening & Accessories' and the photos date from
Sept-Oct-Nov.
ok

1 cherry tomato, own cultivation :^)
2 gardening dreamsuit, found at vads
3 sage, grasses and Siberian Edelweiss.
4 love gardening at night
5 Diamond Frost

Land of Rivers.

2011-12-16T10:31:00.000-08:00

I've tried to make some sharper photos from the 'Land of Rivers'
embroiderie; the result is quite better now but not yet Sharp sharp,
and I've noticed a bit too late that there was a grease stain on the lens,
so there's a blurry spot at the top of the work
and therefore, the isolated red house seems to be shrouded in a fog bank,
how poetic :^)

have a look at my flickr for more detail

Luis Camnitzer
Land of Rivers
Have a nice weekend all!

A mixed lot, part 9

2011-12-14T13:39:00.000-08:00

I suddenly felt like posting 'something', so I took some pictures
of the past months; it's become a rather minimalist series :^)

chocolate cosmos, again :)
wall
a remnant of the Blue Path series
browsing Thierry De Cordier
grass

Unfinished cushion.

2011-12-12T12:13:00.000-08:00

I started a whole bunch of cushions the last two months,
partly for Huis Mortier and Atelier Solarshop, but
many of them didn't make it, like this cushion that only
needs a lining; but I think that's not so bad, since I already have
noticed that many of you prefer the back :^)

sweet dreams :^)

More.

2011-12-10T09:46:00.000-08:00

Ride with Mieke on an Ent and hot chocolate afterwards.

Bliss.
( larger photos on flickr )

Nice patterns.

2011-12-10T09:00:00.000-08:00

I went for a short walk in the park nearby; love to watch
the ducks in the water, especially the idea they're comfortable
warm and dry while paddling is very appealing to me :^)
The fallen leaves of the Wisteria give nice patterns on the terrace
floor,
they remind me a bit of a design I once made for a textile print.

... but it could also be a bunch of stylized spermatozoits :^)

Happy weekend all!

Two shelves.

2011-12-09T13:11:00.001-08:00

first pic, at Atelier Solarshop;
second, in my kitchen.

More photos on flickr.

Goodnight!

Atelier Solarshop, day 1.

2011-12-08T09:18:00.000-08:00

Love all this vintage furniture, especially this table!

I bought a coffeepot and cups in black and mustardgreen
and an OTARK christmas pudding
and a wallet :^)
more photos to come

Atelier Solarshop blog.

8 day giftshop at Solar.

2011-12-07T12:11:00.001-08:00

Tomorrow starts Atelier Solarshop's 8 day GIFT SHOP;
these two furs will be for sale then as well as the other two
in my previous post, maybe also the 'BUT' embroiderie, I
don't know for sure yet.

The indigo one is a bumblebee fur, the white&red comes
from a unicorn.

Atelier Solarshop
december 8th to december 11th
december 15th to december 18th

have a nice evening all :^)

Huis Mortier, 3.

2011-12-05T11:57:00.001-08:00

Finished cushion and yellow mobile for Huis Mortier.
More pictures from the shop soon!

Huis Mortier

Some furs...

2011-12-02T09:00:00.000-08:00

... of imaginary beings.
Image above, fur of a Lunar Hare or Moon Rabbit.
The hare is believed to live for a thousand years and to
turn white in its old age; this one is from a young animal.

Manticore fur
have a look at my flickr for larger images.

(These animals come from The Book of Imaginary Beings.)

Browsing The Essential Duane Michals

Thank you helicopter6 :^)

Have a nice weekend all!

Lazy Sunday.

2011-11-27T10:25:00.000-08:00

I didn't feel like going out today; too dark and too
rainy in my opinion, so I had quite a lazy afternoon
with movies and a little crochet.
The house cleaning is also postponed for another day,
lucky me :^)

Odessa...Odessa! love

And one cushion has arrived in a nice place last weekend :^)
Hope you're enjoying your Sunday too!

Cocooning.

2011-11-25T09:48:00.000-08:00

New woolen blanket from Sennes;
the horse picture was taken by my niece Jasperine.

I wish everyone a warm and cosy weekend :^)

Mobile.

2011-11-23T13:05:00.001-08:00

Mobile with red, green and yellow ball.

view from my mom's backyard.

Photoshoot outside.

2011-11-22T09:56:00.000-08:00

I had a photoshoot outside on the terrace last weekend
and I'm very pleased with the result, the colours
look more natural and also no disturbing shadows anymore.

The cushion on the picture is already on the way to its new owner
and I wonder when it will pop-up again, I hope very soon :^)
You saw a glimpse of it here some time ago.

Scarlet Virginia Creeper outside and yellow kangaroo paw
on the kitchentable.

have a nice evening :^)

The Age of Discovery, refreshed.

2011-11-20T09:45:00.000-08:00

I think the Vasco embroiderie needed a facelift; I've added
one more Alien, some paper boats, a few sailors (in the water)
and a charred ship.
I also decorated the edges with a fringe of sackcloth.
The photo above was taken outside, the one below on the
kitchen table.

The house is a complete chambles lately, working on a project
for Huis Mortier and one for Atelier Solarshop; sometimes
a bit too much, sigh :)

Have a nice journey senor Vasco :^)

( I will add more detailed photos on flickr, later : )

Ballroom.

2011-11-19T13:58:00.000-08:00

Sweet dreams :)

Huis Mortier, 2.

2011-11-17T13:29:00.000-08:00

I'm quite charmed by the style of Huis Mortier, especially
like the windows; certainly the inspiration for these cushions!

Huis Mortier.
a butterfly in my hair, thanks a lot Vibeke :^)
Goodnight!

November.

2011-11-12T10:38:00.000-08:00

The chocolate cosmos is still flowering, but the greater part
of the plants are brought inside now; sometimes I need to
improvise a bit and make a stool from a stack of books :)

Sunny potholders on their way to Mr Kitly.

Huis Mortier.

2011-11-11T09:50:00.000-08:00

New mobiles for Huis Mortier.

Have a nice weekend all!

New lamp.

2011-11-09T11:42:00.000-08:00

Portrait of my back, made by Mieke when we were at
Ruth & Roeland's place.

New lamp from Atelier Solarshop and
finally this cushion done :)

And was dreaming of this dresser, only dreaming of course :)

Watching tv.

2011-11-07T12:30:00.000-08:00

I'm working a lot lately; especially the finishing of the cushions
is quite time consuming and even a bit dull sometimes, so I keep
the most unpleasant jobs for the evenings when I can watch tv
in the meantime; my favourites are goudvis and de canvasconnectie
on Sunday evening.

Next weekend it's Karel Martens' turn
and Dirk Braeckman in two weeks on Goudvis.

I also saw this and this on tv :^)

Photo Dirck Braeckman;
want to see the exhibition too.
Very soon, ha!

New cushion with lila spot in the middle.

Goodnight & Sweet Dreams.

Relax.

2011-11-04T12:43:00.000-07:00

I stayed home all day, wearing my pyjamas until late in the
afternoon;
did some crochet and made a parcel for Mr Kitly,
including the mobile on the dresser
(hope it will arrive in time :^)

A little gardening,
fall on the terrace and flaming red leaves of the Virginia Creeper,
but still 19°C, bliss!
eating waffles instead of dinner and
going to bed early with a stack of reading material, including
the book of imaginary beings.

Have a nice weekend all!
and sweet dreams :^)

I bought a nautilus yesterday :)

A mixed lot, part 8

2011-11-03T13:14:00.001-07:00

1 my room in the morninglight
2 maple leaf
3 crocheted target
4 maple
5 view from my terrace
6 woven sampler
7 still from 'At Land'

I went to see some of Maya Deren's experimental films;
I liked 'Ritual in Transfigured Time' the most.

cinema zuid

Summery day...

2011-11-01T12:52:00.000-07:00

... and gorgeous light, but couln't find any mushrooms,
apart from this little one :)

Sweet dreams!

flowers.

2011-10-31T00:44:00.000-07:00

Unfinished embroiderie on silk; the colours remind
me a bit of those of my new dress. A bit...
I've done this type of embroiderie a lot, always using a messed up
silkpainting as startingpoint.
recycling, you know :^)

... upcycling, thanks monica :)

from the archive of the breda's museum.

New dress :^)

2011-10-30T14:04:00.000-07:00

I bought a new dress last weekend;
there's also a belt in the same fabric, but I think that's a bit
too much, maybe the one on the picture is ok, just need to
find the other half... somewhere :^)
The shadows on picture 1&3 come from my geranium; I think
a dress with a print like that would be nice, almost a landscape.

Wintertime!

Gardening.

2011-10-28T11:43:00.000-07:00

What a gorgeous weather it was today!
Made a selfportrait in a pool and harvested three Roma's
and one Santalina tomato :^)
The delicate white flower in the second pic is a
Siberian Edelweiss, I bought it last weekend.

Have a nice weekend!

Yesterday...

2011-10-24T11:58:00.000-07:00

... in my mail, some photos from the afternoon tea reception
at Mr Kitly; I wish I could be there too, if only for those blue
biscuits :^)
Photo made by Dell, see more at DENIM.

and
went to the garden center in the afternoon to buy some
evergreens and to take pictures of the maples in the garden.

Lots of oak leaves and falling acorns,
and a huge super macho tree fern!
nice!

(I will show you my purchases in another post :^)

A mixed lot, part 7

2011-10-22T14:46:00.000-07:00

some pictures from the last few weeks:

mieke willems' cauliflower-bag, available here,
eating radishes on the terrace,
watering the plants of the neighbors and
watching movies in my bed

Open house at HUIS MORTIER soon!
( I'm participating :)

Something sunny, 3.

2011-10-20T12:43:00.000-07:00

The front of this nice vest is woven with the leftovers of the
crocheted parts, love it.
and the beach robe too :)

What you can do with leftovers in case they're long enough:
a smyrna cushion,
and do you remember this post?

Babyboom at Atelier Solarshop started today!

Sweet dreams :^)

A mixed lot, part 6

2011-10-19T10:02:00.000-07:00

I'm again digging up some photos from my archive:

drinking beer and eating apples and plums with a friend,
a mobile,
the mimosa in bloom and
baby fungus in the woods

Something sunny, 2.

2011-10-17T11:51:00.000-07:00

I never get bored of taking pictures when the sun pops in,
and I never get bored of trying out another color combination;
this one you've already seen here.
More cushions to come :)

Something sunny.

2011-10-15T07:19:00.000-07:00

Have a nice weekend all :^)

My bedroom.

2011-10-13T12:40:00.000-07:00

I'm very into soft pinks and nudes lately and...

this is my favourite blouse and...

this my favourite scarf
and..
I really need to clear out the bedroom, later maybe :^)
My wardrobe some time ago.

Issue 3 of Making Do is about
creating a new planet.
I've bought mine in Brussels, but you can order the zine here.
There's also this funny video.

Dark Moon mobile.

Thank you all for the sweet words on my previous post :)

Something soft.

2011-10-10T12:11:00.000-07:00

New cushion in greys, soft greens, coral and raspberry pink;
the photo in the first picture comes from Ana.
More works and photographs from Ana here.

The second picture is a remnant of the photoshoot I did
a few days ago, and the photo of the thistle fluffs below date
from here...
that's recycling too :)

Sweet dreams :)

Good news!

2011-10-07T23:30:00.001-07:00

The Blue Path will be in the MR KITLY gallery from today,
the 8th of October till Sunday 23th of October.
Their will also be a little afternoon tea reception on
the 15th.
Many thanks to Dell and Bree, all's well that ends well :^)

Read more at Denim here and here.

MR KITLY shop and online store

Have a nice weekend all!

Apple tree.

2011-10-06T14:59:00.001-07:00

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Millefleurs & more treasures.

2011-10-05T12:35:00.000-07:00

For some time I've planned to make a series of embroideries
on the theme 'Gardens', inspired by the famous millefleurs
tapestries - meaning thousand flowers - which were woven here
in Flanders in the Middle Ages.
The best known and also my favourite are the
' Lady and the Unicorn' tapestries in the Museé de Cluny in Paris,
really wonderful!

But so far, this project's only a fantasy, something for later, when
I will have oceans of time, maybe :)
So, in the meantime, I've made this temporary Thousand Flowers carpet,
or better Trash Carpet from the treasures I've found on my walks
or here at my house, including a core of a pear and a plum stone.
And after this playtime, I trew everything in a bowl and then in
the dustbin.
End.

note: Mille Fleur is also a breed of Belgian chicken :^)
and the best bay boletes have the size of a champagne cork!

Goodnight & Sweet Dreams :)

( you can doubleclick on the photos for more detail )

Grasses.

2011-10-02T13:04:00.000-07:00

I'm crazy about grasses lately, so I bought some for the terrace,
dreaming of a prairie garden, ha!
Those on the photo were picked in Hoboken polder, I've put
them in a vase, together with some thousand-leaf and
chocolate cosmos from the flowerbed.

( there's also a pigeon on the roof :)

Mieke & the funny mushroom :^)

The weather was wonderful last couple of days, 27°C
so I was sitting on the terrace doing some crochet; this one is with
soft pinks and creams, a few blues and a fluo orange spot
in the right corner; I'm planning to make one more with
one fluo green spot.

2,000 Year Old Food Forest in Morocco

A walk in the woods.

2011-09-30T14:17:00.001-07:00

I went to the woods today with friends and family, hunting for
mushrooms; despite the warm weather of recent days, we still
found quite a lot of bay boletes and some porcini mushrooms;
but everyone's darling was the one with the peachcoloured belly
and brown velvet hat :^)
have a closer look here!

Brown velvet bag.

goodnight!

Summer cushion.

2011-09-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

Started a new cushion last week, lots of cream colours, whites and
soft greys with flashy spots, a summer cushion :)
Cushions, mobiles and potholders are available at Mr Kitly,
and potholders only at Atelier Solarshop POP UP#3

The bottom picture Remembering Tomorrow by
Xavier Encinas

My not so happy looking staghorn fern in the first image.

Good news, after a journey of two full months, The Blue Path
has finally arrived :^)

Tomorrow 25°C

My treasures.

2011-09-26T11:24:00.000-07:00

This is a small selection of twigs and seeds that I've brought
home from my walks: thistle fluffs, a plane tree seed pod,
a bunch of ash seeds and one pod I can't put a name on;
the tiny seeds are hairy with barbs.
The third picture was taken from my terrace, the handwoven
piece of cloth is as far as I can remember honeysuckle :)
I'm not joking, look here!
More treasures in another post.

Yesterday's walk.

2011-09-23T10:50:00.000-07:00

Hoboken polder near Antwerp is my favorite place
to walk, especially in spring or late summer;
the light was wonderful yesterday evening.
But...

I'm seriously thinking to sign in for volunteer work so I can
help to clean up the waste;
doesn't matter whether I collect herbs & mushrooms
or an empty beer can & a yellow ufo, as long as I can
enjoy my collecting instinct everything is fine :^)
Though I do not understand what people drives
to leave their garbage in such an idyllic place like this.

Mieke on the second picture.

Made more apple jelly, but I've added a handful of lavender
flowers this time.

More seeds.

2011-09-22T11:52:00.000-07:00

I was collecting again some seeds from the wildflower
garden on my terrace; this time I harvested some
capsules of the cornflower, clover and cockle;
love the black cockle seeds
and how they organized themselves in the seedbox :)

Angelica seeds in the picture above.

I hope you don't mind, but more seeds to come :^)

The Double.

2011-09-20T11:41:00.000-07:00

I've found a double while arranging my photo's
:^)

Have a nice evening everybody :)

Some Sundaypics.

2011-09-18T10:59:00.001-07:00

The day started bright&sunny, but ended pretty
autumnal :(
Slime mould in the bottom pic.

Tintin.

2011-09-17T14:06:00.000-07:00

I went to the Hergé Museum today; what a great place!
And the collection is immense, with large quantities of original
drawings and sketches, to bad I wasn't alowed to take any pictures,
especially from ' Tim' the squirrel in the Far West :^),
but I had one sneaky shot near the famous rocket
and I bought the catalogue, so more pictures in another post.

Cover of The Shooting Star.
Some nice pictures of the museum here.
Love Tintin.

Japanese Maple in the morninglight.
Goodnight!

In the mailbox.

2011-09-15T12:47:00.000-07:00

Something tremendous has happened by
Rhiannon Silver in the mailbox today,
wow.
you probably already know her inspiring blog
Intelligent Clashing, definitely one of my favorites!

The honeycomb cardboard weavings
remind me a bit of the texture and soft colours
of the ceramic basket, one of the images in the
paper; would love to have
that basket on my buffet by the way :^)

Need to fix Arthur's head.

Finally some sunshine today!

More cardboard weavings here.

Some pictures from last week.

2011-09-13T11:31:00.001-07:00

1 Crocosmia in the morninglight; a dirty window
can offer a lot of opportunities sometimes,
and that's one good exuse :^)

2 Temporary curtains in the bedroom

3 A lightshow on Saturday night; no wind, no rain,
no thunder, only these flashes of lightning for more
than an hour and I got a fantastic view from the terrace!

4 Posted new potholders on my flickrpages.
my potholderset.

Goodnight!

Apple Jelly.

2011-09-09T11:46:00.001-07:00

Made some apple jelly today, but instead of the
cinnamon I added a handful of rosebuds and
some fresh lemon juice; I had my doubts about the
rosebuds but it turned out very well, the aroma
is very delicate and not to powerful.
Next time I will try apple&lavender.

The nose on the left side is my mom :^)
the photo was made by Willy.

Have a nice weekend!

Il dolce far niente, a mixed lot part 6.

2011-09-08T09:07:00.001-07:00

Portrait of Sille, Frank's super lazy Norwegian forest cat.
Dried dates and rhubarb compote with strawberry.
A water hyacint in the evening light.
A knitted pattern with embroidered beads.
A potholder.

The photo of Sille was taken by Frank;
love his petrol stations.
rain all day long :-(

Happy :^)

2011-09-06T12:09:00.000-07:00

Have a look at DENIM.
Thanks a million Dell!!

Found this one too.
Working at night on The Blue Path
project, bad quality pic, sorry.

Sunday breakfast.

2011-09-04T10:58:00.000-07:00

I had a nice breakfast with Mieke and Sophie
this morning; actually it was a business dinner
because Sophie would like to have one of my
crocheted cushions :^)
So, she has chosen the one that is shown in the
picture.
My favorite too, snif.

But...

more cushions to come soon!

( we each had one egg, tok tok :)

Nice.

2011-09-02T13:42:00.000-07:00

Crocosmia, sedum and chocolate cosmos in the
evening light.
Geranium leaves on the terrace floor; did some
gardening today.

I've been told it's very easy to plant cuttings from a
sedum, even a tiny piece of leave will take root
after a while and grow into a new plant.
Hello Dr. Frankenstein :-D

Found these instructions how to grow
and stock a chocolate cosmos.

My Forest from Jenni Rope was in the post,

love to wear flip-flops with socks too :^)

happy weekend!

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2011-09-01T23:58:00.000-07:00

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Supernice!!

Beautiful seeds.

2011-08-30T12:48:00.000-07:00

I've got these beautiful seeds from Coco,
they come from her own garden :^)
I hope the Belgian climate is ok for these crops,
especially love the cardiospermum lampions.
have a look here too.

bitter melon
pink morning glory seeds in the second picture.

Thanks a million Coco :^)

fried tofu
ginger lemon soda

goodnight!

Billie's drawing.

2011-08-29T10:39:00.000-07:00

I got this nice drawing from my little niece who
stayed over this weekend together with her brother J.
I'm pictured in the middle of the drawing with my
lovely house on the left and lots of sunshine; the
smaller black construction with the pink roof is
likely a little shed, for my laundry perhaps.
The green object is my car.
She said the drawing was for me, I only had to
color in the rubber that is holding my hair; I've chosen
for a light blue, that was ok for her :^)
I like my heart-dress.

The Blue Path.

2011-08-26T00:59:00.000-07:00

Thank you everybody for the nice responses,
it really feels good to get all this feedback :)

Finally here's the second part of The Blue Path;
ironically the work is about a quest, getting lost and
darkening, ha!
I included two eclipses, the one below and the one
on picture 6;
The picture above is a boat surrounded
by St. Elmo's Fire

Reverse of the Three Golden Fleeces.

St. Elmo's Fire.

St. Elmo's Fire pattern.

For a larger view, double-click!
And I've put some more on my flickr pages.

Have a nice weekend everybody and thanks again!

The catalogue.

2011-08-23T12:37:00.000-07:00

The catalogue arrived this morning :^)
Boro work pants in the second picture.

Finally some photo's of my work - which has never
arrived at it's destination so, I suppose it got
lost; luckily I took these pictures before sending
the parcel; you can double-click and have a closer
look, I left them in the original size.
The work is calling 'The Blue Path'

Have a look here, in case you like to order the catalogue

more pictures to come.
Goodnight :)

Weaving on cloth.

2011-08-20T14:18:00.000-07:00

finished some potholders this morning and used
the same trick as I did here with the loose ends;
I took a piece of coarsely woven bourette silk for the
base so the weaving was an easy job; I think this
pattern would be nice for a cushion, very summery.

Toad and poppy seedboxes, sunshine.

Have a nice weekend all :^)

A mixed lot, part 5

2011-08-17T11:55:00.001-07:00

I'm feeling quite uncomfortable because of the
missing parcel, there's really little chance it will
arrive before the end of the show, if it will arrive
at all :(
Luckily I've made a whole pile of photos before the
shipping; you will see them here after the show is past.
And luckily I'm also featured in the accompanying catalogue
of the exhibition; in case you want to order one, have
a look here.

So, in anticipation of the real stuff, I still have the
trick of the mixed lot :^)

- mieke's pilea peperomioides is doing very well,
so it needs a bigger pot soon.
- made a matching necklace for my plain orange blouse.
- browsing l'Atelier Brancusi, more nice pictures here.
- stones & flowers
- bought a small & cheap ceramic vase in the garden centre,
wild carrot.

Goodnight!

Mother's Day, two gardens.

2011-08-15T13:57:00.000-07:00

Mom's garden and...

... mine

Little men.

2011-08-13T12:41:00.001-07:00

I've found again this snapshot of Joe, taken
on a summer's day in the late afternoon, about
two years ago; the photo reminds me a bit of
'The Incredible Shrinking Man' ; I've seen that movie
long time ago, very long time ago, so I only remember
the man starts to shrink, maybe to atomic size:
Closing Monologue.

And bought a water hyacint to make a small
aquarium, the dino is plastic :)

Have a nice weekend all!

Yesterday's walk.

2011-08-06T00:20:00.000-07:00

Had a nice walk with mieke yesterday afternoon;
lots of Angelica's in the park and pyjama bugs everywhere.

I've found a recipe for candied Angelica here,
and a less time-consuming here;
the man in the movie is preparing a vanilla icecream
in the end, with mango pureé and an Angelica topping,
yummy!
We had a vanilla icecream with strawberries after
our walk and that's also ok :^)

note: for the recipe you will need the sweetsmelling
Angelica archangelica.

have a nice weekend all!

:-( damn!

2011-08-04T23:59:00.000-07:00

I almost haven't slept last night because of anger
and frustration; the package with the textiles for
the exhibition at MR KITLY got lost in the post,
at least, it hasn't arrived yet!
I also feel very sorry for Dell who curated
this exhibition and has put a lot of energy and love in this
project to get everything done.
So I just wanted to say this: Taxipost EMS international
really sucks, I'm sorry :(

There will be a catalogue available during the exhibition
and online soon!

DENIM

On my terrace.

2011-08-02T12:04:00.000-07:00

I love to see how quickly everything starts to grow
and blossom now, especially the wildflowers are doing
very well; the lovely pinky purple flower is a cockle.
I try to collect as many seeds for next summer
but I can not resist buying new plants every time I'm
in the garden centre :^)
The blue palm is one of my latest purchases and also
the kangaroo paw.

Made some more photo's from the tower; love to see
how the light is changing all the time.

Buckwheat, corn flower, cockle and red clover.

One buckwheat seed

Goodnight & Sweet Dreams :^)

A mixed lot, part 4

2011-07-28T13:03:00.000-07:00

Wildflowers
Silk patchwork; couln't find nr4 yet, but here's 1 & 2
Azraël, who lives here
View from my terrace
Patchwork again
Poppy, who lives here

A mixed lot

:^)

2011-07-25T12:32:00.000-07:00

Can't wait to see the show!

At the MoMu.

2011-07-24T11:02:00.001-07:00

I finally went to see unravel at the MoMu,
it was nice... but what surprised me the most
was the graduate collection of Niels Peeraer at
the MoMu Gallery on the first floor.
The collection is about a boy who has an imaginary
boyfriend. Everyday, he prepares himself to get
married to his love...
more pictures here.
I think I will go and see this again;
the entrance is free by the way!
Fotos made by Dirk Alexander.