Friday, October 22, 2010

Fall Fantasy






The ground was white with frost this morning and eventually the sun hit the hills with a blast of red, orange and purple. I have been making use of the good fall weather to be waxing and dyeing lots of batik. The nights get dark early and I go to my studio and do the waxing of the batik at night, then using good days to color my pieces through the dyebaths.

The fall is a season to plan for the cold months to come and also to reflect on things past, present and future. I like to take the darker hours to indulge in fantasy and I've included some batik examples of this for the post this week.

You can see one of my old favorites, the "Crescent Dragon", part of a vintage batik group I've put together recently. "The Goat and Wood Elf" are also part of this group. More recent fantasy include "Pegasus Flying over Fields and River" and another quite large batik "Magical Birds".

Thursday, October 7, 2010

The Fruits of Fall








Fall is here with it's bright colors and shortened daylight. Colors have reached some wonderful shades on the trees and shrubs, but the rains have already knocked many leaves to the ground.

We still have bright green grass but many things have turned brown. As I look about the yard there are some beautiful fruits from the many flowers we enjoyed earlier this year. The dogwood has large red globes that the birds really enjoy. Other plants have seeds and fluff as the milkweed pod. Our watermelons were tiny but tasty and had their little brown/ black seeds to continue life for another year.

I find myself craving light and the mornings hold much less. I like to be outdoors to catch the last rays of sun and often climb the hill behind me at the day’s end to celebrate the closing of the day.