Bird Journals

I've finally finished three more journals.  The covers are made from a fusion of fabric and paper and have an oil-cloth/leather kind of feel to them.  The pages are various, mainly plain, but some printed or painted, papers including water colour paper.  Closed with a leather thong and beads and buttons,  each one has a pocket on the inside, and each one is unique.

I love making these but I prefer photographing flowers and birds and moths than I do my own work!

I hope that so far your week has been a good one!
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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Wiyathul

Fabulous Fungi and a Pigeon

 Brisbane is very damp at the moment....

some creatures don't seem to mind

and fungi abounds, even in my own yard.

Happy Monday.

Hanging in there

These photos are from a walk along the Corso last weekend when the weather was fine.

Ferns and other plants growing out of brick walls always arrest and intrigue me:

And grasses up close are pretty miraculous:

There is something egocentric about roses:

If you click on this and make it larger maybe you will see what inspired me.  It made me think about both the strength and the tenuousness of our connection with the earth:

What a lovely nape:

or two....

Mt Cootha

I attended a little digital camera workshop at Mt Cootha Botanic Gardens yesterday and, of course, took loads of photos.  It is such a beautiful place!  Here is a selection of the photos I took:
Magnolifiscense to begin!.................

And Treasures of the Lotus Pond to finish......

I hope everyone has the Sunday they have dreamed of.

Handmade Journals

I have had such fun making these.  The covers are made from paper and cloth fused together and then painted, printed and/or stitched.  Each journal has a pocket in the front for putting loose stuff.  The pages are torn to size where required so some of the edges are nice and soft.  Some of the pages have been hand printed or painted and some are old building plans, water-colour paper is included, and graph paper and various other papers.  A length of leather thonging with a bead or button is used to keep the whole kit and kaboodle shut.  The journal with the flap and feathers is lined with pages from a vintage children's dictionary.

 I hope to be making more of these this coming week and listing them at my Etsy store, the ones pictured here are now at Reverse Garbage ready for the big fund-raising shindig on the evening of Saturday, December 4.  Click on the Reverse Garbage link, go to What's New and then End of Year Fundraising Party for details of this exciting event.