More Moore
I am working on how create an architectural scale Henry Moore-type abstract organic sculpture as an anchor piece above the back pond overlooking the central hanging valley. Here is the kind of thing:
Geodes: The Dilemma
Randall brought me these geodes yesterday. He has had to confront ‘poachers’ on his land looking for these monsters. They are each about the size of a human head. Inside each there will be a treasure cave of crystals. What to do?1) Allow the imagination free play?2) Break them open to reveal their hidden beauty?Nature loves […]
Lifting Mist
I woke with my life cloaked in mist. Pneumonia in its last stages of cling. I buttoned up and walked up to the lakes, huffing and puffing, hoping to watch the mist rise over the water and my mood with it. I came late – the mist had lifted. The cats asked to be caressed […]
FLOW: the film
Sarah Childress made this film at Yellow Bird last year.Starring ‘Jonathan’ as the man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjr_XoaoaCU&feature=youtu.be
Hannah’s Garden
Hannah came two weeks ago and left today for her next wwoofing stop, an apiary in N Carolina. She rescued the garden from my neglect, and finished planting seeds. Among other things. Here she is pressure washing the oak boards I’m cutting up into wedges to make a giant round bench for the lake firepit. […]
Rainbow Dinner
This evening Yellow Bird really delivered. Everything was fresh from the garden, except the olive oil they were fried in. Green beansYellow cherry tomatoes (Coyote)Red tomatoes (Russian)Blue potatoes (Peruvian ?)BasilZucchini (half charred) So many colors – glad I wasn’t eating in the dark. You can almost feel the anti-oxidants (e.g. anthocyanins in the blue pots) […]
More Wabi Sabi
This is a helpful article! http://www.touchingstone.com/Wabi_Sabi.html Tsukubai silver-gelatin print ©Tim Wong A Crow’s Caw silver-gelatin print ©Tim Wong Mystic silver-gelatin print ©Tim Wong
