Imagination Gives Us Wings
1994
Larry Kirkland (b. 1950 – )
Mount Shasta
“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief…for a time I rest in the grace of the world, and I am free.”
Wendell Berry
Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
Being quiet
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Nature, Places on March 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »
A skirt
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Fabric, Nature, Places, Seasons on March 1, 2010 | 29 Comments »
I finished the skirt late Friday afternoon, and silly me, after it was done, I was thinking how great this would have looked on Vanessa Bell with a paintbrush in hand and a canvas in front of her or Virginia Woolf seated at her desk, pen in hand, writing her journal or finishing the [...]
A little break
Posted in Nature, Places, Uncategorized on February 7, 2010 | 15 Comments »
I am feeling a little rusty the last few days, needing an outdoor break I think, a long hike in the woods. I have been inside too much perhaps, and glued to my computer or sorting and labeling and pricing and well…too rusty for words. Guess I need a Sunday to unhinge and [...]
Cotton History and Going Green
Posted in Clothing, Going Green, Nature, Places, Ruminating on January 30, 2010 | 17 Comments »
This book is a history book, a biography of cotton, and could possibly be read as an epic novel. I discovered it through an online quilt history list. Members of the list were praising the book for many reasons, one for the wealth of information, another for its fascinating read. I decided [...]
The Moon
Posted in Inspiration, Nature, Places, Seasons on December 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I love suggestions. Deb and jude suggested we post photos of the moon. I contribute this….a Mendocino moon I took many moons ago.
And another view, a sliver of beauty on Mt Whitney, always a place to find a perfect moon.
Searching for the last idea
Posted in Inspiration, Nature, Places, Ruminating, Seasons on December 3, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Lately I have been a little discombobulated. I get this way when I look at my calendar, and I realize there is more to do than I have time and energy. Not complaining. Just searching for inspiration to see me though, as this is the one thing that takes me to a [...]
Over the river and through the woods…
Posted in Nature, Places, Seasons on November 24, 2009 | 11 Comments »
We just arrived in Mendocino last night after a twelve hour drive with the three cats. We were all glad you get out of our cages.
Jeanette and her fiance arrive tomorrow evening. My brother and his partner arrive Thanksgiving morning.
I am not sure I will be posting too much, [...]
Old stencilled fabric
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Dyeing, Nature, Quilts on November 20, 2009 | 10 Comments »
When I was doing a little research on Florence Peto, I came across a quilt in a book published by the Shelburne Museum, Art of the Needle, and realized I had some “doilies” with a similar look.
The explanation from the book on page 100, described the technique: “The blue-gray color was sprayed over flowers, fern [...]
Crimson leaf
Posted in Nature on September 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
One leaf, three backgrounds. Not much more needs to be said. Nature is like that, isn’t it?
Whitney cancelled
Posted in Nature on September 4, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Late this afternoon we were to have left for Mt Whitney and our plan to start the climb on Monday. It is not to be. I am still sick. No whining. It is simply a fact, and I cannot seem to find my way out of this lousy cold that I [...]
