It just feels that way, today. A sadness that pervades my mood. Saying goodbye to warm days and the sun for a few months, must be it.
Many projects await. Things will pick up… the winter season is lively on this island. It’s just a certain interlude, right now… A lull.
Linda Wallace – Tapestry Artist at the Dairy Barn!
This came in my email today, and it is such an achievement by a West Coast weaver that I wanted to share in the excitement!
“… I couldn’t resist sending the invitation. I’m not only honoured to be one of the artists selected to be in this exhibition, I was also selected by the juror (Lee Talbot, one of the curators at the Textile Museum, Washington, DC) as one of the two recipients of the Tietlebaum Trust Awards. AND – then – the Dairy Barn selected my tapestry as the illustration on the invitation. I’m thrilled!”
Linda Wallace
Visual Artist: Tapestry & Graphite Drawings
Nanoose Bay, BC
Thanksgiving Art Show on Saturna
Saturna is a small place, adrift between the mainland of BC and Vancouver Island, with a small population. It must be the water, the air, the greenery… because this island inspires a considerable percentage of the population. Saturna is home to several artists who will be showing their work during Thanksgiving Weekend.
As the dates near, more information will be available on the Art Saturna site. In the meantime, here is the poster!
End of summer? Not Yet!
After a few weeks (has it been that long?) of absence, I am back indoors and blogging.
Even though summer is not officially over, I can feel the change of season in the air.
A new season, and time to get serious about studio work. After a summer of wandering outside and goofing around in the garden, plus taking lots of pictures, it’s time to spend a bit more time inside.
Today, my work space looks like it was hit by high winds. I’ve turned the tables (literally!) to face my design wall – and the music (there is a mini-stereo on the shelves)… We will see if that helps focus the mind… Altogether a good thing. And rummaging through boxes of fabrics, I am rediscovering colours I hadn’t seen in some time.
Let us see what the next weeks bring.I just hope I don’t trip over the fabric.
Garden Magic – Photo Wednesday
Another Wednesday, another garden.
On our island, there are countless deer and goats that roam freely. They devastate gardens where innocent former city dweller naively plant glorious perennials and other such, dreaming of the future Eden they are creating… only to find their new plantings defoliated or razed to the ground in the morning.
Even so-called “deer proof” plants are fair game in these parts… Our deer are hard-core. And the goats, well, they are four-legged Hell’s Angels. They will tear, shred and ravage anything.
For several years, we relied on the safe standbys in the front garden: thyme, rosemary, Spanish lavender and juniper.
But a few weeks ago, the goats helped me convince my husband that a deer fence was in our best interest. You see, the goats invaded early one morning and savaged a young evergreen tree my husband had grown from seed. An Australian something or other. Looked like an upright juniper to me. It was seven feet tall, doing well. No more. It’s been debarked, and telltale teeth marks left on its trunk…
So, a deer fence is being installed right now. I walk the perimeter of our new deer “exclosure” (love that term!) and my mind reels! All kinds of possibilities are opening.
So I started a plant list and next, I will draft a planting scheme. Yesterday afternoon, I did some research. I invited myself to a friend’s garden, to check out some of the plants she suggested… and others. She took the time to walk me around her (very large and impressive) garden, and generously shared her knowledge. What follows is a visual report. Enjoy.
