Textile artist Pat Pauly visited Saturna during the Thanksgiving long weekend. We wandered all over the island, and I rediscovered one of my favourite “beaches”, with plenty of pebbles and logs that escaped the log rafts pulled by the tug boats around these islands. Floating forests… but that will be the subject of another post.
These pebbles were arranged by the waves, pushing and rolling them into a crevice in the rock. Neat, isn’t it?
And then, there were the abstract lines left by beetles , in this log.
While the tree was alive, the beetles bored these lines under the bark… discreetly. Now that the bark has been stripped, we get to see their graffiti. With a pebble on top.
When I looked at the photo on my computer screen, I was shocked, shocked, at its hairy back! Honey, you need to shave your back!
Then the butterfly was joined by a bee, and cleaning out pollen became a collaborative effort.
Now, gotta get out and set up a bean trellis, on a tipi of cedar poles. That should be fun!