East Texas Textures
Some textures that catch my eye here on the farm —
Some day these will find their way into a quilt or tapestry!
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Castor Canadensis and Castor Fiber
Whenever I am researching for a nature presentation, I come across great resources that beg to be shared. This is from The History of Four-footed Beasts, Serpents, and Insects, 1658, which was mostly a translation of an earlier book from the 1500s. I love this book so much — it has 1100 pages of illustrations […]
Take a Good Look: The Numbers Game — July 11, 2024
I am a little late in adding a post to the Numbers Game this week, because Hurricane Beryl came through on Monday. The storm was not a big one and it moved fast, but like many other people, we lost power. It was off for about 56 hours, and then it has been spotty since […]
The Numbers Game — July 1, 2024
I am again joining in with the Numbers Game from Judy Dykstra-Brown, this week looking at files with the number 149 in them. But I am going to stretch the limits of the challenge a little, by taking you on a walk to get to those “149” pictures. To get to this spot in the […]
By the Numbers
I am going to play along with Judy Dykstra-Brown’s Numbers Game #27. Her number is 148, and she asks us to pull from our photos that have the number 148 somewhere in their file name. I am going to play, but keep my focus on nature photos, so that this poor blog gets some updates! […]
Another One Joins the Bird World
Two years ago I talked my sister into moving closer to me, into a slightly less urban area than she was used to. It has been fun for me to get her take on the wildlife she has encountered!
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And they will all make some amazing work of art. Blessings Always, Mtetar
Thank you, you are always so kind!
So many ideas…….so little time….er…energy!!!! LOL!!!!
I think you have a wealth of ideas and energy of your own! 🙂
I guess you’re kinda right….LOL!!!
I love the pictures! Looking at the small ones I thought the feathers looked like Snickers’ tail “feathers”. Again, looking at the last pic, I thought it was tree bark with a little grasshopper like creature over on the right side. So I was surprised when I brought the pictures up to normal size.
The feathers are a close-up of goldfinch feathers. I’m not sure if the pictures come up in the same order for everyone, but for me the last picture is bumps of tree bark from a sugar hackberry tree.
Rust is just the best.
I love it and peeling paint too!
Lots of your photos would be wonderful cropped at bit, set as repeats and printed on fabric. Have you tried that in your surface design experiments?
No, but it is on my list of things to do. I own three or four surface design books and a lot of supplies, but have not ventured there yet. Thanks for the nudge in that direction!
Wow! These are amazing, in variety and visual interest–a good reminder that color, while important, isn’t the only thing to pay attention to! What is the middle image in the top row? That one fascinates me.
It is part of a tree trunk, under the bark. That tree fell over at least 10 years ago, but its biggest branch caught and propped it up. I think maybe little shoots grew up there for a while. Now it is really dead and the bark has peeled off. I really love it too!
beautiful!
Thank you!