Meet Joe.

Tomorrow is the prize-ceremony; Joe - see image -

made a proposition to help me with the draw, so I can play it square.

This is what he suggested : I will do the preparations and make

little balls of paper from all the entries; then, Joe will jump at a depth

of 1 metre - that is extremely high converted to human standards!!

- so, he will jump at 1 metre, and the first ball he will hit is the winner.

I think that's fair, hope it will turn out well :-)

We'll see tomorrow.

Have a nice weekend everybody!

Oh, and the bottom image is polkadotted queen Beatrix of the Netherlands,

admiring Malevich's black square.

:-)

Be my friend.

Mushroom cookies, Ben and Eugène.

La vie en rose.

I took some pictures from my red formica kitchentable,
it always turns pink on photo, but who cares :),
and covered some kitchendrawers with old patterns,
got the idea from the lovely Galup card.
I will show more pics later from this beautiful book.

Sunday walk.

Sunny Sunday, a walk in the Nachtegalen park.
Have a look at Mieke Willems too.


The giveaway's still running till saturday.

Giveaway.

Do you remember my wardrobe clean-up?

Well, i found this beret in my closet, i made one

for a friend some years ago and wanted a copy

for myself, problem is i never wear berets :-)

So, this beret was supposed to be mine, it is brand-new

and made of red, marine and white cotton.

Size medium, i guess.

So,

In case you planned a hold up for this summer,

and you would like to do it in style, sign up for this beret

by leaving a comment.

I will pick one of you on Saturday 6th of February.

Happy Weekend all of you!

( Bonnie and Clyde )

Arthur's rhyme.

i'm working on my flickr, i made my first sets yesterday
evening, one is called 'While i'm sleeping', featuring
Arthur as the leading man; it is a set about dreams
and desires and the mystery of life, which can be really hard,
but wonderful at the same time.

This silly rhyme came popping up in my brain this morning,
when i was still in bed; I tried to imagine how a poem would
sound in case it was made by a doll, like Arthur.

to see the flickr slideshow click here.

(flickr under construction)

sweet dreams :-)

( Arthur's rhyme is a blue one )

Infantization.

I removed the video, it was too much slowing down
my blog, i'm sorry.

the exhibition i called 'Infantization'.
The first image is a still from 'Meteor'

No title.

Sometimes It happens that I can't get a clear picture
from what I want to communicate; for example
these vague stonelike shapes at the bottom
of the embroiderie, i wanted something white in white,
but I can't decide yet what these are gonna be, i'm changing
my mind every other minute, I think it will be better to put
this one aside instead of racking my brain about it .
I know from experience time will bring a solution, don't have
to force anything.


That's me on the second pic, I guess about 25,
don't remember what I was making either :-)

have a nice weekend!

Derek Jarman's Garden.

You may remember I made plans for a gardenproject,
well then, because of my touch of flu I couln't go out but,
I had oceans of time to look and read in this wonderful
book of Derek Jarman's garden.
The garden and fisherman's cottage are located in the
south of England, Jarman bought the little house in 1986 and
called it Prospect Cottage.
The garden started accidentally: a driftwood staff was used
to stake a dog rose, flints protected the seedlings.
Over the coming year more beachcombed treasures were added.
I made a selection of photos from the book, i've chosen for the
close-ups, in case you like to see more views look here .
Found also a little movie.





Under this blue sky
my clock-faced flowerbeds
reflect the orb of the sun.
They guard its rising
and mark its setting
in the western land.
They never sleep.






Sea kale (crambe maritima)

I love this fairy-tale beauty :-)

Driftwood and bucket handle.

Sea kale in seed and in flower.

Sleep well everybody and thanks for your sympathy :)

I'm turning in now , tomorrow working day!

( photographs by Howard Sooley)

Stay indoors.

Two bright spots on my - for the rest rather gloomy

and dull - indoor days, with lots of coughing fits and

even more wet handkerchiefs :-(

First, the birds arrived!

Second, saw Ozu's masterpiece 'Tokyo Story'.

I won the birds at Bohemian Girl New Year's Give Away.

See also her Etsy Shop.

Thank you so much Magda! They're great!