Green Spaces
Gardens are our human oases to relax and enjoy nature. That doesn’t mean one has to do all the work that comes along with a plot of land, no matter the size, it can be a public park! When we visit cities, at some point, we’re all ready to walk
Thoughts on Urban Nature
Martha Ressler 5-3 There are so many possibilities for Urban nature. Community gardens, roof gardens, parks, green spaces, and back yards are all dear to my heart. I’ve been influenced by Doug Tallamy’s work promoting the benefit of people’s individual yards when planted with native plants as an invitation to
Green Park and Houston Quilt Festival
From October 9th to 12th, the International Quilt Festival was held at the Huston convention, and I went to see it. Huston is easy to get to and from Japan because it has direct flights from Japan, so many Japanese people also participate in this event. During the event, I
Springtime in New Zealand
Its Springtime in New Zealand and the blossom is in full flight everywhere. Its so pretty! The juxtaposition of the beautiful blossom against hard architecture of buildings tends to soften the view and make it more pleasing to the eye. However, after our major earthquakes in Christchurch in 2010/2011, I
Beautiful Blue Flowers
In 2023 I walked a pilgrimage route. It was a journey of 300 kilometers and I took 18 days for it. The route started in Porto (Portugal) and ended in Santiago de Compostela (Spain). During this route, I walked past an abandoned house one morning. The blue flowers I saw
Precious little Tree
Urban Nature is a terrific prompt It recalls a story of resilience We used to walk every morning along the boundary fence of the Emirates Palace hotel. The Emirates Palace is a lavish and iconic hotel, set on a stunning site on the shores of the Arabian Gulf. It took
Sharing Urban Nature
I have lived on a rural property since 1981 but I have many relatives living in the city. I am always grateful to come home after a visit to “the big smoke”. No traffic, no smog, no noise; we haven’t heard a siren out here since the last time there
A Bridge Too Far
For this piece I have taken a work I made in 2018 and updated it in two ways. I have added length as it was too short and I always thought it was out of balance! I’m much happier with it now as I feel that the soldier balances the
Urban Nature
Urban Nature is our prompt for our next round of art. It was inspired by my new urban environment. After 19 years of living rurally we are now city dwellers. We live in a busy area of Vancouver surrounded by houses although we feel somewhat secluded because of the trees
Ancient Ingenuity
A fascination for bridges has been with me for a long time. Almost any big city in Europe, sitting along the banks of a river affords a view over a series of bridges. What a glorious stage of millennials of engineering. The symmetry, the rhythm and interplay of light and
Four Bridges
Building Bridges seemed like such a gift as a prompt. Settling on the quilt design was easy as I picked the first option (of many) that occurred to me. Writing the commentary to describe the meaning was far more difficult. I have been watching what everyone else has posted and
The Bridge of Thoughts and Prayers
There is a gap between ritual words and real actions in the wake of school shootings and gun violence. The first school shooting recorded was in the 1600’s and they have not stopped but increased dramatically over history. When the Thoughts and Prayers response began is difficult to determine but