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
Building Bridges
There are many types of bridges from all over the world. Some are huge and span miles while others simple offer a step onto another path. Sometimes these bridges fall apart. The cause can be age, poor structure, weak materials and sometimes just bad weather and even war! It does
Books Building Bridges
A bridge is a physical structure that connects two distant places, yet metaphorically it serves as a mediator linking abstract relationships. In much the same way, I believe that ‘books’ can play the role of connectors with remarkable power. Books join the past with the present, bringing together different cultures,
Railway bridge and fireworks
In my hometown, fireworks go up to the summer night sky once a year. From my house, I could see fireworks over the iron bridge that goes over the river every year. In my memory, fireworks and iron bridges are always together. The road connects the town to the city,
Underground Networks
Underground Networks, 5-2 Martha Ressler It turns out that trees can communicate with each other through Mycorrhizal networks, mycelium, a fungal network of tiny roots whereby fungi provide additional nutrients to the tree roots, and the trees in turn provide the fungi with sugars produced through their photosynthesis. The mycelium
Building Bridges
For a long time sexton has been a love for islands. I am fascinated how people lived on an island. If the world around you does not yet exist, you have to live with the materials that are available on the island. During my visits to different islands, I discovered