Beach Daze No More
Time Fragments #23 :Beach Daze 30.5″W x 40.5 ” H The beach and accompanying water whether ocean, lake or pond, are always a part of my summers. And the last two years we have added trips to Florida in the depths of winter doldrums here in cloudy
November Rain in the Wetlands
My friend and I walk in the morning in the wetlands. It is a world of water and the life that is drawn to the wetland. The beavers have returned and flooded our trails and changed the landscape, but we are undeterred and skirt the edges of new water and
Whoosh!
I am so impressed with the various approaches of each artist in Cloth in Common. Seems we all have major concerns about water issues. During the time I was working on my quilt, Hurricane Michael was threatening and then came crashing into the panhandle area of Florida, causing death
The Shape Of Water
Do you think the water has a shape? Sea, River, Waterfall, Waves? If we want to touch it. It will get out of between our fingers. The water doesn’t change at all, and just let the moment see through it. I focused in the facetted beauty of
The River Runs Dry
My corner of the world received a record amount of rainfall this year. While we were inconvenienced by cancelled events and some flooding, I was more pained by the draught and wildfires in other areas of the globe. I paid attention when the Elbe River in
Melting down
Since I live in the Netherlands, which partly lays below sea level, water always plays an important role in this country. After a winter with a lot of rain and flooding riviers, a very dry summer followed. The wetlands near my house turned into meadows. With grazing cows at the bottom of
Breaking the Drought
I live in Australia which is an extremely dry continent. Most of the population lives around the edges as the centre is not really fit for human habitation. However we still need to eat and the farmers are constantly battling the elements of droughts and floods. We are currently undergoing one
Under the moonlight
Terry’s prompt “night” is something I wanted to try someday. “Night” does not show everything in detail like day. At night, the scenery of the city changes into colorful with artificial light, but nature show its color in the dark in a soft light. Among them, the moon hanging in
Chairs in Space
When I got the most recent prompt for Cloth in Common, I wasn’t quite sure what to do. I had already created three Color Grid quilts about night. Night Solstice Winter Trance Finally, I decided a chair quilt was in order. What would
Night Falls Early at the Base of the Mountain
One nighttime image that came to mind is that of the clouds scuttling over the moon in its various phases and hues. And a particular night in South Africa when we stood beneath the night sky on a game preserve (no light pollution), and saw stars I’d never seen
Bliss Hill Road Nightfall
Bliss Hill Road Nightfall 30″ W X 40″ H ©Colleen Kole 2018 We have had a farm home on Bliss Hill Road for 15 years. What great road name for the road, right? I am sadly going to pack up our belongings and spend