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Cold Snap

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So we are feeling the cold in the tropics.  Snuggled up in bed watching re-runs of Stargate Atlantis at 18 degrees C. expecting overnight minimum of 11, so will no doubt put the heater on soon.... Yes I know we are wimps.......

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cold snap



Bower Capers V

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I try not to visit the bowers too frequently as I don’t want to deter the birds from the area.  But I am continually fascinated by the activity around the newest bower.  My friend Carol from LiBode suggested that it may be the interaction of two juveniles, jockeying for position while working out the intricacies of attracting a female.  The more I observe their activity the more I am convinced she is correct.

So now a neighbouring child's play dough cutter has been stolen.

North End May 13 01
North End May 13 01
North End May 13 02
North End May 13 02
North End May 18
North End May 18
Each time I go down there is a subtly difference in the arrangement of the pieces.
South End May 13
South End May 13
South End May 18
South End May 18
The Bower
The Bower

The bower itself, is becoming increasingly more intricate as they continue gather sticks and weaving them into the overall structure.

Weekly Art Date VIII

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The musical prompt for week six of Part II of Weekly Art Date was Kimbra ‘s Good Intent.  I enjoyed playing with layers in photoshop to have part of the photo in colour and the rest in black and white.  I have started a new journal, the double spread is only a little larger than a single page from my previous journal so it was interesting working on a smaller canvas.

Good Intent



Hidden Whispers

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I have finished my art journal.  I have covered it with painted brown paper and some beautiful double sided ribbon that Annette from Too Many Ideas very kindly gave me.  The pages are all made using the process described here: http://loriidae.livejournal.com/104746.html

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Hidden Whispers 02
Hidden Whispers 03

One of the first pages in the book is dated Feb 25 2011.  So it has taken me 15 months to fill the journal.   I am coming to the conclusion, that while the idea of art journaling every day is a great creative theory, it is not one I can put into practice.  I am an all or nothing kind of girl and I tend to put all of my efforts into what is now, whether that is a workshop I am preparing or an art journal page.  It is a bit like my reading habits.  I am a prolific reader but if I put down a book in the middle of reading it and pick up another, I rarely go back and finish the first one.  My attention is easily fractured I guess, and the new and different beckons to me.  Anyway this is the journal I have titled Hidden Whispers and some of the pages contained inside can be found with this tagline: http://loriidae.livejournal.com/tag/hidden%20whispers

Lost

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The prompt for Weekly Art Date Week 2 was “What have you lost?”

The lyrics are from Dido – See the Sun

Lost



Breakfast Companions IV

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Yesterday morning I was on the deck enjoying my morning cup of lemongrass and ginger tea, when a spotted turtledove flew straight at my face.  I don’t know who was more surprised him or me.

He was a juvenile and veered off at the last moment to land on the rail less than a metre from the cat.  I grabbed her tail and held on to her, to stop her from pouncing, and called to my husband to bring the camera out.  This is an introduced bird and its numbers have steadily increased over the two years since I first noticed a pair in our street.

Spotted Turtledove
Spotted Turtledove

After he collected himself and flew away and I was able to let go of the cat’s tail much to her relief, I was visited by a blue-faced honeyeater

Blue Faced Honeyeater
Blue Faced Honeyeater

and a helmeted friarbird.

Helmeted Friarbird
Helmeted Friarbird



May. 4th, 2012

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So I thought I would join the throng.  I have uploaded a video to You Tube.

This is Georgiana, at about 3 months old.  She denies ever being taken in by a mouse, but I tell her she is now entitled to her Seniors moments as she is now 9 years old.


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Bower Capers IV

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So there appears to have been a coup at the bower.  Previously I have seen red and purple decorations, now there are green and white.

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One of my neighbours is missing a spoon.


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and a measuring cup.
Bower South end May 3





Taking Flight

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I am near the end of my current journal and was paging through to see if there were any blank pages, when I re-discovered this page.  It was one of those, which was ok, but not really going anywhere, no zing, it needed something more.

I began thinking about some of the prompts that Moira from Weekly Art Date has been giving us.  I began looking back over the posts and found right back in week six of part one (mid- February) Up up and away, and suddenly this page clicked for me.






Free Book Binding Tutorial

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I have posted another bookbinding tutorial over on Motley Soul Mixed Media Art .  This one I have put in the category of  "More Complex Sewing" as opposed to simple sewing.

http://motleysoulmixedmedia.com/group/free-journal-making-workshops





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