February inspiration 4

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Encouraging collage

Yesterday, while I was making this collage, my Japanese friend Sumire “called” me via Skypechat, writing this short message; “Earthquake.”
Once again everything around her was shaking, – her cat went under the sofa, but she herself kept on chat-writing with me. Skype chat makes it possible to do other things, while waiting for answers, so I used the waiting time to finish the collage and send her a copy, thinking about how different conditions we have to adjust to. There have been many earthquakes around us lately, but the people in New Zealand and Japan seems to have a strong mind and forces to overcome the disaster in a very calm way.  I surely would have been  under the sofa before the cat.
Sumire found that the collage was encouraging, which I was very glad to hear, and it immediately motivated me to post it at my blog. Perhaps encourage others who might need it because of a long winter or a boring day. Or something else, – hopefully less serious than in Japan and New Zealand.

I found a single leaf at the lawn…

…autumn is impossible to ignore any longer.

Sunshine in a basket

Tiles and bricks

 

A wet garden

Deanna Gracie´s beautiful handmade jewellery

I look foreward to showing you this beautiful  jewellery, handmade by Deanna Gracie, New Zealand. Her work have converted me from having no interesse in  jewellery, to be absolutely in love with this wonderful pieces of tribute to nature and life. 
Some of you might have seen her blog, via my blogroll, or maybe her website www.deanna.co.nz/  If not, I recomend you to take a look. You will find more about Deanna, and the prices there.

Deanna has allowed me to show her photos, and I have made this collage out of a few. Everyone protected by COPYRIGHT Deanna Gracie.

Poppy in pieces

Flying flowers