Fungi
While there are still some beautiful autumn colours about, today it was the fungi growing around Lymm Dam that caught my eye. Before...
Marigolds
These lovely flowers have spread under the fence of someone's garden. The name for marigolds comes from "Mary's gold."Early Christians...
Leaf art
The Internet is full of inspiration for creating images from fallen leaves. This is one I created today, with freshly gathered leaves and...
Busy bees
Ten people met in the Sanctuary hub today. Our origami expert had found some intructions for a simple bee, which is the theme for the...
Maple leaves
Soakied by the rain, maple leaves lie on the path. in glowing colours. In Japan, maple trees are known as kaede (楓/"frog's hands"), as...
A windy autumn day
Strong winds are shaking leaves from the trees, even ones that are still green. I chose some beautiful ones to go under box files to keep...
Sketching leaves
I sketched these maple leaves in pen and ink. Wth the smaller one I drew the outline first, and with the larger one I began by drawing...
Painting leaves
There were clear blue skies today as I walked to my art group, ideal conditions for picking up freshly fallen, dry leaves. I painted this...
Preserving leves
I collected these beautiful leaves while walking around Lymm Dam this afternoon. These ones are from the Virginia creeper in my garden. I...
Lymm cross in violet
I received my tile and acrylic paints from the Mural Mosaics team, with instructions. to use violet as the main colour. (I think this...