My week....

I seem to have done lots this past week. I think the sunshine always makes me more alert and willing to get on with things. On Monday I went to an exhibition of landscape art by local students which was OK but a little disappointing. On Tuesday I had my final assessment for my final module this year at college. I have not enjoyed it but at least I passed. I had a first for my sketchbook work but missed a first for my paintings by 5 marks. I was just relieved it was all over. Painting abstract landscapes has not been easy. I love atmospheric, intuitive and emotive painting but this module has been hard for me. Time off now for the rest of the summer to consider what to do next but then came Wednesday when I finished off my offering for Joanna in the Postmans Knock project.

Joanna's theme is collecting and I had a hoard of sewing bits and pieces along with an old book I bought last year called 'A Needle and Thread'. Well Joanna is a textile artist so I decided to create a box within the book for her. It was a book that had only cost £1 in a flea market and I took the innards out, made a replacement foamcore stucture, papier mached it and then painted it gold to resemble the original page edges. Then I filled it with illustrations and a collection of needles and spools of threads. I posted it early this week on Thursday because I wanted to make sure it got there in time. Friday was a day spent visiting friends all over the place and then came Saturday....

Time to be on the receiving end of Postman's Knock and I was sent this lovely piece by Chrissie. It is a piece of fabric that she has shibori dyed in an indigo vat and then embroidered onto with delicate seedheads. A perfect interpretation of my theme which is 'taking flight'. When we all started this project I thought it would take ages to complete but there are only three more cards to make now. I shall have to find something else to do once it is all over !

Well, one of the things we needed to do was catch up on our moth trapping. We've been a bit lax this summer, having traps but not always recording everything so we decided to make a proper effort this weekend and have a trap last night. We had over 90 moths in it and here are a few:

A beautiful privet hawk moth

Garden Tiger

Buff Arches

Burnished Brass

...and a Beautiful Golden Y

At the moment I'm taking a breather from the garden. All of sudden there seems to be more weeds than flowers and my husband and I have been out there on and off all morning. The moth trap is safely covered in the shade and later we will release them to carry on where they left off. I suppose I ought to get back out there and carry on where I left off too..... Hope you all have enjoyable busy weeks ahead!