Kiku aka Mums for autumn plus central WA colors

All the same. A mum is a Kiku in Japanese. They’re ancient flowers, all stemming from a Beloved flower growing on the wayside in Japan long long ago. Beloved for its colorful yellow bloom in autumn Man has created every mum from this ordinary ragged wayside flower. My newest ones I’ll add more later.

Need no excuse for color…

 

Snowed today. Large flakes but temp was a bit high. Maybe more tonight..

 Snow snow snow. 

Thank you for the snow. 

So the children who need to be outside 4-6 hours a day to be full of wonder, curiosity, to and use their bodies, drink up vitamin d. To have fun and develop will surely go out to play with parents. We need snow. 

I have no snow pics. Sorry. I went to the local bakery. To see Joe who is new there but he wasn’t in. He makes the best lattes there and reminds me of my young brother. 

So I have photos,…bakery Choux Choux 

Then had breakfast out. IHOP 

Always looking for something colorful to Post…

     Above is a Samarkand small bolinpush suzani, hand embroidered.                                                                               Below is a Mongolian yurt wall cover. Siberia.

              The reindeer people. 

Suzani. Samarkand  below. All hand embroidered. 

Some I chose from an album that are bright and colorful from all seasons to brighten cloudy much needed rainy days. 

I love rain anyway. 

As a very young child I didn’t see why I had to stop playing outdoors when showers broke out in spring time. 

I don’t recall why I was sent to my room but I think I wasn’t very quiet about having to come inside. 

To my room I’d go and stand on my little bed, opening the latched window and that way I can as very close to the rain anyway, and after the robins hopped out, I did too. Back out to be with my precious outdoors. My great friend and companion doing I don’t even know what. Exploring like all true adventures I guess! 

 

Chrysanthemums Aka Kiku

Really spectacular flowers to brighten the dark longer days of the year. 

 

Kiku, Chrysanthemums, A Love of my Life.

Kiku is quite an art. For 12-14 years I grew them and I’m Still far from expert. It’s the climate here  requires patience but they last longer,  anyway some of the arts I’ve pursued are these and ceramic art too, of course, and for awhile now I’ve researched Silk Road Textiles.   I collect and show them, in the past I showed my ceramics in competitions and international shows. I also miss ceramic art and pottery  and who knows? 

I changed from sculptural work to tile design and tiles are very interesting  small tiles in relief. 

The world is varied and has many things to learn about though. What’s next? 

I’m still involved in the Silk Road research, collections and writing. 

Anyway I’m still in love with mums  the emperor of Japans seal is the chrysanthemum, Kiku  

Colorful and beautiful flowers