Remembering friends from Japan.

Lately I had a little surgical thing done, cool surgery actually.

Balloon surgery for my terrible sinuses. Very cool. I was awake and no pain. This is the best way to go, leaves no scar tissue, so you actually heal up instead of getting worse. I waited for this a long time. So I decided just to put some photos of me on today.

At Stehekin last summer

 At the farm with friends

                                                            And Christmas, age 46

Yoshino Cherry Blossoms. Most Revered Cherry Blossom of Japan. In bloom now!

This is my small Yoshino Cherry Tree. I have enjoyed it so much. 

Hoping you do too.

Taken daytime. Overcast though.

These taken around 7:20 pm

Evening. Just before dusk came.

You may see why these are revered. 

Open white and finish a delicate pink as

breeze lifts them from the tree spreading them daintily

 everywhere in profusion.

Yoshino Cherry tree blooming

Yea!

Roses

The Valley this Evening.

Skagit Valley

Close up of Suzani's

Samarkand unusual 

melon sprouts...

Samarkand classic 

sun roundels 

Boysun Suzani detail 

 Terrarium with cyclamen

This year I have azalea but will possible redo it. Maybe

I can find small cyclamen again. 

It's pretty interesting with blooms.    

Some stuff I've made

Growing the Kiku and this is a pitcher I made. Used as vase. 

Btw. I ordered my mums for this year!!

A special pillow I made and really didn't know why. For someone I didn't know. 

Turns out I have Soo much in common with this person. It's really a miracle. 

A hat I designed and made for my daughter. (one of)

Graphic art work

Alkaline glaze. Wood fired in woodfire kiln I built. 

Elephants foot my friends call it. 

Signs of spring

Quince

Hellebores

Primrose

Dining room ready for spring flowers.

Last year I cut the Dracena back. It was heading through the ceiling. I rooted what I cut off. With sun the plant should do well. 

Artwork by Bjorn Wiinblad, a Danish

Potter, artist, designer.. Ballet poster. 

One of my favorites. 

And a suzani on the table waiting for purple lilacs, salmon poppies, snowball flowers, and peony, for a bouquet.  

This suzani is Baysun. 

Uzbekistan. 

The painting is by an old friend. We were in a gallery together at one time. 

(Chickens)

Spring comes soon.. We've had some sun...

Roses indoors are nice. 

As a gift even better. 

Suzani, hand embroidery in silk. 

Peppers. Bukhara. 

Nice bright colors for dreary days. 

This one has nice movement in the design. 

The large Samarkand detail...( below)

One dial that reverberates like the sun. 

The entire suzani is very large. Maybe 14'x 27'

I never measured. It fits the wall very well though. 

Silk Road dowry items

Uzbekistan

I so appreciate the work made by these women for their daughters. 

Soon a lost art. I'll hope to have these in a museum for all to see and learn of this culture. 

The daisy like flower is blue. 

When you walk into this room, this suzani seems to vibrate like the Suns rays. It has 8 large medallions like this.

You can see the impact of the design around the center of the dial in ted, white and black and sense even in this one sundial the energetic movement I speak of. 

Osprey Tours, Cannabis, and Ferries,

Oh Dear!

This Philco in a store window in Port Townsend.

These are amazing TV's 

Textiles From The Rest of the World

Rugs

Suzani's

Pillows

Last year I was finally able to fix the water problem naturally....

I love it when my ideas are right on. 

Einstein said none of his came from logical thinking. For some of us thoughts come from air. 

We don't need to engineer grand themes when simple beautiful solutions are kind of no brainers. Yet all over the world things get done the hard way. The brutal way, forcing things to bend to mans will. 

At any rate this little garden is the fix for springs that took water under the house. 

I filled in soil conditioner and built a small pond. Estimates to fix this ranged from 8,000.00 up! 

I always trust myself. (Mostly:) 

Money makers always take the hard, expensive path with no beauty to show for it. 

Here is the little garden. 

No flooding this year. 

I look forward to its resurgence come spring. There will be some changes and tweaks.