Friday - Dogwood Nature Prints

This morning I took advantage of the bright sun on my windowsill

and used Nature Print paper with Dogwood flowers.

I had to pop the screen out to get enough sun (keeping a close eye on Sophie)

and arranged the flowers on a board with a piece of glass on top.

After exposure the prints are put into a water bath for about a minute

and then set to dry on a board covered with newsprint.

When the flowers are first removed their image is blue but the water bath

reverses the color.

Some books I made years ago with the papers.  

The old prints are a much deeper blue, I think my stock of paper is old.  

Doesn't matter...the  faded color is just as lovely.

I plan to use some for bookmaking and some will be sewn along their

top edges to create a curtain like effect as shown in the first two photos.

How pretty they will look hanging in a breezy window.

Happy Friday the Thirteenth!

Wednesday - Morning Coffee

Clouds are moving in this morning, maybe it will rain.
I'm glad the leaves are coming back.
Flowers get all the glory but there is nothing like the sound of rain
and wind in the leaves.

I bought my Ilsa coffee maker 20 years ago in Woodstock, NY.
After many summer vacations in Italy I can't wake up without a
good strong cup of coffee.
The rest of the day is for tea.

An hour to knit and read before I'm off to work.

Easter Sunday

Grape Hyacinths I planted in a secret place last year and a treasured
glass egg both on my nightstand.

I went for a drive this afternoon, the farm is a favorite as is the horse
in the paddock to the left.

This morning I put some chocolate eggs in a little nest.
I came home to my own Easter Egg Hunt, courtesy of the cat!
There is still one I haven't found yet.

Thanks Sophie  :)
Happy Easter