Nyack Backyard

Rockport, Texas

Catherine Hyde - “The woods are lovely, dark and deep”. This painting was inspired by Robert Frost’s iconic poem “Stopping by woods on a snowy evening”.

A context that stretches out much further. 

Asclepias syriaca

Purged my altar. It was getting so “fussy.” More relaxing with the little open spaces.

Living Altar

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Ice Luminarias | Rhythm of The Home Blog

All of these decorations are wonderful ways practice some craft during the holidays, especially if you’re heading home to be with your family who are either less than supportive of your practices or don’t know about them. And they’re all gorgeous!!!

More Christmas ideas here.

I am beyond pleased with these! They are real leaves preserved in gold. My daughter bought them for me at a Gem Faire. I find it amazing that the booth she got the from was called Realm of the Goddess. Oak leaves are very special to me, I even have a tattoo with them. I feel these are meant especially me.

He began a search for this endangered craftsmanship in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China and he was able to find many workshops in the rural areas of these countries. He made the brooms into what can almost be called floral portraits, emphasizing both the beauty and fragility that they bring with them. Being made with different techniques and materials, each broom tells something about the area that it’s from, so that the pictures each hold a different story of generations of artisans that practiced their particular branch of broom making to perfection. A craftsmanship that will most likely soon be lost.