as i’ve mentioned before, my husband forbids me to use any form of the word “dance” in my descriptions, so that eliminated the first impression i got from these elegant, mobile looking feathers. instead, what i see is a couple having a conversation in arrangement number 1, getting shocked and offended in arrangement two, then turning their backs on each other in  huff. there you go. that, or a dance. you can take your pick. it’s just that i can’t.

waterfowl (mallard wing?) feathers

turtle lake, saint paul, minnesota

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i’ve heard really awful people described as pond scum. but if that means they are a lovely emerald green and shaped like tiny clovers that catch the afternoon sunlight glinting off of shallow water like this duckweed, i’m just not sure how awful they could be. i’m just saying.

duckweed

turtle lake, saint paul, minnesta

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i like this image, but after it was too late (in other words, after the sun had gone down), i realized it looked like an ad for an ayurvedic spa where they sell simplicity and healthfulness to harried suburbanites for a weekend of unsustainable peace and harmony. the line between inspiring creativity and effective marketing is a thin one. i’ll be back on my guard tomorrow. namaste.

beach stone and daisy

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here’s my version of a fourth of july fireworks grand finale. interpreted in ferns. with no explosions. and no beer. and zero hot dogs. and bedtime around 9:30 pm. a truly happy 4th. may i wish the same for you. namely, a weekend spent exactly as you would wish.

ferns from my yard

saint paul, minnesota

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these tiger moths tried unsuccessfully to escape through our basement patio door, and my son found them the next morning after they had exhausted themselves. there were only two of them, but i made this pattern by duplicating them and then duplicating them again. i am currently working on some wrapping paper patterns for the holidays, and so patterns are on my mind. i doubt i will include clymene moths as one of my patterns to celebrate “the most wonderful time of the year,”  but on the other hand, i hope this post might pique your interest in what a tesselated still blog pattern might be able to accomplish in the way of holiday wrapping paper. stay tuned!

haploa clymene moth pattern

saint paul, minnesota

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