Deanne Fitzpatrick » Entries tagged with "beauty"
where i am, loving it , and going somewhere new
I am excited at the possibilities of this place, my studio. When I look around here I am always thinking what can I do next, where do I go from here. I sometimes look back and remember there was me and my hook and my wool. Then there was the trunk in my front room and the armoire that I used as my shop. Then there was the back end of my house. Then there was the little Electric … Read entire article »
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Catherine Bussiere: white
In times of hardship beauty (still) appears everyday I must be attentive open my eyes, my ears, my heart A visit, a word said, a memory - moments of grace - as little as they may be must be nourished There is a thin line between sweet and sour fresh and faded In the presence of the ephemeral : life I am reminded to look now at beauty in all forms create it and share it … Read entire article »
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Catherine Bussiere: Green
It’s been raining non stop for days grey sky, puddles drizzle, showers cats and dogs buckets away in the city cozy in the warmth of my sister’s house I look out the window every morning at her backward garden drenched and long for sunshine I need to put flowers in and a few veggies no need to rush I know I know this morning I stepped out protected by the roof of the front entrance I clicked away at the nearby greenery various shapes and shades of green tender, dark, lined, wet it’s all so pretty I … Read entire article »
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Catherine Bussiere: Happy Mother’s Day!
I was 24 when I had my first son I remember being pregnant at the time and having both this beautiful inner feeling of life forming inside me but also, being young and filled with other dreams, this idea that it was it, I would be a mother for ever and nothing else a strange mix you may think but none the less true I’d wanted to be a photographer and a filmmaker an artist of some kind A mother I … Read entire article »
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Getting Around
Dear Diary, Driving around the edge of Amherst you never know what you will find. For some reason on this old abandoned road on the highway between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick this bike was leaned against an enormous pothole. There was no one in the hole by the way. Someone must be riding around on the old road, or perhaps they found a bike on the marsh and put it out as a free … Read entire article »
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Diane Krys: The Cowichan Sweater Tradition
This display window in downtown Victoria,B.C. instantly brought back memories of my mother’s knitting. Years ago she made a multitude of these type of sweaters. Growing up I was accustomed to living amongst these sweater parts as they were being made and then seeing my Dad, uncles and family friends wearing them once they were finished. Even so I didn’t fully appreciate the cultural history that inspired them until my recent trip to Vancouver Island. We … Read entire article »
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Catherine Bussiere: Grow a Farmer
Over the past few years slowly but surely there has been a movement of young men and women that have educated themselves by school, trade or self about the essence of who we are our very core, implanted in us to grow and gather our own food a forgotten art Taken care of by something so big that it has lost sight and so have we of natural beauty and perfection in a need to control and profit our health and our environment has been jeopardized But it is so … Read entire article »
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Look with Lorna
Wool, wool and more wool. The Studio is over flowing with such beautiful colours, I love walking in the door. Catherine has put the new wool colours on the website, her pictures are amazing so check them out. … Read entire article »
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