Tuesday 30 June 2020
Tuesday
I just happened to see an interesting article in the Guardian online about Swifts...
apparently they are loosing nesting places as newer houses and roofs make it difficult for them to find nesting places, and so special nesting boxes are being provided in some towns & villages in uk
Monday 29 June 2020
Sunday 28 June 2020
Saturday 27 June 2020
Saturday
:)
O what fun !
I came upon this by accident when searching for something quite different ...
and smiled... the ingenuity of whoever made this :)
Friday 26 June 2020
Thursday 25 June 2020
Thursday
Wednesday 24 June 2020
Wednesday
waiting for sunset : oil on canvas : c. janet driver |
It was a beautiful warm summer evening with hardly a breath of air, even towards high tide...
while I was sitting near Batemans tower marvelling at the deep colour in the sky as the sun began to set
I saw this sailing boat slowly drop anchor as people began to stand up
looking for the best viewpoint
as the sunlight began to glow through low-lying mist
and a breeze ruffled the waters, leaving no hint of reflections
and the colours subtly began to change...
Monday 22 June 2020
Tuesday
The blossoms on that tree I showed you yesterday...cascading down, reminded me of weeping willows
...and then I remembered these glass panels I made a few year ago...
acid-etched antique glass: c. janet driver |
...today I would like to share with you some details from these acid-etched weeping willow patterns I cut into deep green and blue layers of flashed antique glass... the acid cuts its way right through from the dark surface layer of deep green glass to reveal the bright yellow-green below...taking several hours of painstaking work... but the light shining through is really beautiful :)
acid-etched antique glass: c. janet driver |
Monday
this morning it was just so beautiful... I opened the back door to see cascades of yellow blossoms almost down to the ground...
Sunday 21 June 2020
Saturday 20 June 2020
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Sunday 14 June 2020
Saturday 13 June 2020
Saturday
the scent of lilies in the rain : oil on canvas : c. Janet Driver |
Friday 12 June 2020
Wednesday 10 June 2020
Thursday : Corpus Christi : thanksgiving for Holy Communion
Monday 8 June 2020
Tuesday
“ God looks at every human being with infinite tenderness and deep compassion “
Brother Roger : ateliers et Pressess de Taize
Friday 5 June 2020
Friday June 5th : World Environment Day
stained & etched glass ready for window below c. janet driver |
climate change window commissioned by the School of Life Sciences, Whitelands College & made by Janet Driver 1998/9 |
at the same time thousands of people are petitioning the UK government to prioritise green initiatives when it plans to kickstart the economy after the Covid 19 lockdown...
and this all reminded me of how my research for this climate change window raised my own awareness...
and just how many of the scenarios we then envisaged “some time in the future” have actually happened much earlier...during the last 20 years...
what can you see in that window ?
...a large part of it foretold the tsunami... & continual problems with flooding...immigration... terrific wild fires so recently in Australia... & far more...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
Thursday
hot, dry weeks of evening sunlight : c.janet driver |
...painted some years ago when I noticed the fragile beauty of this dandelion lit up by the evening sun shining low across our sunburnt back garden where nothing much survived except these beautiful seed heads... hot & dry like this year...
and then when I put this painting in my solo exhibition at Denbies Vineyard someone made my day by buying it as a special celebration of her birthday... :)
Tuesday 2 June 2020
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