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Autumn Rainstorm


Rainstorms in September are still colored in shades of summer. Black Eyed Susan and a few sunflower petals illuminated by that sunny-rainy mix as autumn approaches illuminates my heart as well
©Belindabotzong2018

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Where Do The Colors Go?


Where do the colors go
When petals fade away
Leaving tones of brown and gray
Do the hues of blue drip down into the ground
Following fractals to the ocean to create brilliant waterways filled with shades from turquoise to topaz to slate
Or do the blues paint themselves across the sky on bright brilliant days and the yellows fill the sun with its splendor then melt into the sea at the end of the day?
Do the purples and pinks mix and swirl with the yellows and reds
To pour themselves into the sunset or the sunrise in delightful new displays
Where do the colors go?

I save the colors in bowls and pails to create a palette of nature’s beauty to be Refind
©Belindabotzong2018

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Visualize

Close your eyes
Feel the cool breeze waft over the bay
Feel the setting sun upon your tear stained cheeks
Ponder the joy, sorrow, bittersweet and victorious life you have
Listen to the calls of she gulls and he gulls as they dip and soar
Smell the briny air as it freshens your spirit
Open your blurry eyes filled with tears of renewal, strength and refreshment
See the sunset reflecting in the bay, the stormy clouds on the horizon alight with glorious fire and see the gentle slope of Lummi and Orcas Islands
Ponder, pray, praise, visualize.

©Belindabotzong2018

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Garden Palette

Dried, pressed, and preserved flowers, petals, leaves and blossoms serve as the “paint” in this Garden Palette.  A “waterfall” of blue and purple hydrangea, pansies, and blue rock seed flow over “boulders” made of dried rose petals.  A background of “hills” created by a variety of yellow, gold, and brown petals are highlighted by a “sunset” of reds, oranges, yellows and purples from a variety of flowers beneath the edge of the clear blue sky.  Crushed egg shells create a sandy beach.  This will be placed into a shadow box where a “tree” made from elderberry flowers and a “butterfly” Rose of Sharon create a 3D effect.
Garden Palette.3

©belindabotzong2018

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Papermaking .. if at first you don’t succeed

Trial number two
Pretty sure this is only a summer outdoor activity.. very messy and in need of air drying so it’s good I got this wild hair in July rather than December!
This time I skipped the newspaper and brown paper bags that got me to a near cardboard material last time. Not that it can’t be used for something in the future but I still have visions of soft white pretty paper…
So I bought reams of printer paper from someone on Facebook for two bucks. And a shredder from amazon.. and I sat outside last week shredding five pages at a time … the limit of the shredder.., and made a big bag of it!
During this week I also dried some raspberry vines and lots of flowers and crushed them
My first couple batches were a little iffy but by the end I think I came out with some fairly nice pieces.. still not soft like I imagine.. but I think the white and streaks of yellow from the dried leaves can be part of a bigger collage I have in my head.
Papermaking has proved to be exceedingly messy and harder than I imagined but it’s satisfying so next time I’m going for cotton!
©Belindabotzong2018

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Pressed Flowers …again

I have a confession
I have an obsession
With flower impression
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Or is it a passion
With nature’s fashion
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Or is it devotion
To the creator’s vast notion
That we should admire his handiwork from flower to ocean
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The petals, the blossoms
His creations are awesome
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The land, earth, and sky
Reflections of why
He made so much pleasing to my eye
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I must press and preserve
In print it will serve
As Refind art
And glorify God with all of my heart