NEST(ing)

A Yellow Day (CAUTION)

              DANGER     Paint     Bin Lid     T- Towel   Leaf       Yellow Tomatoes      Fish and Chips

            ALL      OVER    THE             P L A C E        ......................................................

A Big Yellow Taxi Day

Don't it always seem to go,

That you don't know what youv'e got 'til its gone

They paved paradise put up a parking lot

With a pink hotel, boutique and a swinging hot spot

Joni Mitchell  (40 years ago?) 

Unwelcome Messages

                                  Scrubbing bird 'messages' off the deck of the Deborah D!

Calligraphic Messages

The aerial roots of the mangroves tell us much about this highly adapted plant growing on the mudflats in the Barwon River  not far from the sea. The ink brushwork beautiful in its execution and form holds an unknown message.

Reminders of Brack

                                           Brushes lined up.......poised, ready for action.

Spools of ribbon on the march.................reminders of the artist John Brack.  

Orange Interface

                        Mop meets brush and shovel.....................possible blossoming relationship.
                                                          Colour symbology of orange 

A RED and GREEN Day

Cross-stitched  gingham tablecloth from the Salvo Op shop......window and wall on the way to the Salvo Op  shop.

Correa alba growing next to the Salvo Drop off bin.......awning and verenda post next door to the Salvo Op shop.

Red and Green Harmony

When thinking colour harmonies it is important to consider the proportion of one colour to another. As always Mother Nature has all the answers. This beautiful shrub, Adenanthus sericeus has small red flowers that almost look like punctation marks scattered amongst the foilage. The red flowers highlight and give emphasis to the soft green foilage and vise versa.  Each colour visually supports the other, a subtle balancing act...the result...the creation of a colour harmony.

This shrub makes a wonderful hedge or specimen plant in coastal conditions where many other plants will fail. It responds extremely well to pruning. Its soft foilage invites touch and my work mate has dubbed it the Teddy Bear of the plant world.