Kilmartin Rock Art Textile

It had to happen - after our visit to Kilmartin last month - some Rock Art inspired work......

The inspiration...not necessarily this pic, but you get the idea....

The finished piece...

And the detail...

Buttermere

We are so lucky to have Buttermere close by. An enjoyable walk round the lake on a very average day - but very nice!

Towards Fleetwith Pike.

Through the woods.

Damp...

Damper....

Tawny Grisette and Cauliflower Fungus.

Herdies.

And a lovely tup.

The becks were full. 

Not today....

With sunshine and a light breeze forecast we headed down to Leighton Moss to see the Bearded Reedlings - at this time of year they come down to the grit trays - not today though! A glorious autumnal day though with some nice light...

An empty grit tray...

There were lots of dragonflies around - here a Migrant Hawker landed in the reeds...

Swampy...

Reeds.

Aspen beginning to yellow-up.

Alder.

Spindle.

Just a nice stump.

At this time of year there isn't a lot of wildfowl around...

Great White Egret.

Gadwall.

Red Deer.

And down at the coastal hides - Redshank.

The last summer Adder

A trip down the moss, in autumn sunshine, gave us a great Adder encounter - possibly the last for the season.

An autumnal feel with plenty of fungi, a Migrant Hawker and a distant Marsh Harrier. We are so lucky!

The colours of autumn.

Late summer sun....

A well camouflaged Common Darter.

And a gorgeous curled Adder.

Reflections. The moss is wetting up nicely.

And the same Adder was out on the way back ...quite a length.

And off....

Plenty of difficult to identify fungi....

Migrant Hawker.

And some colourful Cross-leaved Heath. 

Loch Druidibeg

A while back I posted that I was inspired by the colours and textures of the RSPB's Loch Druidibeg NNR on South Uist -  Click here for photos. 

Colours and textures ....

I began by enjoying some gelli printing and dying to create the base fabrics based on the colours and texture of the reserve, which were then patchworked, quilted and embroidered to create the finished piece.

Royal Fern gelli printing.

Hand coloured and embroidered.

And putting it all together ......

The finished piece....