Most of the leaves are gone and in the park, the wind whistles through the open spaces...........except for what is left of those glorious maples, now beautifully faded and still hanging on to see the winter in!

 

Sorry it's been a little quiet around here. My energy has flagged with the fall in the light. To herald the change, here's a dark little offering compiled from work created by my Flickr friends .

I'm working on a commission at the moment, so should have some of my own work to post soon!

Still trying to get the essence of maple.  Very little editing was needed with the images from this shoot, so here's a slide show of my walk in the maple grove yesterday..................oh, and you may need shades for some of these!

I've been away at Ty Cariad to recover from back pain (all better now thankfully!) and then back to a busy few days at work. Went to the Wild Gardens at Roath Park today and got some shots of autum leaves.

Laid up with lower back pain (grrrrh!) so busied my fingers with a bit of autumnal crochet, and made a cushion for Ty Cariad. I like to work on things to take there for my guests to enjoy.

I think I prefer the back of this one!

It's my own design, which I made up as I went along, and the wool in grey is Colinette 'Art' yarn and the red is Manos del Uruguay 'Maxima' yarn; both arran weight yarns, and I used a 4.5 size hook for a dense fabric. It has a lovely heavy and substantial feel to it.

Time for a new mosaic; this one is another hot selection from Flickr friends (made with fd's Flickr Toys).

Completed my first A1 print of a recent photo today; onto a prepared sheet of waxed paper with gold paint and Inkaid medium. Then printed it upside down (Doh!) However, I do quite like the gold sky!

The leaves caught my breath today, and blew me away!

There was no need to edit the images in photoshop; they are exactly as they came from my camera.

Hottest October on record, and a few images from my Flickr friends to celebrate the warmth.

An Indian summer? The last few days have been glorious, and the bright heat today made up for the cool and overcast late summer we've had. I've been drawn to the colour red for the past few weeks, and here is a sample of the photography, painting, knitting and soft textile sculpture I've been doing.

Walking in the park with Dandy Doggins, the leaves seemed to be on fire in the late summer evening sunshine.

A red forest painting

It's in a warmer shade of red than the picture above suggests, and it was way too warm to be wearing it to the park.

Anyway, I don't know why, but here are some images of a soft textile sculpture I made of a magnolia pod. I don't usually work sculpturally, and I'm not sure it's successful as a work, but it made me smile.

Though I'm not quite sure what to do with it!