Black Bees, Compost and Rocket Stoves

Reminds me of my native UK!

Bealtaine Cottage, Ireland

Nasturtiums, Lobelia, Petunia, Sweet William, Perlagonium, Valerian and Night Scented Stock are jostling for space near the back door.

Abundance reigns supreme in the gardens, as seen here in these lovely old-fashioned roses that lead the way up to the new orchard.

Bees are in a frenzy over the Cotoneaster.

This is a strange bee with a black bottom half.

The black bit appears shiny.

Do you have any idea what kind of bee this is?

All this buzzing guarantees lots of food for the birds over winter!

Another lovely bee working hard here at Bealtaine Cottage this evening.

The evening is very still and warm…perfect for all the insects that work in the gardens.

Lots of stone and wood piled up and ready for the workshop tomorrow.

These beds are very abundant and productive, considering the shallow depth and intensive planting…the weather is promised good for tomorrow!

Lysimachia Punctata…

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Mama’s Pumpkin Thoran

Love Indian food!

RAINFOREST-This is an experiment for me.

RAINFOREST-This is an experiment for me. A small piece of serrated metal dragged through lines of color, some brush work and addition of vertical chains. It made me think of what a thunderous downpour must look like in the multi-colored rainforest, when viewed through glasses which are spattered with raindrops. A neighbor donated the gold frame. It really looks a lot richer in person!

While playing with color the accompanying poem came to me.

Rainforest

A Poem

 

The Spell

By Clare Willson

 

Instruments prepared.

Her stained fingers hover.

Wrist flex motion right to left.

Melody washes over a soft lilac hue,

followed by a concerto of palest mint,

 

frost pink rhapsody soothes.

Polka dots waltz before

a riotous ruby crescendo

sweeps brisk, upward strokes

to the vibrant finale.

 

Smiles, lays her brush down

and surveys her work.

Color dances beauty over canvas.

Magic woven, she is unclear how.

 

Ebony Beauty

Hollyhock Heaven

Inky taffeta, cream velvet bodice.
Ball gowns waltz higher and higher.

‘Celia Sea-Horse’

Did you know there are 35 species of Sea-Horse? They are classified as bony fish, have gills and rather pathetic fins, so are poor swimmers and often die from exhaustion!
These delicate little creatures dwell in tropical waters, and vary in size from one to fourteen inches. They constantly munch on plankton and crustaceans as they have no stomach! Wow, they must be hungry all the time!
Truly unique is the fact that the male carries the young! I like that! The female inserts the eggs into his ‘brood pouch’ where he fertilizes and then delivers them several weeks later. I forgot to mention they have an elaborate courtship dance in which they entwine tails and sometimes change color. They mate for life which can be up to five years.

A group of Sea-Horses is a called a ‘Herd’.

I hope you like my “Celia Sea-Horse’ recycled metal artwork.

Debut “Partly Sunny with a Chance of Snow; a Pocketful of Showers”

Look forward to reading this! Great news!

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I am very excited to announce the acceptance of the above titled manuscript of my newest chapbook by Finishing Line Press. I am in the process of trying to decide on cover artwork. Since the book is dedicated to my friend, the late photographer and penwoman, Yolanda Tooley, and is inscribed so, I may use the watercolor photoshopped picture of the puppy with the red sneakers posted earlier on this blog. It features her name in the title.
The collection is my most ambitious yet. It is 32 pages and includes poems that have appeared in Ireland through Elbow Lane Poems, Great Britain through indigodreamsonline as well as poems shared with other publications in the United States such as The Penwoman and http://www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org. They interact well together. It is definitely a book about women’s words, but also about life with all its watershed moments, that tells of rich stories to…

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Snow White Delphinium

How nature heals the soul…..