SweetMyrtle

if you go down to these woods...

...you sure will have a surprise!

i spent the summer solstice with a good friend and our 3 girls at this amazing place... surprises at every turn and lots of different pathways and secret hiding places. we picniced in a wooden pagoda surrounded by a sea of green and then the girls ran about, laughing, hiding, playing and we wandered and chatted whilst i happily snapped away.

reflections...

  a giant carved bird with a head and breast made from corks

jenny pickford

i just loved her work...these giant glass and metal bluebells were just stunning.

more glass...

more reflections...

a 'mid summer' owl by maganiso vissensio.. i love this ,

beautiful glass panels by abu jafar

vessels by tracey and tammy humphreys

...the park  is a great place to visit and the sculptures are everchanging.... i wouldn't advise getting lost though and ending up staying the night as there are  some scupltures  which could be kind of spooky...

elevenses...

yesterday i met janet for elevenses... no sooner than i had been welcomed in we both chatted non stop... the only break in the conversation was for a piece of chocolate cake (the most enormous one i have ever seen... from this book), to drink our tea and for a pit stop in the smallest room! 

janet's work is beautiful... her images clean and crisp, her colour palette, soft and gentle...i feel so lucky to have seen her creations for real and they truly are exquisite. her new work space is inspiring too and it made me want to finish decluttering my space, which  i had started earlier in the week.

working from home creating and also being a mum is very hard sometimes... the getting the balance right is essential... connecting with janet who is in a very similar situation to me was extremely satisfying... and such fun... i do hope we do it again soon. thank you janet x

janet also gave me a sweet stitchery... you can find more here in her Etsy shop.