Journal archive
August 29, 2011
Again today I used the sunflowers that came down during Hurricane Irene in my ikebana arrangement. I’m still drawn to the muted grays and earth tones of late summer and the beach colors but wanted to add a touch of color. It will soon be time for the vibrant reds, yellows and oranges of fall […]
Read story →August 28, 2011
Hurricane Irene is history, and I have photos that I tried without luck to post. However I will say that it was an interesting evening, one of the windows in the house we were staying in was shattered by a wind blown tree branch around 8PM last night. As were were trying to cover it( […]
Read story →August 27, 2011
My focus has been on getting things prepped for the hurricane, so I thought I had enough time to get up today and gather some last minute floral materials before the storm began at noon. Wrong! It was already windy when we got up and began to rain shortly afterwards. Now it’s been really windy […]
Read story →August 26, 2011
My inspiration for today was the bay/beach, maybe it’s seeing it every day on the retreat or the impending winds/rain of hurricane Irene that influenced me. I wanted something with a very beachy feel and some lightness to it. The pampas grass (courtesy of Juanita’s yard) gives a bright and airy feeling, and the barnacle […]
Read story →August 25, 2011
Today was partly rainy and was mostly spent getting out and enjoying the day before the winds of hurricane Irene arrive on Saturday. Gathering some provisions for the weekend was a part of the day too. later I was able to gather some lovely gypsophilia (baby’s breath) , pink garden roses, and some dark red […]
Read story →August 24, 2011
This is the result of my work(off and on) for the last few days. It somewhat resembles the sketch I did. Not complicated, but a fun piece to do. I had wanted it to have some kinetic energy of some sort and I never imagined that the root/driftwood piece would move in the water. I […]
Read story →August 23, 2011
For some reason today I chose not to place the sphere I had been working on in the installation spot and instead was drawn to late summer materials to make a smaller piece. I chose some grasses, some bittersweet (still in the green stage), driftwood, hydrangea, a fading hosta leaf and some bright orange/red nandina. […]
Read story →August 22, 2011
Much of today was spent running from place to place, up early and back to DC and then to appointments. After all that I worked on catching up on things so that we could return back to the bay this afternoon. I had barely enough daylight once we arrived back at the bay to go […]
Read story →August 21, 2011
Today’s photo is the best of some badly lit out of focus photos from today. Bad because it was late with bad lighting and the sphere kept spinning,which was pretty cool looking just not good for a still photo. The pieces of bark in the photo were removed later on, I might find a way […]
Read story →August 20, 2011
a href=”https://keithstanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bay-016.jpg”> Today I started a new piece with the thought that it should be completely done in one day. It was an ambitious piece, with a lot od detail to be done. Later in the day I realized that my goal of creating daily was still intact. I am creating daily, just not making […]
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