Old chest, new wreath, beans and poem.

Greetings folks!

What do you do when you find an old asian linen chest near your rubbish bins? You open it of course. And gasp when you find it still contains embroidered linen which hasn’t been used. Some sheet sets, pillowcases and napkins. About six sets of napkins. No one uses them any more, 

So we took it upstairs and made it work in our lounge room where it brings some gravitas and interest.

We plan to move our linen into it and use the linen closet shelf for my craft items.

I am madly planning what you can make linen napkins into.

We removed the old faux carving and polished it up.

I made a new wreath for our front door out of some old jewellery wire, some leftover beads and some random feathers I collected. I love it. It is very me.

Here are some of the beans we grew on our balcony this year. The poor old plants were beaten to death by the wind, but the moth eaten plant produced some lovely beans. Doesn’t this photo on our bench with side light from the window look like an art work? The bench is a handy colour.

And finally I wrote a poem about my trees, so I hope you enjoy.

I love walking the lake

Amongst the trees

While they chorus

With the wind

And catch the birds landing

On their strong limbs

Seeing them dance

Wooden trunks bending

And swaying

Providing safety for creatures

Like cicadas

To change their clothes

Doing it with grace

And beauty

With calmness

Which they spread

To all around

May I be like a tree

18/12/20

Til next time,

Keep on creating!

Love,

Jazzy Jack