Inspired, as always, by Nature

I give thanks on a daily basis for the natural beauty that surrounds me.  

It lifts my spirits, calms my soul and roots my being.  

It also helps me to forget, for a while, the concerns and nonsense that seems to have gripped so much of our world.  

And, I am increasingly aware of how much nature feeds my creativity.  

Here is a selection of my necklaces -- alongside nature's inspiration. 

Enjoy!

 

Ahhh!

 

2021 Back to Beading

 

My beads languished in cupboards through most of 2020

And in the worst of Lockdown I stayed home

 Writing.  Dreaming of Travel.

Comforted by my home and garden.

And then ... once I could get out and about ... 

the nourishing beauty of nature fed my spirits, lifted my heart,

Inspired me to get back to my beads  

Cheers!

Maridadi in Somerset West

We have left America and settled back home in South Africa 

I have been relishing the outdoors: 

the drama of the geography, the wide vistas, 

the exuberance of it all

 

Reconnecting with this land

It is taken me almost 9 months to open 

my boxes (and boxes, and boxes) of beads 

and begin to create new designs 

I am working towards a home show here in Somerset West, 

inviting folk I’ve met in this community

Threading part of my previous life into this new one 

bead by bead

inspired by all I see

 

 Cheers!!