Friday, November 19, 2010

finch





it's been a long while since i've updated my blog. real life has been continuing on meanwhile & these flowers have been growing my garden. this poor char finch flew into mum's lounge window & thoroughly knocked himself out into sweet oblivion, louis found him on the carpet in perfect condition, it was fascinating for us all to be able to hold the bird & study his texture & form. in the end we buried him under our raspberry bushes, i have a feeling louis won't forget him for quite some time.

Monday, November 8, 2010

isobel dalhousie




our first strawberries. celeste & i made these biccys & the chocolate caramel fingers yesterday for school lunches. i've just finished another alexander maccall book 'the lost art of gratitude', i really enjoy reading this series, it's so entertaining & i like to ponder the main character isobel's philosophical thoughts.
'something to do with beauty. yes, she thought, that was one way of expressing it. moral beauty existed as clearly as any other form of beauty and perhaps that was were we would find the god who was so vividly, and sometimes bizarrely, described in our noisey religious explanations. it was an intriguing thought, as it meant that a concert could be a spiritual experience, a secular painting a religious icon, a beguiling face a passing angel.'