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Mo Crow
Sydney, Australia
illustrating the lyrics of Old Man Crow one song at a time
Interests: illustration, bookbinding, music, crows, cats, looking after our beautiful planet for the seventh generations
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In my experience of working as a gardener for nearly 50 years, eall plants no matter if they are wild weeds or rare cultivars care about where they put down their roots and thrive with good light, soil and water!
Commented 1 hour ago on next step at bee creative
next step
Make sure you aren't "h-angry" Apples cooked in butter on top of pizza dough with cheddar and a drizzle of honey. Then go spend the afternoon in the garden. And then take the scissors to the bag you started, fit it to a pillow form you made, cut a back out of the leg of an old pair of ...
love your 13 of beginnings!
Commented yesterday on Signs at handstories
Signs
Yesterday in search of a path. Using a moon, silky red and magic thread gifts from Jude, I tried to make my own. It’s hard when the best way forward isn't clearly marked. It's been a rough week, a decision had to be made. Is it an opportunity, a step backwards, or a leap into quic...
oh that last hill, the combination of cloth and form is magic!
Commented 5 days ago on One hill leads to another... at handstories
One hill leads to another...
Saturday afternoon I just needed something bigger to stitch on. These cloths were at hand. A comforting hill. With Jude's beasts in mind (I love them so). Thinking about most of my self-portraits either have no mouth at all, or are wide open, screaming things from the deep. ...
those watchful Widget eyes!
Commented 6 days ago on fieldnotes + to do at bee creative
fieldnotes + to do
Looking out the window. Looking in from the outside. Altered view. Most of Saturday was spent working in the back garden, pruning out the last of the blackberry canes. The little birds are gathering bits and pieces for nests. The native current is in full bloom. Usually a hummingbird can ...
(((Deb))) love your wild flower!
Ariel helped Old Man Crow write this verse for the 'Letter Q';
questions are beginnings
answers are ends
I'll hold close to the questions
and make them my friends
from 'An illuminated Book of Cats' © 2010
Commented 7 days ago on don't get stuck in why at bee creative
don't get stuck in why
What I need to tell myself frequently. Why is good when it encourages curiosity and wonder. And why is limiting when it creates doubt.
(((Acey))) you dive deep into the good magic!
Commented Apr 2, 2021 on Prompt: hear existing Blue afresh at Nichobella
Prompt: hear existing Blue afresh
Find something Blue that you created in another time and head/heart/world space. Sit quietly with your creation. hear what it might be telling you in a new way or through a different frame of reference. The pics in this post come from a healing&holding cloth I made about 15 years ago. Orig...
(((Hazel))) such a hopeful boat!
Commented Mar 23, 2021 on More cake, rope & a boat at handstories
More cake, rope & a boat
This year's birthday season came to a close last night with German chocolate cake made by Moon and a family visit with virtual Blue. A new boat, sailing into, or with, springtime. I had forgotten some of the rope story... It all started with this photo and a text from my bro...
gentling
Commented Mar 22, 2021 on altered softly at bee creative
altered softly
what a beauty!
Commented Mar 21, 2021 on fieldnote blanket, spring at bee creative
fieldnote blanket, spring
The tulips were a gift. The wool was already on the table. Meant to be...
(((Widget)))
Commented Mar 20, 2021 on in color + field notes at bee creative
in color + field notes
Beautiful Deb Lacativa thread. The fabric is raw silk. Widget is absolutely no help, but she is a great joy. The forsythia is in full bloom now. I spent a good amount of time in the garden today. Mostly clear, a little wind but from the south, a high of 58 F. An osprey flew over, chased b...
(((Hazel))) best wishes for many more "maybe cupcakes by the sea" !
Commented Mar 20, 2021 on Waterside gifts at handstories
Waterside gifts
Dad's birthday was/is (?) the day before mine. Something that I both loved and hated growing up. Things were often tangled for me because of it. The feelings about it all continued into adulthood, making the days leading up to my birthday hard (especially for those around me). This yea...
I love those fine micron pens!
Commented Mar 17, 2021 on dot dot dot at bee creative
dot dot dot
farther closer (I used a micron pen.) Next up, some more stitching.
Best Wishes for Many More Happy Returns (((Hazel))) sail on silver girl!
Commented Mar 17, 2021 on More flowers at handstories
More flowers
Hill as home. Stitch as song. Isn't this cloth dyed by Tina a glorious color? Fuchsia, magenta, cerise? And Deb's thread pulling all of the colors together? The last two mornings drawings have been of something on my table, still not looking at the paper. I haven't forgotte...
"Blue, blue, electric blue!" David Bowie 'Sound and Vision' from a long time ago
Commented Mar 16, 2021 on let Blue have its way with you. at Sparkling Lotus Ink
let Blue have its way with you.
approach BLUE from the bridge connecting the upper chakra to the central anchor of heart. bring with you everything of value from the primary chakras, their bridge to the heart, and the heart itself. Allow your arms to fill enough that bits and pieces drop along this new bridge to be cro...
oh I hadn't heard Simon & Garfunkel's April Come She Will' for such a long time... your title for this post took me there
https://youtu.be/PYD-DIggB2k
April come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain;
May, she will stay,
Resting in my arms again.
June, she'll change her tune,
In restless walks she'll prowl the night;
July, she will fly
And give no warning to her flight.
August, die she must,
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold;
September I'll remember
A love once new has now grown old.
Commented Mar 13, 2021 on Come what may at handstories
Come what may
This log cabin happened while spending a couple of hours in a hospital waiting area. (K was having a routine procedure that he needed driven home from.) There were a handful of us waiting, with an occasional hospital workers stopping by to eat at the tables near the window. One woman ma...
I associate the blue throat chakra with my turquoise nagual stone that I carved from a chunk of turquoise my brother found for me in New Mexico
https://itscrowtime.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/turquoisebluecatweb.png
I carved it in 2004, the year I got throat cancer, a particularly poignant piece, like carving a piece of the sky...
Commented Mar 12, 2021 on blue in my studio at Nichobella
blue in my studio
Cats Rule!
Commented Mar 12, 2021 on 3 bags full at bee creative
3 bags full
As it happens, I have three bags of wool (one black, two white) I washed one. And carded it. And spun some yarn. Until Widget put a "paws" to it... I really couldn't help that. Really.
ah she mentioned that these lines were an echo, a riff from some memory, here it is a short poem by WB Yeats;
Old Tom Again
Things out of perfection sail,
And all their swelling canvas wear,
Nor shall the self-begotten fail
Though fantastic men suppose
Building-yard and stormy shore,
Winding-sheet and swaddling - clothes.
Commented Mar 11, 2021 on Biding at handstories
Biding
"Their stories were as old as the stars" These hills seem like very good friends to me. Odds and ends days... After days and days, taxes are done. K does them. I tiptoe around in denial and guilt and try to answer occasional questions. Until he hands me my part to do (for the...
(((Acey))) you'll have to put up some wedding photos after that story!
Commented Mar 11, 2021 on true blue heart at Sparkling Lotus Ink
true blue heart
37 years ago, Jim and I were married in our dining room with 73 of our closest family and friends joining us - family with us in the dining room and all others in the living room and foyer. It was super-cold that day and we had friends/relatives coming up from the Delaware Valley. So I'd cra...
Love your abstract watercolours and how they are informing your stitching, they fit with this quote in 'A Natural Curiosity' by Margaret Drabble (p124-5)-
"All things out of abstraction sail,
And all their swelling canvas wear."
Commented Mar 10, 2021 on Biding at handstories
Biding
"Their stories were as old as the stars" These hills seem like very good friends to me. Odds and ends days... After days and days, taxes are done. K does them. I tiptoe around in denial and guilt and try to answer occasional questions. Until he hands me my part to do (for the...
I am still dreaming of a world where love is the answer...
Commented Mar 8, 2021 on final heart prompt: extend love's reach at Nichobella
final heart prompt: extend love's reach
Spend these final days of intensive heart contemplation actively pushing heart energy through your arms and hands. Allow the energy to flow into everything that you touch, whenever you remember to stop and hold both the thought and its intentions. imagine if our collective Heart left indelible ...
Spring!
Commented Mar 7, 2021 on field notes: almost spring at bee creative
field notes: almost spring
Gray, still morning...warm and windy. Out at sunrise to feed the chickens. The hummingbird sits in dead branches I will cut down soon, chirping. It moves one tree over. Crows fly south quietly. A couple finches fly in and work their way through the dog rose. I suspect they have nested there in p...
(((Deb))) such a beautiful combination of colours and textures
Commented Mar 6, 2021 on morning light at bee creative
morning light
Middle square from Jude, the rest plant dyed. Walnut, onion, redwood cones, pomegranate, sweet woodruff roots, marigolds...other things I have tried through the years. I really should be better about labeling. On silk, wool, cotton, blends. This square holds so much texture and carries a lot o...
I made the The Stole of Bandaged Heart back in 2011 when I first met Jude Hill's magic circle at Spirit Cloth, here's the link if you want to take a squizz
https://itscrowtime.wordpress.com/crows-art-magic-2011-16/the-bandaged-hearts/
Commented Mar 6, 2021 on prompt: where does your heart rest? at Nichobella
prompt: where does your heart rest?
Visualize, create, or repurpose a container that's a suitable resting place for your heart. You can leave it empty until you need it or keep a representational heart in the container at all times as a visual reminder that hearts are only as secure and vibrant as their resting space. *** I've ...
such a beautiful honouring
Commented Mar 5, 2021 on Full & Unfulfilled at handstories
Full & Unfulfilled
Cameron Darnell Lamb "Father, son, brother, cousin & beloved friend Sunrise June 14, 1993 - Sunset December 3, 2019" Father of three young boys, who was a mechanic, loved working with his hands, offered helping hands in his community, was fun, loving... and was loved. There are hands...
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