Sunday

 
Gorgeous Valentine Swap item photos...

Sarah's bunting hangs in our lounge above our fireplace and I see it whenever I walk to the kitchen, it makes me happy...

I am so grateful and honoured to have received these amazing swap items from my swap partner Sarah for the Valentine Swap. Such beautiful treasures, thank you Sarah you are very kind:) The photo on your card is so lovely.
Just a reminder that there is a Natural Suburbia Flickr Group where you can post photos of your swap items from any Natural Suburbia swaps.

Today I have been working on my swan pattern, I am still busy with the feet and wings:)

I hope you are experiencing some form of wonderful today...

Chickens and Egg Collecting

Most days Kye will walk with me to collect the eggs from our chicken coop. This is a lovely time we spend together and it's amazing how similar each time is. It's like a little ritual that he enjoys tremendously. When he sees me with the egg box he will eagerly ask if he can go with me. Of course, I say yes, because this time we share is so special. I can almost see his mind thinking hard about these chickens of ours...
Here are photos from one of our egg collecting journeys...

This is actually an owl box that we used to have in our garden, the owls never used it and so we put it in the chicken house and the chickens just love laying their eggs in there. That is Lavender hanging on the wall, we find it keeps the mosquitoes away in summer.

Kye loves looking in the owl box each morning to discover all those new eggs..

Kye: 'Do you see this perch, mom? I used to fit under the low one and one day I will be able to fit just under the top one too.'
 It's hard to believe that he will be six on Wednesday...

Kye:'I found a warm egg! Oh, mom it's so warm, I think I'm going to stand here a while and hold it in my hands.'
(He puts the egg against his cheek and smiles to himself, marvelling at its warmth)  just taking his time until he feels he is ready to continue egg collecting. I love it...

Once all the eggs have been placed in the egg box, he counts each one and tells me how many he has.

Then he proudly brings them inside and feeds the chickens some lucerne pellets to thank them...

Creative Friday

Welcome to Creative Friday:)

Today I am humbly sharing some of my art. These are pieces that I drew a few years ago. I miss drawing so much and I definitely need to make more time for it again. The first is a drawing of dolphins in the rain, I used graphite pencils and chalks.

An etching I drew on a steel, flat plate. After drawing the etching with a thin metal stylus, ink was rolled onto the plate and then the plate was rolled through a printing press to print an image on paper. I remember the handle of the press was really difficult to turn, so it took the combined effort of a few people to turn it!

 

 

To add this button to your blog, right click on it and 'save picture as' to your photos. Then add it as a gadget / picture to your blog on your blogs design page with a link to my blog address:) 

 Thank you so much to everyone who shares the love and posts their links to their amazing work:) Please feel free to post your links to anything you have created and would like to share, it can be a recipe, sewing tutorial, knitting tutorial, felting, crochet, crafts, art, spinning, weaving, working with fibre, photography, poetry...etc...

I also love to hear from you, so if you have a moment, please leave a comment:) Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent with us! Just add the name of your blog to the widget and then add your blog link with the http:// at the beginning of your link address:) I have added a Creative Friday button on the sidebar of my blog, please feel free to add it to your blog for Creative Friday and link it to http://www.naturalsuburbia.blogspot.com/ so others can find this space and share their creativity too:)
1. I have started a Creative Friday Flickr Group where you can post your beautiful photos that you link to each Creative Friday.

2. If you would be so kind as to link back to Natural Suburbia in your blog post that would be lovely:)

Have a wonderful day.