last Friday I spent all day making iLuminaries, keepers of light.
I have become fascinated with the translucence and elasticity of a special kind of porcelain. It is a pure, warm, alive white. And when lit with a candle inside they turn golden. 
As usual I discovered these while just playing around with an idea. I am reading, with a wonder and fascination I cannot explain, Edmond De Waal’s new book on porcelain called The White Road. He writes of his quiet yet passionate journey into the long history of porcelain. White Gold. He talks of it’s qualities of translucence and openess and its ability to maintain its strength when stretched out to its thinnest limits, there, light can pour in and out. I know … this sounds like a life lesson ~ 
… and who doesn’t need a little Light when the sun goes down ~
Will she choose the big one or the little one?
The Elephants are traveling, single file, right into a soft cushioned box bound for SaltSpring Island BC
There is magic to be discovered with these beings
a real softie under that tough exterior
I found this little one hiding under a board way up high on the freshly swept deck. A bright green spot in an impossible place. Once safely in a jar I carried this little frog out to the rock garden and opened the top. “You’re safe now, you can go out to your world.” 
She climbed to the rim and just stayed there. Her heart was pulsing so rapidly, maybe from the fright of this adventure. 
I waited and waited for her to leap off to freedom but she just sat there and so we waited together. 
M Until finally, she leaped out into the green. 
And now it’s a hide and seek game. Can you see her?
I’ve seen this tree trunk many many times, but this time I saw it … upside down
Needless to say there was much sorting out, planning, strategizing and practicing.
It is Screamingly engaging!
I am always knitting with 2 colours, and every 5 rows, 3 colours ~
