2013I have spent the last couple of months taking care of my mom, who is in hospice. She is an amazing, spirited, challenging force of nature. I love her more than I can say and she has taught me more than I think I know.
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Robin nest, Paula Kovarik, 2013
Gazing into a robin's nest next to my studio door it occurred to me that mama robin took great care to protect her progeny by building close to the center of the tree surrounded by sticker laden leaves. Those fuzzy bellied babies will have a great start in a dangerous world.
moving to a higher plane
Among the many wonders in our garden this Spring, this spider web has to be one of the top ten spectacles for the weekend. Twisted, contorted, wet and shimmering, it reminds me of the way my mind is working these days. The second story is a good touch...giving this web mistress differing points of view.
perseverance
I've had this philodendron for over 30 years. It sits in a dark corner, needs about a cup of water every week and never complains. The roots wind around the old plastic pot as if in a dance. Periodically it drops a magnificently browned leave from its core. The stems are marked by the passing leaves with great sculptural detail. Then, in the Spring (how does it know?) it sends out a shiny new leaf that points straight to the sky. The texture is almost liquid, the color is from another planet of green. Time to wake up, smell the rain and reconfigure.
swimming up stream
swimming upstream, ©2013, Paula Kovarik
So many thoughts and directions going on in my life that I feel the urge to just dive into the deep and let the current take me. I decided to put that feeling to good use by working on this pattern I started a while back. I was trying to find a way to do a continuous line in quilting that created a school of fish. That didn't work but it did give me a good base for this pattern. I may try other colorways to see if I can make them more joyous. They look a bit wall-eyed to my taste. a perfect metaphor for how I feel. wall-eyed.