I see it’s been three weeks since I commented on what I’ve been working on – that’s because I’ve been busy with all kinds of stuff, including a short trip to Toronto (more about that tomorrow), picking up the quilts in Parrsboro, knitting socks, and I don’t know what else. Time has disappeared on me.

On the way back from Parrsboro last Saturday I stopped at the Joy Laking Gallery in Portapique. As always, her paintings are worth a stop. What also caught my attention was her front porch – gorgeous iris beside the path:

This flower will likely become a 6×6 piece in the near future. And on her front stoop:

Love the colour composition. I can see this photo becoming a photographic hanging (without the downspout in the background).

In about an hour I leave for Truro to hang nine photographic wall art pieces (plus three others) for the next two months in the NovelTea Bookstore and Cafe on Prince Street.

I stabilized each hanging with a piece of foamcore that extends 1/4″ below the hanging so that it can sit on a shelf without impacting the lower edge of the hanging. I’ve put a note on the foamcore saying it’s a temporary solution so I can display the piece, it can be removed for hanging (or not). Textile hangings are, of course, soft not rigid. To display them on shelves I had to improvise a solution. This seemed the easiest way to accomplish that.

I’ll post picture of the show in the Cafe Gallery when I get back.