Outside today documenting artistic processes for uni. 

So much exploring in fact that the box pictured above, ended up as saturated pieces in the compost heap. 

A good days work and happy with the insights and discoveries. Kaatje, always by my side, took the opportunity to grab the only cushioned seat available while I was preoccupied with photographing. So I was relegated to another seat to work at. I think I ought to teach that cat some skills in etiquette. 

Beautiful cumulus clouds with a hint of cirrostratus hovering in the upper atmosphere this evening. 

 

A cool spring morning

Home alone today. Started the day cleaning the shower, vacuuming the house, bins emptied and washing on the line. Then sat down for a cuppa and the tradesman visited unannounced, which meant I had to abandon my morning tea for a while. Even Kaatje was growling. Haha. 

Fortunately he didn't stay long, and I could return to my morning soiree with Kaatje.

But first some photography. 

Stratus clouds overhead, and light winds. 

The outlook looks good for my washing.

And a loose arrangement of my hand made papers into a book form. As yet I am undecided as to how it will be bound, so I will give it some time and thought. 

 

Rain on the horizon, but managed to finish a paper making session before the onslaught.

Paper soaked a few days prior, a handmade mould and deckle, strips of old sheeting and a few large vessels to hold the water and we were ready to go. 

Pulp. There was a lot of it.

Kaatje inquisitively observes the magical brew. 

Experimental materials include dried plant matter. 

Mille made a few sheets of her own.....

....and sprinkled the surface with crumbled rose petals.

Now the rain has arrived, but all is complete. The paper now sits overnight under a heavy weight, and tomorrow the results will be revealed.

 

One of the entrances to Sir Phryganoporus Candidas's abode.  

Seen!

Hard to capture, a beautiful, but not very nice,  Cuckoo Wasp. Known to parasite off other wasps to raise their young.