Earth Day

Here is another Earth Day tile...couldn't resist giving this another go round!

Today is Earth Day.  The Diva challenge this week is to honour the Earth by completing an Earth Day tile.  Here is my first effort.

Happy Earth Day to all of you!

Spring is here!!!  Every dry day is cause for hoeing and weeding.  The weeds are numerous but the chickens love them so I try to give them a pail every day.
The Diva Challenge this week is to use the tangle quandry.  This pattern seems floral and delicate so I thought it would make a nice background.  I used the method of making a triangle of  pods first.

St. Patricks Day

This week, the Diva has challenged us to do a tile in the St. Patrick's Day theme.  I started by doing a watercolour wash on some tiles, like Laura did and played around.  I found it somewhat difficult to use the Sakura pens on top of the watercolour and all of my pens went dry at once when almost finished.  I finished up with a sharpie.  That's ok, they've lasted a long time.  The pattern Lazy eights remind me of collecting 4 leaf clovers as a child.

Duotangle Second Time Around

I'm loving these two tangles together and want to keep working on possibilities.  Here's another version.

Duotangle

Our lovely Diva isn't feeling well but she still found time to post a challenge this week for which I thank her profusely!  The challenge is to complete a duotangle which consists of just two tangles, in this case Crescent Moon and Diva Dance.  I used string #39 and enjoyed how these two tangles worked together.

The snow from last week is almost gone and I was able to walk around the whole yard this morning.  The covers were removed from the cold frame and the Swiss chard is alive and well which is surprising after the cold weather we've been having.  I even found the hoe and cultivated around those plants, the first garden chore of the season!  Time to plant spinach seeds.

Charlie

This week's Diva challenge is to try Erin Olson's tangle: Charlie. You can find the step-out instructions here on her blog.  I thought this was going to be difficult but decided to give it a try. It turned out to be fun and I'll try it again.  We're having a snow day here with about a foot of new snow over the last two days.  Now, we're stuck here till we can get the long driveway shoveled.  But...that's ok, snow days are fun because I can stay home and concentrate on artistic endeavors.  The spring birds are starting to show up...spring is right around the corner!