no prizes for guessing where the grass is greener

they do say it's always on the other side

and this time they're right

that's a dusty home paddock up there

as my students know i love unwrapping presents

this morning i found one that i had forgotten

a dress from the 40s or 50s [possibly a nightie]

that my lovely friend Marion had sent me

in a parcel of treasures

it turned out to be synthetic of some sort

and didn't appear to have taken much colour

after the first boil.

i left it in a corner of the studio

when i pootled off to NZ

a tad grainy [batfone image]

but some good colour

which deepened after rinsing and on exposure to air