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Thursday, 7 May 2009

smoke and mirrors


spotted during my early morning perambulations in lovely Lier, Belgium



yes, you're seeing that correctly, those are leaf-shaped prints and here's a closer look 


lovely aren't they....but imagine the trouble involved in printing this fabric using synthetic dyes - when it could have been so much simpler [and far less poisonous] with a handful of leaves.

sigh


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10 comments:

  1. Martine7 May 2009 at 17:29

    Did you tell them?
    XXXm

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  2. Petrus Spronk7 May 2009 at 19:25

    the observations you made in relation to your natural dying and a shop window fare show your awareness of being able 'to see the connections'
    These window images remind me of a Japanese Haiku poem: The garden from the past: as though of old
    it wore the leaves' brocade of bronze and gold

    Thanks for taking me on your journeys

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  3. india flint8 May 2009 at 00:06

    thank you Petrus for that haiku. you always seem to have elegant contributions to make...

    and no Martine, i didn't tell them,,,my wandering past was at about 7 in the morning on my pre-breakfast walk...vaguely thought about swinging by in the afternoons but was having so much fun with you all in Marina's lovely garden that by the time i had thought of it again, the shops were well and truly closed..

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  4. Yvette8 May 2009 at 06:13

    also the eco prints are much more exiting....

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  5. Manya Maratou8 May 2009 at 07:27

    hallo india
    thanks
    :-))

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  6. filz-t-raum.ch8 May 2009 at 20:04

    hallo india,

    hab gar nicht gewusst,dass du deutsch sprichst!!! lieben dank für deinen kommentar in meinem blog.
    das buch "hexentrank und wiesenschmaus" bekommst du bestimmt über amazon, sollte kein problem sein.

    herzliche grüsse,
    filz-t-raum.ch

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  7. india flint8 May 2009 at 21:52

    es gibt immer neue geheimnisse zum entdecken... :))

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  8. Ahipara Girl11 May 2009 at 09:13

    i struggle to spend money in shops these days, and slowly we are making subtle shifts away from the mainstream market and where i can, i purchase second hand or handmade or try and make it myself. it's more fun, more affordable and the 'gathering' of things is so cool. sigh. people just want lots of things, all the time, a wasteful society with little understanding of the problems we are all a part of creating with our greed and selfishness. bring back the local cottage industries I say, it sure would help with these 'recession' times.

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  9. Wim18 May 2009 at 00:01

    Hi India,
    Did you also visited the "Zimmertoren" ?

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  10. india flint18 May 2009 at 08:03

    yes Wim, i used it as one of several navigation points during my daily wanderings...

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