learning to expect the unexpected

we had another splendid day at St Augustine's

quite appropriately

ecclesiastical purple seemed to prevail

[the pagan orange usually provided by eucalyptus was in abeyance]

although a couple of pre-loved teabags did their best on this landskin

  

 

this little flower may prove to be the new love of my life

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and in a remarkable coincidence

i said to the class "i'm about to hand out a little present"

and one of the students, Aviva

said

"i have a present for you too"

handing me a lovely ball of wool dyed in yellow and green

oddly similar the the silk thread i was handing out

 at lunchtime i swung into the Selvedge shop

conveniently situated just up the road

yesterday i found a book of Chiyoko Tanaka's work

and i thought i'd have a look to see what other treasure might be on the shelves

[particularly as they were having a 20% off sale]

imagine my surprise when i found the catalogue

from my 2005 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival exhibition

"benedictus ex-dress" on the shelves amid the books being offered for sale
[i sent it to them way back then as part of a media kit]

especially remarkable as Selvedge declines to stock both

Second Skin & Eco Colour