magical colour at the Morgan [and some pix for Ma]

i have been staying in a wee treehouse here in Cleveland

and have made a friend just up the street

i asked my new friend if i could take some happy snaps for my Ma

and my new friend [who seems to be of the strong, silent type]

did not object

 

 

Fall is a splendid time of year to be making marks on paper

and what better place to be making those marks

than the renowned Morgan Conservatory?

they have the biggest dyepot i've ever seen

- it took two of us to lift it up onto the gas hob

the pot even has it's own wheelie thingummy to go underneath

in a shape i am most partial to.

[i had to restrain myself from attempting carparksurfing on it]

looking out the back we are surrounded by gorgeous industrial buildings

there is truly splendid brickwork here

all sorts of different brick bonds to be seen

i've spotted English Garden Wall bond and also Scottish Bond [similar to EGWB but with two extra rows of stretchers] which is [on this side of the puddle] called American Bond

 

and so we made colour

using bio-regional dye materials, most of them gathered outside the backdoor of the Morgan

with the inclusion of a gift from the Dogs Above

who had kindly arranged for a branch from a dark coloured Prunus

to be deposited on my doorstep

we had a small and nervous visitor

Tom Balbo kindly put him outside

more images can be found on Christine's pages and over at Lotta's