A Granny a Day Til the End of May

Pip over at Meet me at Mikes is going to make a Granny Square each day until the end of May and she asks if we are up to the challenge! Who me? Yep, I`m in. I haven`t made a Granny Square in ages but think I can manage. Ain`t that many days left in May is there and all of you that follow my blog knows I am a super duper crochet kind of gal! You wish.....

I am going to upload my photos of the Granny Squares as I go along. Why don`t you tag along as well! Or aren`t you up to the challenge !?!?!?

Take care
Jeanette

Consolation

Nature is a good consoler

The day Sven died I started to replant all my newly-sown plants into bigger pots. I started out in frenzy, needing something to occupy my mind but soon slowed my pace down. It was something very comforting in gently, gently placing the little baby plant in the pot and ever so lightly tucking it in, it’s new soil almost like a blanket. Foxgloves, lupines and sunflowers are now growing in bigger pots and I even put some new seeds in the old ones – sweet peas! I did wet a plant or two with my tears but I think that’s good fertilization don’t you?

Foxglove


Lupine

Sunflower

Today I visited a place that has taken natures consoling effect a step further. I visited Alnarps rehabilitation garden. It’s a beautiful place where people with burnt out syndrome, depression or minor psychiatric diseases can heal their mind and soul by working or just being in the garden. I heard a very interesting lecture by the physical therapist working there telling us how research has shown that we have “ natures soothing effect” in our genes and that peoples reactions to nature as a healer is similar in all parts of the world. So now I have a scientific proof that my feelings when planting my plants yesterday where just right!

A resting place

Davidia involucrata - Dove tree
In Sweden it`s called Näsduksträd - hanky tree. Good when feeling sad and tearful

My dear Hubby came home from a short trip to the US yesterday. He is a great consoler too. And of course bringing a new gadget……may I introduce the new family member Sonny – the robotic vacuum cleaner! My daughter and I named him Sonny after the movie I Robot! He is SO sweet, humming around the house cleaning and after hours of relentless cleaning he “drives” over to the docking station for a “meal” of electricity! Amazing! Now that is a gadget I like! I jokingly asked my husband if Sonny would wet-dry the floor too. Do you know what he answered? Nope, the one doing that was too expensive!

Meet Sonny!

Take care
Jeanette

In loving memory

Life changes fast
Life changes in the instant
You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.
Joan Didion

This morning I lost my dear friend Sven, his fight against severe cancer finally over. I am devastated and a part of my life has lost its bearing. Outside my window spring continues and people are walking, talking and making plans for the weekend not knowing that for some of us life will never be the same. All my love and thoughts go out to Barbro and Ola who has not only lost a close friend but also a life companion.

I met Sven two years ago when he had just received his diagnosis and he very soon became a close friend and a very important part of my life. Through him and his enormous will to live I have learnt to seize the day, that nothing is impossible and that there is always hope.

Sven, I will miss your smile, your warmth and your bear like hugs! I will miss your sense of humor, your insight, your wisdom and our long discussions.

Because you believed in me I started to believe in myself!

I miss you

I miss you

I miss you

I loved you very much!
Jeanette

Priorities

No time for sitting indoors in front of my computer when nature calls….

This is my priorities right now!

Watching the Forget-me-nots floating in midair

Sitting on my terrace enjoying the sun and the smell of Lilacs

Feeling a huge tenderness towards all things growing, like this baby fern
looking like a little dinosaur waiting to have it`s belly tickled

Some of the family members chare my priorities too!

Take care
Jeanette

And the winner is.....

Now when the exhibition is well on it`s way I need a new creative goal in life. As you may remember I had a little competion a few posts back challenging you to take a guess at what I was making. Today when I was going to pick a winner I suddenly realized that I didn`t want to pick out just the one. All the kind readers entering a comment should win something since the comments helped me so much towards gathering my confidence. I decided that I am going to try and customize the winnings - trying really hard to give you something personal based on what I read on each of your blogs. Blogs that I enjoy so much to read!

It might take a while.....but how is that for a new creative goal eh?

So dear commentmakers......
Anna Stilla
Anna
Annika
Eleanor
Lili M
Mandi
Maria
Plain Jane


......please mail me your address at fotoblogg@hotmail.com and I will send you your customized gift. It might take a while. Can`t say when or what..... creativity can`t be hurried or urged. All I can say is that it will come through your letterbox some time this year !

Take ca......

Oh you want to know what I was making? Well here goes....

Office space

The mobile for my exhibition made out of recycled office documents

A guardian Angel customized for my dear friend Barbro out of a tin can and bottlecaps

Take care
Jeanette

Ta dah!

My pictures on the walls......

Woo hooo I dared !

And blogg Anna of Helylle came.....

.....and I got so many beautiful flowers from friends and collegues

.......but most fun of all
They came to watch my art!

Seed-vessels made of wire and wool

Wet felted flower


Wet felted heart with embroidery, pearls and fabric

Echinacea and poppies

Mobile made of recycled paper

So this is one tired but happy lady soon going to bed for a hopefully more restful sleep than last night. Thanking you all for your love and support!

Take care

Jeanette

....and Monne I couldn`t have done it without you...... I owe you! Big time!

Stage fright

It all seemed such a good idea at first. A fun goal to have and something that would make me finish some of my wool projects….
But now….If you can have a panic attack, stage fright and a severe attack of the heebe jebees at the same time then I have it. Tomorrow is the opening day of my exhibition and yesterday my dear friend Monne and I hung the pictures. It left me feeling…..scared! It is now out of my control. I can`t change my mind about what photos to show or which of my needle feltings to bring any more. It`s done! What if no one likes them? Or no one comes looking? Last night I dreamt that I came to work ( my exhibition is at my work) and all the photos had fallen down during the night and the frames laid smashed to pieces on the floor. I wonder what a therapist might make out of that. One way ticket to the looney bin probably!

So please, please, please keep your fingers crossed for me tomorrow night !

Take care
Jeanette

PS Do you want a sneak peek?