We love it when the Red Cardinal garden celebrates Iris Season...
This year, however, it will be a short event.
They have been growing adjacent to an old wooden staircase in the garden, and it is about to be re-built.
They have been growing adjacent to an old wooden staircase in the garden, and it is about to be re-built.
Yesterday I had to dig up most of the iris -
to protect them from earth moving equipment, men with tools, and possibly concrete spills.
Their remains are now divided and waiting in a couple of big pots for a re-plant in a week or two.
Weekend sunrise - and morning temps down to a brisk 2C around here..
Lorikeets send a cheerful greeting..
They will not like it when the workmen arrive, invading 'their' territory...
I have been to my sewing group - Note: This is not my work, but that of a very talented friend. It became a ring cushion at a Wedding.
Can't claim credit for these either - I was stitching a secret project..
Meantime, Britain's Royal Ballet have been paying Brisbane a visit.
I went with my friend A to see 'Woolf Works'.
We are both fans of Virginia Woolf, and enjoyed this so very much.
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| Google Image - 'Virginia Woolf' |
The ballet is a triptych, based around three Woolf novels, Mrs Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves as well as aspects of Woolf's own life.
The dancers portraying Mrs Dalloway, both young and older, were costumed to look very like Woolf herself...
It was mesmerising, especially to those familiar with the novels and the Bloomsbury set.
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| 'Orlando' |
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| 'The Waves' |
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| Google image |
I was soon thinking about my visit to Woolf's country home, 'Monk's House' in Rodmell, East Sussex, in 2004. I loved her green interior so much.
At the end of the garden is her little writing lodge, preserved to this day.
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| Vanessa Bell 'Portrait of Virginia Woolf' 1912 |
Virginia Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell painted this portrait.
Stay warm, and have a great week.
xxxx
Stay warm, and have a great week.
xxxx
