On a path to making people smile.
Train time is slower, kindness is a beautiful gift, elegant depictions of the bush, upcycling, typewriter art, cooking demystified, sky patterns...
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Happy Sunday!
One of my favorite parts of my day is my walks by the river.
As the weather gets cooler here in the Southern Hemisphere, the air is delightfully crisp in the morning. The blue skies are dotted with fluffy clouds.
So I thought I’d share some pictures I’ve taken this week.
How I love the river gums!
And, some exciting news from
at ! She’s just launched her newest Substack, .As she describes it:
I sometimes touch on my love of journaling and my long-standing interest in tarot but I felt that I needed a place where I could really expand. If journaling has taught me anything it’s that you need space in which to explore, to branch off and see where it takes you, to grab a pen and frankly, just go for it.
And so in that vein Page and Ink was born.”
Congratulations to Louise, and if tarot and journaling interest you, take a look. 😊
In case you missed it.
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Yarnsiders’ Pet Of The Week: Chloe The Dog.
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Here are last week’s top recommendations.
Let Christine Jablonski guide you through her weaving adventures.
The Future Library project isn’t what you perhaps imagine.
In this lively report from Ken Lambert, the Rufous Hummingbird appears.
In this week’s issue.
Train time exists at a slower pace than the rest, kindness is one of the most beautiful gifts we can give, and elegant, impressionistic depictions of the bush.
Spring has sprung… especially in the tiny flowers, the art of journaling visually, stories passed on through exquisite paintings, all your winter accessories from one old sweater, and art created solely with a typewriter.
Search for a song you like, and find something similar, on a mission to make people smile, and the fundamentals of cooking, demystified.
Travel the US like a local, living in (and restoring) a ghost town, free food near you, and patterns captured from the sky.
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Train time exists at a slower pace than the rest.
In this dreamy essay by
, she shares her experiences of what time feels like when you travel on a train.Traveling through Europe on a leisurely train ride, how delightful!
I loved this passage:
“Train time is not clock time, it is a paused, suspended, dream-like state…until there’s a connection to catch. Then, time belongs not to the train but to the station, existing with precision inside the grand station clock and the ticker-tape clicking departure board.”
Kindness is one of the most beautiful gifts we can give.
writes about personal style, art and design, but she also works at a high school. In this heartwarming post, she shares stories of her students, and the kindness they display towards one another.Elegant, impressionistic depictions of the bush.
On a walk last week, I spotted a man on an artist’s stool, hard at work. My husband asked him if he was drawing, and he was painting, on his phone!
He was painting the scene of the gum trees and the river. Even though he’d just started, I was already wowed. The brush strokes were so beautiful and painterly.
Turns out, he’s Nicholas Chen, an impressionist artist from Melbourne. He told me he studied art for four years in Florence. What a wonderful thing!
He also said he usually uses oil paints, but his phone is easier for on-the-go.
A lovely man, and an incredible painter.
Spring has sprung… especially in the tiny flowers.
shares a nature essay with beautiful photography of the tiny details she’s noticed recently.Come for the bees, stay for the flowers.
The art of journaling visually.
shares some lovely spreads from her latest visual journal and a video where she shows you her painting process.It's always great to get a peek behind the curtain into the artist’s process!
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Stories passed on through exquisite paintings.
Rhoda Tjitayi is an Indigenous artist based in Adelaide, Australia. She creates paintings in honor of her grandmother’s stories.
They’re beautiful and colorful, and full of significant meaning.
As mentioned in her biography:
“Rhoda’s exquisite works depict Piltati Tjukurpa, an important cultural story learnt from her grandmother. Rhoda remembers visiting her grandmother and sitting with her while she painted. When Rhoda paints she says “I am remembering the story she passed on. I am painting this to pass it on to my children. I have learnt this story from my grandmother she put the story in my heart and it’s going out to my grandchildren. When she was painting, she would tell a story and sing.” Rhoda learnt how to dance and sing from her grandmother and is now teaching her daughter and her family. Rhoda says “I am happy to be painting my grandmother’s story.”
All your winter accessories from one old sweater.
This is such an ingenious idea.
Follow this detailed tutorial to upcycle an old sweater into your choice of winter accessories, from mittens and a scarf, to a beanie and a cowl.
Art created solely with a typewriter.
James Taylor is an artist who makes detailed black-and-white prints of people, places, and iconic pieces of culture… but only using a typewriter.
He has such an incredible process!
Search for a song you like, and find something similar.
This simple project solves an all-too common problem facing the lover of music: what can I listen to next without having to search endlessly?
You just search for a song you enjoy, and it’ll make a playlist for you!
On a mission to make people smile.
Kate Smith runs a design company with her partner, and they make colorful, impossible-not-to-smile-at prints, greeting cards, and more.
As Kate writes:
“Because the tinier the things we can find to bring us joy, the more likely we are to have a happy day. And you know what happens when you string together a bunch of happy days? You get a happy life. It's just mathematics. And you know what’s even more magic than that? These little things are just kinda everything when you share them with others.”
The fundamentals of cooking, demystified.
This is such a well-designed website! On first glance, it looks like a normal food blog, with plenty of recipes and tutorials. But it goes a step further than most.
As you can see in this recipe for spinach carbonara sauce, it not only explains common terms on clicking them, has a revolutionary and simple approach to measurements, it also guides you through the process step-by-step!
Click the ‘Let’s Cook’ button towards the bottom to see what I mean.
As the founder, Ethan Chlebowski explains:
“It's my philosophy that once you learn the how AND why behind cooking, you become a much better cook.”
Travel the US like a local.
What would happen to a travel guide to the United States if the reviews were written by only locals, instead of tourists?
Which places would be most popular, and where would they recommend?
In this clever guide by Ilia Blinderman, you’ll discover how it might look.
Living in (and restoring) a ghost town.
Brent Underwood is an ordinary man who enjoys the outdoors, history, and making things. Except…
He spent his life savings on buying a ghost town, determined to bring it back to life. Right in the middle of the pandemic, no less!
In his fascinating videos, he documents the process of doing just that.
He’s also just released a book about his experiences, aptly called “Ghost Town Living.“ My eldest son says it’s well worth the read!
Free food near you.
Many generous volunteers, home food growers, and people with items to spare are willing to share with you! On sites like Freedge, Falling Fruit, and Little Free Pantry, you can search by your location to find these folks (and their food!)
Patterns captured from the sky.
Something familiar becomes completely unknown when you look at it from a different angle. This common concept makes for great photography!
Mitch Rouse has used that to great effect in his beautiful aerial photos of farmland around the west of the United States.
I love how verdant the fields are! As he said:
“This year, it was particularly lush, and I was very surprised getting out there how soft and velvety the green fields looked. Unlike the first photograph (shown above), the shapes in the Palouse are much more organic flowing and curving with the natural form of the hills.”
I’d love to hear what surprised and delighted you this week.
Press reply or leave a comment with your thoughts.
P.S. I love how vibrant these abstract paintings are.