Green Man

While wandering around in my woods I discovered this guy:

(after posting this yesterday I found some people couldn't see the face in the picture above until I pointed it out.  I see a face in profile, with a pointy nose pointing left, and a clenched mouth, scruffy beard, squinty eyes, hiding in this maple tree bark)

Then there was this creature:

And this cool piece of wood:

With this burl like thing sticking out:

Ferns are very prolific around here

here is a little waterfall, comes out of this culvert

I really love this piece of wood the cows have buffed to jewelry 

and this cherry bark also buffed to a shine

 Visitors often remark on the old man's beard lichen

 And some people even wear it!

 That is neighbor Gwen, and below is the pavilion on her property.  Pavilion might be a more impressive name than it deserves, but I find a lot of beauty in it.

 More ferns growing down from the ceiling/roof.

 And this lovely lime green growth

The amazing fern roof garden!
Thanks for coming along on a walk with me!  Now it's back to working on my newest quilt.  Here is a sneak peek:

Be well.

Better

I like this quilt much better now that I have added these changes.

 I purchased a Laurel Burch Embracing Horses panel from ebay.  They are out of print but still plenty for sale in various color ways.  I'm glad I chose this one, I think it is perfect.

This is what it used to look like before I added the panel right over the top.

 I did a little stitching over the horses to the background panel.  This shows the reverse side.

 Then I fussy cut some swirly shapes from another fabric and used misty fuse to attach them before free motion stitching them down.  Finally I stitched it all down carefully over the already finished quilt.

I had pieced together some soft rayon fabric for the back of the quilt.  I think it will make a nice gift, now.  I appreciate all the advice my good blog readers gave me, advice that I used to good effect.  What do you think?  Better??

Now I need to get back to the batik quilt, it is patiently waiting to be quilted. I will leave you with a picture of my cat Charlie, sitting on my painting table.