I think all the rain has really caused Spring to SPRING around here. I’m finding all kinds of things to photograph on my walks… nature that has or will spark a work of art.
Early yesterday I fished a tiny pale aqua colored bird’s egg shell out of our waterfall and set it on a near by rock that was almost the same color. The image below is fabric I painted to mimic a stone that contained Map Lichen. I enjoy trying to replicate rock and stone texture on fabric.
![](https://fiberdesignsbyann.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/egg-shell-on-rock-169x300.jpg)
![](https://fiberdesignsbyann.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lichen-background.jpg)
Then later on our walk we came upon a beautiful garden with gorgeous roses, all splattered with morning dew drops. The quilt, I’ve shared before, is Gifts from her Garden.
![](https://fiberdesignsbyann.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dew-drop-rose-bud-169x300.jpg)
![](https://fiberdesignsbyann.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Gifts-from-Her-Garden.jpg)
Then today on our walk there was this, ivy climbing up a tree. I wish I could have gotten closer or had a camera rather than my phone. The contrast in color and texture really struck me. It reminded me so much of my photograph on fiber piece – “Coexistence”. I’m happy and fortunate to be able to take walks and find inspiration, I know I write about it a lot!
![](https://fiberdesignsbyann.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ivy-growning-up-tree-169x300.jpg)
![](https://fiberdesignsbyann.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Coexistence-683x1024.jpg)
I like your ivy inspired piece much more than the tree photo. It was nice to see all your nature inspired pieces, or at least some of them, the none place.