mandala

Drawing a mandala for Jackie (Stitchworks)

was a good start

for the birth-mandala

that I still had to make 

for the new born son of my nephew and his wife.

I used the same blue paper and the Nilgella from the garden

The beginning ...

... and the end.

I wrapped it carefully with some leftover plastic

(from a bath-goodies box)

and send it off

(We will bring the frame for it later, when we visit)

spring ? brrrrrrrrrrrr

It's hard to understand :

yesterday (and the day before) 

I was sitting in the garden in bright warm sunshine under a blue sky,

today (going by boat to Rotterdam)

I was wearing trousers, socks

and my winter coat 

....

and was still sssshivering !

I'm soooo glad I finished that other pair of socks

Though Mother Nature is definately telling us

that Spring has begun

(so good they're wearing their down feather coat !!!)

And although I'm quite late with my present

this birth mandala gives a bit of "Spring feeling" too 

(it will go in the mail tomorrow)

13 - 2 - 13 (mandala wednesday)

The second Wednesday in the month 

is mandala evening.

The subject tonight was 

WATER

In the middle is a stone.

(during the meditation I "saw" this stone lying by the edge of the lake,

it was such a nice smooth stone, I wanted to take it with me )

Here is the birth mandala I sent to Austria

wich will have arrived by now 

born

This week I got the most wonderful message 

from a very dear friend in Austria :

her daughter has a healthy baby boy.

So I took some paper 

and my beloved Karisma colour pencils

(yes .... they still last !)

and drew them a birth mandala as a present

which will be in the mail, probably tomorrow

Just these little bits till it has arrived safely ...

*

For the rest ...

I'm still (double) knitting

(ooooh yes, it's quite addictive)

I was very curious how much there was still left on the skeins,

so I put them on a scale.

This means I'll have enough to finish the scharf

 which will then have about 25 rows of blocks.

Mmmmmm

that will do, I think !