Stones on windowsills
Stones in the hand
Stones on beaches
Stones in the mud
Stones in walls
Stones in piles
Stones to walk on
Stones not so nice to walk on
Stones by the sea
Imitations on stones
Rusty Pup investigating stones
Humans talking stones
Stones lined up in houses
Stones lined up in stitches
I hope you touch a stone today!
I do like your stones. I find walking on stones very difficult these days.
ReplyDeleteI do like your stones. I find walking on stones very difficult these days.
ReplyDeleteMy husband is a hard rock geologist - we have lots of rocks around but they are fresh, not weathered :-) We occasionally gather lovely water worn ones from a beach a little way from here to use in our garden. Yours look lovely.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I needed that today. I'm in the UK and a chronic asthmatic so still stuck at home for the foreseeable future.
ReplyDeleteNot yet - but I might just do so now! xx
ReplyDeleteI have stones on my desk too. I am inspired to try and sew some stones as beautiful as yours now!
ReplyDeleteAs a thank you for this moving and beautiful post, three of my prompted memories. My English mother played Five Stones as a child - a game
ReplyDeletelike jacks. She told me about looking for five perfect pebbles for the game. And I experienced Yoko Ono’s Riverbed exhibition. Choose a stone and sit with it was the suggestion. Some of them had words. Lastly, at The Rooms in NL I saw bird-shaped stones collected by the Maritime Archaic people. I’ve been looking for one ever since. Thanks for these memories and your work.
so much story can be held in stone ...
ReplyDeleteWhen walking the other morning I found a beautiful pale green stone the size of my fist and on it someone had written on one side "wait' and on the other side "you matter". it made my day in this difficult time. When ever I feel low I hold it and it makes me feel better. Stones are magical.
ReplyDeleteStones can be completely fascinating, can't they...!
ReplyDeleteI was taken by the Man to his shed today and shown a whole pot of stones that I had gathered, at some stage, in the past - "I just wanted you to know they were there in case you thought I'd thrown them out". I stroked them in delight at "finding" them again. I don't understand folk who aren't impelled to pick up stones on wanderings, but there is always the question of what to do with those gathered objects, and my late mother's voice in the back of my mind worrying about dust!
ReplyDeleteI love your stitched stones in all their rich variety
I'm not sure why rocks and stones are so compelling but they are, ever since I was a young child. Maybe it's their organic shapes or the lovely gentle colors you see on the outside. I just know I love them as much as you do Penny. This is my first time to get a glimpse of your stone quilted wall hanging. It moved me so very much. Does it hang still in a gallery setting or in your home? Was wondering if perhaps it might be for sale? Quite taken with it. xo
ReplyDeleteI have been following your lead and picking up stones on my walks - but I will never have the energy to take on the projects you have mastered with your collection. Such and wonderful post, Penny!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful grounding post. Thank you. I absolutely love your stone artworks. They touch something very deep in me.
ReplyDeleteI love this post Penny - not only the images but your poetic words that accompany them. Because of you I now notice stones much more than I ever did before.
ReplyDeleteYes! I remember this work of your So! Of course, as a fellow stone lover... I always loved it's! Thank you for reminding me.
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