Penelope Louise
@nwwoodsygal.bsky.social
Retired education consultant, ordained minister, science and nature fan, reader, writer, traveler, Master Gardener, wife, mom, and Nonnie with a weird sense of humor and a well developed BS detector. I don’t hesitate to block. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Allie…
Garden planning day.
January 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Garden planning day.
My Sunday art pick is this gorgeous piece titled ‘Edge of the Woods', by the inordinately talented UK wood engraver, Monica Poole.
I mean WOW 🤩
I mean WOW 🤩
January 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My Sunday art pick is this gorgeous piece titled ‘Edge of the Woods', by the inordinately talented UK wood engraver, Monica Poole.
I mean WOW 🤩
I mean WOW 🤩
Good morning from the Port of Angels
January 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Good morning from the Port of Angels
My Saturday art pick is titled ‘Self-Portrait in Semi-Abstract Style, c. 1946-1952’ by US poet Sylvia Plath.
I believe art should make us feel all emotions, both the light ones and the darker ones. Sylvia Plath was a master at inviting us into the shadows through art and her written work.
I believe art should make us feel all emotions, both the light ones and the darker ones. Sylvia Plath was a master at inviting us into the shadows through art and her written work.
January 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My Saturday art pick is titled ‘Self-Portrait in Semi-Abstract Style, c. 1946-1952’ by US poet Sylvia Plath.
I believe art should make us feel all emotions, both the light ones and the darker ones. Sylvia Plath was a master at inviting us into the shadows through art and her written work.
I believe art should make us feel all emotions, both the light ones and the darker ones. Sylvia Plath was a master at inviting us into the shadows through art and her written work.
Remembering the legendary David Bowie.
He left us back on January 10, 2016, at the age of 69.
He left us back on January 10, 2016, at the age of 69.
January 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Remembering the legendary David Bowie.
He left us back on January 10, 2016, at the age of 69.
He left us back on January 10, 2016, at the age of 69.
Wayne was beginning to think that the Fortune Cookie might have been wrong after all...😆
#garylarsonstrikesagain
#garylarsonstrikesagain
January 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Wayne was beginning to think that the Fortune Cookie might have been wrong after all...😆
#garylarsonstrikesagain
#garylarsonstrikesagain
Crescent Dragonwagon’s amazing Mushroom Barley soup for tomorrow 👍👍
You can find this recipe and many more in her excellent Soup & Bread cookbook.
You can find this recipe and many more in her excellent Soup & Bread cookbook.
January 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Crescent Dragonwagon’s amazing Mushroom Barley soup for tomorrow 👍👍
You can find this recipe and many more in her excellent Soup & Bread cookbook.
You can find this recipe and many more in her excellent Soup & Bread cookbook.
I’m using the pruned branches from our orchard to make an old fashioned wattle type fence around my vegetable gardens. It needs to be refreshed every 4-5 years, but I like doing it and how it looks…
January 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I’m using the pruned branches from our orchard to make an old fashioned wattle type fence around my vegetable gardens. It needs to be refreshed every 4-5 years, but I like doing it and how it looks…
Another Wednesday art pick: a gorgeous Mid Century woodblock print by William Rice, who is a favorite of mine.
January 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Another Wednesday art pick: a gorgeous Mid Century woodblock print by William Rice, who is a favorite of mine.
Might be time to dust these off for a revisit…
January 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Might be time to dust these off for a revisit…
Morning
This wise council comes from the magical poet and writer, Mark Nepo:
"Now there is nothing left but to keep dancing.”
This wise council comes from the magical poet and writer, Mark Nepo:
"Now there is nothing left but to keep dancing.”
January 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Morning
This wise council comes from the magical poet and writer, Mark Nepo:
"Now there is nothing left but to keep dancing.”
This wise council comes from the magical poet and writer, Mark Nepo:
"Now there is nothing left but to keep dancing.”
Kalaloch Beach, WA.
PNW vistas ❤️
PNW vistas ❤️
January 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Kalaloch Beach, WA.
PNW vistas ❤️
PNW vistas ❤️
My annual January recycling thing:
Making envelopes from old calendars 👍
Fun to make, fun to send and, I hope, fun to receive.
Making envelopes from old calendars 👍
Fun to make, fun to send and, I hope, fun to receive.
January 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My annual January recycling thing:
Making envelopes from old calendars 👍
Fun to make, fun to send and, I hope, fun to receive.
Making envelopes from old calendars 👍
Fun to make, fun to send and, I hope, fun to receive.
Now here is something I’ve never heard of before—
I love it.
This 19C XYLOTHEK 😊 wooden storage, is a book-shaped volume made from the wood of a specific tree/plant which, when opened up, contains specimens of that variety, plus a written description.
I love it.
This 19C XYLOTHEK 😊 wooden storage, is a book-shaped volume made from the wood of a specific tree/plant which, when opened up, contains specimens of that variety, plus a written description.
January 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Now here is something I’ve never heard of before—
I love it.
This 19C XYLOTHEK 😊 wooden storage, is a book-shaped volume made from the wood of a specific tree/plant which, when opened up, contains specimens of that variety, plus a written description.
I love it.
This 19C XYLOTHEK 😊 wooden storage, is a book-shaped volume made from the wood of a specific tree/plant which, when opened up, contains specimens of that variety, plus a written description.
My morning art pick is by Eyvind Earle, (1916-2000) an American artist, author and illustrator, noted for his contribution to the background illustration and styling of Disney's animated films in the 1950s. Sleeping Beauty and Lady and the Tramp were two of his most famous works. Wikipedia
January 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My morning art pick is by Eyvind Earle, (1916-2000) an American artist, author and illustrator, noted for his contribution to the background illustration and styling of Disney's animated films in the 1950s. Sleeping Beauty and Lady and the Tramp were two of his most famous works. Wikipedia
La Push, WA
PNW vistas… 🥰
PNW vistas… 🥰
December 18, 2024 at 11:24 PM
La Push, WA
PNW vistas… 🥰
PNW vistas… 🥰
I think I need these cocktail napkins. 😎😉
December 18, 2024 at 11:23 PM
I think I need these cocktail napkins. 😎😉
Rainy day view from the coast in Washington state…
December 18, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Rainy day view from the coast in Washington state…
How I began my morning on this day last year.
WA state coastal beauty…
WA state coastal beauty…
December 16, 2024 at 4:21 PM
How I began my morning on this day last year.
WA state coastal beauty…
WA state coastal beauty…
“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”
- bell hooks
1952-2021
- bell hooks
1952-2021
December 16, 2024 at 4:19 PM
“Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and they don’t want it to exist.”
- bell hooks
1952-2021
- bell hooks
1952-2021
Winter Snow, 1938 by Eric Ravilious
Monday art pick.
Monday art pick.
December 16, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Winter Snow, 1938 by Eric Ravilious
Monday art pick.
Monday art pick.
“Your heart can hold everything.
Including the world—
It’s darkness and it’s light.
Including your story.
Including my story.
Including the story of all of us...”
Ahhhh, yes. 💖
*Excerpt from LISTEN, by Holly M McGhee, illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre
Beauty as words and art.
Happy Thursday out there.
Including the world—
It’s darkness and it’s light.
Including your story.
Including my story.
Including the story of all of us...”
Ahhhh, yes. 💖
*Excerpt from LISTEN, by Holly M McGhee, illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre
Beauty as words and art.
Happy Thursday out there.
December 12, 2024 at 4:28 PM
“Your heart can hold everything.
Including the world—
It’s darkness and it’s light.
Including your story.
Including my story.
Including the story of all of us...”
Ahhhh, yes. 💖
*Excerpt from LISTEN, by Holly M McGhee, illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre
Beauty as words and art.
Happy Thursday out there.
Including the world—
It’s darkness and it’s light.
Including your story.
Including my story.
Including the story of all of us...”
Ahhhh, yes. 💖
*Excerpt from LISTEN, by Holly M McGhee, illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre
Beauty as words and art.
Happy Thursday out there.
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence."
- - Charles Bukowski
Bukowski made a lot of ripples as he moved through his life…
- - Charles Bukowski
Bukowski made a lot of ripples as he moved through his life…
December 12, 2024 at 4:17 PM
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence."
- - Charles Bukowski
Bukowski made a lot of ripples as he moved through his life…
- - Charles Bukowski
Bukowski made a lot of ripples as he moved through his life…
A seasonal art pick:
‘Mill near Midhurst', by Bruce Barnden, oil on hardboard, 1961.
I love the sharp contrasts here😍
‘Mill near Midhurst', by Bruce Barnden, oil on hardboard, 1961.
I love the sharp contrasts here😍
December 12, 2024 at 4:30 AM
A seasonal art pick:
‘Mill near Midhurst', by Bruce Barnden, oil on hardboard, 1961.
I love the sharp contrasts here😍
‘Mill near Midhurst', by Bruce Barnden, oil on hardboard, 1961.
I love the sharp contrasts here😍