Gaston's favourites

I only have two nights left to pack for our holiday and I'm putting together some toys to take with us (at the end they might get completely ignored and those left behind will be the most wanted, but that's life...).

But one thing I know for sure - I musn't forget my 3 year old son's painting kit. He loves to watercolour and this is his palette (or what's left of it). I only now noticed how he has used some colours more than others. He seems to prefer greens, blues and deep red-brown hues but for some reason avoids yellow, orange and purple. The winner is by far the colour black. It is, like the Monty Python say "no more".

Colours and textures

Since I started working on the Loddelina label again, I have been carrying my pocket camera around with me in order to capture sudden inspirations or unexpected colour combinations and textures I might come across. Nature has the best ideas!

Having walked through the same park past the same trees for two and a half years I only now noticed the beautiful tree bark I pictured in yesterday's post. Here are some more images I've made over the past few months - hardly leaving my house.

sea of purple

birdhouse on a birch tree

tree lichen

cherry blossoms