Artist book...on the Riverland, introduction by Forebears

 The Forebears, in their exuberance, climbed all over the Rooster and wanted to be in this blog also before they all leave home to go out into the wide and wicked world.....who knows where they will end up....they were wanting to give their opinions too on my latest effort in the artist book line, but being too full of themselves I was not prepared to repeat what they said.....

The next artist book is about the Riverland and that of course is our own beautiful Murray river which we visited and stayed at in August.
We stayed in the Loxton Community Hotel where we had a very good deal with free breakfasts and beautiful dinners at night at a special rate as well.
Country people are so much more in tune with people than city people and the staff at the Hotel were very friendly and attentive.

 Again I chose a fairisle pattern for the cover
and tried to get the Riverland colours  by mixing the fine yarns of various hues to give the impression of the richness and diversity of what the land can produce under irrigation.
The orange trees were absolutely loaded with gorgeous orange fruit and while the vines were bare of course and resting , the soil in between the rows is this fabulous red and the weeds a lush green.

 We did a bit of touring as well and had a look at some of the SALA exhibitions in Renmark and around the town of Loxton as well.
There were some excellent nudes in soft pastels
in the Touries information center, but my walls are pretty well covered in paintings now
so resisted buying one.....

We took some photos of the Kingston  bridge,
Brian being particularly fond of trucks thundering towards him or going away from him out of the photo, on that bridge.
I found an amusing plaque there describing how
Captain Charles Sturt in 1830 when he was exploring the Murray near that area, had an exciting experience with a tribe of local tribesmen .....luckily no one was killed.....

For the back of the cover I reversed the colours and it is quite interesting to see how much clearer the grape pattern appears there...
Don't forget to click on the photos to get a better view...or am I starting to sound like the announcer on the new train??