Textile/Fibre Art Booklets by Tineke: February 2021

Sunday, 28 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for the first day of Autumn

Yellow Fringe lilies

Proclaim the Sun their Friend

The Pond is their Home

Friday, 26 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for Sunday

The vines look Raped

Pillaged and Dejected

Birthing glorious wine

Tineke's Haiku for Saturday

Hawk here yesterday

Birds shrieking in unison

All quiet this morning

Tineke's Haiku for Friday

Nomadic Bifcus

Its Simple Beauty striking

Memento Mori

For my overseas readers I will explain that Bifcus is short for Black faced Cuckoo shrike and they are nomadic as we only see them occasionally. We have had a pair nest here one year and raise one chick .I have no idea why this one had died and was in our garden two years ago. I gave it a Christian burial.....

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for Thursday

She sits so still, calm

Holds the Dolphin for the plunge

Inner Reflection

Tineke's Haiku for Wednesday

Jacobean lilies

Striking, Elegant,Vibrant

Springing from the Earth

Tuesday, 23 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for Tuesday

Pink and Grey Galahs

Rowdy mob around the Pond

Parliament in Session

Sunday, 21 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for Monday

Walked the black road

Along the luscious grape vines

Hare leapt up from squat

Tineke's Haiku for Sunday

Smooth sensuous limbs

Dove grey,soft,silky to touch

The Lemon scented

Friday, 19 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for Saturday

Post-Modern Sculpture

Nature creates such wood for

Warmth in the Winter

Thursday, 18 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for Friday

Sacred Ibis Struts

Gleaning insects from Black soil

Scimitar Black Beak

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for Thursday

On shore a stranger

Seeking water, food shelter

Let us Welcome her

Just want to explain that the Cockatiel is not a local bird here. It has flown into the garden some days ago and has stayed around. I am very happy to give it the space to live here. I suspect it is probably and escapee from an aviary in the area.......

Do click on the photo to get a closer look

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for Wednesday

Pond receives birds

Each morning its still waters

Reflects the Bronze Wing

Monday, 15 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for Tuesday

Consider Lilies

Amaryllis Belladonna

Their beauty slays me...

Sunday, 14 February 2021

Tineke's Haiku for Monday

Love Endures,Constructs

Hate does Constrict and Destructs

Behold, Faithfulness

Saturday, 13 February 2021

Cockatiel and Naked Ladies

I had heard a different bird call this morning and I wondered all day what it might have been. It wasn't till this evening that I spotted the Cockatiel having a drink at the pond. It is most likely an escapee from someones aviary or even someones' home. Now I am battling with this jolly cursor again as it will not do what I want it to do.

Oh , here we are it has decided to obey me, praise be....

The beautiful lilies on the right here, are the white version of the pink Naked Ladies. I have no idea why they are called that other than that they suddenly appear after the first rains in March or at the earliest late February straight out of the earth and their leaves appear much later. We have had a cool summer so far and last week we had 36 ml of rain which is a great blessing for gardens but I am not sure about the vineyards.

We have also had a few red Water lilies and Mrs Wood Duck was swimming around looking at them. The White faced Heron has also visited most days but I was pleased to see some of our Gold fish still swimming about. I no longer hear frogs at night so am not sure if they have all been eaten. There is plenty of cover now in the pond with the edges fringed with Mill foil.

Do click on the photos for a better look and also view some of my earlier Blogs of photos and Haikus....