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Friday haiku, cards & art journaling

April 24, 2020 By Marit 12 Comments

Goodmorning sweeties, I do trust this finds you well and coping and that the ones among you who have been ill are in the process of recovering! I’m still doing fine; I stay at home and enjoy the sunshine on our balcony. However, I do miss my work at the Zeeuws Archief and my collegues… it won’t be untill May though before I can get back to work and even that is uncertain. Until then, I’ll keep my spirit up by creating up a storm in my little atelier, and I show you what I did last week. But first there’s today’s haiku

Friday haiku

Niemand op het strand.
Alleen een verre vogel
ziet hoe het zand stuift
No-one on the beach.
Only a distant seagull
sees how the sand drifts

The photo was taken by my friend Lena Schreijenberg

I submit this haiku to Recuerda Mi Corazon where our lovely hostess Rebecca brings us all together to share a haiku on Friday: Haiku my Heart

April is ‘birthday month’ amongst my friends and since I cannot visit any of them now, I created fun birthday cards.

Birthday cards

This one is for an old friend, Karin

and the next one is for my daughter-in-law Guus

As you can see I used my sewing machine on those cards, I am in love all over again with my sewing machine! I might even leave it on my desk and start sewing face masks this weekend… we don’t have to wear them in the Netherlands but I have the feeling, by something that was said on tv, that it won’t take long before our government will ask us to wear them outside just like they do in other countries. Better start making them now.

My latest Chronicles art journal spread (see this post) was to my liking so I copied the idea to make another spread in a similar way.

“Zeeuwse Ziel” art journal

A women in pyjamas, and a piece of an old dictionary-page to the right, where I scribbled over the words exept one…

… that says it all.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, stay safe!

Je t’embrasse

 

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Haiku, Mail Art, Zeeuwse Ziel II Tagged With: artjournaling, beach, haiku, haikumyheart, mailart, postcards

Comments

  1. Annie says

    April 24, 2020 at 7:03 pm

    I am so cheered by the viewing of all your creativity. I feel frozen in time. I cook, read, and pray. God Bless you.

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  2. Nel says

    April 24, 2020 at 7:35 pm

    Wat heb je die kaarten weer leuk gemaakt, die naaimachine voegt echt wel iets toe.
    The lady in pyjama kijkt nogal……eh…corona-achtig.

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  3. Bea says

    April 24, 2020 at 9:00 pm

    Love your custom heads on prefab bodies…

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  4. Cathy Keller says

    April 24, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    Beautiful haiku!! It is so quiet and reflective. The photos looks like a barren desert! Have a wonderful weekend!

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  5. Lea says

    April 24, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    I do see the drift of sand… like in an hourglass… beautiful photo from Lena that your words speak to perfectly Marit. And I love your card making and what you are doing with your sewing machine. Things are good here, with much saddness everywhere around us, so I am grateful for these moments of respite and getting to visit you my friend. Love and hugs to you and your beloved.

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  6. Magical Mystical Teacher says

    April 25, 2020 at 1:07 am

    At least there is one creature there to witness the drifting sand. Beautiful!

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  7. Lisa at Greenbow says

    April 25, 2020 at 2:58 am

    I love the haiku. Your art is uplifting to see…such creativity.

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  8. rebecca says

    April 25, 2020 at 4:36 pm

    drifting sand
    one white lone seagull
    paradise

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  9. A ShutterBug Explores says

    April 25, 2020 at 7:35 pm

    Beautiful photo and lovely haiku ~ so few people are out now to see anything ~

    Wonderful artwork ~ both the fiberart and and the collage artwork is so creative and appropriate for now ~

    Be Well,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  10. gillena says

    April 26, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    Our quarantine here in T&T🇹🇹 has also been extenddd to May
    Thanks for all your lovely art and words

    Happy safe Sunday

    Much💛love

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  11. judie says

    April 26, 2020 at 6:43 pm

    I absolutely love love love your haiku. It puts me right there on the sand with the gull. And your art journaling is simply awesome!

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  12. Mark says

    April 28, 2020 at 2:45 pm

    The ripples in the sand no nothing about social distancing! 🙂

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