A Walk in the Park

Really...it was a walk in the park! UBC Botanical Gardens played host for a couple of hours while Fred and I meandered it's many paths and took delight in the spring flowers. Fred had his camera with him and took a few photos. I've reduced a few to show off in the blog but seeing them so small just isn't the same as seeing them at full 7mb resolution. It was supposed to be a cloudy day but the sky was a lovely clear blue instead. So why am I telling you about the park in this jewellery blog...simple really...it renewed my inspiration!! How could I go wrong...Bee...flowers...park? I was very stressed before Fred talked me into going thinking that I had to get all these projects finished before I went out to enjoy anything. I realized that I had completely missed the point of doing the silver work and making jewellery...it's supposed to be enjoyable! A walk in the park was really just what I needed to do to bring me out of my funk. I mean who can resist some beautiful plants and flowers? On the ride home my imagination was in full bloom...okay that was a gratuitous pun...and new ideas for designs kept popping into my thoughts. I finished up a couple of have to have done projects which was more enjoyable than I had expected them to be, if my mood earlier was anything to go by. While I didn't actually get to what I was designing in my head it isn't lost and the inspiration continues. I felt good about the projects and a sense that they would come together better than I planned. I actually need to pick up some materials to implement the design.

These are a couple of photos that captured my imagination...it's a bee thing. :-) See how blue the sky is in the background. As I said before these smaller images just don't do justice to the real thing but they still make me smile and that's a good thing.