treasures from the trail ...

I'm always writing about my love & fascination/admiration with trees

{here on the blog & over on my Instagram account}  -

and how my gathering bag is always filled {as well as pockets} with woodland

finds on our daily walks with Archer.

We have a large bowl on our coffee table that holds my gatherings and where I put them when we arrive home & it is gloriously filled to the brim. Each season brings with it different types of gatherings ~ acorns * pinecones* skeleton leaves * leaves of changing colours* branches * twigs* bark* feathers * rocks*

I also have a weaving/mixed media fabric art wall hanging in my Sparrow studio & I will often tuck in small pieces of  bark, skeleton leaves & feathers that I find here {she is looking really lovely with all her adornments} :-D

I thought I would show some of the ways I use my finds & what I do with some of them.

"The diversity of the phenomena of Nature

is so great,

and the treasures hidden in the heavens

so rich,

precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking

in fresh nourishment"

~Johannes Kepler~

I recently found some wonderfully shaped branches

faces were painted

and then larger pieces of bark were added to the back

wrapped with twine & a loop added to the back for hanging

I'm always drawn to and love branches where knots have fallen leaving  natural holes behind

these I've created into little

sparrow spirit sticks

each painted with a nature inspired sentiment/word

wrapped with fabric/twine/ribbons

and embellished with beads

and some with found feathers

"Nature is man's teacher.

She unfolds her treasures to his search,

unseals his eye,

illumines his mind,

and purifies his heart,

an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds

of her existence"

~Alfred Billings Street~

"You will find something

more in woods

than in books.

Trees and stones

will teach you

that which you can never learn from masters"

~St. Bernard~

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I hope you find some lovely treasures from the trail on your walks too.

d xo