Easter, Mother's Day, pearlworthy

Today we celebrated belated Easter and early Mother's Day. I thought HS had done quite enough for me this year, without doing anything special next Sunday.

My bit consisted of setting up the cheese board, the table and some vegetables.  And making his favorite Colman mustard. He brought ham, more vegetables, tiny chocolate eggs and jelly beans.

I sported The Pearls! It's a family joke that they come out for special occasions, even if I'm wearing t-shirt and jeans.

It was a lovely relaxed easy time, and we took our tea outside on the deck where we watched a merlin fly over the suddenly quiet area, first sighting this year,  not a bird moved, this picture right before the sighting

and I found this on the Japanese maple.

I think it's a gall. I removed it and the branch looked undamaged. I must learn more. If any blogista knows more, please say.

After Handsome Son left, I watched Textiles and Tea with famous Scottish tapestry and paper artist, Joanne Soroka. She wrote a classic book on tapestry weaving, and her own work in paper and in fiber, breaks barriers.

Here she's showing miniature tapestries based on Japanese boro work, originally patching to save fabric, then recognized as an art form

These two pieces below were commissioned for a super yacht!

And here's a collaged weaving

this piece is about the losses of the covid period, and you see it behind her in her studio

 

She works mainly in linen and cotton, very little wool, unusual for tapestry. And her work makes me want to warp up my handheld loom and weave, always a sign of a quality artist!

Happy day everyone! I definitely had one. The rain and thunder held off till early evening, very obliging.