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As autumn arrives, the chores that comes with it press on the agenda. There is a window of a few weeks where, if one has a vegetable patch, lots of things have to be done. It’s harvest time. In my garden, amongst tomatoes, zucchinnis, brussel sprouts, lettuce, leek and other things; I have loads [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Green Life'
Autumn’s chores
September 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Dyeing, Fibre Art, Green Life
Tags:dyepot·dyer·florcita·flower·garden·Green Life·marigold·natural dyeing·tagetes
The week goes by
July 22nd, 2010 · 11 Comments · Green Life
… and I haven’t posted much. So many things to do! Birthday parties (from May to July we are booked!), orders, short trips with friends.
We’ve also been busy finalizing the green roof for my studio… plants (sedum type) are there, they need to grow a bit more. This pic (A) is from a few weeks [...]
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lilies cancun
July 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Green Life
lily cancun, originally uploaded by Marian Florcita.
And it is still warm… too warm and sticky… and the garden seems to be blooming everywhere. So much colour I don’t know how to capture it all in one frame. Here is a photo of my Lilys Cancún… Beautifully bright.
Nice weekend everyone!
Sigue haciendo mucho calor… calor pegajoso… y [...]
Merry go Round: What’s on your plate?
June 25th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Fun, Green Life, Merry Go Round
Every month a group of 9 crafts women from around the world, join to answer each in their own way, the same question. This month, to lighten things up a bit, we are sharing our quick recipes for the summer (sorry those who are in the southern Hemisphere… but you can use them too!).
It was [...]
Tags:Merry Go Round·recipes
breakfast harvest
June 11th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Green Life
breakfast harvest, originally uploaded by Marian Florcita.
Today, early… at 7am… with the grass still wet with the morning dew, I walked barefoot the 50m from the kitchen to the back garden and I harvested these red, juicy strawberries to add to our cereals. It really is the “good life” when you can reach out and [...]
Tags:harvest·red·strawberries
studio
June 9th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Green Life, life
studio, originally uploaded by Marian Florcita.
Just a quick update on the building of the studio.
All walls are up. Roof and floors will follow. We are planning to make a green roof (with plants) so we are still gathering hundreds of sedum plants to put up there.
I can not wait.
And I found eco-paint…in RED……… oh yeah….
*Una [...]
Working outdoors
March 11th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Green Life, life
repetition, originally uploaded by Marian Florcita.
Has she fallen asleep?? is she gone??
nono… Im here. I was editing some pics for the ” Curious Nature ” project, and since the weather has been sunny for some days and all the trees are full of buds, we realized that if we wanted to plant more trees, NOW [...]
Friday’s links
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Green Life
This blog has been quiet this week, but not because I haven’t been working. In fact, I’ve been editting, resizing pictures, learning HTML, discussing with the desginer (aka my husband) and that sort of stuff because I’ve decided to unify all the blogs and websites I have into one thing. Intead of having Florcita’s art [...]
Friday’ s links
October 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Green Life
Love the drawing in this one. Another simple and to the point from www.wwf.org
Friday’ s links
October 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Green Life, Uncategorized
Because life is not just about felting… well, my life at least. In this household we do a lot of things to try to change the way we think about our life and how it affects the planet. I could list numerous things that we have slowly implemented and included in our daily life [...]
