Greenman #2 took a field trip!

Yesterday I went to one of my favorite places to get a quick tropical vacation- Logee’s. Since I needed to photograph my greenman, I decided to bring him to the greenest place I know of in February.

This is #2, the newer one-

And here are the rest of his photos-

This is what followed us home from Logee’s :-) I am setting up an IKEA cabinet greenhouse (check them out! https://www.instagram.com/ikeagreenhousecabinet) and hoping to be able to keep these begonias alive. The plants and the cabinet have been a huge distraction- I am obsessed! I will post photos when it is all set up.

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What a week, what a crazy time we are living in. I am having a very hard time pulling myself away from the news which isn’t helping my anxiety or getting any work done. I think most of us white ladies are trying to figure out ways we can do better and that, for me at least, has involved a lot of reading, listening (mostly on Twitter), and no chiming in of my opinions. As a result I haven’t been posting on the social medias. #Black Lives Matter. I’ve got some things to show you now so I will try to get things back on track.

I made 2 green men dolls in December. One went off to a new home but the other just sat in my shop and every time I looked at it, I could only think that I didn’t like those eyebrows! So, I changed them. I almost never do that- I can think of maybe 2 other times in all my doll-making years? Anyway, I think he looks much better now and he is back in my shop.

I have mostly been working on Lumberjacks.

I will have a finished one to show tomorrow.

Greenman 2

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This fellow has much woodsier tattoos. Both of these Greenmen were cut from the same fabric. It is all about choosing which images go where.

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Here is the real life, behind-the-scenes, photo-making yesterday. I’ve got to make it work after 3 days of wet and snowy weather! I will put these fellows into my etsy shop later today.

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Greenman 1

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This Greenman’s tattoos are of a Stag hunt- maybe not the most appropriate imagery for a nature spirit? Oh well, I am going to imagine that the stag escape and lived to a ripe old age.

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I bought some new variegated threads from Sue Spargo and I am having fun trying them out.

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