Summer Solstice Dream no XIII

Posted: December 22, 2025 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
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Dream no XIII
19cm x 19 cm
indigo dyed moon & shibori cloth by Eliene St Romain
vintage Guttermann silk threads from Margaret Johnson, indigo dyed silk from Els Sneider & Glennis Dolce aka Shibori Girl backed with fine linen, a leftover parchment star from I dream of a world where love is the answer, boar bristles on the front & a border of very thin old silk on the back
filled with dreaming herbs:
Mugwort, Lemon Verbena, Lavender, Rosemary, White Sage, Sweet Bay and Rose Petals

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finished this morning at dawn for the Summer Solstice & then stitched the days into the Long Cloth of Grief and Wonder

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this beautiful diamond back python visited the garden on Saturday afternoon

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a garden is a spell we cast within the world

Dream No XIII

Posted: November 20, 2025 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
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Dream no XIII
in early November my dear friend Eliene St Romain sent me a bundle of her indigo dyed cloth, this moon called out to become the last dream pillow for this year

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a leftover parchment star from I dream of a world where love is the answer, boar bristles stitched down with indigo dyed silk from Glennis Dolce Shibori Girl, indigo dyed vintage scrim from Eliene, backed with fine linen.
Gathered more dreaming herbs today to celebrate the tail end of the Sun in Scorpio & briefly this evening the New Moon will also be in Scorpio. This month so much energy has shifted with Scorpio’s sting in the tail… thank goodness for the good friends who have gently pushed me back on track this month… So wish I could learn to just shut up and listen but have been saying that for 50 years…
The garden here at Dunmovin is such a joy, here’s some pics

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Waratahs shining like beacons in the early morning light a few weeks ago

Ursula Romero’s dream of the Blaue Blume

Posted: November 15, 2025 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
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Ursula Romero travelled the world painting blue flowers in situ for 5 years
her work is sublime, she is hoping to publish a limited edition book “Blau Blume The Blue Flower” with the help of everyone around the world via Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inkyleaves/blaue-blume-an-limited-edition-book-by-inky-leaves

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Let’s help make her dream come true !
You can follow her work on Facebook & Instagram

New Moon in Scorpio

Posted: October 23, 2025 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
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The New Moon is in Scorpio, one of my favourite drawings for the Celestial Times Zodiac Series back in 1999, time flies!
The garden here at Dunmovin is growing with wild abandon, with new flowers appearing every day

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this new Anigozanthos hybrid “Masquerade” glows like a jewel in the garden

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love the contrasting colours of this bearded iris

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Nigella aka Love in the Mist or Devil in the Bush, it has self sown throughout the garden, a plant that never really thrived in Sydney, it loves the mountain air!

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The Waratahs are spectacular this year!

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Full Moon in Aries after a magical week with Peter Webb plant guru extraordinaire

Posted: October 8, 2025 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
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Magnolia yunnanensis in full flight at dawn this morning after the Full Moon set
The garden is feeling totally energized & balanced after my old friend Peter Webb, mentor in gardening & spiritwise healer visited here at Dunmovin for a week

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We hadn’t seen each other for 30 years but the connection was so easy like we had seen each other just yesterday

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Popes Glen waterfall

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the Waratahs are out in full flight

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magic portal on the Popes Glen track

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discovering stone and seed pod installations Pete has placed around the garden balancing the energy

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to celebrate I ate the first artichoke of the season for breakfast, it was delicious!

Spring Equinox

Posted: September 23, 2025 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
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Celebrating the Spring Equinox in the garden here at Dunmovin

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the Daphne has flowered for months this year, the scent is divine,
the Snakeshead Fritillarias, woodland anemones and Bleeding Hearts are a delight

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Rake and the Goddess of Pink enjoying the warmer days!

Peace Day

Posted: September 21, 2025 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
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Fiona Dempster and Barry Smith send out their Deckled Edge Press weathergrams for the International Day of Peace every year
I added the wonky lace motif that became a flower & had fun painting the light

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Barry & Fiona’s generous spirits grace this place with love & kindness
Thank you my friends!

Spring!

Posted: September 1, 2025 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time, Lace
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It’s Spring ! This blue anemone just opened to celebrate, the sun is out and the bush is calling!

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Rake enjoying the apricity

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a dusting of snow at grey dawn on Saturday, it melted as soon as the sun came up

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Ever since my 20’s I have dreamed of making lace at 80… decided to get an early start!

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Slowly learning the stitches and how to read the patterns

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Finished the little triangle shape this morning & although there are still wonky bits am starting to understand what I am trying to do!
Magic Days

Dream On XII

Posted: August 23, 2025 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
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Dream On XII
indigo dyed vintage silk by by Jacinta Leishman Spiral Dyed
backed with indigo dyed vintage silk by Eliene St Romain
stitched with hand dyed silk threads from Glennis Dolce Shibori Girl & Els Sneider
knotted & waxed blue linen thread & hand dyed cotton cord
DMC cotton teal blue colour no 964
H 16cm
W 15cm

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the wayfinder on the other side

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dream detail

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filled with Mugwort, Lemon Verbena, Lavender, Rosemary, White Sage, Sweet Bay and Rose Petals

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tiny stitches binding the edge with memories and dreams
the sun is just about to move into Virgo at dawn with the Moon following suit this evening, spring is in the air, here’s the Goddess of Pink with her Purple Cat sporting a red Camellia in celebtation

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Dream On XI

Posted: August 3, 2025 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
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Dream On XI
indigo dyed vintage silk moon & silk cord by Glennis Dolce Shibori Girl
backed with indigo dyed vintage silk by Eliene St Romain
stitched with hand dyed silk threads from Glennis Dolce & Els Sneider
reverse is vintage silk velvet indigo dyed by Jacinta Leishman Spiral Dyed
edged with vintage lace
glass eye beads
parchment stars stitched with linen thread
H 16cm
W 17cm

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the silk velvet is a dream to stitch

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beading in process

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detail of stitching

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filled with Mugwort, Lemon Verbena, Lavender, Rosemary, White Sage, Sweet Bay and Rose Petals

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it began with this moon cloth & line by Jorge Luis Borges,
“… in those of the eleventh there is a purity of line not found in the original.”
Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (p38-39)
Labyrinths 1964

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The Goddess of Pink with her Purple Cat by Margarita Sampson with a Happy Wanderer aka Hardenbergia violacea happily flowering & twining through her knees

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