Hollyhocks today

not for sale

I know, another silly flower shot. But it IS my blog, and for all I know I am the only one reading it, and I DO love flowers! Gold filled wire chain maille bracelet with Boulder opal beads.


I've been rather tangled up these days in silk thread: mostly researching pearl knotting. There is alot to learn(far far far more than I ever realized! I don't have any pearls to knot, but a
s you can see I am rather obsessed with boulder opal beads. My last posted attempt using silk knots was really terrible! I've learned more since then (which doesn't help me in any way yet!) There is the problem of finishing the peice whether to use elusive bullion/french wire/gimp or (readily available) ugly clamshells or what?!..but I am going way off topic as this post was supposed to be about hollyhocks! Simple garden variety hollyhocks and wire! Maybe I'll have to change the name of my blog, The Wandering Mind ?..now I want to look into pearls..