A Greener Aspect

Made me think of a Lava lamp ... showing my age again!

Interesting art :) What did you put inside the icicles?

I remember them Shirley!

Ah, now that would be telling kat! But if I give you a clue...........I couldn't get anything inside them.

It looks like sea algae inside the icicles...

I quite like what it made it look like! but its nothing so exotic i am afraid!

shall i tell you?

:) Yes! Please.

Im sorry this will disappoint you ~ all i did was to pour a few drops of food colouring over some of the icicles!

:))
I am not disappointed :) Good idea.

:-) thanks kat! when i went to look at it later, most of the colour had drained away, the bit that is brightest i rather think had more cracks in the ice?

I was a bit worried about the colour but the green seems to have disappeared, I had a lot more trouble with the blue! Had to go to work with slightly blue hands! Ooooops!

:-)

It's still dark here, will go and look soon to see if the ice is still there!

Very pretty!

verdi ice ST ! verdi ice indeed !!

I've got some yellow food colouring you can borrow Sticks!

Think Bampy's on a roll these past few days.....obviously gone stir crazy in the snow!

i am enjoying the stir crazy bampy humour!!!!

verdi ice ~ very good!

i got yellow lulu thanks! the icicles are still there ~ do you want me to try another colour?

colorful , its very beautiful Pippa:-)))

thanks junna, its still there this morning but the green has all gone

Looks good Sticki:-)

I am amazed its still here BA!

An ice rainbow?

reminds me of those sky rocket lollipops ~ in 3 colours!

Oh well done - a really fun idea!

thanks melchi ~ i couldnt just leave them 'hanging there' they were much too fascinating!

i wonder how long they will last?

We have had a thaw here today, but a lot of the snow is still hanging around. It was never very deep, but is surprisingly persistent in places. So, who knows? Good while they're there, though!

its now raining heavily so im not sure they will survive that!

until this evening there was still around 4" of snow here!

So tomorrow it'll either be gone, or you'll have slush, or you'll have ice. Some artistic mud pies, perhaps!

green lace on top of the wall ~ at best???

at worst green stained stones [plus some blue where i had the hands!!!]

Lol!

today i have seen a small blue splash mark on the kitchen ceiling ~ now where did that come from i wonder? oooops!

I think it is the yellow snow you stay clear of Sticki! :0)

ah yes ~ to be avoided definitely! none that i have seen here though!

Our snow was well and truly gone by midnight. Quite a surprise. Not unwelcome...

all gone now!!!

quite windy and wet today but really quite mild

Oh yes very arty.....

thank you!! i have to admit i liked these! but then glass fascinates me

So I see!!

:-)

Living art Sticki. Lava lamps....that brings back a few memoirs......we had a red lava lamp with a copper top and bottom.

I quite liked those linda, I think it was the unpredictability of them!

I don't remember where it went to either.... we had quite a few moves of house and one of our boxes did go missing.

I blame OH for the missing box of books, when we moved, I'm certain He took one to the charity shop that he shouldn't have done.

Things get broken too. We have one horse with a glued leg, one with an ear missing and I haven't got the heart to get rid of them.....Also the Christmas baubles that got broken too, that we'd had for years that had to be thrown into the bin.
A missing box of books eh Sticki........oh well perhaps someone somewhere had a good read......

but they were books i had as a child, cant replace them really :-(((

That's a shame as they would have been nice to hand on in the family.

Thankfully the very best I still have, a set of AA Milne.

Losing childhood books is awful - they are old friends. When I was about 11, my mother gave one of my favourites away (to be fair, it had been one of her childhood books) to a distant cousin I hardly knew. But then, a few years ago, my eldest found a copy in a second-hand book shop and got it for my birthday. Absolute magic! (The fact that he knew about it proves how great a loss it had been!!!)

You'd be surprised what you can find on Amazon or Ebay. And Barter Books in Alnwick have a huge range. You might be able to replace some of the most precious.

Oh thanks melchisedec, I'm sure I shall enjoy browsing through their catalogues too! This could be expensive! Is this the same Alnwick that has the Harry potter castle? And a lovely garden?

My other bug bear is that my lovely books (yes my old friends too) are mostly in boxes in the garage, I would like wall to wall shelves so I can see them all!

Yes - the bookshop is in that Alnwick! It is a lovely town - we visit it regularly. When the children were little, we had several holidays in nearby Craster (don't get me started - another wonderful, but ruined, castle) I have never been to the garden - what an admission! I will one of these days. The bookshop is in the old station. When we started going there, it was quite a maze, and there was a feeling that you might find anything. Now it is very well organized and set out, but just as wonderful. There are settees everywhere and you are positively encouraged to sit and read. There is an open fire and coffee is available - a bookworm's heaven. Highly recommended!

We have more books than I could ever read - every one of us is a book fanatic. We have finally reached the stage where some paperbacks eventually go to a local charity shop for re-homing, but it took a long time to reach that point. I suppose book-lined rooms act as good insulation...

Ah yes - insulation! That's an inspiration!

Well you have convinced me now, that bookshop sounds perfect! I shall have to make another visit up there. We had a lovely holiday in Northumbria one year.

My favourite English county. It is full of wonderful castles and beautiful beaches. We started out in the north-east, and made great expeditions into Northumberland via local buses! But it's a tad cold...which is why the beaches are still so lovely!