Once upon a time in those halcyon days before the pandemic, I went to Sri Lanka with Mr RH and two of our sons to go to a wedding that included a church service, a buddhist ceremony (where traditional dancers/acrobats fetched first the groom then the bride) and a reception with the biggest chandeliers I’ve ever seen, a banquet and dancing into the early hours. The other guests wore saris in all colours and gold bangles and it really was exactly like falling into a scene from a fairytale…
On that same trip, in Wilpattu National Park, I took a photo of this chap, who also seems like he would be at home in a fairy tale.
And I knew one day he (she?) would appear in a quilt, though in this quilt, I ended up selecting/making patterns using shapes cropped from my image of this striking creature and the bird itself remains waiting to be immortalised in stitches on some other occasion.
What a fabulous creature he is Janine and a lovely quilt to boot 😀
ReplyDeleteI know. Hard to believe he's real!
DeleteWonderful interpretation. And what an interesting bird. Sounds like a fabulous trip.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It really was the trip of a lifetime.
DeleteWhat a fantastic little piece to remind you of that trip and that amazing bird!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteI love your rendition of the bird. Sounds like it was an interesting trip.
ReplyDeleteThank you, it was :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a splendid creature! I can see why he was turned into the wonderful patterns in your quilt.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Catherine :)
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