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Spring Star Flower

Julie Nitschke September 10, 2020

Although winter is a time of introspection and quiet when much of nature turns inward whilst preparing for renewal in spring, many flowers are at their best during this time bringing warmth and good cheer to cold grey days.

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In Spring Star Flower, Calligraphy, Sketchbook Journal Tags Purple Flowers

Canterbury Bell

Julie Nitschke July 28, 2020

These showy flowers have an unusual strategy for spreading pollen as far and wide as possible to maximize their chance of survival.

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Convolvulus

Julie Nitschke June 16, 2020

The convolvulus flower is a wonderful metaphor for completing the cycle of giving and receiving, speaking and listening, qualities that are essential to transcend inequality and injustice.

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Potato Flower

Julie Nitschke May 19, 2020

How is the flower of the potato plant like the special people in our lives who are always there for us no matter what?

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Kangaroo Apple

Julie Nitschke April 28, 2020

A flower mandala: Moving us towards our centre, our soul, a place of calm and inner peace.

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Geranium

Julie Nitschke April 7, 2020

Do you ever wonder about the ethereal glow that illuminates the heart of a geranium flower?

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Wild Pansy

Julie Nitschke February 11, 2020

The wild pansies scattered through my herb garden remind me of a mischievous little leprechaun.

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In Pansy, Viola, Calligraphy Tags Purple Flowers

Pansy

Julie Nitschke February 4, 2020

A modern version of the early explorers sketchbook journals. The pansy entry with calligraphic lettering.

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More pages in my Wisdom of Flowers Journal.

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One of the final pages in the journal ‘The Spirit of Flowers’. The whole journal took me three years to complete, interspersed with all the other journals I’m working on.  It’s given me so much pleasure, both in the making and
Giving is easy but opening our heart to receiving from others opens our vulnerability: This is the challenge.

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Writing and illustrating my mother’s life story in one of my handmade journals.  This is a couple of pages from the early part of the story.  It’s a rather large project I’ve been working on for a while now, interspersed with all th

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