phoenix like

Original Thought by Jo Bradford

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Well I really thought I had killed my beloved Pinstripe Orchid when I moved recently. The poor thing must have hated the vibrations and winding country lanes in the back of the van... I guess it is no way for such a glorious creature to travel!!

Anyway, within 48 hours of moving she had dropped all of her flowers and was looking very sorry for herself. Thankfully, I can report that 8 weeks later, after a lot of gentle nurturing and coaxing (and a new sunny spot in the windowsill), she has produced a whole new stem of flower buds and the first three opened this week.... yeay!!

My beauty is back, long may she reign as queen of my houseplants

xxxxxx Hope by Jo Bradford

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Plum Perfect

{plum perfect by jo bradford}

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Happy Sunday!!

Whatever it is you are doing today...

I hope it's full of l♥ve, family and fun

xoxo

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This picture is todays brand new listing in the Green Island Studios Etsy shop.

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Daydream Believer

Daydream Believer by Jo Bradford

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I just listed these two new pictures in my Etsy shop, Green Island Studios today. I have been making lots of serene and calming pictures this past week, I guess it is in response to the hectic daily madness that is Chez Bradford these days, I need a little soothing of my frazzled soul.....

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Daydream Keeper by Jo Bradford

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p.s. These are more pictures from those I took on my recent holiday in Andalucia.

Deeply Inserted into Existence

Beneath the Trees by Jo Bradford

I am reminded today of the wisdom of John Berger.
Bergers' writings were required reading for my photography degree many moons ago, yet much of what he says still resonates with me as I roam the world armed with my camera....
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“That we find a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone,
that we are more deeply inserted into existence
than the course of a single life would lead us to believe.”
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Thanks to Dava, who featured Green Island Studios as one of her Etsy shops of the week, on her blog "Treasures From Hawaii" today.

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Pretty In Pink

Just listed in my Etsy store

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In The Pink by Jo Bradford

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My Grandmother-in-Law has some beautiful varieties of pink Camelia in her garden. Every year at around this time she gives me a posie or two to brighten up our house and my studio. It's Camelia time now and here are some of delights from Nan's garden this spring.

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Pretty In Pink by Jo Bradford

**Thanks Nan!**

Pure

Pure by Jo Bradford

This is a new piece which is a sister to my recent art work "Pale", both of which are available to purchase in my Etsy store.

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Inside

Inside by Jo Bradford

I have been cramming a lot into my days the last few weeks. There has not been much time to blog between the activites. I have been delivering alternative process workshops, teaching people how to take photographs and develop and print them and also making and listing and selling new work on all of my galleries. There have been a lot of late nights recently and as I type my eyelids are feeling heavy and ready to close for the night.

Translucent

Translucent by Jo Bradford

I have been enjoying immersing myself in my photography in my studio these last few weeks. The front area of my studio has large north facing windows, an artists dream from a lighting point of view. I am also lucky to have a wonderful plant nursery in the shared yard at my studio workshop space. I often scrape together my pennies and pop into the greenhouse to see what delights have been nurtured there by the loving hands of Mary and John, whose business it is. I loved this shoot I did last week as the early evening light in my studio was filling the room with a warm glow. The translucent petals were positively radiating coloured light as I worked, and the scene filling my lens was rather reminiscent of stained glass windows.