A Bit Of Origami

I have been taking a little break from Tatting and doing some Origami. I really enjoy how you can take a square of paper and make so many different things. I am really excited as I have just ordered a new book called Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods For An Ancient Art, Second Edition. The book is almost 800 pages and teaches you how design your own origami models.

Here are a few models I have been making.

Alien

Gift Package

Modular Origami

 

All the Blooms

Hi Everyone.

The weather here is beautiful right now with daily high's around 25C and lows of 18C so very comfortable the only downside is that we are in dry season so we have not had a drop of rain since late December but this is the season when a lot of tree's and plants come into bloom so I thought I would share some pictures with you. 

This is our very large Pear Cactus.

This is a Yucca that is in bloom. 

These are our coffee plants that where in bloom for 2 days.

The following pictures are of the blooms and fruit of our very large Malay Apple tree. You have to stand under the tree to see them well because they bloom along the branches and the leaves cover most of the blooms. The fruit is tasty and sweet but a soft texture. The neat thing right now is that the area under the tree is bright pink with all the fallen blooms.

My next posting will be of my Tatting progress on a very large doily I am presently tatting and maybe some of my Origami. Happy Tatting everyone.

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