Rainbows

Tomorrow is Pride Day in Portland....so Patty and I are celebrating the rainbows in our yards. 

I adore her parade of rainbow pigs in her back yard! I grew up on a pig farm in Wisconsin so I have a penchant for pigs. And you know how I feel about rainbows.

And I love the rainbows at my front door. Patty gave me the vintage metal red laundry basket on the right.....it's now one of my favorite planters. 

All are welcome here!

I've been experimenting with lighter weight papers for cyanotype so I can cut things out easier. For this one I used one of my stencils on rice paper. My first try was a failure because it ripped apart when I rinsed it. The second time I treated it like tissue paper and left it on the glass while I CAREFUlLY rinsed the chemicals out...then let it dry right on the glass without touching it. Once it was dry it was easy to handle and cut. 

I mounted it on a page from one of my vintage manuscript books. 
I wondered if I should have fussy the lower part...but I kind of like the dark blue accent.