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27 Sept 2018

Watercolour/Knitting

Since it's been hot the fall colours aren't really painting the world yet with vivid red, orange, and yellow, but soon I hope.

 I happened upon the following lovely fall quote today.

"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all."

 Stanley Horowitz
Lilies


Cattails. A perennial favourite of mine.


A puff ball mushroom. Apparently you can eat it.  At first, I thought it was an old soccer ball.  Me being me I gave it a poke with a small reed. It felt like a mushroom but I couldn't believe my eyes. A friend of mine on instagram named it for me.  

Seeds of Queen Anne's Lace.

A low pressure system coming in.

If you've been reading along, you may remember a similar painting. I finished this one recently.

On the needles. A cabled hat. Yarn from Brooklyn Tweed.


We had a tornado warning about a week ago. I was oblivious to it. (I now have a weather alert app.)
Unfortunately, six tornadoes touched down in Ottawa/Gatineau region, causing a lot of damage and shock. Although Canada does get an occasional tornado it usually doesn't amount to much, so we are all reeling. Hopefully, people will be able to rebuild before winter sets in.

'Til next time, lovelies.    Cultivate your dreams.

23 Jul 2018

Mixing It Up


Hi there,

Nothing says summer more than sunshine, dreamy clouds and flowers. And we are enjoying an abundance of all three. A summer day spent lounging about in a lawn chair with an ice tea and watching the clouds roll by is my idea of a perfect day. Of course, a good sunhat and a wonderful book just tops it off. Speaking of clouds, I've always loved this quote by David H.Thoreau: "You must not blame me if I talk to clouds."  (Definitely one for the smile file.)



We are in the throes of a heat wave, so I haven't been out and about on foot a great deal. However, it doesn't take long to adjust to heat, and when the temperatures dip a little, I've been reaching for my sweater. 

                             How hot is it? So hot that there's not a turtle to been seen on golden turtle pond.

But I've been longing to go to the woods, and I was so happy to get out there when the temperatures dropped recently to take a few pics. I didn't want to miss the mid-summer flowers.

Wild lilies ~ Turk's Cap



Crown Vetch

Milk Weed
Sumac
 A busy Chipmunk with places to go and chipmunks to see.
Cattails


The heights

Fleabane
I've been painting with acrylics recently. The great thing about it: if you make a mistake, you can paint over it and begin again. So very different from watercolour. And what would an acrylic painting be without a bit of blue?


A bit more of the detail in this picture.
Keeping with the blue and yellow theme. A small cobalt blue pitcher that I found
at a flea market.


The 8 x 10 ocean scene. When I buy a larger
canvas and a few more tubes of paint, I  think I will revisit the sea. If you look closely, you will spy a bit of sea glass from the beaches of Nova Scotia on the left of the painting.


 From my watercolour painting: a butterfly fashioned from molding paste.  


The manufacturer's stamped paper mark will show when this painting is framed. My son said, it's hardly noticeable, but, well, there's no way around it, so... When I was painting the scene I didn't notice it.  (I do have a prescription for new specs!) However, I have the 'new' drawing on the drawing board, complete with a few modifications. For example, I drew a smaller leaf fern and curved it a little to lead the eye back into the painting. I also modified the center part of the orchids and changed up the vase a bit.
A few of my favourite cultivated  flowers. Rose of Sharon, Platycodon, Cone Flowers, Peony

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A small scarf just off the needles and not blocked yet. Actually I knit two. One for me and one for my sister. The yarn: Mini Maiden from Handmaiden.


This post with a mix of things will be linked with Soma's Wandering Camera on Thursday. A very special thank you to Soma for hosting!



And linking to: Mosaic Monday.
 Floral Bliss
 Wednesday Around the World
Pictorial Tuesday
Thank you, ladies.

Leaving you with an oldie to celebrate summer, and if you are in the southern regions I hope you are having a mild winter.




'Til next time...Cultivate your dreams!



2 Mar 2016

Like A Lion



A little blurry...the wind had plans.

What happened to Tuesday?  If you are new here, I generally post on Tuesday and it slipped away from me this week, so for today it's Tuesday's post on Wednesday.

March roared in like a lion.  Last night the windows rattled and freezing rain splattered against the glass in a fury, keeping me awake but still I felt grateful to be tucked into my nice warm bed. If the old wives tales be true, then March will exit softly on little lambs feet. I'm looking forward to it.

After shopping in a few fabric stores, I finally found some ribbon. It's not exactly what I had in mind,  although it does work well...so airy and pretty.
# 3 in my Staying Alive Series. An Eastern Meadowlark and Eastern Flowering Dogwood.  I hope to paint this picture sometime soon. 
Meadowlarks like cover so they hop about in the tall grass but seek out a high point for  singing. It's a wonderful welcome to spring song.



For those in the north country, soon there will be "pussy willows and cattails" (from a Gordon Lightfoot song) and bird song. 



'Til Next time...Enjoy!