Beautiful Days

Hi everyone,

Time for another peek at the spring.  It is lovely just now.                                                         

          

             

                                          Iris, with wildflowers Anemone and Flox.

At one of the parks they cut down several truckloads of trees. Apparently there was a blight, but also, it looked to me, like they cashed in on a few good loads of timber.

What you see here is some of the undergrowth that has emerged with the sunlight now hitting the forest floor. The flower in the front may be Wild Bergamot or Bee Balm. It is a plant  I haven't seen before. Anyway, it was definitely waiting for the right moment, and it took the opportunity to fill in many gaps.

                                                     Also a new comer. I think it is wild rhubarb.
                                                                           

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 A few words about my dear friend, Joannie who passed away in April. She posted comments here and enjoyed the photos from the wilds that I took.

 Among her many accomplishments, Joannie went back to school at 46 and became a social worker and opened her own practice. Later in life, she also completed a Master Gardener's diploma.

What a gift she was to the world. I do miss her so much, but I feel blessed to have known her for 30 years and to call her my dear friend.

                                                           A Wonderful Hosta.

                                                 A pick me up Matcha
 

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 In my lasts post, I mentioned I was drawing from a book of Sargent's work. But I happened across this photo on the Mets open access, so I decided to try and draw Etienne Maurie Falconet (1716-1791) from the photo. Etienne was as sculptor; his bronze of Peter the Great resides in, of course, St. Petersburg.

 

  First time using willow charcoal; it fades quickly, but it is very forgiving. A piece of glassine over the drawing would help, I reckon.

Thank you for your much appreciated comments on my last post. I tried to respond here, but  was only able to respond to a few before Blogger had other ideas. 

And this winds down another post from the hinterlands of Canada.

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