Today's blooms

Painting yesterday's flowers in watercolor marker

The petals on the lilies were dropping fast so I decided to paint the other flowers in watercolors.

The color choice was a bit limited because I was working with my last few watercolor brush markers.

I'm sending watercolor to an aunt but now that I've scanned it as well I should be able to use the design on a few other things in a few other ways. That way it can make even more people happy.

So far I've added text and a bit of card stock in a few different colors to make Birthday cards and a nice note card. After "playing with it by hand" I'm ready to take it to Zazzle and see what I can do with it there.

Today's birds and flowers in the garden

Yes, I continue to re-arrange the fairy garden and trim the plants in it. I was both surprised and pleased to find that the one with the white spots on it is flowering. It really is a teeny, tiny world of it's own and continues to amuse me. I plan to design more over the winter when I can't get outdoors for any regular gardening.

A lot of my roses have stopped blooming already. It won't be long before we enjoy the bright color of the rose hips and maybe a cup of tea.

I still haven't gotten around to painting these lilies yet but my watercolors and drawings of them from previous years can be found on merchandise in my stores on Zazzle.

The same goes for these daisies. So far the drawings have been more popular than the paintings. Especially the ones on greeting cards and postage stamps.

Picking wildflowers and gathering seed

As the season draws to a close here, I'm doing my best to enjoy things as long as I can and to insure some color for next season as well.
I'm still trimming back the rosebushes and cleaning up the debris. There's always something to do in a garden.
In the back yard I'm trimming back the raspberry bushes and haven't quite decided whether to transplant bushes this fall or wait until next spring.
Cooler weather, hot cider and campfires...I guess fall has it's own charm.

Latest Garden Photos

Sorting plants in the old garden

 Here's a long view of the places I like to rest while working on the yard and garden.

 This mess is mostly wildflowers, chives and lilies.

 Here are some lilacs, raspberries and grapes.

It may be hard to believe but there are rosebushes, maple trees, iris and lots of other things in here.

That time of year in the garden

There isn't much to do with the garden this time of year except to keep looking at the garden catalogs as they come and start planning for the season ahead.
The carrot and radish seeds I buy produce a rainbow of colors in just these 2 veggies and are as satisfying to look at as they are to eat. There isn't much of a budget to work with so I'm depending on the seed I saved from last years wildflowers to brighten up the yard a bit until I can afford to buy something really nice and as always I'll be moving some of the perennials around.
I need to plant something lovely to paint this year...I'm just not sure what. I've spent a lot of time on sunflowers and lilies the last few years so it's probably time to start something new.
I'd sure like to hear from some of you about what you'd like to see me paint next.

Julia's wild style painting