Another sketchbook project page.
We have a variety of flowers going strong in our yard right now, and if Joe hasn't, than I've been snipping things to bring inside. The rose of sharon bushes (trees?!) are all abloom right now, and they're really pretty.
Someone gave us tiny little cuttings of two varieties a few years ago, about a foot high and stumpy, and we sort of half-hazardly stuck them into the ground: one in the backyard, and one in the front. Now, just a few years later, they're taller than I am with flowers all over the place.
Both of us will pretty much cut any kind of flower that's out there, whether it's on a tree, a bush, or a tiny stem, and bring it inside for us to enjoy here. Sometimes they last just a day or so, and sometimes, flowers last for weeks. Love it!"Each flower is a soul opening out to Nature." (--Gerald De Nerval)
5 comments:
Oh I love the pink ruffly flower the best. but both are pretty.
Another great sketch book painting Sue. Hows the trip planning going? I bet the sketch book paintings are stress relievers. :)
I have a potted plant, just like this.
First plant I bought after moving here.
Not knowing its name, I called it "pink Hibiscus" -
now I know better, thanks to you!
(I had to take pictures of mine too,
so, there they are, on my blog.)
Oh, your watercolor is so lovely. I want to invite all the talented people participating in the Sketchbook Project to provide a link to their work (and a chance for a little extra self promotion) on a special post I've written. I know my readers would love to see your work. http://makenart.blogspot.com
Thanks, all! I'm so enjoying this. Merisi, I'm off to see!
Hello from someone in NYC, who's visiting you all the way from Merisi's Vienna.
Isn't it wonderful to see how we can make our world smaller when we are interested in similar interests?
I remember my mom having a Rose of Sharon in our yard in Virginia.
Promise to visit you again.
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