I have a great office at work. It’s actually a converted two bedroom cottage. There is a small kitchen and an all purpose dining living area that’s now used for meetings. The bedrooms are offices. My desk is in one and our Landscape Ecologist (LE) has the other. The cottage is off and away from […]
Category Archives: Watercolor
Lovebugs Everywhere!
I love keeping track of Nature’s seasonal changes in my journal. Just last week, the Spartina started to take on raw sienna coloring in places. I love the autumn colors of the marsh grass, but am not quite ready for the neon green to go! It saddened me. Another sign of seasonal change is the […]
Wood Storks and Vultures
Last Sunday morning’s weather was perfect!!! At 9 a.m. it was 72 degrees with no humidity….. in SC…. in August!!! Really? Yes, indeed! Rob, the dogs and I piled into the golf cart and made our way down to the 17th hole of the golf course to enjoy a walk along the cart path before […]
Turtle Tuesday – Florida Softshell
A new series is born! While I can’t promise turtle postings every week, Tuesday’s will be Turtle Day for this blog 🙂 I saw my first Softshell a little over a year ago and was amazed at its size. It had to be a female. This species’ females can grow to 24 3/4 inches!!! A […]
Autumn Wildflower Celebration
These were picked from Spring Island’s wildflower garden last Thursday. The Frostweed, Verbesina virginica, blooms are spent, but I still love their shapes. The Horsemint, Monarde punctata L, is barely hanging on and the River Oat sprig, Chasmanthium latifolium, has been brown for weeks. But Elliott’s Aster, Symphyotrichum elliottii, Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta and Wild […]
Beach Day with my Stillman and Birn Journal
Last month I entered a drawing on Stillman and Birn’s FaceBook page to win one of their hardbound journals that feature 180 lb. watercolor paper. I was one of 10 lucky artists to win 🙂 Two Sundays ago, I had the perfect opportunity to take it for a spin. We treated ourselves to beach chairs […]
