Crazy weather made for fast sketching. Glad I didn’t attempt to camp out in front of this plant with supplies spread all over. Soon as I finished the right page, the rain came down hard – the first of many quick storms we’ve had today. Okay, need another name. Quiltin’ Mama, are you up for […]
Category Archives: Wildflowers
Forgot to pack my Wildflower Guide!
I can remember the moment clearly. I was packing our suitcase and thinking I must not forget to throw my Roger Tory Peterson Wildflower guide in with my art supplies…….. Really miss my scanner too. So……. this is my unfinished journal page for today. Slightly out of focus with poor lighting. Grumble, grumble, grumble… I […]
Western NY Summer Colors
Since arriving in NY I’ve been dying to get out and paint these roadside beauties. Chicory lines the rural roadsides. I’d love to see it cultivated in rows. It would be the Finger Lakes version of the wonderful lavender fields of France. Queen Ann’s Lace is so abundant I’m tempted to paint a scene similar […]
Sunday Sketches Between Rain showers
Crazy weather today. Started off partly cloudy, warm and a tad muggy. Then around 3:30 the skies turned real dark. A little rain fell but certainly not much for how threatening the sky looked. The sun graced us once again, then another quick shower. I can’t believe how much I’ve been sketching the last few […]
The Waiting Game
We’ve all been there. Hurry up and…. wait. Or, the medical appointment dilemma ” I’m sorry, the doctor is running behind.” This is when my eyes twinkle, and all the interesting plants I saw on the way into the medical building blur my brain. “How far behind?” I ask. Despite the time snag these ‘waits’ […]
It’s that time!
For the last week I’ve been noticing the Beauty-berry shrubs, Callicarpa americana L., are sporting their tiny flowers 🙂 Hopefully, this summer, we’ll have enough rain so the wonderfully, beautiful Beauty-berries will mature! Can you tell their one of my favorites? By the by, we had a great time at Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge for […]
