This morning, I ran into Beaufort to drop off a painting for the member show at the Beaufort Art Association Gallery. It’s a windy day, wsw winds from 15 to 25 mph. with temps in the low 50’s. Along Rt. 170, I encountered a flurry of large white snow flakes – the kind that are […]
Category Archives: Wildflowers
National Wildlife Refuge Week – Pickney Island
In celebration of National Wildlife Refuge Week, Water-Dog Outfitters has partnered with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to offer tours of Pinckney Island. Rob and I chose to take the hayride tour. We enjoy Pickney Island but, to date, had not been past Ibis Pond. Here was a chance to scope it out and […]
One More Wildflower
One last wildflower for the season 🙂 Actually, I’ve had the image done for quite a while but, I wanted just the right calligraphic font for it’s title. I played on and off with different styles, most were too static. I think I have the best one now. What do you think? The Climbing Butterfly […]
Ode to a Wildflower
At long last, I’ve finished my journal page devoted to the Passion Flower, aka Maypops! Â I wish everyone could view this flower in real time. Â I’ve never seen such an, for a lack of a better term….. architectural wonder! When we moved here, I purchased a SC wildflower guide book. I perused through to see […]
Wildflower Finds IV
Pretty in pink 🙂  The Common marsh-pink has striking center coloration.  You really need to get up close to see it though. The Rose purslan flower is the most wonderful shade of magenta.  They catch your eye even though the flower is quite small and close to the ground. Another pink flower in bloom, […]
Wildflower Finds III
Back to purple 🙂  These morning glories were so lovely I decided to create a journal page just for them. Gil Nelson’s book ‘Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers helped me make the correct ID.  I wrote his comments along the outer edge of the illustration.  Thanks, Gil! ‘The name sagittata means “arrow shaped” in reference to […]
