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Picture a Day #141 – Fresh Early Veggies
It takes patience and faith to tend an organic garden with late-maturing vegetables. This year I planted corn and green beans, along with the usual squash and tomatoes. I crowded a number of other veggies into my container garden as well. … Continue reading
Picture a Day #140 – Pod Invasion
This year a bumper crop of maple seed pods has landed in our yard. We have no maple trees ourselves, although I am definitely a fan of many different types of trees. I believe the pods are blowing into our yard … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, hobbies, home, inspiration, maple, nature, postaday, seed pods
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Picture a Day #139 – My Veggie Garden, Week Four
It has been four weeks today since I planted my container garden, and a few days less since I planted my raised bed garden. My results have been fairly good so far. This week I tasted the radishes and baby … Continue reading
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Tagged cilantro, corn, food, gardening, hobbies, home, nature, pole beans, postaday, snails ans slugs
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Picture a Day #138 – My Completed Bowl of Fruit
Here is my completed bowl of fruit. I touched up the shadows in this watercolor painting since my last post, and I added some warmer Cadmium Yellow to the pears. Now I am ready for my next project!
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Tagged art, fruit, hobbies, painting, pears, postaday, watercolor
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Picture a Day #137 – A Noteworthy Insect
Yesterday I went patrolling for insects in my garden. I knew where to look, and managed to capture this image of a ladybug hanging around some sunflower plants. I had seen one there the other day. Maybe the same one? … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, gardening, hobbies, home, ladybug, nature, pastel, postaday, Prismacolor pencils
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Picture a Day #136 – The Power of Watercolor
I sat down to work on my latest watercolor painting, the subject of yesterday’s post, intending to take the next step. Before I knew it, I was hurtling along. I wish I had paused long enough to photograph a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged art, fruit, hobbies, inspiration, painting, postaday, watercolor
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Picture a Day #135 – A Bowl of My Favorite Fruit
I’m painting with my watercolors again! This time my subject is a bowl of D’Anjou pears. First I drew my arrangement with Goldenrod Prismacolor pencil. Then I painted the pears with a cool Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue. Next I used a warm … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, fruit, hobbies, painting, postaday, watercolor
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Picture a Day #134 – Happy Mother’s Day!
To me, Mother’s Day is a part of celebrating spring. Motherhood is about nurturing life, and in the springtime it’s hard to miss all of the living creatures bursting forth around us, no matter where we live. My mother loved … Continue reading
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Tagged carpenter bee, family, gardening, hobbies, home, iris, life, mother's day, nature, postaday
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Picture a Day #133 – Back in My Garden
As the saying goes, “a watched pot never boils.” At least it won’t boil quick enough. Well, a watched garden doesn’t grow very quickly either, but while I was out of town this week visiting my daughter, my garden took … Continue reading
Picture a Day #132 – Traveling California State Route 36
During this past week, en route to and from my daughter’s house, I was able to add a section of highway to my list of routes traveled. I added the final leg of California State Route 36. This scenic highway stretches from … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Highway 36, Mount Shasta, nature, postaday, travel, Trinity Alps
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