Saturday, August 01, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Mostly Plants
John, BBQer Extraordinaire!
This is our front patio. Recognise the chairs?
My Marigolds! Probably my favourite flowers, as they are pretty and difficult to kill. The Allysum to the far left is from a previous year, the stringier-looking stuff is new. I was surprised to see such a difference in the mature plants. This is a photo from when they were very recently planted. All have filled out quite significantly since. I had deadheaded these rather aggressively, and it paid off.
An Umbrella Tree! Pretty short at the moment, but he'll eventually be very tall. He also lives in the studio.
A Dragon Tree; a tropical I bought for the studio. They eventually get quite tall, but are very slow-growing. It will eventually be dwarfed by the Umbrella Tree.
One of my flower-boxes. Salvia, Sweet Williams, Allysum, and a mystery-climbing-weed. The weed was growing in a different planter box and I still don't know what it is. I'm hoping that it's nature will become more apparent as it matures. It looks like it might be flowering.
My tiny little tomatoes. Now there are about a dozen of various sizes, although all are still green.
This is our front patio. Recognise the chairs?
My Marigolds! Probably my favourite flowers, as they are pretty and difficult to kill. The Allysum to the far left is from a previous year, the stringier-looking stuff is new. I was surprised to see such a difference in the mature plants. This is a photo from when they were very recently planted. All have filled out quite significantly since. I had deadheaded these rather aggressively, and it paid off.
An Umbrella Tree! Pretty short at the moment, but he'll eventually be very tall. He also lives in the studio.
A Dragon Tree; a tropical I bought for the studio. They eventually get quite tall, but are very slow-growing. It will eventually be dwarfed by the Umbrella Tree.
One of my flower-boxes. Salvia, Sweet Williams, Allysum, and a mystery-climbing-weed. The weed was growing in a different planter box and I still don't know what it is. I'm hoping that it's nature will become more apparent as it matures. It looks like it might be flowering.
My tiny little tomatoes. Now there are about a dozen of various sizes, although all are still green.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Cabin 2009
We didn't take the camera out as much as we should have, but got some good pictures of a few days!
A HUGE spider was living in the sink. We flushed her down once the water-pump was up and running, but felt terribly guilty.
We caught the Canada Day Parade in Sechelt, John's hometown.
John's in a tree! This was on the hike in to the Skookumchuck Rapids. A very long, very beautiful hike.
A sleepy tree. John was telling me that the notches were cut into the trees by the lumberjacks that cleared the area, so that platforms could be erected between trees. But now they look like eyes. Sleepy eyes.
The view from the point over the Skookumchuck Rapids.
Sunset, the last night at the lake.
Eventually Pique and Miles started to get along.
A HUGE spider was living in the sink. We flushed her down once the water-pump was up and running, but felt terribly guilty.
We caught the Canada Day Parade in Sechelt, John's hometown.
John's in a tree! This was on the hike in to the Skookumchuck Rapids. A very long, very beautiful hike.
A sleepy tree. John was telling me that the notches were cut into the trees by the lumberjacks that cleared the area, so that platforms could be erected between trees. But now they look like eyes. Sleepy eyes.
The view from the point over the Skookumchuck Rapids.
Sunset, the last night at the lake.
Eventually Pique and Miles started to get along.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
the Lipizzaner Stallions
It was a pretty good show, although admittedly not as awe-inspiring as it was when I was ten.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Illuminated Being
8 x 10 on clear primed linen canvas.
Golden Fluid acrylics and phosphorescent green.
A birthday gift for a friend.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Stoat and Cat
Two paintings that I completed this weekend. Stoat was the first, and looks unintentionally like a certain Mustelidae sidekick. Cat started out as a wolf, but you know how things are. Both are creepy.
Stoat is 8" x 10" on a clear-gessoed linen canvas. Cat is 5" x 7" on primed masonite. Both are using fluid acrylics and have a satin finish. Fancy.
I'm fonder of Cat than of Stoat, but mum's the word.
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