Nancys Garden Diary

It seemed only right to show you my entry for 'the sketchbook project' ( link on sidebar) over at Nancy's Garden Blog.....

create tuesday...Hair

Acrylic on board with and under collage of fashion plates from a vintage book.

My entry for the new create theme which is hair...
I have always been fascinated by the amazing hair styles they created in the french court of Marie Antoinette...wigs that were powdered and styled and had items added like birdcages or sailing galleons...feathers and fripperies.....

Just to amuse myself I added a hare to the hair.....I'm can be pretty silly like that....

I kept the colour palette very neutral to give the impression of the clouds of power that must have fallen around those royal silk covered shoulders!!!1

Its holiday weekend here so am taking a break for a bit,

see you all later!!!!
xx

tomato love.....

the brandywine are ripening...

soon there will be only tomatoes for supper.....

delicious.......
just as well as the beans are just about over ..........

and the squash have never appeared...

the joy of gardening!!

Regrets ..i've had a few....

.....but then again too few to mention...

but maybe the black wig on my vintage sixties outfit for the beautiful Miss Magpies Hen do last weekend was a step too far.....!!!

OK you can stop laughing now!!!!!!............

xxxx

Snoozy...

I've had a busy weekend.....so leave me to snooze please!!!!!

LOVE...

Love,
Love,
I love....
we love.....
our love......
my love.....
your love.....
.....love flowers
love art.....
love tea.....
love clouds...
love trees....
love birds.....
love nature....
love the sea...
love the sound of the wind....
love a starry sky when i look into the milky way...
love faith...
love dogs..oh and horses...soooo much...
love memories...
love family.....
love you...
love me....
....today i surround myself in love and send it out to you beautiful souls....x

Words and Pictures....not connected...

Why is it that some words written are completely twisted by someone else reading it.....how can a perfectly innocent request and invitation send a completely different message than the one intended....

maybe some people don't want to listen to you regardless of what you have to say.....
maybe what i write comes across in another tone depending on that persons mood that day......
words can stab like a knife.....caress like a lover....make you laugh....or cry....some words are so harsh and cause such pain they can never be forgiven.....

Morning sun over the common..

My late father was notorious for writing letters that could hurt.....a letter from him was opened cautiously.......waiting for the barbed arrow to fly out of the envelope!!!!.....in later years he mellowed...called me 'sweetie' and 'my darling'...and i learned to duck the arrows...knowing they weren't truly meant for me.....they were just 'his way' of communicating.

The foals are getting bigger..i just love their sticky up mane!!

Today I wondered if I was my fathers daughter.....doubts over my written words.....am i harsh and unforgiving.....smarmy and patronising......if i am.....if i am....if i am....

I really do need new shoes..

..maybe its time to stop this blog......you leave yourself open to people who no longer really know you to aim their arrows at your loved ones.....that someone reads it just to keep tabs....get the gossip...have a laugh......at my expense...maybe i'm being over sensitive....i can be like that sometimes....

The Lodger playing at being a pony!! Yum..grass!!!

The seasons are changing.....in the early morning there is a chill in the air...that fresh tang...the dew heavy....soaking into unsuitable walking shoes.....The Lodger needs to be towelled dry before re-entering the house......much to his disgust....

..the blackberries are ripening and leaves just...just...just a little changed in hue......

..melancholy is swirling around me.....

The Sea The Sea

Create Tuesday theme is the sea this week....
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Flying Over Ocean Waves....
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This is my work....acrylic on board with collage details and stamp....

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Do cross over an see everyone's take on the theme

Shower...

The weather girl said it was going to be too cloudy to see the meteor shower that was passing by us last night,..... possibly the best night to see them....

So when I woke up at 2am and peered out of the bedroom window I was delighted to see a
gorgeous clear and starry sky.....

I...... stood in the garden...dew damp on my feet and gazed to the heavens and was treated to a beautiful show of lots of shooting stars right above me....every minute or so for half an hour they kept coming....

What a fantastic sight..grounded on the earth but at one with the universe....beautiful.

Woodland Walks

After all the rain yesterday the forest was green and fresh today.....with that verdant musty smell that woods have....
The lodger was flying every which way after new and enticing sniffs and scents....

.....the colours seemed even more intense ...

...i just adore the bark of the silver birch.....all gnarled and flaky...perfect for seeing goblins and woodland creatures in!!!!.....

....messing around with black and white give an altogether different feel....

to clone or not to clone...??

..the news is rife with the cloning issue in the UK......
cloned meat is apparently in our food chain...
on the news tonight an interviewer stopped people in the street and asked them what they thought....
it quickly became apparent that no-one knew anything about cloning....
one young man said....'that's chopping up meat ain't it?'.....you could see the unspoken words of disbelief flash over the interviewers face.....

....cloning obviously was thought to be a Frankenstein type option for this guy....

I struggle with the notion that when i am in my dotage..this chap or his like will be in charge of our world and it makes the idea of chucking oneself under the 7.45 to Paddington while one can still walk an attractive one.

You would think with all the horrendous news of floods, wars and unprecedented heatwaves this summer that we would all learn our lesson and stop mucking around with nature...she will always win in the end regardless of us.

Sky and Teasel

This is the teasel....

.....and this is the sky.....

Today my mind is spinning but my words are few...xx

Sketchbook project

The sketchbook has finally been started and is filling up nicely...

With this project you pick a theme so when the 'tour' starts a person can choose a theme to look at and then see what people have come up with.

They have sent out over 10,000 sketchbooks and the most popular theme is 'A Day in The Life'........

however,

because i have so many stories my theme is 'Storybook'

If you want to find out more and create your own sketchbook there is a link on my sidebar.

Heaven Scent

After finding Miss Pickering's blog yesterday I have to admit to being slightly nostalgic for my little old shop......
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Looking through the hazy mist of rose tinted specs it is with a smile on my face that i remembered those lovely brides who wanted English flowers in December....blue roses....and chysanthium table decorations at the reception.....
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you see this was when the old school of chryxths, carnations and statice was hanging on for dear life...
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..t..when a dolphin diving through the waves for a funeral tribute was run of the mill and when all anyone really cared about was how long a flower would last and if it was less than two weeks you where rubbish...hey ho!!


this my friends is only 5 years ago.....





we also had a 'shop dog'...the lodger in his youth, possibly before his first trim??
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.....this was taken as we waited to move some flowers from the church to the reception...the church bells rang and the black dog howled.......how we laughed and dragged him around the corner....

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.....joking aside though there were a few iffy moments i enjoyed it all...even those late night valentines days or early morning bridal bouquets....and when i walk into a really good florist it makes my heart sing......
although i still believe they are in the minority...
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...one thing we definitely did have in common with Miss Pickering was a very large bottle of gin in the chiller.....lemon or lime anyone....

Heaven Scent shop front.......

Miss Pickering

Today I somehow fell across this beautiful blog....Miss Pickering.....being an ex-florist myself I was completely bowled over by her wonderful flowers, she also happens to have a gorgeous 'Hound' and a brilliant way with words.

So if you want a feast for the eyes and a lifting of the spirits, go and visit.

Create Tuesday

This weeks create tuesdays theme is .....SOAP!!!.....

This was quite a tricky one for me.......however I came up with this...
although it could have been 'daydream'....or 'chore'.....


'Washing the plates'....acrylic on canvas......

Transformation

Every three months The Lodger transforms from a ragga-muffin scoundrel......

..into a velvet coated gentleman........

at the moment I am trying to teach an old dog a new trick.....its a slow process!!