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The prompt "Urban" made me think of Paris, which reminded me of a story I heard on the radio about french efforts to increase biodiversity in cities.
Goat lawn mowers and bees on rooftops, sign me up!
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Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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- I got this charming package in the mail, winging its lovely way from far away England, from Wiltshire artist, Karen Davis -
She sells these gorgeous, hand painted hearts at her Etsy store.
I am tickled pink (or in this case, turquoise?) to have this one!
- And I have *finally* gotten a couple of flats of seeds planted. I've only been trying to get to that all month! I still have a basket of packets of "early spring" seeds that need put into the ground ASAP - as it becomes less early-spring by the day.
But, alas, that will have to wait for a bit. It is now spring break. My daughter is flying off on a school trip to England and Scotland tomorrow, and I was SO not invited to chaperon :-( - so I am winging my own way off to spend a few days with my folks, while my husband also heads out of town on business.
Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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This time of year, in this location, these trees are nearly completely covered in bright green moss. Moss and ferns growing from the trunks.
Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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In the midst of February, I start *totally* craving flowers and growing things... It feels like ages since there has been any.
I did discover some (hen-pecked) violas,
and some burgundy hellebores just on the brink of opening.
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Keep thinking springy thoughts! It may come yet.
Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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The content of this week's concoction was decided by me being terribly lazy and scrounging from what was at hand. The first ingredient being dried 'gourmet mushrooms' (they come in large containers from Costco. About a half dozen of 'gourmet' varieties.) Here they are reconstituted, looking yummy and ready to chop.
Sauteed some crushed garlic and a shallot in butter, then added the mushrooms. Thickened with a bit of flour and then added the juice of a lemon.
I had a pot of very savory home-made chicken stock heating up at the same time.
Added the mushrooms and spiked with a bit of red pepper and parsley. SO good.
Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Shiny, sunny meadow spot - wishful thinking in gloomy, chilly January weather, when the sunlight is a rarity and grey drizzle, the norm.
But, fret not! Cheer is on the way! In case you have missed the 'Internet phenomenon' that is flamboyant musician Chris Dane Owens with his glittery green guitar and his lavishly cheesy music video, Shine:
If you are now scratching your head in bewilderment (or feel the need to scour your eyeballs), there is help. Hilarious translation of the jump-cut video storyline is provided over on tor.com. Or you can read the 'official' description by the ivory-maned artist here. (which is almost a let down after the first, brilliant explanation).
Shine on, people!
Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I'm a sucker for color, and when I saw this quiz on Tart's Tales blog I wanted to play along.
(and when you get the results, they come with lovely bands of applicable color. Don't know why they refuse to show up here. pout. So, you get a very simple, silly spot illustration for today).
What is says about you: You are a contemplative person. You feel strong ties to nature and your mood changes with its cycles. Those around you admire your fresh outlook and vitality. You share hobbies with friends and like trying to fit into their routines.
Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.
This probably would be my favorite color family. Don't know about me 'trying to fit into my friends' routines' though... (or having much of a fresh outlook if it comes to that).
It's quick. Try it and see what you think.
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Saw an armful of robins in the front yard today. First gathering I've seen of them this year. That's supposed to mean spring is on its way, isn't it? Yet, we have snow and below freezing temperatures once again.
The chickens can't quite figure out what to make of it all. Their water freezes in their container - much to their bewilderment. They are bored silly and are trying to dig themselves out of their coop, so I do try to let them out for bit. But with weather like this, they find that the dirt is frozen pretty solid, so fruitless to scratch at, and every thing green and therefore potentially edible in the yard is covered with chilly white snow. Curses! Foiled. Indignities most fowl!
There needs to be a better word for a collection of robins. A portent of robins? A premonition? A precursor? A presentiment? Anything that makes it feel like spring will come again! Soon please!
(For a lovely list of collective nouns for birds - from which robin is conspicuously absent - see here).
Blog: Silver Apples of the Moon (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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So as to not feel completely like a slug, I am spending a few hours sitting in the studio, keeping up with email and sorting through notebooks and old issues of Artist's Magazine and Realms of Fantasy, etc... Lots of backlogged filing.
Feeling some blog-neglect-related guilt as well, it occurs to me that I have about eleventy-hundred spot illustrations that have been published and I have no real venue to ever use them for again. So, if there is any interest, I may attempt posting a-spot-a-day or some thing until I have depleted my vast spot store.
So, what do you think? Any interest? (I'll check back later. Bed is calling).
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I love gift boxes and lovely wrappings. When I was younger I was the designated family gift-wrapper. I suspect that it was more because the rest were far too lazy to do it than any particularly excellent skills on my part, but I loved the whole wrapping process ... Apparently I also drove the family nuts as I would also takes AGES to unwrap my own gifts. Didn't want to spoil the gorgeous papers so I'd take the sticky tape (sellotape to some of you out there) off slooooowly and precisely. heh.
I'm still flooded by too many things to do at the moment! What with getting everything ready for the new home (a never-ending process it seems) and an exciting new project which I'm working on with strict deadlines ... I've been ignoring my daily drawings, online stores and visits to the artists on the net :( So I decided to take some time off today and post a quick drawing I did yesterday, AND pop over to some of your sites for inspiration. See you there!!
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I may be a crappy art student.
Let me explain. I'm taking a color pencil drawing class. It's really geered to beginners and here I have 17 years experience making some form of art since college. The teacher is a great artist, just very realistic. I, on the other hand, am a whimsical nut. He said my style was very "graphic." My mind immediately went to the subject of naked people. I guess I'm very commercial. Anyway, it IS hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Problem is the teacher has his style and ways of drawing, and I of course, after many years, have my own style. I also don't like to do realistic. Realistic and perfect and just like the picture was way back during custom portrait days. Now I'm more into expression. It's frustrating. I just want to let loose and explore color. The teacher said I was a "free spirit." I've always been such a good girl and rules-oriented so I had to laugh. We will see it this is a good idea for me or not to continue.
Above are my cute little color pencil spots. Yeah, I guess I am very graphic.
lovely, so enjoying your enthusiasm for the plants and the spring growth (including yours!)