Nothing but flowers will do for me this week. They are preoccupying far too much thinking space and are greedily claiming my attention. Overtaken by this current obsession I ventured out into the garden, my two sweet girls at my heels sniffling and snuffling as they read the messages left in the world that only dogs can read. Now I have an extensive, very full, somewhat wild garden which covers most of our 1.3 acres. It is a very green garden however full of trees and shrubs and many things wild and green, so I wasn't hopeful of finding many blooms to appease my need for flowers. Well, what a surprise I had. A snip here, a snip there, up high, down low and suddenly I had so many blooms and interesting things I needed to run and gather a wee basket. I continued to snip and when the basket was full I returned inside with a happy, smiley heart to lay out my bounty ready to photograph and sketch.
There are blooms from tibouchina, candlestick plant, jasmine, crucifix orchid, dahlia, geranium/pelargonium, geisha, dandelion, pentas, ixora, hydrangea, the dried seedpods of a native iris and the flower from a croton. So much colour and yet because it is so spread out amongst the riot of green that I don't notice them so much. Shame, shame, shame.
I'm off to bed so I will share some of the sketches next time. Goodnight and sleep sweet wherever you are.
What a pretty gathering of flowers. Don't they lift the spirit??!! I love sketching flowers, they really make you "look" at the details and the delicacy of them is very awe inspiring!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing them!! XX
Sherri XX