Tuesday 9 June 2015

A little bit of this and that

Wednesday? Well a day early, because I made a scheduling error, oops.

Today I have a an assortment of pictures, some from the park and some from gardens in my neighborhood.

First here is a Great Blue Heron fishing. I watched it for a while and I think it caught a couple of small fish, I was not quick enough to "capture" that with my camera. They are amazing to watch, still for so long and then a blur of movement, so quick if you look away for a moment you will miss it.

 
"Blue skies smile at me, nothing but blue skies do I see."
Irving Berlin
 
It is so green and lush in the woods, I think some of the pathways may vanish under the vegetation. 
 
 
 
But there are also lots of berries, these early salmonberries, and lots of flowers on the blackberries promise a good crop of berries mid summer.

 
The Strawberries are ready early this year too, a favorite around our house.
 
This little fella was "just hopping down the bunny trail" and stopped briefly to see if I had a treat for him.

 

 
Another bunny, and there are lots of baby rabbits too.
 
 
 
 
These Redwing Blackbirds seemed to appreciate the handouts.
 



 
Reminds me of this tune: "Feed the Birds"
 
 
The park is full of wild roses and daisies.

 
Anyone remember making daisy chains as a kid?

 
This beautiful Dogwood, Dogwood is the Floral Emblem of British Columbia.
 
 
I haven't seen many white Foxglove flowers, I share this one with you.
 
 
Honeysuckle, also early to bloom this year.
 
 
 
This is a picture of one of my Honeysuckle plants, a favorite of the hummingbirds.
 
 
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I have an Art Show at Image West, and have been busy framing, labelling and hanging pictures.
 
 
 
I have started a few things this week but only finished one, and it is another food painting titled "Squashed":
 
 
Here is how it looks framed:
 
 
 
 It is the latest of my Food cards, which include a recipe card using the pictured ingredient. What is the recipe for this card, take a look:
 
 
or all the food cards at: http://www.pswhimsy.com/food.html
 
Here are some other cards I have recently added to the site:
 

To see all recent additions and names and details follow this link:
 
 
 
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Until next time...

Thank you for all your kind comments on my last post.
 
Thanks for stopping by,
 
happy Whimsy Wednesday
 
 
 


6 comments:

  1. wow. the squash are awesome! love your bloom photos and the cute bunnies!

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  2. Hello Gillian, your artwork is so beautiful and your photos of he bunnies are delightful. Lovely to see such gorgeous flowers!

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  3. What lovely bird shots - love that heron! And your artwork is gorgeous.

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  4. A great series of birds, flowers and of course your beautiful artwork! I especially like the birds coming in to the hand.

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  5. nature is just so beautiful!!!! i love the new card additions, the row boat and shells are right up my alley!!!!

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  6. Beautiful! You've had such an early summer that I wonder if you will have repeat blooms later on this year. I love seeing the Great Blue Heron. The ones here seem to be still at their heronries...but soon they'll be more out in the open.

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