Pairs

Lots of pairs in the park. This pair of chickadees was working on a nest.

 

First one

 

 

 

... and then off it flew to be replaced by the other...

 

of the pair. I tried unsuccessfully to get them both in one picture.

Next there were pairs of crows.

 

 

 

This pair were grooming each other.

 

This pair of Mallards was taking turns keeping watch, here she is dosing.

 

Then she wakes, and stretches ...

 

and he nods off.

 

Flower pairs:

 

 

 

And I couldn't resist taking pictures of shells on the high tide line, not exactly pairs.

 

 

Now here we have a pair of pears. Why you ask? 

 

Well I have been working on another set of recipe cards; watercolour paintings on cards, and each card contains a recipe card for the pictured ingredient.

 

So there you have it a pair of pears:

 

A pair of pears to pare.

 

Imagine the tongue twisting verse that could result ;^)

 

Here are some new paintings.

 

Two watercolours; first a Lily

 

 

and one of Gooseneck Barnacles.

 

 

And finally here is an ink and watercolour for a new food themed card:

 

 

These cards are 5" x 5" and include a recipe insert that features the pictured ingredient. What is the recipe for the walnuts ... you will have to go to my card website, PS Whimsy, and have a look. (Hint it is under the Food Icon and is the first of the Series 2 recipes).

 

Until next time...

Thank you for all your kind comments on my last post.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

 

happy Whimsy Wednesday,

 

 

Gillian. 

 

 

 



White Out?

I have been away for a while, a bit of vacation here and there and a lot of painting. I had an art show open yesterday, and wanted to show new works, I finally got enough finished on the weekend. I don't like to leave things to the last minute, but sometimes things just get away from me.

The summer here has been good, lots of sun and the occasional rain to nourish the garden producing an abundant supply of fruit and veggies.

I thought I would follow a white theme today to lead into ... well you'll see that later.

The yucca and the liatris flowers were seen on my travels but the rest are from my garden.

The summer whites are dazzling...

lily

 

...dainty..

 

yucca

 

yucca

 

...soft...

liatris

 

..playful...

hen and chickens

 

..dramatic...

 

 

A long time ago I had a white cat and he would have nothing to do with a leash, this one did not seem pleased by the idea either.

Lilies are beautiful when they first open, they remind me of a freshly starched shirt.

 

The summer nights are long, I loved the white-out effect of these next pictures shot at the beach earlier this summer.

 

 

..a single shasta daisy...

But what I was really getting to was...

 

I am now quite white, (haired that is)

 don't know quite when that happened,

 but I thought it was time to update my profile picture.

 

I mentioned earlier that I have been busy painting, here is a link to a preview of my show featuring paintings from the Veneto region of Italy (imagine a triangle with a base of Venice on the east and Verona on the west pointing up into the Dolomites).

 

So here are two paintings, both are watercolours, both are of windows:

"Veneto Window"

"Hanging out in Venice"

 

Thank you so much for dropping by and thank you for all the wonderful comments you have been sending my way.

 

Until next time, Gillian