The fernery is a never ending source of visual delight and sketching inspiration. The very first time I came to the house (nearly ten years ago) I had a vision for what this space could be 🌿🪴
the fernery
Tag: garden
bottlebrush
Apparently Callistemons are now Melaleucas. I’ll just keep calling them Bottlebrushes.
in the garden
In Liz Steel’s Sketchbook Design class, she shows how, even if you don’t particularly like your first sketch, you can rescue the spread by adding another one, and/or other design elements. I’m not going to win any awards with this spread, but it’s somewhat improved from where it was an hour earlier.
the bees moved in
We have a low retaining wall that was built long ago with an old hollow metal drugstore sign, supported in front by a pile of broken concrete. Yesterday morning I realised that bees have taken up residence inside the sign. I was working around that wall the day before, weeding and watering, and didn’t notice any activity. Was I just oblivious? Or did they move in overnight? Either way, they are welcome.
textures
A little corner of our place, where textures soft, scratchy, smooth, rough, flaky and crumbly play nicely together.
happy fuchsia
This gift from Annette lives on a shady shelf outside my kitchen window, where it seems very happy, and makes me smile daily.
from my front door
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