Our most common garden butterfly is one that does not delight me. The cabbage white has a natural range across Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It was accidentally introduced to Canada around 1860 and spread rapidly throughout North America. Estimates show that a single female of this species might, in a few generations, be the progenitor of millions.
That’s a lot of caterpillars eating my brassicas 😖
It’s a jungle out there.
Wearing a me-made dress while sewing some summer tops. Grateful for the skills, tools, and materials. Life is good.
Ink + watercolour + oil pastels
My firstborn, Tui, was named for the 58th I Ching hexagram. We later learned it was a fairly common name (and a beautiful bird) in New Zealand.
This tree honours a recent conversation that she and I had. Happy birthday, precious.
We threw a party for K’s birthday. It was fun, it went kinda late … and today all I want to do is lie on the couch and binge-watch sewing videos.
Happy birthday to my #1.
Our friends gave us this vertical planter some time ago, and I filled it with random succulent cuttings. They’re now nicely established and spilling out in a most satisfactory fashion.
I spent too much time in waiting rooms today.
Last of the toned paper in my sketchbook. I did quite enjoy it, but I don’t think I ever used it to its full advantage (leaving the paper as the mid tone then applying lighter and darker colours over it)—except maybe for the green man fountain sketch. I’d try another toned sketchbook, but for now I’m going back to white paper.
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