Patchwork garden!

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Bluebells, Colourful foliage, Flowering shrubs, Garden flowers, Holly flowers, My garden retreat, Nature, Patchwork garden colours, Rhododendrons, Wild flowers, Wild poppies, Workspace with a beautiful view

Okay, this probably only applies if you live in the UK, and are over a certain age (40 ish)- but, does any one remember, if you fit the above criteria, The Smash makes Mash adverts??? (please excuse my washing line prop bottom right – a roofing lath from my devoted dearest – he’s so generous with his thoughtful gifts – all splinters have now been removed, and over time gathered in my hands!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SAbJjktk7E
I took a wander down to the bottom of our back garden this evening with a mind of taking some pictures of how lovely the colours of the foliage and flowers look, when I got back inside and saw this shot on the computer screen, the Variegated Privet (the lime green plant in the centre) just reminded me of one of those little aliens!!! LOL Planted some 25 years ago, to fill a gap, it’s certainly done that…and then some!… it has now also taken on a whole new look 😉 Normally Dearest keeps it in check, though hidden behind, in the slit gap, is a nesting box, housing a new family of Blue Tits, so pruning will have to wait another week or so! Anyways, back to the post….. I have always thought that our garden is a mismatch, but beautiful patchwork of plants, this is the view I look out over every day from my conservatory workspace and May is one of the nicest months to see. The deciduous plants have now gotten almost all their new leaves, the larger shrubs, rhododendrons and Holly are starting to come into flower and the smell from the Lilac tree is quite overpowering on this still calm evening – beautiful!! 🙂

Tiptoeing to the side a bit… a bit more of a promising colourful corner. In the background under the Holly tree, is my lovingly built garden Stonehenge, not that you can see much of it at this time of year, when we let it go Nature’s way – Wild and Free – to do as it pleases, usually it becomes laden with wild poppies and ferns – The little standing stones are for some interest in the winter months! Whilst the Japanese flowering cherry, on the left, has gone through its best, and is getting new foliage, in the foreground a beautiful pink Aquilegia is growing through our little twisted Hazel, with the first of its blooms opening today!

With all those buds, to open still, it should look amazing!

Last, but not least, one of my favourite flowers – Bluebells and a random couple of whitebells too, normally found in wooded areas, but equally happy to flower in my little ‘enchanted shrub wood’ garden! 😀

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Landscape – ‘ Along The Lane’ – Oil Painting of Local Landscape

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Oil Painting of Local Landscape ‘Along the Lane’ in Oils

For those of you who have been through ALL my landscapes so far, You may think I have repeated this scene. True, but, though the previous post was done in Soft Pastel and mounted it measures only 20″ x 16″, this picture above is in fact much larger. It was done on 100 x 80 cm box canvas and painted in oils. I tried to recreate the scene as closely as possible to the photograph I had taken (Though I did take artistic licence and added some colourful foliage at the bottom of the railings – with the canvas so large the railings seemed to overtake the landscape too much).  By use of the oils I wanted to convey light, shadows, colours and textures but at the same time convey also the tranquillity  It is a scene I have recreated several times in different mediums. As this version was the largest, I managed to get more detail in. I love the colours and reflections on the water. From the cottage gardens in the rear of the picture, right across the fishing lodge in the foreground there seems to be an equal share of colours, bringing the whole picture together!

See Pastel Drawing of Local Landscape – ‘ALONG THE LANE’ – also  in Landscapes