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Patchwork garden!

23 Saturday May 2015

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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 - but, does any one remember, if you fit the above criteria, The Smash makes Mash adverts??? 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, the 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 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 though that our garden is a mismatch, but beautiful patchwork of plants, this is the view I look out over every day in my 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 in this still calm evening - beautiful!! :-)

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 ๐Ÿ˜‰ 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!! ๐Ÿ™‚

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 yoy can see much of it at this time of year, when we let it go Nature's way - Free and wild to do as it pleases, usually laden with wild poppies and ferns - The little standing stones are for some interest in the winter months! Whilst the Japanese flowering cherry 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

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 Freeย – 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 , it should look amazing!

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'! :-D

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! ๐Ÿ˜€

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Poppies – ‘Wild Poppies in My Garden’ – Watercolour Poppies

05 Tuesday Mar 2013

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Wild Poppies in My Garden

‘Wild Poppies in My Garden’

I photographed these vibrant orange poppies growing in my garden. Every year I look forward to their arrival as they burst into a flash of colour here and there, never knowing where they will have seeded from the year before. There is one very strong gardening rule, (Which My Husband has now learned – Don’t weed them out!) In the past I have waited with anticipation, camera on standby, watching the poppy buds swell, to find after a weekend of my husband gardening solo – They’re Gone!! Arrrgh!!!

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Landscape – ‘Forever Poppies’ Oil painted Imaginary Landscape

31 Thursday Jan 2013

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'Forever Poppies'

‘Forever Poppies’

I think I went into poppy overload in this imaginary oil painting! I wanted to create a landscape of vivid, vibrancy. With a suggestion of an eternal swathe of flowers meandering gently into the distance, whilst the foreground offers some degree of texture to the flowers and intermingling grasses.

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Poppies – Oil Painting of ‘Poppy in Focus’

28 Monday Jan 2013

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Poppy in Focus

Poppy in Focus

In this oil painting I had the idea of blurring the background down to just allow the main subject to be the sunlit poppy. It is almost as if the poppy is just awakening and still unfurling in the morning sun.

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Pencil Drawing – Entwistle Reservoir – Pencil Sketch

16 Wednesday Jan 2013

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Entwistle Reservoir

Entwistle Reservoir

This Pencil drawing was done as a preliminary sketch for the Oil painting of Entwistle Reservoir, (Which can be seen in Landscapes)

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Still Life – Realism in The Springtime Shadows – Oil on Box canvas Still Life

14 Monday Jan 2013

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Art, Artist, Artistic, Artistic moment, Artsy, Arty, Beautiful art, Beautiful flowers, Capture the moment, Daffodils, Garden flowers, Garden plants, Nature, Oil painting, Original, Original art, Original oil, Pansies, Pansy, Pansy flower, Plants, Pot plants, Realism, Realism in still life, Realistic shadow, Spring bulbs, Spring daffodils, Spring flowers, Springtime flowering pot, Springtime flowers, Springtime shadows, Still art, Still life, Still life in oils, Still life oil painting, Sunlight, Terracotta flowering pot, Terracotta pot, Wild flowers, Yellow flower, Yellow pansy

Realism in the Shadows -

Realism in the Springtime Shadows –

This Still life Oil picture was painted purely for the shadow of the yellow pansy. The flower cast such a strong shadow against the sunlight hitting the terracotta pot, I wanted to capture it.

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Poppies – ‘Brash or Shy Poppy?’ – Oil painted Poppies

12 Saturday Jan 2013

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'Brash or Shy Poppy?'

‘Brash or Shy Poppy?’

Another of My Garden Poppy Original Oil paintings. The first impression I got of this composition, was that the Poppy Bud looks shy and awkward, as if it is hiding behind the open ‘Brash’ Poppy flower in front of it. That is the reason for this picture’s title!

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Poppies – ‘Wild Poppies and Forget-me-nots’ – Watercolour Poppies

09 Wednesday Jan 2013

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Art, Art Style, Artistic, Artistic moment, Artsy, Arty, Beautiful art, Beautiful Poppy, Beautiful watercolour poppies, Blue, Blue art, Flowers, Forget-me-not, Garden flowers, Garden plants, Garden Poppies, Light, Moment in time, Nature, Orance, Orange art, Orange poppies, Orange watercolour, Original, Original art, Outdoor, perfect poppy, Plants, Poppies, Poppy art, Shadows, Style, Stylish art, Sun and shade, Watercolour, Watercolour flowers, Watercolour original, Wild flowers, Wild poppies, Wildlife

'Poppies and Forget-me-nots'

‘Poppies and Forget-me-nots’

This Watercolour picture of Poppies was done from my garden, where the Wild, Orange Poppies nestled happily within a carpet of fresh blue Forget-me-nots. The thin papery texture of the flowers allows to sunlight to almost pass through.

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