Nice flowers

Posted on May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged five petals, Flowers, Green, London pride, Pink, Plant, Saxifraga Urbium, stamens2 Comments

What is this? I think it might be London pride? (Saxifraga Urbium) according to Google. I had remembered the name London Pride from when I was a child, we had it in our garden, so looked it up and it seems to match up. I have some in the back yard on the wall and I think its meant to be an alpine plant, so it likes sunny conditions. I like the little five petaled star shaped flowers that have prominent stamens. I found the plant at a garden centre but the label was missing. Love the pale pink flowers against the dark green foliage.

Eye see

Posted on May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Alien, Art, Collage, Eyes, Life, Looking, Mythological, nonsense poem, Pink, Poem, Poetry, Silly, Sketch, Staring, Symmetry2 Comments

Eye see you looking out at me. What are you? A mishmash? A chimera….

An ape or monkey? Imagined monster, alien symbol.

Is that a volcano or a scientific flask full of acid. How were you created. Are you a figment?

Have you got whiskers or a moustache? Close set eyes stare back. A mythological owl.

Do those eyes hide a soul, will you start to howl? A dark night could hide you, are you foul or fowl?

Frog

Posted on May 2, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ceramic, Climbing, Eggs, Frog, Fun, hopped, old willow, Pink, Poem, Poetry, Silly, Snails2 Comments

A friend gave us a frog

Ceramic and cold

Eggs or snails it holds

In its mouth.

Halfway up the willow

Crawling and hopping

But static.

I, startled

Backed away…

Then realised my hubby

Had placed it there

For amusement!

Tulip close up

Posted on April 28, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Close up, Flower, Fun, Gardening, Green, Petals, Photography, Pink, Tulip, Waves, wrinkled2 Comments

Exciting. Yes to me, this wrinkled flower is changing by the day. If the weather warms up it might open in the next couple of days. Green and pink? Will it change colour too? Concentrating on one flower, but it looks interesting to me. It reminds me of a stormy sea. Waves crashing against each other….. Ooo I’m so excited!

Favourite blossom

Posted on April 7, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Expensive, Garden Centre, Gardening, Life, Magnolia, Photo, Pink, Plants, Purple, TreesLeave a comment

Magnolia blossom about to open, the ones with the dark pink/purple outer petals and pale pink insides. They are expensive to buy, so this one stayed at the garden centre last weekend. We do have a small magnolia stellata in the garden, but as its been cold here it is yet to flower.

Red sky this evening

Posted on February 19, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Beauty, Clouds, Colour, manual mode, North, Photo, Pink, Red, Reflection, Sky, Stoke, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

Using manual settings for this photo of the sunset reflection off the clouds. I didn’t have the chance to go up to the top of our hill, but the colour was glorious. This is looking north towards the centre of Stoke. I love it when the sky gets a warm glow and blossoms pinky red.

Thursdays prompt..

Posted on December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Abstract, Art, Car, Drawing, Funny, Graffiti, Odd, Pink, Prompt, Silly, SketchingLeave a comment

Thursdays #bandofsketchers prompt was Car. I had drawn an abstract pattern and could make out the shape of a car in it. Not exactly inspired, but I had fun. A bit like graffiti. I could imagine it spray painted on a concrete road bridge. It does look like it’s been in an accident. Still got to do today’s prompt.. Maybe tomorrow.

Peony

Posted on June 3, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cream, Flower, Garden, Gardening, Green, Life, peony, Pink, Plant, Time, Trees, Work4 Comments

Our old peonies didn’t flower this spring but a new peony has come into bloom and its a pale creamy pin. Is a bright spot in a very overgrown jungle! Hubby asked if it was a poppy and I thought it would be until he showed it to me. I don’t even remember planting it.

Gardening takes hard work and effort. I wish I had the energy to do more of it. The garden needs a serious hacking back. Bringing light back in and reducing shade… Its actually quite frightening.

Magnolia

Posted on May 26, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blossom, Deep pink, Flowers, Gardening, Landscape, Life, Magnolia, Pink, WalkLeave a comment

The Magnolias are getting to the end of their flowering periods. The petals are starting to go brown in patches. I have a white Magnolia Stellata, this is a deep pink one we saw on a walk, I’d like to get one of these in our garden. I think they originate in China? They are such majestic flowers.

Black and white experiment

Posted on April 16, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, black fine liner pen, Design, Experiment, Fun, Pink, Red2 Comments

Another late night experiment. I added the pink and red this morning, when I could see their colours clearly. Drawing under electric light means colours are not as easily perceived. The yellow cast of the light made it hard to decide what colours were on the felt pens. Pinks and oranges looked very similar. Why hearts? Just because the shapes I had drawn suggested them and I wanted a soft contrast to the strong black and white shapes.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Pink