Blueberries

Posted on July 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Blueberries, Environment, Flowers, Food, Garden, Hanging baskets, Plant, Ripening4 Comments

We have two small blueberry bushes on loan from a friend. They sit either side of the back door. One bush is sad and half died off. The other is healthy.

But it’s the blueberries on the tatty bush that are starting to ripen. As you can see they start out green, gradually swell and then the blue works it’s way over the fruit from the top to the base where it is attached to a stalk. I think they will get darker blue than this.

I haven’t been on line much today because I’ve been tidying up the jungle if a garden we have. Deadheading my hanging baskets. Watering the plants and tidying up the shed. I’m pooped!

Here are a couple of the baskets I’ve been working on. I like the multilayer look. There is ivy growing up the wall so it looks quite nice.

Gooseberries

Posted on July 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Crop, Environment, Food, Fruit, Garden, Gooseberry, Gooseberry Bush, Growing, Life, Plant5 Comments

The crop! These are off one scraggy bush in the garden that was surrounded by stinging nettles. There is one red one somewhere in the jug from another bush but that one didn’t fruit well and we only found the one. I’m thinking if making a gooseberry and apple pie or cake. I think I’ve got the ingredients in to make one.

Gooseberries are not that popular and have a distinct taste. I can’t explain it, sour, green and fresh? I don’t know if you can buy them from a shop or supermarket, because they are a bit unusual. If I make something I might post a photo.

Cucumber plant

Posted on May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Cast iron cat, Cucumber plant, Humour, Life, Photo, Plant, Possible painting, View, WindowledgeLeave a comment

this baby cucumber plant I’ve got growing on the kitchen windowsill seems to be tickling the cast iron cats ear! It’s been inside because it’s been too cold to plant it out. It’s barely had any water and yet it’s putting out flowers. The courgette plants that I had outside have been ravaged by slugs, but thus little beauty will have to go out before the kitchen resembles the little shop of horrors.

I like this image, the shadow of the wind-chime in the window is cast on the wall on the right hand side, and the slightly angry cat balances it up. Yes.. I’m thinking of painting it. All the other plants contrast with it. Taken at 2.30am so the dark windows and reflections would be a challenge. I have just the right long thin canvas for it……

I hope it survives – I had to use washing up liquid on the Pepper plant just a bit further along the windowledge today as it was covered in aphids and I won’t use pesticides. Right enough writing x

Started something new

Posted on May 19, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Design, Garden, Plant, Poppies, Poppy, Tiles2 Comments

This is going to be a poppy painting mimicking the style of old tiles so I’m going to section it off as if it’s split into three. Then add a dark green background to be displayed vertical, horizontal or even diagonally. Might put pale or dark centres in the poppies.

Acrylic on canvas 24 x 8″ approx.

Little green caterpillar 🐛

Posted on May 13, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Butterfly, Caterpillar, Changing, Changling, Chrysalis, Green, Life, Plant, Poem, Poetry, TreeLeave a comment

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hanging on the tree

Munching through the greenery

Salad veg for free.

When it’s had its fill of leaves

It will moult and grow

Turning to a chrysalis

As days come and go.

Soon it will be changing

Into something new,

A very tiny changling

Butterfly, bright blue!

Petals

Posted on May 12, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artrage oils, Digital art, Drawing, Earth, Flower, Garden, Petal, Plant, Poem, Poetry, SeedLeave a comment

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Just a simple ArtRage oils app drawing…..

I’m mesmerised by colours,

by petals shimmering in the breeze.

Water goes deep in the earth

and shapes the roots

raises a stem,

Leaves unfurl

and a flower opens

petals pink and bright.

Birds and bees sip the nectar,

pollen mixes and seeds set.

Now the flower fades

But next year

another flower will bloom.

Ivy

Posted on April 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Garden, Growth, Ivy, Life, Micro poetry, Plant, Poem, PoetryLeave a comment

Tearing down the walls,

pulling at the gutter

Growing through the roof.

The ivy strangles our house

Squeezing the mortar

Heaving up tiles

Tangling the phone wires

Pulling at my heart strings,

White flowers

Posted on April 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Advice, Citrus, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Growth, Lemon, Plant, SunshineLeave a comment

I’m excited! One of the little citrus plants my partner bought a few weeks ago has produced flowers. We knew it could generate fruit as it has already got some. But I wasn’t expecting it to flower. As soon as I can I want to put it outside in the sun, we are getting a summerhouse so it can go in there and stay walm. At the moment it’s next to a sunny windowledge but I want the flowers to be pollenated.

Does anyone have any knowledge about keeping citrus? We did grow a plant from a pip once. It grew to 2 foot high but only ever had leaves and eventually died. Thanks in advance for any info.

Vinca

Posted on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Garden, Green, Life, Plant, Purple, VincaLeave a comment

A scrambling, ground cover plant with pointed shiny green leaves and striking purple flowers. They have five petals that seem to spiral down to the pentagram at the centre. I think you can also get white and also blue versions with variegated leaves.

We just got this plant for the garden where I’m hoping it will take over from the ivy that is covering a large section of ground.

Orchid

Posted on September 12, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Design, Life, Orchid, Photography, PlantLeave a comment

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Orchid I see you flying, Up through Sun and space growing tall and twisting, bricks and tiles supporting. ..

I don’t know why I like making these pictures from ordinary photos. I feel like they are alien views of life. If you had faceted eyes you may see things like this. In fact human and animal eyes project an image upside down on your retina. The brain has to turn it the right way up. The same thing happens with a telescope, the image you look at is upside down, but how many people look through a telescope?

The orchid is new, its in our kitchen, but the cat knocked it off the cupboard and although I have put it back in its container its looking a bit poorly. I think its too cold.. I’ve got some new orchid medium so I’m going to re pot it.

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