Showing posts with label Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Garden. Show all posts
Friday, December 23, 2016

Adventures with Brusho - Part Seven - "What's in a name, that which we call a rose?"

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"Winter Solstice Roses" 9" x 6" Emerald Green, Leaf Green and Brilliant Red Crystal Colors. Can I be honest here? I ...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

Flight of the butterfly

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The Giant Swallowtail butterfly visiting the Asclepias in the backyard this afternoon. Because everything is bigger in Texas. . . ...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Pretty in Pink - September Pre-Fall Rose Edition

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Signs of upcoming Fall - the Pink Promise rose starts cranking out lovely blooms again.   I always await with anticipation when I see a b...
Wednesday, July 06, 2016

World Watercolor Month - Day 6

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Peace Lily 10" x 7" Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum), is a genus of about 40 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the fa...
Sunday, July 03, 2016

World Watercolor Month - Day 3

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"Lunar Moonflower" This turned out differently than I expected, but I like it!  Opening moonflower bloom surrounded by Daniel...
Friday, July 01, 2016

World Watercolor Month - Day 1

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Here is my "Day (Before) Lily" for the World Watercolor Month.  I added the pistols and stamens with watercolor pencils...afte...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Watercolor Wednesday - Day(after) Lily

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Watercolor 7 1/" x 6 1/2" Watercolor sketchbook - Day(After)Lily The daylily is "Little Business" I will paint t...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

I spy a spider lily

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Our spider lily started blooming a few days ago. . .
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Get the pink out

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It has been so warm, my recent Pink Promise rose bloom has but a mere trace of pink along petal edges and took on more yellow cream tones. ...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Pink rain lilies have returned!

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My bright pink rain lilies have reappeared from all the rain Houston has had the past few weeks.  The front white and pink bi-color ones are...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2016

First Fig

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Celeste fig plucked and rescued from the birdies Finished ripening inside - delicious!!
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Garden Update - New plants and flowers! Put up Purple!

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Some days you can just hit it right in the Lowe's clearance section. . .after weeks of coming up bupkus, we walked out hands full of pre...
Monday, March 28, 2016

Milkweed Seed Pod Monday. . .

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Actually snapped these photos yesterday before the storm winds blew in.  My neighbors love me!  But so do the monarch butterflies and ...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

March Monarch Madness

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We've been seeing Monarch butterflies flitting about in this spring-like weather and subsequently, more caterpillars munching on asclepi...
Saturday, March 05, 2016

Figging

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All of our gorgeous weather has encouraged an early leaf out on our Celeste fig tree.  (Bonus ladybug)
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Watercolor Wednesday - Tilt

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"Butterfly Blue" Scabiosa - Pincushion Flower 9 3/4" x 9" "Butterfly Blue" Pincushion Flower - Scabi...
Saturday, February 06, 2016

First Fig Bud Spotting

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Celeste fig leaf bud
Monday, January 04, 2016

Just Another Monarch Monday

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A temporary cover until I went back to Tea2Go to get a lid Good excuse to get another tea! Look carefully - You can still see th...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

Fall into the Pink

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A beautiful Fall day in Houston - This is my volunteer pink crape myrtle next to my fig tree.  And while out and about, I found t...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Sunday Sketching and Gardening Adventures - Morning Glory and Red Hatch Chile Pepper

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Volunteer Morning Glory 6 1/2" x 5" watercolor Red Hatch Pepper 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" watercolor Sunday sketchbook s...
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