Blogging Again

We are still having some cooler nights but more warm sunny days, so everything is growing. The former owners of our house were flower gardeners and our yard is filled with perennial plants. I am not an eager gardener so I appreciate that they grow on their own. But we are learning they also require weeding kand the removal of dried plants from last year, especially the dead hostas. Maybe some of you know the answer to a question I have. The photo shows a current view of a small backyard area where spring has brought life to daffodils, tulips, rose bushes, and what may be a large lily of the valley. Along the white fence and walkway it's filled with purplish peony shoots. I was excited last year to see those bulbs looking healthy and growing well, but they never produced any peony flowers! I now wonder, might they produce flowers this year? Is there something I should do to help them bloom?

COLD BERRIES This homework was assigned by email when we had a major snowstorm that canceled my watercolor class. I haven't seen the entire class' work yet so this is the only picture I have, its my own. I really liked doing this one especially because it wasn't really terribly hard.

These still life paintings of a cup of coffee are weird!! Our instructor said it was like a "paint by number". They can be very nice, but most of us chose the coffee to be in shades of blue. We were allowed to pick our own colors, and I dont know why blue won!! The class' paintings are above mine (click Read More). I'm calling mine "Cuppa Blue Worm" or how about "Cuppa Blue Bile"! Hey, Nicole ! is that freaky enough? I'd try to change that color but I'm really tired of working on this one. LOL!