Remember when we took photos and had the rolls of film developed at a photo lab? I found this sunflower picture in a box of arty photos that I took some years ago and I have started a pen/ink/cp piece based on this reference.

I planted around 100 tomato plants and probably another 25 self seeded from last year's crop. They too loved the hot weather. I make all of my own pasta sauce, salsa, soup stock etc. and there is nothing like the taste of organically grown tomatoes from the garden. Oh and did I mention that I started all of my garden plants from seed in the house under grow lights, last February?!!! Yes, all...all of the 100 tomato plants, 50 cauliflower, 50 broccoli, 25 brussel sprout plants, peppers, squash, herbs etc... no purchased seedlings, not one. Many come from saved seeds too. Oops, I did buy some seed potatoes but they were the exception.
Our young chestnut tree produced a good crop, enough to fill a good sized pail.
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when food is beautiful...dried beans from the garden |
When the garden harvest is coming to an end, the chickens are allowed in. They love scratching around in the soil looking for bugs and worms.
You might recall my fox story of a few months ago...well the foxes are still here. We see them often in the late afternoon catching mice in the meadow. All of the chickens are still here too! Here is Roosty doing his strut on the front lawn (a couple of hens are in the background behind him).
Goats love tomatoes and here young Ella waits for a cherry tomato to be brought in closer...
Ella's big sister Leah is enjoying a tomato too...
treats and snacks time...Jonah reaching for a chunk of apple...
just picked cherry tomatoes get shared with Veesa...(while little goats watch with envy below)
And here is Leah enjoying having her back scratched...goats so love being brushed too.
Finally, my Cellophane Symphony piece was selected for a feature on Design and Balance appearing this month on the Coloured Pencil Society of Canada website. Also, the prospectus for the CPSC juried exhibition in 2012 is now posted.
Now that the frenzy of putting food up for the winter is behind me, I shall have more time for posting art updates. I am just starting a new piece, fairly big and orangy-yellow...I like a nice orangy-yellow colour! :-)