Hi there, I had a wonderful day in the garden yesterday and managed to get a reasonable amount done, considering the blasted weather! It was blowing a gusty SW and by 2.45pm I decided I'd had enough of being buffeted around - it was too hot in the sun by then too. I am watering like a mad thing at the moment because parts of the garden are so dry, at least for the top several centimetres.
I finally got a chance to go into my studio and work on the first online tutorial from Donna Downey's ''Canvas Create'' January download. So far I have done the background and the basis of the flower. Today I am hoping to get the rest of the flower done and the canvas finished. As soon as I have I will post it for you. I looked at the finished background and honestly thought ''wow, did I do that??!!'', how cool! One thing I've realised about myself - I tend to try to eek (ermm spelling?) out my paint and this definitely doesn't work when you are trying to do a painting. I need to learn to let go and throw it around a bit (not literally, giggle). It's mainly because I can't afford a lot of my favourite sort of paints because they are very expensive and not available here in Nelson (so there's freight on top too) - they're the Golden brand and they're fluid acrylics.
Here is a photo of Madge the duck and her brood. She had 9 ducklings, then 8 and this morning just 7. I saw a hawk fly off with one of them yesterday morning, down by the pond. I heard a racket but by the time I got outside the hawk was flying off with it. Still, that's nature - hawks have to eat too! Aren't they gorgeous?!
Today I am going to do a bit more gardening too. It's cloudy at the moment so I'd better get out there. This pm I think we are going to go to the local Sarau Festival, which is a celebration of the blackcurrant harvest. The Moutere area is one of the major growers of blackcurrants in the country, supplying a major brand blackcurrant cordial brand - ''Ribena''. We will be leaving Chester in his den for a couple of hours so just hope he doesn't decide to have a seizure while we're out. I guess I won't know about it even if he does! Smiles..
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