Painting on a gloomy Sunday

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Today has been a mix of light rain, cloudy with infrequent bursts of sunshine and hovering in the 60’s.  Add to that a grueling day of yard work yesterday and I decided to give my back and shoulders a much needed break…. and paint.

While I completed my first wine bottle tree in recent weeks, I’ve purchased another and have been drinking wines in clear bottles so I could complete and display it in Summer 2021. I admit to making sacrifices for my artistic endeavors.

That said, I also had several garden items that desperately needed a facelift as well as a set of canisters that I’ve been dying to paint.  Here are the results of a fun, albeit messy day of painting.

 

In the garden on the last day of April

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A walkabout in my garden on the last day of April, finds signs of life everywhere, from bulbs to perennials to sprouting cilantro from last years wind-blown seeds. 

 

In the garden

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Today was sunny, a perfect day to spend outdoors working in the yard. I noticed these blooms and grabbed my phone to capture these beautiful images. Then I picked a bouquet….

  • Bluebells over oregano
  • Hyacinths
  • Tulips
  • Daffodils
  • Ruffled Daffodil
  • Grape Hyacinth
  • Tulip
  • Daffodils
  • Ruffled Daffodil
  • From my garden oasis

 

Reo, life as the little sister in my own words

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I got adopted and met my brother Biscotti.
Biscotti shows me how to play with the Cat’s Meow and shares his toys. I love to play with his tail and our boxing matches are fun.
I love to snuggle with my brother after I’ve chased him around….and around the house.
Biscotti doesn’t have to stand on his tiptoes
to see outside because he’s so tall.
We’re a couple of cool cats
Proof that even though my crazy kitten energy gets on his nerves, Biscotti does love me.

My name is Reo and my mom helped me with this blog post, she’s best kitten mom ever.

In the garden

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  • Michigan is having the warmest and sunniest Spring in years and because of this I need to take a stroll each day to see what’s coming up.  

Signs of Spring

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After long stretches of sunny, unseasonably warm temps in Michigan, signs of Spring are appearing earlier than usual. I took these photos yesterday and this morning woke to the sounds of rainfall with prediction of more rain for the next seven days….

  • Miniature Iris
  • Daffodils
  • Daffodils surrounded by so many Iris
  • Chionodoxa
  • Tulips, just weeks away
  • More Daffodils
  • Chives emerge

Meet Reo

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On Saturday I adopted a kitten named Reo from Feral Kitty Trappers. Biscotti and I had been struggling with the loss of our sweet Tipper and when I came across her profile on petfinder.com I knew I had to meet her. Just five months old, she’s a little love bug and a welcome addition to our family. While she and Biscotti are a bit wary of each other, I know in time they’ll be inseparable.