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Painting while Primavera smiles

Just today!
I stepped out of the front door and look at these amazing orange poppies!

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It’s hard to believe that when I first moved into my home, now five years ago, the whole garden was various shades of pink!

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Now there is an absolute rainbow here. For example, look at the irises.

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Each one saved from the bulldozer at neighbourhood construction sites, and each one more glorious than the next.

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The other night a wind storm kicked up and blew down several of the heavy stems. I cut them and brought them into the house.

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Because, you see, I started a large oil painting last month when I had a bunch of white lilies and some purple anemones.

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I was dying to get back to that painting and, while I had the cut arrangement, it was an absolute ideal time to paint in the irises.

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I spent a happy couple of hours painting them in and then I roughed in some of the anemones.

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What a glorious spring in the garden. I’m sure that Primavera is smiling.

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Now I want to paint out those anemones and paint in the orange poppies!

…maybe a bunch of my yellow roses? (This is my saved Jude the Obscure, and the fragrance from just one blossom can perfume the whole room.)

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How is your spring/fall going? I hope if you’re in spring, you’re getting some lovely, warm sunshine and roses, and if in fall, well then, I hope your autumn bounty is grand. I’d love it if you told me. 😀

Comments: 5

  • May 10, 2016
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    Hello V, wonderful Blog, full of fragrant color on this gray and dismal morning here in Welsh Wales! Been on placement for nearly 4 weeks [home on Sunday]. I’ve had snow, rain, thunder, hailstones! and four days of temperatures in the mid 20’s… thats summer for here!! And back home in Malaga its been torrential rain and hailstones!! World’s gone crazy, as it always has, always will do! take care, mx

  • May 11, 2016
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    Wow! to see this gives me a good tranquility!

  • May 11, 2016
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    those poppies are so beautiful .. next to anemones they’re my favorites

  • May 11, 2016
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    Flowers are a neverending source of inspiration, aren’t they?

  • May 22, 2016
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    We are in fall … and up until today the weather was so mild. Today has been horrid! LOL … Your garden looks so beautiful V and I just adore your painting of those irises. Gorgeous 😀

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