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Weekly Photos 30/52

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  Today we are enjoying slightly cooler temps and some rain.  I walked the dog in light rain this morning and we both were grateful for the relief from the scorching weather we have been having lately. Having said that we are going to see more heat for at least the rest of the week.  Sunscreen and hats always at the ready! In the meantime I am sitting on my porch writing this and listening to ‘Steve Wright in the Afternoon‘ on the BBC iPlayer. Crazy lady sitting on the porch listening to the radio! Here are some photos from the last week. 1. Some weeds I picked up along the dog walking route.  I sketched them and took this snap. 2. This leaf was almost glowing with colour as it sat on the floor of the path through the woods.  Is Autumn coming?  Not yet I don’t think! 3. We have seen some beautiful cloudy skies this week, these yellow leaves are the perfect contrast. 4. Fabulous tomatoes at Tower Grove Farmers Market here …

Weekly Photos 29/52

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Lots of poppies and mushrooms in my world at the moment. The poppies were a happy surprise as I thought they were all done, but no, some lovely ruffled petals bloomed in the sunshine. Although it has been a hot hot week, there is still enough damp in the woods to produce a new mushroom or two. There was a funny little crop of mushrooms all jostling for growing space. We have been clearing the honeysuckle from around the shed and found this sign written by the boys and their friends years ago. An arrow pointing round the corner and the words ‘Hide Out’. They all wrote their names under it! Happy Monday x  

Weekly Photos 28/52

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This has been a week of art and printing and colour!  Just how I like it. It has also been a week of homegrown tomatoes, once they are ripe they need eating, so tomatoes have been popping up in salads, pizza and sauce all week! 1. My first beefsteak tomato which went on a pizza! 2. I thought this van looked like the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine. 3. My first foray into printing this week, I started with a roller print and ended up with gelli plate prints too.  I printed onto lots of paper including this vintage music. 4. Dusk at the end of a dog walk and Pokemon hunt. 5. There are lots of mushrooms in the woods and I liked these star shaped fungi. 6. We had all the weather including a massive storm which we had to wait out in Starbucks, but we were rewarded with this ace rainbow as we walked home. 7. More printing, this time with the gelli plate and some dried honesty seeds. It has been a …

Weekly Photos 27/100

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It has been a week of humidity (no surprise there!), early morning dog walks, drawing and Pokemon catching with ‘Pokemon Go’.  Is there anyone not playing this app!? Wherever we go there are kids pointing their phones at random points and swiftly heading off to the next ‘catch’. I snapped some pics to share my week with you.  What have you been up to? 1. On Monday I went with my husband to the Missouri Botanical Gardens. It was a lovely cool morning and the gardens are in bloom in every direction. These lily pads are amazing and the reflection of the cherubs in the water made the photo. 2. My most favorite part of the gardens are the lotus flowers in the Japanese Garden and they were in bloom so I was a happy snappy chappy! I love these flowers so much, they influenced my whole week!  I drew them, painted them and used the colour palette in my art journal. 3. This wet pebble path was strewn with bright leaves. 4. Every time I …

Weekly photos 26/52.

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. 1. I made some tape transfers and couldn’t stop! For these I used regular tape with a matt finish. There is no stick left on the tape but this width is great for glueing in my art journal or onto my 100 day project cards. If you fancy making some here is a quick guide – How to make tape transfers You will need – tape, magazine images, warm water Stick the tape over the image you want to transfer to the tape. Submerge the whole image/tape in warm water for a few seconds. Peel off the tape and gently rub any excess paper from the back of the tape. Don’t rub too hard or crease the tape or you will end up with lines or rubbed off image. When I made the ones in the picture the tape literally floated off the page with the image intact. Glue them down to use as the tape will no longer be sticky. For more in depth instructions you can look at this post by A …

Weekly Photos 25/52

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  1. Poppies in my raised flower bed. 2. Honesty plant from an early morning dog walk. 3. Slip n Slide fun! 4.Queen Anne’s Lace. 5. My  Cherokee Purple Tomatoes are getting huge! 6. Mr Toad hiding under a leaf umbrella. Another sweltering week here in the mid-west.  I am excited to see a new poppy in my flower bed every day, they last such a short time, the petals fall and in the morning a new flower has appeared. I am hoping to harvest and sow some seeds from the honesty and grow our own. I hope you had a great week and are keeping cool or warm depending where on earth you are! Happy Monday x  

Weekly Photos 24/52.

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1. I planted a mixed seed pack from Seedgeeks in the Spring and they are growing very nicely.  This bright red poppy is a fabulous thing! 2. I keep spotting these pretty flowers when I am out walking the dog, there is a tree full along the trail and they are all over the ground under the tree. 3. When I take the dog for a walk at 7am to try and beat the heat, I always take my mug of tea with me.  On Friday when I had finished my drink, I gathered various natural bits and bobs.  Flowers, leaves, seed pods, bark and a small branch of bamboo!  Once I got home I laid it all out to take a photo or two and do some sketches and painting.  A productive morning was had. 4-7. At the weekend we visited our friends who lives out in the sticks and I enjoyed having a poke around in their garden.  The boys got to ride on the old tractor and we made a bonfire to …

Weekly Photos 23/52

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1.Wood End lighthouse in Provincetown, MA. 2. Herring Cove Beach sculpture, Provincetown, MA. Apparantly if you touch this sculpture, you will be cursed.  Yikes, hands off! 3.Sunshine Beer at The Knack restaurant in Orleans, MA. 4.Horseshoe crab rescue on a morning beach walk. 5. I loved the look of this thrift shop, unfortunately they didn’t have anything I couldn’t live without. 6. Lifeguard stands at Corporation Beach, Dennis, MA. 7. The Atlantis research vessel at Woods Hole in Cape Cod. 8. Grumpy (toad) fish at Woods Hole Science Aquarium. 9. The ever growing beach shack at Chatham South beach. 10. The Chatham Inn had the DeLorean from Back to the Future for a week’s fundraiser.  Pretty cool. 11. The lovely fairy castle at Cape Cod Lavender Farm. 12. Godfrey’s Windmill and the Chatham Labyrinth with perfect blue skies. That wraps up my holiday snaps from our time in Cape Cod, now we are back in St Louis where it is a million degrees with skin bubbling sun and pea soup humidity! It is still good to be …

Weekly Photos 20/52

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1.I haven’t spotted as many mushrooms this year as usual, but I was impressed by this little cluster which I managed to snap as the dog was trying to pull me away to carry on with her walk! 2 & 3.Our local library hosts a reading club every summer, kids, teens and adults each have their own and this weekend was time to sign up. They set up a kick off party at the firehouse where we had hotdogs and cake before signing up for a summer of reading and prizes.  I stood on my tippy toes and got a few photos of the fire equipment and I thought these helmets looked ready for action. 4.I haven’t planted as much in the garden this year as I would like, but I am so happy that everything has started to grow. This is a pot of coriander/cilantro. 5. The banana pepper is thriving! 6. I was overjoyed to see my first sweet pea flower. 7. The hydrangea flowers are done for now, so I deadheaded them …

Weekly Photos 19/52

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  1.We spotted this guy as we walked to school through the woods.  I love the pattern on his shell. 2.More gelli plate goodness using grasses from my back garden. I printed on regular paper, old book pages and deli paper. 3&4. I went to the Missouri Botanical Gardens with some friends and we managed to catch the beauty before a massive storm marched through. 5. This weekend my youngest and I went for a paddle in the creek.  The water was very shallow so we managed to get further than we usually walk.  We found some old  shards of pots and a fossil or two. 6. We now have a 15 year old and I made some cupcakes with orange butter cream. 7. And I made some confetti cookies using a wonderful recipe from Smitten Kitchen. It was super easy and they look and taste fabulous!  Perfect for a teen birthday. I had a good week and I hope you did too. I am still processing the Blog Conference I attended over the weekend …