1. The shadows during the eclipse were amazing! Lots of little crescents as the sun was taken over by the moon’s shadow. 2. A dry hydrangea head. 3. Mushrooms in the woods. 4. Under a mushroom. 5. Fresh hydrangeas! 6. Lion’s mane mushroom which is edible and apparently tastes like seafood when cooked. Yum. Happy Monday x
1. Eclipse Party planning with a vintage library sign! 2. My porch table in the summer is covered in cacti and succulents. 3. The tomatoes in my garden have been no great shakes this year but the ones I have picked have been delicious. 4. I like to see under mushrooms. 5. YMCA book fair, lots of bargains to be had! 6. Cabbages at the international market. 7. My haul from the book fair. Some will stay as they are and some will become sketchbooks. I like the small but fat language books and flash cards are always a winner for me. I hope you had a fabulous week. Happy Tuesday x
1. My little garden is struggling this year, I am not sure whether it is a lack of rain or a lack of gardening skills, but this is one of the little sunflowers that made it. 2&3. One of the huge trees at the park keeled over this week, it wasn’t in a storm or anything but it was on the ground when I walked the dog on Monday. 4&5. Once the tree had been cut down, the trunk circles were a work of art. I think one looks like a sad raccoon face! 6. This drink machine doesn’t work, I wonder how long these drinks have been in it? I suppose pop doesn’t go off! Happy Monday x
1. Paint water! 2. Painting stripes all at the same time by putting all four colours onto the brush. 3. Practicing my mini weaving skills. 4. Cicada hanging out. 5. Mushroom in the woods. Happy Monday x
1. We spotted this beautiful Swallowtail butterfly in the woods this week. 2. Can you see the Mantis on my basil plant? 3. We went to the newly opened Clementines Creamery on De Man Ave in St Louis, the ice cream was amazing and I liked the floor! 4. I messed about with ink and ornamental grass for one of my 100 day project cards. 5. I am painting a watercolour flower a day along with Creative Bug this month. Happy Monday x
1. Tiles, shards and a marble found in the woods. 2. Pizza rolls before looking a bit of a mess! 3. Pizza rolls cooked still looking a mess!! Tasty though. 4. We found an ‘F’ which I think was an ‘E’ in a former life. 5. Funghi which looks like plates! 6. I pass this building every so often and it looks like it has no entrance or exit, no signs and no windows. I wonder what it is/was. I am sure it has a door somewhere….. Happy Monday x
1. Walking the dog and finding the interesting shadows. 2. Think big, start small, connect the dots. 3. I had a go at making marbled paper and this was some ink in the water all ready for the paper. 4. I spotted this recipe on the bottom of a Trader Joe’s bag and we had to make it! 5. Some marbled paper. 6. A turtle catching a bit of sun. Happy Monday x
Fancy a seat at the dock! This was taken at Wellfleet harbor, I hope there are cold drinks in that cooler. I liked the colours of this boat. Baker’s hardware store in South Chatham, opened in 1950 and not much has changed! It is a great shop, I bought two paintbrushes and a Stanley knife from there. The Goose Pond (minus any geese!) at Wellfleet Wildlife Sanctuary. It was a cold windy day but we braved the trails anyway, oh and it was raining!! We still enjoyed the walks though. My boardwalk obsession continues, this one leading to the beach at Wellfleet Wildlife Sanctuary. An old mailbox in Chatham. Playing silly buggers with filters at Chatham Lighthouse beach view-finders! I used Hipstamatic for this photo. Sunset at Rock Harbor, Orleans. Red river beach in Harwichport has all the shells in the world, if you are looking for slipper shells you are in the right place here, there are carpets of them! Red river beach also has the whitest sand I have seen on Cape Cod. …
The end of the Sandwich boardwalk in Sandwich MA. Parnassus Book shop on Route 6A, Yarmouth, MA. This shop is amazing, books from floor to ceiling and nooks and crannies galore. Bass Hole boardwalk at Grays beach, Yarmouth MA. Fishing lure hanging out at Chatham Light beach. Nauset Beach, one of our favourite beaches on the Cape. My art desk on the deck! Gelli printing seaweed into my art journal and onto old atlas paper. Boats at Fort Hill in Eastham MA. This is how all general store windows should look! Wellfleet MA. I hope you had a great weekend, happy Monday x
1. Persimmon flowers picked up in the woods. 2. Vodka and cranberry on the plane. Heading to Cape Cod for our holiday! 3. Over the Sagamore bridge and onto the Cape. 4. Need a hand? Wellfleet flea market has a selection! 5. Flea market goodness. 6. My find of the day, over 700 vintage photos, underneath the speaker for the outdoor cinema. Wellfleet flea market is located on the same site as the drive-in cinema. 7. A beautiful head at Buddha and Beads in Eastham. 8. Chatham Marconi Maritime Center was open this weekend only so we popped in. Happy Monday x
Clare Davis Etheridge 