This is
our 5th summer in our “lake” home and it has been a wonderful summer
of watching birds, butterflies, and even Luna Moths flit around the yard! After
a long winter of watching Monty Don’s BBC gardening shows, Paul and I dug up
the back yard and created a perennial and vegetable garden. It’s been a labor
of love – well, for one of us! Paul says he’s not a gardener, but he is a patient
enabler of my gardening habit and a willing participant in planting trees, hauling
in rocks (yes, we are crazy!) for garden edging, building “bug hotels” with the
grandkids, and planting plants and trees to attract bees and butterflies. The
result is that the garden is thriving in spite of frequent visits by two
yearling deer, our birdhouses are full and the feeders are busy!
I’ve been having
a good time painting some of these favorite visitors. The two-month long Natural
Heritage Project: Migratory Birds exhibit closed today at the Watershed Café in
Osceola, WI. And a very special thanks to the folks who purchased my painting that
was displayed in this exhibit, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It’s so nice
to know it’s going to a good home.
This week’s
painting, Flash of Color, 9” x 13” on 300 lb. watercolor paper,
captures a male Cardinal pausing for a moment in a deep woods. A beautiful photograph, taken by my friend Ruth
Ronning, was my inspiration and this was such fun picture to paint! For more
information or to purchase paintings, see www.wildriverarts.com
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