Assortment

Sketches

These are some of the sketches around here that I've been loving lately, done by the eight-year-old boy.  He's inspired by his cartooning brother, but independent enough to choose his own style - his subjects are usually animals and birds that have a more realistic look.   Love that.

Little did I know, when I sat gazing at him as an infant-in-arms, my mama's eyes taking in and loving every dimple, crease, and eyelash, that one day I'd be sitting with his artwork in hand, gazing for what could be hours, my mama's eyes taking in and loving every line, form, mark, and smudge. 

He's my boy.

In Love With Mopheads

I've got a serious crush going on, here, people.  Just look at that photo - how could I not?  (Image found here).

Hydrangeas have been a favorite of mine for, oh, ever.  They have always had a prominent place in my dream landscape, but then, before we had a yard of our own to plant some in, we moved to Alaska - too cold for hydrangeas,  unless you put them in pots and overwintered them in a greenhouse, and did lot of fussing and hovering, which I was too busy doing over three little fellas at the time.  Then, we moved to south Florida - too hot for hydrangeas, there.  So, you can imagine the silly-excited explosions that went off in my mind when I found out we would be moving north - halfway between these two extremes - to zone 4/5, a wonderful climate for hydrangeas!!

Not too long after we moved into our home here in Wyoming, I had a light bulb moment when I saw this photo while browsing through a back issue of Cottage Living:

 

A beautiful, simple hydrangea hedge across the front of the house.  Oh, my!  I could do that here, at this house, I really, really could!

Sigh. 

It's about all I can think about lately.

 

 

 

 

Funnies on Sunday!