It’s a beautiful day in the studio garden.
Bright sun, getting hot, and tolerable humidity.
It has felt like we were about 2 weeks behind everyone else’s gardens but we are all getting used to a different pace. Herself and I take regular strolls around the place now and this morning we agreed that this has been the best year ever for flowers. There is so much color and the years of planting finally have displayed that English Cottage look I was aiming for.
I went out just now to take some pics but it’s not the right time of day, and up close you can see that the colors ARE beautiful…in spite of the weeding I haven’t done…so here’s the only one…for now
I’m eagerly anticipating the color which is not yet popping in the arbor bed because the nasturtium and marigolds are on the slow boat from holland…
I love before and afters so here’s the potato section of the Ruth Stout bed when planted on St. Pat’s day…
and the same corner today when I picked a potato for Pat…
That looks shockingly green on my computer but it’s pretty accurate. I gave the cukes on that hinged frame their first climbing lesson today.
From another angle the RS annexed strawbales with winter squash…
See I think those babies should be much further along…but we did have a very dry spell.
No pics of the raspberries which are plentiful this year but here’s a look at the blueberries coming in a close second…
I made the cardinal mistake of saying…outloud…to Matt last week that I had not seen a single June bug/japanese beetle…the very next morning…yep. So now I need to get out the Bucket Of Death into which I will plop their picked selves on my daily rounds.
So…a fine summer day.
We even decided to have an ice cream break on the rocking chairs for lunch…it’s just how we roll now.
After finally finishing the big painting last week, and coming to an almost complete creative standstill, I am making progress one step at a time towards whatever shall pass as the Granary show this year.
You’ve seen two of the eight paintings so far and I’d like to show you number three…
Aquinnah Sunset – 20 x 30
It is a companion of sorts to the last one, Sunset Study, because they are both paintings of the same storm passing. More to come in the Painter’s Notes but it was the last night of our long island stay last fall. The weather perfectly fit our mood and we had decided to turn left at Beetlebung Corner, choosing the less traveled path for a sunset view. It was, as it so often is…the right choice.