Summer on the Farm

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It pains me to say I've never lived on a farm.

 

 

 

I've hugged a baby pig, and petted and ridden donkeys;

I'm very fond of chickens too.

My friend Carolyn also likes farms

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Especially bee keeping farms.

My new kiln has been slow getting here so I've been painting, but Carolyn mailed me this picture with her fabulous honey cupboard and her collection of my bee related potteries. I looked at the beehive tea pot and wondered who made that? )). It took me a minute before I realized I did!

There has been apple pie making~

I added a rabbit to the top crust and invited our favorite neighbors.

The sort who love dogs, you know , our sort.

I found the most wonderful dish towels , this makes about three dozen in my cupboard.

I really should stop now with my dish towel hobby. But could you resist either?

Back to the farm.........

Goat says hope you are having a wonderful summer.

And donkey says remember to drink plenty of water when your in hot weather.

xxx lots of happy summer wishes from the farm

julie

Flower Power

There are blooms everywhere around here. More than enough to make a crown of  them.

Scores to fill fields and hillsides,

And little vases.

A new painting of a lady planting out her annuals as her white dog and bird look on. There's someone else near the greenhouse too. Its called Ghost Garden.

I've been reading this book by Molly Peacock. Its about a lady who at 72 began to make paper collages of flowers, so exquisite and lifelike its difficult to tell they are paper. She invented the genre of paper collage and the book is fascinating as this all takes place in the 1770's.

yes. paper,

heather

I'm having a listing in my shop this morning,

Badger is attending........

Happy June!
xx
Julie

Blooming May

 

I've carved out a new corner for painting.

 

 

It started as a sketch for a larger painting, to try out different colors.

But I just kept going and now its nearly done.

 

 

 

(I'm trying to figure out where to add a hedgehog.)

 

 

So mulling, I took a trip through the garden. My pentstemon have never bloomed like this~

 

 

The catmint is soft and smells almost minty. I guess that's why its named catmint.)

 

 

 

The Mexican sage is growing about an inch a day, I think it looks like giant lavender

 What's May without Petunias?

 The Cecile bruenner rose has taken over the stairway

 

I've got new clay things made, and I was so over the lunar scape to buy this vintage wallpaper. Almost enough for a wing wall somewhere. I wish I could make a dress out of it!

 

 

This little corner of the garden is special, because almost everything is a volunteer,

The lemon balm, little ground cranesbill and even the daisy, just popped up.

Only the geranium is planted, an anniversary gift from the Mr.

 

 

After all that mulling, I still can't decide where to put the Hedgehog, she must be in the house, baking a strawberry pie.

 

xx Julie

 

Tea~ish

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Hello!

 

 

I had a tea party for my sister and friends~

We placed the furniture just in time, so there were plenty of seats

 

Pulling up and going through the garden was the start;

Then the gals had to step up one set of stairs,

then another,

then they could look down at how far they'd climbed

and have salad, and sandwiches and tea things

I'm chopping cucumbers here I think.....

Since the tea I've been painting and pottering for a rather large listing this week.

There's the painting 'White Dog'

And donkey domes and spoons,

 

and some vegetables and I'm not sure what all there is~

And then maybe another Tea Party?

Yes!

 

xx

julie

luminous

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I've been making tea lights for the mantle and table.

The right one was the first I made, I cut in a face without thinking.

They look better lit up

At first I made the complete chamber, then decorated it.

But when I decided to add animals, I did it all on the slab;

And added punctures with these spring tools from Dick Blick.

I picked ovals, but there are rounds and squares too. I use lots of other things to vary the size of the holes.  Nails would work, especially a square one would be great if you can find it.

I brought this donkey bowl from my kitchen to the studio, and used it as my model for the tea light

Here we have a deer in the ferns.  This is a new clay for me called Frost. It can be rolled paper thin,

but has a tendency to warp. I don't seem to have the knack of getting things perfectly aligned anyways, so I don't mind.

I've been working in the garden too. Things are budding, and growing inches of green daily.

Walking the boardwalk by the beach each day this week!

Found another secret boardwalk behind this inlet. Someone lives on this floating boat/island.

The sea birds nest here, right in the sea grasses. Its really quite big!

What's a post without a chicken in it??

 

Hope you are having a wonderful April and seeing signs of spring around you~

 xxxjulie