I love the brown/aging parts of a flower because they suggest where I should paint gold. I'd like to paint this pink flower and give it the heroic guild it deserves. After all, this Camelia shrub has been flowering since March.
3rd May
When you are looking for beauty you find things you have never seen before.
2nd May
I found this Poppy in Regents Park. What a vivid colour!
1st May
The Ceanothus shrubs are looking incredible right now.
30th April
The Daisies are popping out in the park.
29th April
One of the Peonies my brother gave me for my Birthday bloomed today.
28th April
Buddlejas are great for bringing butterflies and bees to your garden. I have just found out that there is a new variety which has spires which blend from purple to orange. It is called Buddleja Daidii.
27th April
These Tulips inspire me to create tie-dye fabric designs.
26th April
It's my Birthday today. I went to see Hockney's life work at Tate Britain with my Mum and Dad. My Mum gave me these Lilly of the Valley flowers that she grew. They smell devine.
25th April
Just look at this colour! Irises are stunning.
24th April
This blossom has such a great texture. Ideal for inspiring floral embroidery to add interest and volume to a summer design.
23rd April
This weekend we went to my cousin's wedding in Surrey. One of the best things about English countryside is wild cow parsley.
22nd April
Our neighbor's Wysteria is looking pretty fantastic right now.
21st April
I like the way this photograph looks almost like a crop of a floral chintz pattern. (Thanks to Fleur for introducing me to Snapseed. The photo editing app. gave me the ability to quickly transform my picture from a dull, drab image into a bright and cheery one.)
20th April
Chrysanthemums can be super simple and phenomenally fancy. I love these flowers.
19th April
Tulip bulbs were so valuable to the Dutch in the Golden Age that they were bought on contract and could be used instead of money.
18th April
It is bluebell season! There was a bluebell wood in East Ashling where I would ride and my Mum would walk our dog. Those were great times.
17th April
Pleniflora represents Easter to me. As a child my Mum would make a flower arrangement with it at this time each year.
16th April
Saxifraga is an alpine plant which forms a carpet of green. I had it in a pot but it was not happy. My partner planted it in the flower bed and now it is full of colour again.
15th April
1 O'clock, 2 O'clock, 3 O'clock....
I wonder why children use Dandylions as a clock? Lucienne Day created an interior textile called Dandylion Clocks (1953) for Heal's. I was lucky enough to see the print displayed at the Fashion Textile Museum about 5 years ago. Interestingly I just found out that she lived until the age of 93 having retired to my home town of Chichester. Shame I never met her.