EDIM for May 21st, 22nd and 23rd

 For a vegetable soup.

So I can find my way home.....

Need I say more.

Wish it would warm up. Our weatherman

 reported that yesterday was the 

coldest May 22nd in Seattle history. Brrrrr.

Starting a New Journal

 I took Mary Ann Moss' class 

Remains of the Day for making a fun

different journal. But I never really

knew what I wanted to put in it. I decided

 that some off it, maybe all would be things

 I find around Wildflower. So here 

are my first 2 pages which I did in 

watercolor and pen and ink of what is 

blooming right now. It was fun to go

 all over the property discovering 

wonderful little plants popping up.

I shall have to date these pages for

reference sake.

My EDIM will be back in a day or two.

In the mean time check out Mary Ann's

class if you like. She is great fun!

EDIM for May 19th and 20th

 When I was in Tucson I 

"re-fell in love"

with Turquoise and silver. 

I bought a ring at a museum  and love it.

Then I spotted this wonderful cuff at a 

jewelry store, but it will have to wait......

Today looks to be sunny (I hope) so 

I'll have to brew up some of this. It is a

favorite, especially when the temperatures rise.

Hope you all had a great weekend. I spent

 my time with Ina Garten the cook. I should say

I spent my time with her cookbook in my kitchen.

I am trying a new recipe each week. This week it

was a yummy  blueberry, raspberry tart with a 

pastry cream filling. No calories there...HA!

But my favorite still remains her

French Apple Tart.

I am waiting for the sun to come out 

so I can get out to  "weed". 

EDIM for May 17th and 18th

 Something I seem to need every time 

I go into the garden...

My left palm, what can I say...

it was late when I drew this.

I am a few hours early with this

because I have a full schedule

tomorrow.

EDIMfor May 15th and 16th

 My son bought these for me, as the ones I had were

way to hard. These are soft and put out a lot of color.

I love them!

I do not love these. They make my heart

jump. I know, I know they are not all bad.

But I don't care they scare me something

awful.

EDIM For May 14th

The old salty sailor that I bought in

Sidney, BC on one of our sailing 

trips to the Gulf Islands. This little fellow

was with us in great weather and in bad.

I used to laugh at his expression. He

 always seemed to be saying, " It's

getting a little rough seas, isn't it!"

I do miss our sailing days and the boat.

EDIM for the 13th and Mother's Day

A pillow I made years ago from quilting

scraps, for a friend.
Mother's Day was wonderful. My son took me to
 breakfast and then we headed for Seattle for 
some fun. Dick Blick's was on the menu where we
found Jimi Hendrix outside.

A great sculpture. So detailed.
After shopping for beloved art supplies we
headed to Volunteer Park, hopefully to 
sketch.

Such a gorgeous walk under these magnificent trees.

We were anxious to go inside... but as we came up
to the door we saw it was closed at 4PM. WHAT
4PM on Mother's Day. There were several others 
there thinking and saying the same thing.

But we were not to be deterred ... so we took 
pictures through the windows.LOL

What I won't do to bring these pictures
to you guys....LOL 
Walking back ,here are a few of the garden plants
and statues.

And finally the water tower.

I know, I know lots of photos but it was just so 
gorgeous and the weather held.
We had dinner at Araya's in Seattle. Yummy!
It started to rain as we drove home but that was OK.
The plants needed it. 
It was a great day!

Days 7,8,9,10 and 11 of Every Day In May

I am all caught up now. Had a few days

in which to do it as I went to the Drs.

office and discovered I had a case of

 benign positional vertigo. Lovely...

So had to rest up so I drew and painted

and behaved myself, sort of. No heavy

 gardening for a few days. Feeling much

better now. Hope all you mothers have a great

day tomorrow. I shall be having fun with

our son and family.

More EDIM Catch UP

 Teddy always brings me joy!

(He paid me to say that)

 A must have to start your

day off with a  little zip!

 This is a branch from my

Japanese Black Pine.

One of my favorite trees.

White Citrus  is a delightful

fresh scent. I love to use this

in the summer.

Have been down for the count. Got a 

little too much sun (I think) or a touch

of the flu. So spent the day curled up

watching the food network. One 

could become addicted to that channel.

More in a day or two.

Will have to tell you about my arbor adventure....

Every Day in May and I'm Late (so what's new)

It is the EDIM challenge. This will be my

third year. Of course I am late to the event,

but I shall try to catch up.

 May 1, draw something bubbly. I

 love sparkling lemonade.

May 2, draw a favorite sound. I 

love when the chickadees let me

know Spring is here.

If you want to join in go to

http://wendyshortland.com/pages/EDiM2013.pdf

and read all about it.

It's fun for sure and it is never too late

to start.

More Japanese Paper Journals and Sunshine

Spent time dying more Kozo and Tengucho

papers yesterday. Designed a new journal, added watercolors

 and the dyed papers to come up with these

journal covers.

Decided to photograph them before they were glazed.

That way you can see the vibrant colors better.

Glazed and bound.

By the way , the weather is now hot and sunny and plants are back outside.

I guess our little snowstorm was just a quirk.

You will find me in the garden either 

painting or weeding!!!!

April 30th... Really?

I woke up to snow and it is still snowing.

They say we should be at 82 degrees by 

Saturday. Sure we will....

The family room looks like

a garden shop because last night I

thought it was getting way too cold so

I brought all the hanging baskets in.

So much for planting early.

I hope you all are having better weather.

:-)