A few watercolours to share

A couple of weeks ago we went to the beautiful Narooma and like always, a few of the bits of native flora 'found their way into my pocket' as we walked around the beach and countryside.

The coastal banksias are always pretty magnificient and I had a great time drinking wine and painting a few of the native coastal banksias....


Here is the early wattle and a unusual seed cluster I have never seen before......


Aren't grevillias sensational. A little night snatch found this gorgeous specimen, the colours are honestly true to life, and I couldn't resist it. Phil tends to drink his beer while I go and pick a sample (or 6) after dark.... the joys and dangers of needing to paint from real life! I tell him it is all in the name of science - Phil smiles but I don't think I fool him! He is very patient with me!!

Thanks for looking...... I will be popping in soon with a step by step as the first one was so popular...... thanks for your support, it means so much!

Love
Carol

PS
For those I send Christmas cards to I have painted the flower for the front which I will get printed soon..... I cannot believe that these wonderful flowers grow in outside gardens - unreal!!!!! They certainly don't in cold Canberra!!

A few photos from Scribbly Gums

We popped into Scribbly Gums today to do some planting - we planed 10 medium sized trees - red flowering gums, and braclet murtels. Plus a few kangaroo paws, croweas, telopea (warratah) and a ground covering banksia.


It was great fun and nice to have soil that isn't like a rock to dig and plant into!! So after we did a bit of planting we stood back and admired our work.

My kangaroo paw garden - we have lots (and lots - understatement of the year) of wood lying around - so I thought I would make it a feature ..... the kangaroo paws had overgrown their pots so much I had to chop them into pieces - lets hope they make it!! I cannot remember the colour of their flowers at all - but if they are okay out there then I can see that this could become a definite passion (plus I actually like painting them too)

This is the road that goes up to our property gate. On the left all the way along this road is our place - the road is almost one kilometre long.

We are now deciding where to put the sheds so we can spend time out there..... looking forward to some weekends to really know the place. And we saw a scarlet robin today.... silver eyes, choughs and kookaburras. On the way home we think we saw a wallaroo - I took a photo but all you can see is a shape hopping away - so no photo to decide what it actually was.

The wombats have been very busy again and we are finding more burrows. Looks like a wombat paradise.

Cheers
Carol