Tuesday thoughts . . .

Very grateful to have another painting included in the Digipop Artist Profile Project by Steve Martin.

Steve has tucked me into the arms of my painting Woodland Spirit . . .  I am very quiet as not to wake sleeping fox :-) His Digipop creations of other artists as well as his own spectacular art can be found on Instagram.

"The most courageous and spectacular and phenomenal creative work we will do

 is to shape the life we are living.

 Impossible to do this 

without mess and failure and pain and fear and vulnerability.

 Time to get our hands dirty.

-Allison Fallon-

I worked on a few wall hangings over the weekend ~ they are a combination of painted wood panel * macrame * beads * twine * various embellishments*dried flowers * and driftwood. Each one unique.

The weather over this past long May 24 weekend was absolutely spectacular and most of it was spent in our garden. I had hoped to photograph the wall hangings in the garden but the wind and sun left too many shadows. They did look pretty hanging in the lilac bush though :-) This particular hanging has a little sparrow because . . .  well, I will tuck a sparrow in anywhere I can! 

The lily-of-the-valley is in bloom and taking over a huge part of the garden. It's hard to believe that I bought *one* plant many years ago, the Summer before my son was graduating from High School as I knew that I wanted to create his boutonniere. We will have little vases of lily-of-the-valley and lilac all over our home while they are both in bloom. It's his 32nd Birthday in a few months and I am going to pot up some of these "good memory" plants so he can plant them on his farm where they'll have lots of room to spread! 

The Hummingbirds have returned and what a surprise that was to see them in the lilac bush! Normally they return when our trumpet vine is in bloom. Hummingbird feeders have now been scrubbed clean, and water/sugar syrup made hoping they will be regular visitors. 

After not having seen a chipmunk in the garden for a while, it was lovely to spot this little love enjoying a peanut.  

We've named him Toby. We also spotted the most gorgeous pair of Cedar Waxwings sitting in our flowering pear tree yesterday as we were having our dinner in the garden! Also an early spotting for them. 

 And then there's the Peony! The buds are swelling more and more by the day. Lots and lots of ants covering them, nudging them to open. We have two Peony bushes, One coral and the other pale pink. The coral normally blooms a week or two before the pink but this year they look as though they will bloom at the same time. Peony days are so short lived that I will be savouring every minute! 

~happy Tuesday from my corner of the world~

d xo