All in June
A week ago I had a fire
To warm my feet, my hands and face;
Cold winds, that never make a friend,
Crept in and out of every place.
Today the fields are rich in grass,
And buttercups in thousands grow;
I'll show the world where I have been--
With gold-dust seen on either shoe.
Till to my garden back I come,
Where bumble-bees for hours and hours
Sit on their soft, fat, velvet bums,
To wriggle out of hollow flowers.
William Henry Davies
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Yes the weather has improved at last and the garden is growing.
Good news, I finally have a crop of peas that the squirrel didn't eat; I had to put a wire mesh barrier around the seeds to keep him from eating the new shoots, but it looks as if I might get some fresh peas this summer.
Last week I welcomed a small visitor.
Here are pictures of a Wilson's Warbler that I spotted in our back yard. I don't recall seeing one here before, it is certainly a pretty little thing.
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News from the Studio:
this past weekend was the art walk
I was at Knox United Church with 14 other artists.
We had 449 visitors, and Boots the cat (who regularly attends church events), come to enjoy the event.
Part of my display
Below displays by my art buddies Robin and Beverly
This is the first time I have participated in Artists in Our Midst, it was a lot of effort but a good experience;
we are already discussing next year!
No new art to show, it is definitely time to start on something new though.
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A couple of months ago I mentioned that the South Delta Artists Guild (Gallery 1710) was raising money to donate to Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (OWL) through the sales of decorated birdhouses.
Alba (the barn owl) came back to Gallery 1710 for a photo op and to help pick up the cheque that the gallery had donated to OWL.
We raised more than $700 for OWL.
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That is all for this time,
happy Wednesday, with whimsy,
Gillian
