Merton’s Peach is going to be first this year I think! Can’t wait!
Beautiful ‘Breannon’ — romantic, elegant, subtle. An Aussie classic.
Growing things. Pottering. Sneezing 🤧
A very imperfect ’Formby Perfection’ because grasshoppers.
Dahlia ‘Devon Calypso’
Dahlia ‘Florelie Guava’
The most beautiful miniature dahlia in the whole damn world — ’Hillier Tanunda’.
Dahlia ‘Mienna Grace’ — not very popular but one of my favourites.
I’m not growing CAL this coming summer. I wonder if I’ll regret it?
Actually doing the thing is very helpful. No surprises there. Lots of excuses found though 😅
Milk eggs sleep alone time 🥛🍳😴🧑🏽🌾
Collage + gouache combo on the left. Gouache + acrylic on right. I love how the nasturtiums turned out. The poppy only meh. The lily mildy delightful.
Dahlia tuber sales are starting. May the gods help me resist.
I sometimes wish I could write more about what I draw. But I draw so I don’t have to do words. And so it is 😅
Alison was so excited to show me a rose bush budding in the middle of winter. I’m pretty sure this is a dream mostly because I can’t find evidence of this discussion. Equally important: it’s summer over there.
Collage! Real life one! I enjoyed making this. In the process I even answered questions I didn’t know I had. Also this is not a precious sketchbook and wow it’s been liberating!
No frills, just the disarmingly vigorous beauty of the ordinary.
— Christian Ouwens describing Klaas Gubbels’ studio.
An impasse and I'm okay with it!
Re the social media exodus (that I may or may not be imagining!) – I’m curious: what are people doing with their content from their now defunct or hibernating accounts? I find that I have all these lovely snaps from travels + stuff I’ve made through the years but I don’t have the inclination to go through them all to repost. I know there’s bulk import but it doesn’t feel right to me? Almost like those moments live wherever they were posted and that’s part of the story. Maybe there will be a better way in future. Right now, I have zero bandwidth to tackle my internet past life.
Peonies
Yesterday was the day. The day two peonies were invited to join the garden. Sarah Bernhardt and Madame Jos Odier to be exact. I’m not sure how they will fare as we don’t get hard frosts and I don’t know if I’m willing to chuck ice over the ground. The 3 year wait for blooms will be the true test though!