Hello,August!

Where did July go?It passed so fast!I was planning to blog a lot,to post more pictures from our trip to Bulgaria.What happened?I don't know.Maybe the beautiful weather was in the way urging us to go out and enjoy it while we have it.Bike rides,tending a vegetable patch,play dates for the guinea pigs,hanging the laundry on the clothes line outdoors.The wonderful little joys of summer!
And then the horrible things that happened in the world...leaving me in deep sadness, helpless to find words to express it.Random cruelty,wars,hundreds of innocent lives taken.When will it end...?It is hard to find words...

Spring.Postcards from our garden.

There is some relieve and joy and happiness that spring is finally here.It is still cooler than it is supposed to be at this time of the year but the flowers are blooming,the birds are chirping and the sunshine shows up once in a while.Our Guinea pigs had their first play date outside.It was fun to watch them hopping and running around the pen.As you can see we have a new Guinea pig.His name is Pip/My daughter got him as a present from a friend.He is very cute and likes to be petted.What he does not like is to be picked up.He gets very nervous when he is in the air and starts squealing just like a pig.I am going to post more pictures of Pip in the next posts for sure.All the pictures in this post but the second one were taken by my daughter.She is getting really good at that!

Sketchbook-2014

Sketchbook is such a delicious, inspiring word. Every time I hear or read it my imagination starts simmering with hundreds of new ideas.They usually come though, when I do not have time to try them.When I have a lot of time they somehow disappear and I have hard time coming up with something to draw or paint.And.... this is how I feel at the moment.....Posting pages of my new/and not so new anymore /sketchbook I am trying to find some inspiration for the weekend.
This sketchbook was an unexpected present to myself for Christmas.I was rushing through Barnes and Nobel looking for a last moment present for my husband.It was so crowded and hard to navigate through the isles. Accidentally I knocked something over with my shoulder and that was It.Nice,simple with beautiful off white paper.
I thought to myself: "Oh,you are so beautiful and so delicious with  all your blank pages!!!You are coming home with me!"

A trip on my mind

I started planing my new trip to Bulgaria.I do not know why I get so nervous when this time comes.Before it was like an adventure.To travel,to hang at the airports to meet new people to see my relatives to visit with my friends.It was fuuun!Now I get nervous.Oh well, I know everything will be OK.Here you  can see some pictures I took during my previous trip in 2011.It was in September and the fall in Bulgaria is very pretty.

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Just stopped by to say Hello. I feel a little bit under the weather. Could be because of the cold weather or because of some problems at work. The trees are pretty in their fall outfits but it is cloudy and windy outside. No fun. I am going to cook something worm and comforting for supper. Like country style chicken stew with potatoes and lots of vegetables. I am posting this overload of watercolor sketches because I bought a small box of watercolors for my daughter from Hobby Lobby two weeks ago. The brand was Yarka ,made in Russia and of course I had to try them.

Summer

We had a few warm and sunny days. The nice weather  calls our names and we spend more time outdoors. Walks, bike rides ,hanging out in the back yard with the guinea pigs or watering my little veggie patch. No much time for sketching or drawing. The drawing in the first picture is an old one. It reflects my mood at the moment. The red shoes remind me about the pain in my right foot I am dealing with. I haven't been to the doctor yet hoping to walk it off but if it goes on like that I will have to go. I do not let it stop me from doing fun staff though. It is summer!

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Random pictures from June. Unpredictable weather, rain and sunshine, rain and sunshine, then rain again. The level of the rivers are high giving reasons for worries. We are in and out, in and out, trying to enjoy the outdoors as much as possible. A regular work week with no much time and energy for creativity. Substituting drawing with photography. Finding the beauty in the everyday life. Tending to a sick Guinea pig. He got his last dose of antibiotic yesterday and he is feeling much better.

Snow in May !

It is funny to post pictures with snow in May but this was the reality.The snow fell on May 2 and yesterday it went snowing in and out mixed with rain.This is the strangest spring ever.Two or three days before the snow we had 83 degrees F.It felt almost like summer.We had fun outdoors,I took pictures of the first flowers in our garden,we visited Grandma and Grandpa and the beautiful Sophie,a sweet rescue dog they were babysitting for a week.

Sunday

A quiet weekend at home.When it gets cold it is time to slow down.And it feels good.Just making home made pizza for my daughter's sleepover,watching the guinea pigs play,watching TV and reading blogs.And dreaming about a new camera!I hope soon!This illustration of mine was completed in the summer.Ink pen and watercolor pencils.

Garden inpressions

A beautiful weekend so far.A shopping trip and supper at a restaurant with delicious food yesterday.More art supplies for me and my daughter,one can never have enough art supplies!Scored not one but two issues of my favourite magazine Country Living the British edition at Barnes &Noble.It has never happened before.Lucky me!Today the plans are 1. bike ride-check 2.jumble berry jem-the berries are on sale-the recepe here 3.swimming pool-the weather calls for it.
These pictures are from our garden.I hope you have a nice weekend you all.