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So much inspiration blooming in the yard right now. I did however paint this while at the cabin last week. That’s one of the things I miss while I’m there, is all the pretty flowers I leave behind and don’t get to enjoy. I have moved some irises, a couple lilac trees and some forget-me-nots, but amidst the rocky shield, soil is hard to come by. Maybe I’ll have to build a little bigger spot and try to plant a few more flowers. Everything blooms a good two weeks later there because of the zone difference, so they must be hardy choices I try moving farther north. In other news these are the details of this piece...I outlined it with @kellycreates waterproof fineliner (my all time favourite fineliners) and then painted it with @thewatercolourfactory set of three primary paint colours (amazing what you can do with three colours) using the @pentelcanada Aquash (fine) brush (the first one I reach for). This is also an entry for @pentalic365 #365wreathchallenge #pentalic365 for July. I tag @jopro08 to join in.

We (the two grands and I) picked some samples of what’s blooming around the yard tonight. I love the amazement the oldest one has as she searches for the best one of each specimen. ‘Grams look at this one! Grams look at this one! Grams...’ She was also the first one to scan the yard when we got home from the cabin, coming in and proclaiming what had changed while we were away. ‘You have to come see this. Grams come look. Grams this way first.’ Yesterday she was excited to harvest lettuce, cucumbers, basil and dill, and served us up a salad tonight too. What’s growing in your yard?

Emma of @blackchalkco and the maker of the watercolour paints used in this painting, put a photo prompt up the other day, which is where I got the inspiration and took the time to paint it at the cabin (see my stories for that photo). Three primary colours can make a wild array of mixes as you can see. I like making reference charts with my paints colours to refer back to. (Pictured in the background here). I laminate them once I’ve completed them because they are a labour of love and also, ‘Oh, so pretty.’ Well that’s how I feel about them anyways. Do you chart your paints? Check out Emma’s website for her new line of watercolours, plus she has classes which are super easy to follow. Might as well join in with today’s prompt for #clouds with @doodlewashed and #worldwatercolormonth

Go ahead...tell me I’m not the only one who’s had this thought 💭

You can swipe to see the three wooden boxes I was given as a trade for an old metal display rack at our local antique store (it wasn’t even my item that was traded, although I did do the communicating and drop off, but that said, I may have to give some boxes back to @jopro08 ...however, this one is now mine as it has my name on it 😊 and I will charge for scrubbing the other two clean 😂 Steps to complete said project are as follows, and it always takes more time than one assumes 🙄 and I would charge a million dollars if I sold it. 1. Scrubbed it clean and let it dry...and got rained on for good measure and let it dry again. 2. Probably could have skipped step one as I still needed to sand it down to get it cleaner. 3. One coat of grey @thefatpaintco then another using a Sherman Williams angled paint brush. 4. Two coats of white Fat Paint, of which one may have been sufficient and would have meant less of the next step but I like to things the hard way. 5. Sanded it to look distressed because why would I want it to look new?This made it silky smooth. 6. Pencil sketched the name and numbers on scrap paper. 7. Transferred it onto the box. 8. Hand painted the design using desired colours of Fat Paint with a size one and two paint brush of @richesonart and @princetonbrush both size 1. I thinned the paint with water for easier application, but that means it needs a second coat. 9. I still need to wax it once I get it home to seal it as I didn’t bring that along. 10. The end. Thanks for caring if you stuck around until the end.

I’m at our cabin in the woods and on occasion have enough cell service to create a post...so this is the night. It’s also long winded to make up for my absence...because I know you’ve been missing me 😌 Tell me you miss me. I brought up some chopped rhubarb and made this square on the barbecue. It has a shortbread crust and a simple egg and sugar filling. I was a little short on the required 6 cups of rhubarb, so I added in strawberries and nectarines to make up the missing 2. One thing about being so remote l is you learn to improvise...and if you’re lucky it turns out. I also brought up this wooden box I was given at our local antique store. It didn’t look like this. It was in need of a facelift which I had completed the most of before coming, but I added the lettering yesterday. I’ll do another post soon, so I can show some before, during and after shots of it’s progress. It was fun to already put it to use here. Farm to table is the prompt this week with @creativelysquared and @twiggstudios so I’m joining in with this capture. I’ve been a little missing in action with their prompts so I’m happy to fit this one in #cs_farmtotable I thought about doing a fish fry staging but didn’t know if anyone would want to see ‘lake to table?’ So I pretended to farm instead.

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