Hands in the Dirt: June Blooming

The garden is getting prettier and prettier!  This mix of heavy rain and bright warm sunshine is the perfect recipe for a great big flowery garden!

And it's hard to believe, but the lily of the valley has already come and gone for me.  Really important to treasure the moments and stop to smell the flowers. 

Here, I used the salvage from fabric I was working with to tie a nosegay of lily of the valley together.  So darling and smelled divine!

The next flowers that really come en force... are the peonies!  Just remember to shake off the ants!

Oh yes, I'm loving my hands in the dirt!  Weeds be afraid... very afraid!!

---I'm linking to Outdoor Wednesday's with Susan at A Southern Daydreamer---

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan

Inch by Inch Art - Bloom

Joining in on Remembering Paris' Inch by Inch Art on Tuesdays = happiness! (and check out the other artists by clicking on the Remembering Paris link above)

Today's theme is Bloom. I have to say it was an easy theme for me. I am a dirt and sunshine girl and have been enjoying watching my garden bloom ever since the snow melted! The large amount of rain we have had in NY the last month has been a drag, but now that the sun is coming out a little bit I am beginning to notice how tall and full my plants are. Not sure I remember a summer when they were bigger. One of the fun things about a blooming garden is the visitors it attracts... I have seen a little humming bird nearly every day for a week now. He seems very happy with how the bee bomb flowers are this year and I couldn't be happier!

So, today I am sharing a Tiger Lily that I sketched and then colored in with acrylics. They are a very simple flower, native to NY, and ranks up there with my favorites (I LOVE burnt orange for reasons you will find out more when college football is closer!) I am still struggling with fitting my art in a 3'' by 3'' space... today's is a hair bigger. Must mean I am a free spirit or have trouble with authority?

Paris, thank you so much for creating this project! It's a wonderful reminder for me to slow down for a moment and spend some time creating, which has turned out to be so relaxing and rewarding! I really look forward to your weekly themes and often spend my weekends dreaming about what I want to create to represent each theme. :)

Lemon Flowers

Seeing summer plants start to blossom ... especially ones that look like little lemons = happiness!

Texture of the leaves and the awesome lemony yellowness! This is one great ground cover... certain to bring a smile your face every time you see it!