Category Archives: Garden

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Blue Hosta Love

Buy with PayPal As I continue to work with inspiration from my residency at Wildacres, hostas appear often. They seem to be happy in the shady moist environment, and they have been divided and propagated […]

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Big Bold Blooms

  Warm weather in South Carolina this week is making new blooms pop out every day.  Bradford pears, redbuds, Japanese magnolias, blueberries, and dogwoods are blooming in my neighborhood. I’m still in the process of […]

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Dreaming of Flowers

As the weather has continued mild here in Columbia, SC this week, I have spring fever even more than last week.   I’ve been pruning overgrown shrubs, taming large expanses of ground cover, and ordering […]

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Artist-Gardener Dilemma

Every year it happens.  Spring.  Suddenly there are warm days and sunshine.  Daffodils and forsythia are blooming.  It’s a great time to be outdoors painting or gardening. Whatever else I had planned fades into the […]

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5th Anniversary of Blogging

This week I’m celebrating the 5th anniversary of my weekly newsletter and blog!  5 years of blogging!   Who would have believed it?  Since I started my blog on August 15, 2010, I have posted […]

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June Morning

In spite of the heat in South Carolina, I was able to do a plein air painting this week by starting early and working in the shade of my back yard.  These perennials combined with […]

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Hillside Garden

  I never meant to be a historian.  No, I’m all about NOW when I’m painting.  I look for the way the light hits the side of a building or what flowers are in bloom.  […]

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Planning for Summer

In South Carolina we have had record low temperatures, a few snow flakes and lots of rain in the last two weeks.  Today it was 70 degrees and sunny.   Who can keep up?  But […]

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Process or Product?

  Do you want to have a garden or to tend a garden? Do you want to buy a painting or to make a painting? Do you like to cook or to eat someone else’s […]

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Happy, Merry, & Anni

Happy Thanksgiving to you! As we pause to give thanks this week, I want to say that I am grateful that you are a loyal subscriber to my list. I appreciate your comments and support […]

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