tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post7512548193986723312..comments2023-06-29T13:13:47.293+02:00Comments on A sketch in time: Fallen birdCathy Gatlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05004501411878060668noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-16408950353474903692008-06-04T14:37:00.000+02:002008-06-04T14:37:00.000+02:00Well, now at least you have the memory fo always.....Well, now at least you have the memory fo always..a beauty that reminds me of the SA sun! Beautiful Cathy!<BR/>ronellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-43342906522550594732008-06-03T00:18:00.000+02:002008-06-03T00:18:00.000+02:00Ah lovely to see this, Catherine. So beautiful. I ...Ah lovely to see this, Catherine. So beautiful. I remember a stunning BLUE backdrop too - the Indian Ocean stripe flung behind a solitary strelizia in a friend's garden in Nahoon, East London. And the huge display of them at HJM's memorial service comes to mind too.<BR/>Re. the bugs - am I supposed to feel more compassion for the underground pests that have eaten half of my potted petunias?Gillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994846953739263248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-15325465683647201362008-06-02T10:47:00.000+02:002008-06-02T10:47:00.000+02:00Sunlight was coming in from behind (backlit), so I...Sunlight was coming in from behind (backlit), so I left the background white and yes, sort of blasted, good word... is really just a quick study rather than a finished painting.<BR/>There is a lot more conciousness here about eco-gardening, spearheaded by Strilli Oppenheimer who has transformed part of their vast family garden (see http://www.brenthurstgardens.co.za/welcome.php) back into an indigenous state. Trouble with smaller gardens is all the neighbours have to do it too - not much use for one little gardener to give up spraying! And we with our mosquitoes and creepy-crawlies have wreaked havoc with all our insect repellents too...Cathy Gatlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004501411878060668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859449716295663213.post-65324024044740568482008-06-02T09:21:00.000+02:002008-06-02T09:21:00.000+02:00golly that works well as a vignette against the wh...golly that works well as a vignette against the white background of the blog! (normally i don't like white backgrounds on the computer for watercolour as i find these blast away the finer tones & the power of white in a watercolour... but here as a vignette, i'd say a definite goer<BR/><BR/>re-bugs dying out in gardens, i was reading in the Royal Horticultural Soceity's (UK) magazine, that vast studies are being made & that UK gardeners are going ecological & that this is the future protection for many bugs.... not quiet the Kugger Park but every little helps.Adam Copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597553517593344369noreply@blogger.com