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Tales from a garden

May 24, 2012 Andree Fredette 1 Comment

Yesterday, I visited a friend’s garden. It was late afternoon and the sun had just come out to play. The light was perfect for a little bit of documenting of her gorgeous plants, so here is a set of photos from that moment.

Tales from a Saturna garden…

Her plant collection is impressive, and with her expert care, all plants thrive. Including exotics like Himalayan blue poppy:

Gorgeous blooms everywhere you turn!

Flowers were offering themselves to the sun…

Lovely and vigorous clematis…

…And Solomon’s Seal…

Gorgeous azalea…

All this luscious growth, thanks to abundant moisture.

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Tulip Exuberance – Photo Wednesday

April 25, 2012 Andree Fredette

Tulips can be wild. Especially when they are almost “done”, wildly open… exuberant. Not content with the wonderful red and yellow joy of this flower, I gave it a little a little “shot” of Photoshop posterizing.

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Garden Time

March 25, 2012 Andree Fredette

Time to take a look at my neglected garden, clean up, try to eliminate the blackberries that are making an incursion… Dangerous business, blackberry removal. Must get thicker gloves. In the meantime, bumblebees are having a party in the rock cress (aubrietia) that is growing over the stone wall.

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January on Saturna

January 20, 2012 Andree Fredette

Yep, snowdrops (galanthus) are pushing up and starting to open on the sunny, rocky side of the island…

Snowdrops (Galanthus), blooming in January

I didn’t plant these bulbs. The previous owner did, in abundant numbers. And their seeds have spread down the hill, to the other side of the house. Soon, the crocus will be out, and then, the daffodils. There are hundreds if not thousands of daffodils around the property. It’s pretty much the only flowering bulbs the deer will not sample…

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Procrastinating… Caution: Sharp Edges

August 6, 2011 Andree Fredette

Doing some clean up in the studio today. Moving things around, filing paperwork, organizing. This is all because it’s easier to do those chores than to make creative decisions.

I am almost at the point of following my friend’s advice: “Cover up the piece that is causing you to pause, and start a new one on top of it!. Get those creative juices flowing elsewhere, and you’ll find yourself returning to the difficult one… in time.”

Probably should follow that advice. In the meantime, Caution, Sharp Edges…

Cardoon Leaf Detail (Cynara cardunculus)

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