Last weekend we took a trip to Maclean Highland Festival - on the way back we stopped briefly at the Baggotville Barrage - a small watercourse over the Richmond River. This plaque commemorates it's construction in 1971. The river had waterlillies, waterfowl, and a variety of birds...more in the following posts....
This is a close up cropped shot of my "daisy bug" - bug or a beetle? I must admit I just love the patternwork dots and edging and dominant markings...it actually looks a bit like a turtle shell - definitely 'armor-like'.
After 'kinda sorta' searching a few databases, still couldn't find the name for this bug. I think bugs and beetles are quite lovely and so many different colours, sizes and shapes. I must admit I love those pinboards in museums that show the different species from small to large in all their splendour - not... Continue Reading →
One of the loveliest small flowers I have in my garden is the Brisbane Lily - Proiphys cunninghamii. Every year around Christmas these beautiful delicate white flowers emerge from the ground. They develop as a group of buds that slowly evolve into flowers from a green stalk about 30cm high. They also have wonderful 'earthbound'... Continue Reading →
Over the last few days the yellow butterflies have come out to play! We are surrounded by flashes of yellow I love the way they gather together under awnings and flit, fly and flutterby. They have been wherever I went on the weekend, even 100kms away. My grandfather was an avid fisherman - I think... Continue Reading →
Love theses old movies - great songs and dancing.....Fred Astaire is one of my favourites... ...and you may ask what is the link to my artwork? Well I often will put a movie on while I work..... So you think you can dance.....just watch Fred...... and he can sing!! A great Gershwin classic....
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 