Geraniums Here- There - Everywhere

Welcome. I am so happy that you stopped by. My door is always open for you to come in, sit in the garden, relax and enjoy a cup of tea (if it is not too hot for tea in your area) My geraniums are on their second bloom and are blooming in the Southern California sunshine.

We have very little rain this time of year which allows me to display some of my art in the garden. I like to call it "Art In The Garden".

Pour yourself a cup of mint tea and sit in the morning shade.

"Art in the Garden"

Looks like Bentley my Studio Assistant prefers to stay in doors to enjoy the geraniums.

On of my favorite photos of Bentley that I wanted to share again with you.

Sit in the shade and enjoy the garden.

Another one of my favorite ways to display geraniums this time of the year.

More "Art In The Garden" on display among the geraniums.

Thank you for stopping by. I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits, comments, and those who follow my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special.

I will be on a Summer blog break for next several weeks and look forward to seeing you when I return. We will paint those pink roses I mentioned and have a lesson on painting a birdhouse Welcome sign.

Blessings, Erin

Have a lovely week. Blessings, Erin

Sunflowers and Vintage Watering Cans

Welcome. I am so glad that you stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and relax while I share with you inspirations for my paintings. Would you like to join me for a cup of tea and a piece of banana bread? I just got back from the Farmers Market - the morning is cool and I bought more Sunflowers. I just can't resist painting them and I hope you are not getting tired of seeing their cheerful faces in my art.

I am painting something for a special lady who lives in a cottage near the ocean. She loves Sunflowers, vintage watering cans and the sea. Let's go join my Studio Assistant, Bentley, in the garden to look for watering can inspirations.

Looks like Bentley already found a blue watering can. Let's keep looking for a red one.

My neighbors Sunflowers are peeking over the fence.

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Looks like we found the perfect old red vintage watering can for my painting.

Here is the finished painting. I added a bucket of Sunflowers with red Roses and white Daisy's for a pop of color and contrast. Painted sea shells to give the painting a "Seaside Cottage Garden" feel.

I am so happy that you stopped by. I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits, comments and those wonderful Blogger Friends who follow my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special. I have requests to paint pink roses and bird houses in future posts.

Have a lovely week. Blessings, Erin

Let's Go To the Vintage Flea Market

Welcome. I am so happy that you stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and relax and have a nice cold drink of mint ice tea. On my goodness gracious - Summer finally arrived in the Coastal area of Southern California and we are having hot weather. It is even hotter inland. I went to the flea market in Old Town Orange really early to beat the heat and found an adorable garden sign (not vintage, but perfect) to hang on the potting table in my garden. Would you like to come with me and Bentley and I will share with you the photos I took?

Bentley is already in the garden waiting to show you the new garden sign.


I hung it over the red bucket fountain I put out for all God's creatures - great and small - to drink from.

The birds and possum love it - looks like a certain Studio Assistant also likes to drink from it.

The bucket fountain came from Debra's Cottage and I had it custom painted red to go with the red accents in my garden. Debra's is a fabulous cottage style shop with over 100 vendors. Her store sells all things wonderful and cottage from furniture, custom made pillows, garden things, china, tea and speciality food items and too many wonderful things to mention. She has a a great website - http://www.debrascottage.com/ - I will blog about her shop in a few weeks.


Enough of my rambling - let's go to Old Town Orange to the Flea Market.

Vintage "girlly " things.

One of my favorite shops is The Victoria Company. I bought my garden sign there. I love shopping there to find red accents for my home and garden.

An old ladder makes a great place to display fun things. It would be wonderful in the garden with potted plants. Hmm - maybe next time I will look for a ladder for my garden.

Before we leave Old Town - let's drive by some of the wonderful old cottages.

This is my very favorite cottage - the pink door really speaks to me. Do you have a favorite cottage?

Another view of the little cottage with pink door. It is for sale and comes with an "art studio" in the back yard.

This lovely stone craftsman home has a beautiful garden.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I sincerely appreciate you visits, comments and those who follow my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see my paint something special.

Have a lovely week. Blessings, Erin