Time Flies 2020

 We are now in Fall here and it's amazing how summer just flew by this year.  Appreciating the simple things with all this home time and distancing.  I am still working from home six months later and don't mind in the least as it saves gas, traffic hassles and quieter work setting.  With the cooler weather starting I did feel like crocheting a bit this week.  

I started these shortly after finishing my Dahlia blanket to use some of the left over yarn. 

I think I'll make a cushion cover with these.

I still mostly have been painting, learning new techniques online. I still prefer

watercolor painting but do an acrylic piece ever once in a while and had to for

this fall pumpkins painting.

And some watercolor paitingings done recently.

Hubby and I have focused a lot on gardening this year and planning to improve

our growing for next year.  He built a raised garden bed for next year and preparing 

the soil now for optimal growing.

We've had a good supply of tomatoes and cucumbers all summer.

Cooler weather crops started, lettuce, kale.  Still have some green pepers growing

and our first pumpkin almost ready.

And my poor girl had to get some teeth removed as they were giving her 

some trouble. This was before.

And this when she came home still feeling a bit doppy.  She's doing 

better now and still getting used to less teeth. 

Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. 

Happy weekend all!

New passion

Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. This year has definately been

interesting.  I've embrassed my home time, outside of working from home 

with a new hobby, painting.  I started painting with acrylic paints and I do

enjoy paintings achieved with acrylics but have found my main interest

with painting in watercolor. It's versatile and can achieve different effects and

looks of images.  I found great ideas, tutorials etc on Instagram, You Tube and

learning sites as Creativebug, Skillshare, and Patreon and Facebook Live events.

Here are some acrylic paintings I've done in the last month or so.

Hydrangeas

Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Evening sunset

Had to do one of my bicycle.

Wildflowers

Couple walking scenery using smearing and tin foil.

And for some watercolor paintings.

Peony flower

Ocean scenery

Practicing wet on wet with wheat field.

Chickadee

Finch

Cardinal

Wild flowers in mason jar.

Mini scenery

From a Facebook event.

And painted a rock for Canada Day.

Crochet, knitting and sewing will always be crafts I enjoy and will continue to do.

I get on kicks of certain activities and go with them for a while.  Of course when 

cooler weather hits I'm always prone to getting out the yarn. 

Hubby has been diving into full on learning to grow vegetables and 

complementary flowers for polination. We watch You Tube videos of 

different gardeners as well on learning new growing techniques.  

Just some pics of what we are growing.

We've already been enjoying cucumbers, green beans and spinach.