by jenny.monds | Apr 30, 2022 | BLOGS
What could be more lovely than the cherry blossom in the sunshine? We are lucky enough to have a cherry tree in the garden. Yesterday in the breeze the lawn was aswirl with blossom-petal confetti, but there is still plenty left to enjoy today. It was a pleasure to...
by jenny.monds | Apr 26, 2022 | BLOGS
Wild garlic The woods are pungent with the smell of wild garlic at the moment. Unlike our usual cultivated garlic, it is the leaves and the flower rather than the bulb which are edible and full of garlic flavour. The flower heads are very pretty white globes of little...
by jenny.monds | Apr 17, 2022 | BLOGS
The idea of creating an Easter Garden in church goes back at least to the Middle Ages. After the lack of floral decoration during lent, a sudden explosion of greenery and flowers is a welcome sight, and a visual reminder of the empty tomb. This sketch is based on the...
by jenny.monds | Apr 15, 2022 | BLOGS
Today’s small delight has to be a Hot Cross Bun. Like strawberries, these can be found in the supermarkets nowadays throughout much of the year, but I like to eat them only at Easter (and strawberries in the summer). My buns have just currants and spice –...
by jenny.monds | Mar 24, 2022 | BLOGS
The delight of yesterday was getting out with the sketchbook and feeling the warmth of the sun. My eye was drawn to these dried teasels with their large brown oval heads and the little curved ‘flicks’ of dried leaves at the base of each, reminding me of the ends of a...
by jenny.monds | Mar 4, 2022 | BLOGS
Today I’m sharing an image of the sunflower, the National flower of Ukraine. Artists round the world are doing the same. The flag of Ukraine, a blue horizontal stripe over a yellow horizontal stripe, is often thought of as representing the sky over a field of...
