by jenny.monds | Apr 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
I remember going to look for cowslips as a child in a nearby meadow. In recent years I’ve hardly seen any. It’s been a delight to find that the lawn of our new house is full of primroses and cowslips. The crinkly leaves of the cowslip look very similar to those...
by jenny.monds | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
My husband called me over to look at one of our little bushes. It was a mass of ladybirds! I don’t know if they had recently metamorphosised from larvae into ladybirds (or ladybugs to our American friends) or whether the bush housed lots of appetising ladybird...
by jenny.monds | Mar 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’ve been delighting in the sunshine this afternoon. Here I’m sharing some of the patterns from my sketchbook. Flints from a brick and flint wall; a pile of roof tiles; some tiny leaves (I think from a willow) and the patterns in a field.
by jenny.monds | Mar 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
We bought some house plants this week. I do not have green fingers and manage to kill most plants, so I thought I’d draw this Peace Lily while it’s still looking at its best. It is apparently ‘easy care’ – I hope so – and, according to the description,...
by jenny.monds | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s finally warm enough to enjoy the garden with my sketchbooks. I love this patch of lawn by the fence, with its primroses, grape hyacinth and pretty cornflower blue flower (sorry, I don’t know what it is). Each flower is different, each has a totally...
by jenny.monds | Feb 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
We are lucky enough to have some Daphne bushes in the garden. I wish I could add the scent to this drawing. It’s intoxicating. The bumble bees were taking a great interest in it in the sun yesterday. It reminds me too of someone I worked with who every...
