The bee garden by the studio is in full summer bloom. Our honey bees are working hard in the pink poppies, borage and bee balm. Fingers crossed that they are busy filling up those top supers with sweet flowery honey!
The pond field is resplendent with July wild flowers – but how to paint it? Just the feeling of it? How to capture the infinite variety of plants, the many greens, and the mercurial light? How to survive the deer flies while I figure it out?