The most charismatic plant in our garden today.
This chair with chicken wire cloche (made for keeping wastrel squirrels off squash).
Closeup, wire cloche, silvery gray and brown.
Terra cotta pot doing hard time as weed-starving device.
Favorite twig pile.
Midwinter can feel like an empty time in the studio because the subjects I most love to draw, low-growing plants with interesting leaves, are typically dormant or covered by snow.
Yarrow in leaf mulch, Boulder, Colorado, January 2016
But this month I’m feeling lucky (and the studio feels full)! Because there’s a green patch of yarrow in our garden that’s stayed accessible between snows.
This new sprig of yarrow is raring to go. (Not so fast, little guy! It’s only January.)
I am in love with this plant because it’s feather-like leaves have a branchy, tree-like quality.
Yarrow leaves, January 2016
Wondering how many days there are until spring? Let this countdown tell you. (As of this writing, it says sixty-one days to go.)
For winter walks I love this trail that loops around the National Center for Atmospheric Reseach (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. Too rattlesnakey in summer, in winter it’s perfect: easy to get to, lots to see, and short enough to manage with our dog (loves a hike/hates the cold) on a darkening afternoon.
Morning sun at NCAR, December 13th, Boulder, Colorado
Grass and snow, Boulder, Colorado
And to take a break.
The view looking northwest from NCAR in Boulder, Colorado
How about you?
A bowl full of vines and spheres.
Green cherry tomatoes picked before first frost, Boulder, Colorado, November 2015