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2) The Birth of New Things (and starting seedlings)

3/29/2015

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I have indeed been confronted by hostile forces as I feared, and directing my site and blog to my host has been like being taken hostage by Klingons. After spending many more hours on help lines and a few more hours of waiting for mystery functions to complete themselves I believe it works. Thank you friends for your patience until now. Freedom (fingers crossed) from the ill-intended forces is a relief beyond description. So my new site is born.
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The sudden vacuum in my worry centre is quickly filled by the weather obsession. Manitoba is still in a state of mid-transition like a clumsy pubescent which is neither fish nor fowl. One day we wear our spring jackets and the next we are reaching for the down filled kind! But this is normal for this time of year. March will outgrow her temper tantrums and sulky mood swings and mature into spring eventually. I am preparing for it by starting garden seeds in the machine room in the basement. 

My 'grow-op' complete with shelving, lights, heater and fan is producing greenery at an alarming rate. The first thing I do each morning is water 131 seedlings planted in clear plastic party cups. The basil, tomatoes, thyme, marigolds and zinnias  are increasing in size daily, whereas the squash and pumpkins are leaping up in hourly increments. We are sure to be picking pumpkins through the air vents upstairs before it is time to plant them out in mid-May. The basil seedlings are about 4" tall as you can see in the paint sketch. I want to try as far as possible to put at least one new painted image on each post (a challenge to myself). I call them my quick-pics, fast little paintings to try and improve my visual interpretation skills while at the same time giving you an accurate portrayal of my surroundings. This is how I intend to keep a watercolour focus while discussing other topics. I guess I’m painting my life for you. You can't separate the artist from the person!

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As the intense web building kerfuffel dies down (and while my plants grow up), my mind is circling around the next dog portrait. I'm loving this dog bender I'm on (my last 5 paintings have been dogs!) and I intend to milk the inspiration until those teets are dry. I'm thinking dachshunds with wooly scarves. In my next post maybe you’ll see what new thing this thought gives birth to.

   Cheers!
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6 Comments
Lynn
3/29/2015 04:51:45 pm

Thanks for sharing The Birth with us! What an amazing ongoing journey!

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Diana link
3/31/2015 03:30:39 pm

Thanks for looking in, Lynn - and for journeying with me!

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Suzanna link
3/31/2015 01:11:31 pm

What a fabulous idea - doing little paintings. It'll be great seeing your blog, and garden emerge! :)

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Diana link
3/31/2015 03:35:45 pm

They are growing as we speak. The frequent small paintings is a great exercise. I try to take 30-40 mins from start to finish, with as little as possible pencil sketching first...

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Lynn
3/31/2015 06:10:57 pm

I can't wait to see yhe next ones!

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Judy R link
3/9/2021 06:17:59 am

Thank you for tthis

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    Diana Persson

    I am a watercolour painter, a wife, a mother, a homemaker and a gardener, and baker in no particular order - more like all at once! I live by the ocean in Mill Bay, Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada. 

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