One day last week as I was thinking about the end of summer and how it seems to be hanging on, I decided to do some cleaning up on our patio and was greeted by a geranium that was flourishing.
When I planted it I was worried that it might not make it. It was looking very sad, dried out and very spindly.
Then in a few weeks after that I noticed it was looking better and out of laziness I decided to leave it in that spot since it was very late in the season.
When I went to the patio recently I saw this beautiful healthy geranium in a flower bed. What? Could this really be the same plant that was hardly alive earlier?
I grabbed my oils and started painting.
I had a great time painting this 'en plein air'.
I tried to remember that I wanted to use bigger brushes, plan my values, and only one or two brush strokes per loaded brush. I think all in all I was successful. 2 hours well spent.
I think I'm kinda like this geranium plant ... I'm moving forward with where I want to be. I may not see the growth as fast as I'd like, but, before you know it I just might flourish.
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