Waiting For October

Cool Weather Bloomer, 6 x 6 " oil on gessobord panel, ©2015, Fay Terry

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Gulley's Garden Center will have flats of Pansies for planting the first week of October. It can't be  sooner because we usually have some hot days in September and Pansies don't like the heat. Every year I can't wait to get them started because they bloom profusely until the first hot weather in the spring. The Pinehurst Resort and The Carolina Hotel plant theirs at that time, as does the Village of Pinehurst.  These cheerful bright flowers appear in almost every Fall landscape- the hospital, the huge flower pots on Broad St. in Southern Pines, and Pinecrest Plaza to name a few.

I never liked Pansies until we moved here and found that gardening in the Sandhills is very different from the red clay soil in Raleigh. We soon learned what grows in sandy soil.

 A surprising thing about Pansies is that they are edible. There are quite a few patient cooks who make candied flower petals and then put them on cookies like the ones below.

30 Paintings In 30 Days-Day 30

Made For Each Other, 6 x 6 " oil on museum quality panel, ©2015, Fay Terry

NFS just now

I am happy with this little painting and the blue background just happens to be pretty close to Carolina Blue. 

The Tar Heels have been playing extremely well of late. I hope they can continue the momentum in the next month and heading into the ACC tournament in March.

I guess this should have been about the limes and the strawberry but I do love basketball almost as much as I love painting.

Shades

Summer Necessity, 5 x 7 " oil on panel, © Fay Terry

The sun has been going in and out behind the rain clouds. I walked around Reservoir Park after yoga this morning and figured I wouldn't need sunglasses for the gray skies.  Brightness seems to arrive   when you are not prepared. This afternoon is nice and sunny.  Unpredictable!

All Together

Spring Chickens

Happy first day of April!  Watch out for those April Fool's Day tricks today.  I am posting my latest collage of the series I have just completed. I hope you enjoy it and I'll have something new for you tomorrow.

Flowers Before Leaves

Spring's Arrival 4, 6 x 6 " oil on gessobord panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

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One of the things that is unique about Forsythia is the full blooming of the flowers before the leaves really come out. You may see just a few green leaves when it's in bloom, but not many. It's a sudden burst of sparkling yellow color then just plain leaves for the rest of the summer.

I mixed up as many yellows as I could think of today, which made it fun to paint them into the warm and cool petals. 

Flowers In Blue And White

Happy Crowd, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

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I painted this from a photo I took a couple of summers ago. I have painted it before and decided not to look at the previous painting so I could see how differently I would paint it now. I have some paintings to put in the mail today so I still have not had a chance to compare. I am happy with this one and love the colors.