rainymountain's Journal

12.33 pm Planted 4 roots of Rudbeckia maxima aka Giant Coneflower in Beyond the Pale. Hope it likes it there, it seems more like prairie than any other part of my garden. No hard digging happily, in fact mid-way along the fence by the self-sown Japanese Anemone and the daylily (which has survived...

12.10 pm Having thought about garden reno.s, and having seen the beginning of another beautiful day, the studio held no appeal so I have been digging out, splitting and moving plants. The garden is maturing and plants that thrive are taking up more room. With some I don’t mind, but others a...

7.25 pm A distinctly chilly and rain-threatening morning cleared to a sunny afternoon, the clouds drifting off the mountains to reveal a good covering of snow on the peaks. Rather depressing really, one day it is 30C, the next there is snow on the peaks and the family lights the wood stove and I ...

5.43 pm As I went out of my garden this morning on my way to the studio, I thought how very nice it would be to spend the day or at least a part of it in the garden. The pressure is on to produce work for the Art in the Park exhibition, I need to have a piece to be photographed by this Tuesday fo...

10.08pm Another hot, smoky day, there was a deep orange moon last night and tonight. The meteorological office has even produced a symbol for wildfire smoke – flames and smoke. Turned the soaker hose on for a short while this morning and for several hours tonight, also watered all the conta...