River Bend Ranch - Patty Van Dorin

A Witch in a Cherry Tree

 
The Witch in the Cherry Tree - recycled journal, notebook or diary
available on Etsy - Click here for more photos and details  sold

Rewards

 
I love how this journal turned out 
fun early 70's era graphics

Rewards - Recycled Journal
available on Etsy - click here for more photos and details

wispy, weepy and blue

 
on either side of my big studio window are two huge almost four feet tall flower pots
they are were planted last year but it is this month that they have filled out and come into their full glory.

 
this blue Duranta my be my new found favorite, it blooms nonstop and has whipsy weepy tiny flowers in the perfect deep shade of blue
and after the flowers fade
orange berries form
 
while taking these pictures a yellow butterfly stopped by to see what all the excitement was about
she demanded having her picture taken
so I obliged

orange

 
Oranges 'N Lemons rose
this grandiflora rose has an intense true orange color with lemon stripes
This is my first time growing this rose and I am very happy. It looks great in the sunflower garden along with the purple explosive ember peppers
 
and staying on the orange theme, here is Max my big orange cat
 Just added to the Tuscan Rose web site is the second in the Wonderland Series Collage sheets
click here to see this collage sheet and all the others on the Tuscan Rose web site

***watermark is on the web images only and not on the actual collage sheet***

The Wonderland Series

 
Alice
the first in the series of "The Wonderland" collage sheets
available at the Tuscan Rose web site - click here for more information

windowsill vignette

 
three

I saw miles and miles of Texas

so here is a long catch up blog post with lots of pictures
 
I have been putting many miles on the car the past few day with teaching classes, attending to business and all that good stuff but I think traveling by deer could have proved to have been more interesting.
 
a paper and fabric page that will be included in my latest crazy quilt fabric journal
I haven't decided yet how I am going to add these paper pages to the fabric pages
those details will have to be worked out as progress continues
 
fabric pages
 
more fabric pages
 
and one more

 
and while I was away, the roses continued to bloom
above is Crystal Fairy with tiny 3/4" blooms of pure white
Baronne Henriette Snoy
 
"Haendel" climbing up a cedar pole
the blurry red tricycle in the background has a basket wired to the handle bars and is planted with sedums
I will try and get a picture of that next time around
 
the little bed in the Fig Garden is coming along nicely
next year I will plant more of the Explosive Ember Peppers and more Zinnia
this year a late frost took some of the plants but I won't be tricked by that next year
plans are being made
***miniature rose on the right by the pink skullcap is "Bee's Knees" which is a cute as it's name***
another close up I will get next time around

in the center of this flower bed is a cedar stump with a large geode balanced on top of it

geode and rock balancing may be easier than trying to saddle a deer, so I think I will keep to the rocks

Studio Destash Rodeo

 
Destash Mixed Media Packets
available on Etsy - click here for more details and photos

Radiant Baby

 
Radiant Baby fabric journal page
page one of a new fabric and paper journal started today
 
currently in bloom - Desprez à Fleur Jaune
isn't it perfect when a rose has as pretty a name as when it's in bloom

The Passing Show

 

When I spotted this old jar with it rusty metal rim at a yard sale, I though how lovely it would be as a vase for sunflowers.

 

It is.

  

One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.  ~W.E. Johns, The Passing Show