quietly creating

Barbara Wanhill

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  • A garden begins again

    Alpine Rock Jasmine square image B. Wanhill 2014
    Alpine Rock Jasmine, detail
    Tiny Rock Jasmine BWanhill 2014
    Alpine Rock Jasmine
    Tulipa tarda BWanhill 2014
    Tulipa tarda
    Nanking in a pot BWanhill 2014
    Nanking Cherry blossoms (container planting)
    Iris Alaska BWanhill 2014
    Iris ‘Alaska’
    Fritillaria meleagris BWanhill 2014
    Fritillaria meleagris
    Epimedium x rubrum
    Epimedium x rubrum
    tulipa sylvestris BWanhill 2014
    Tulipa sylvestris, All images Canon T3i

  • The last Canada goose

    On a whim, with a nod to The Tragically Hip and apologies to all the feather experts out there: my first (and probably last) drawing of this ubiquitous Canadian bird.

    Image copyright B. Wanhill 2014
    Drawing detail. Pencil crayon on Bristol.
    Image copyright B. Wanhill 2014
    Drawing. Pencil crayon on Bristol. 71/2 x 71/2″

  • Spring has its own designs.

    Gardening on the Canadian prairies is definitely an exercise in patience.

    • A solitary clutch of Galanthus nivalis holds court over a still thawing garden.
    • A spiky tuft of hand grown blue fescue defiantly announces it made it through the winter.
    • Branches of crabapples show silhouettes of nothingness – evidence of the robins’ 2 day feast.

    Galanthus nivalis. Image copyright B. Wanhill 2014Festuca glauca. Image copyright B. Wanhill 2014

    Malus baccatta 'Rosthern.' Image copyright B. Wanhill 2014
    All images Canon T3i