Spring has sprung, the grass is rizzed...

Looks like spring is here, but is it here to stay? My front garden is ablaze with flowers, pink and yellow gazinias, salmon coloured watsonia flowers, white daisies, my fig has suddenly sprung to life with leaves and buds.

I will be gone next week, for a short stay in Pietermaritzburg, leaving the precious family in the capable hands of husband and treating myself to a holiday. Dear husband travels quite a lot with his business, he will be in Congo at the beginning of next week, feels quite cosmopolitan, crossing paths at the airport, very 'celeb' - a bit like the Beckhams! Without the handbags, OK - and the money... and the house in California.

So cheerio, see you in about 2 weeks, I'll post if I can figure out how to do it on my cell...

I love my garden

Just had to go out there and draw... these lazy sunny days of Autumn are just to good to spend inside my studio!

Thrilling Thursday

I've been to the printers, yesterday, and collected the stationary, the kiddies stuff is soooo cute. Am going to Fernkloof Nature Reserve in Hermanus this weekend. Lots of opportunities for sketching and just chilling.

I did some cards and jotters called "View from my window" - I was sitting in the studio (Well corner of the lounge actually!) and looked out and the flower bed looked so great so I sketched some of the beauties that are residing there - quick, black and white and to the point! They have come up really great in print. I am enjoying the spontaneity of this process, draw, design, print - quick and easy.

Hoping to pick up some readers soon, this feels rather like talking to myself...

Better go, Hermanus calls.

Cheers for now

Jacci

Busy, busy, busy

This weekend I have my hands full, new season veg garden to 'deep dig' - a new method of growing veg in raised beds that are dug and composted very deep, giving the roots reason to go deep. Good for us here in Cape Town were water is scarce and the weather hot!

Enough of that, I have cards and jotters to go to the printers on Monday, other designs to be sorted for the screenprinters, I am venturing into ceramics as well. These pics are from my new garden jotter range.

No rest for the wicked - the saying goes!