It's a while since I posted some of my black paper sketches so I thought it was time for a catch up. This first one is a copy of a photo I took on the Isle of Sheppey when I was staying with Jo last October. We were very lucky to arrive at the bird sanctuary at sunset just in time to capture this beautiful sky.
The hellebore I bought in Lidl before Christmas flowered for a few weeks but now it's outside ready to be planted in the garden. I'll probably buy a couple more in different colours to keep it company.
The flowers gradually changed from white to green as they matured.
A couple of Saturdays ago we passed a clump of these butterbur plants, blooming profusely in a shady place at the side of the road. The fragrance is beautiful, similar to mimosa although the flowers aren't very showy they attract the bees and provide food at a rather difficult time of year for them. The leaves were used in times gone by to wrap butter due to their size and durability, hence the name.
The next day we walked along the beach at Trègastel and around Ile Renote to see the damage caused by the storms. The sand from the beach had been blown up all over the promenade but at least there was no structural damage, unlike the last time a few years ago when the restaurant and the swimming pool beneath it were completely inundated and closed for 2 years to make the repairs. I collected a handful of seashells to draw at home. I noticed that the colour of the limpets varied depending on the colour of the sand they were found on. One side of the island, facing the sea has golden sand and the other has white on the edge of the inlet.
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