summery holidays (even without very much sun)
* mean lots of catching up with friends & family
painting a picture of my own for a local gallery competition
painting a picture of my own for a local gallery competition 
a trip to edinburgh, & the national gallery of scotland
trying my hand at some stone art on an evening beachy stroll
and attempting some driftwood hearts 
i have so many things i want to share
but they shall have to wait till next time
i do hope you are enjoying these summer days x
trying my hand at some stone art on an evening beachy strolland attempting some driftwood hearts i have so many things i want to share
but they shall have to wait till next time
i do hope you are enjoying these summer days x
What a beautiful illustration, we love creating with pebbles on the beach like that as a family, but never find much in the way of interesting driftwood.
ReplyDeleteI love your post.. so inspiring. It is a wonderful thing to visit and be inspired! Thank you for visiting mine.
ReplyDeleteAnnie French and John Duncan!!
ReplyDeleteI'm in heaven here.
Nice to see your work for yourself. And the stones and driftwood are a pleasure as well.
ReplyDeleteSummer blessings!
How wonderful, I love the rabbit! I will have to check out "The Glasglow Girls" they seem a bit Pre-Raphaelite. Just my sort of thing. Enjoy your summer even more.
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Lovely, as always, Ruthie!! I love your rabbit!! Happy summer to you!
ReplyDeleteIs that your hare? He's so handsome!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about the sun...you could be a cooked chicken like me at over 100 here! Be careful what you ask for! : )
Beautiful, beautiful hare Ruthie...yes, we need to see more of YOUR beautiful work too! I love the driftwood heart (I'm a collector of sea washed bits too), and the stone sculpture reminds me of Andy Goldsworthy's work...I've got a half-thought-out, muddled-up post floating around in my head about things like that, and I can't seem to get it into any kind of order to actually write it. Maybe now the school holidays are over I'll be able to sit and think about it and finally write a post!
ReplyDeleteI love all your photos - is the one of the rabbit (hare?) your own art? It's beautiful and I love the beautiful sky colours over the water. Thanks so much for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteI love the hare painting. So beautiful :) The driftwood heart is just lovely.x
ReplyDeleteYour stone and driftwood art looks great! I love stone and wood - theres something about them that kind of connects through time, place and spirit...
ReplyDeleteI do love John Duncan... The first painting of his I came across was 'Riders of the Sidhe' printed in a dusty old 1922 Bibby's annual. I would so love to see his paintings in the flesh - most especially that one!
Beautiful, Ruthie - I like the stone arrangement very much! xoxo
ReplyDeleteHi Ruthie,
ReplyDeleteYou always manage to post such beautiful piccy's which make me yearn even more for Scotland. I don't know if I told you this before, but my ancestry includes being part of clan McPhearson. I love being part Scotch. Enjoy the rest of the week.
Hugs,
Meri
Inspiring post. Your photos show the dream like magic of your new home. The gallery picture is amazing xJ
ReplyDeleteLovely summery post, I like your peices of beach art but most of all I love your painting of the hare - it is absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are soaking up some inspiration during your soft summer days. Love your painting of the hare - wow! :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Ruthie,love your hare and tower house picture.Are the tower house and gardens from a particular location,or just a beautiful depiction of scenes from this wonderful part of the world.
ReplyDeleteHappy summer to you all to,and thank yo for the lovely comments !
ReplyDeletePenny, i know i should be careful what i wish for! after all up untill last week we were nearly at hosepipe ban level, not anymore lol
Christina, its school hols here too & my thoughts are getting more jumbled by the day ;-) looking forward to a new post from you x
Marilyn, yes the hare is one of my own paintings, a little different from what i normally do though i enjoyed it.
Carrie, they are spectacular, this one was huge, at least 6ft across and the detail was incredible! i could have stood there all day, gazing!
Jim - thank you, yes its CArdoness Castle, gatehouse of fleet, with a little artistic licence!
so many wonderful things you have shared in this post. I love your painting, I look forward to hearing how that goes. Your stone beach art is wonderful, really. wishing you a lovely summer!
ReplyDeleteDear Ruthie, I just LOVE that rabbit! Thank you for sharing your amazing talent XO
ReplyDeleteEach particular sharing is beautiful and inspiring in it's own way!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images!! Very visually inspiring. Needed that today! Thanks!
ReplyDeletetrès jolies pages à parcourir!
ReplyDeletefélicitation!
absolutely stunning!!!
ReplyDeleteespecially lovely fairy wishes :)
How did I miss this post - doh!
ReplyDeleteEnvy you being able to see such great works.