Wheelbarrow duty: moving mulch from the dropped off big bag in the front to the backyard where it bedded down the tomatoes Mom bought yesterday. 🍅 #proofofwork #outdoors #garden #tomatoe #tomato

Buttercup practice and flower id flash card. I’ve also started making more notes on the practice page so (hopefully) whenever I come back to these I’ll still be able to draw a version I like. 🌼 This is a meadow buttercup; Persian buttercups look quite different. The yellow light that appears on someone’s chin when they hold a buttercup flower is due to the light reflective structure of the petals, which also helps attract pollinators. #nostrartstrMay2025 #artchallenge #art #artstr #flowerstr #rustypuppyart #floweridflashcards

Visited a local apple barn today. Pick what you want. Weigh it in the digital scale. Put your cash in the lock box. Enjoy farm-to-table apples! Second photo: apple orchard across the street in almost full bloom. #smalltown #buylocal #apple #farm #photostr

Today’s flower practice has been pre-empted by a marathon Rummikub session. #boardgame #familytime

Gray, cloudy cold day on the mountain walk. Very flat light, but got some great photos of the valley, a male quail portrait, a soaring red tailed hawk, and the sign of the Sweet Potato Trail Guardian: give a cupcake, complete the eastern trail, and you will have good luck for 3 days. #proofofwalk #outdoors #birdstr #photostr #locallegend

GM! #maytheforcebewithyou #gm

Thrift store find. 🎉 I don’t know this series of manga, but the books are in great condition and for $4 CAD, they’re worth it just for the art. #thriftstore #manga #shopping #saturday

Bluebell flower practice and final flower ID flash card. Apparently nearly half of the world’s population of a species of bluebell is found in the UK. And it’s from British folklore that fairies would use bluebells to call each other together. #nostrartstrMay2025 #artchallenge #art #artstr #flowerstr #rustypuppyart #floweridflashcards

Finished another jigsaw puzzle with Mom, this time 500 pieces. She’s great at the more abstract/no detail areas because she sorts by shape, while I sort by color and detail. Makes an image like this a good match for us because I’ll do the house and birds and she does the flowers and background. 🧑🏻‍🦳👵🏻 #jigsawpuzzle #familytime #birdstr

Breezy trees and birdsong. Enjoying the tshirt weather before the storm and the 10C temperature drop. #outdoors #birdstr #treestr #vidstr

Practice sheet and final flower id flash card for Begonia. When looking for references, turns out there are A Lot of different flower types for begonias. There are also male and female flowers, with the males having multiple layers of petals and the female usually only having one layer…. so that info ended up being my text clues. My drawing isn’t as “begonia” as the reference, but for this project, it works. ✅ #nostrartstrMay2025 #artchallenge #art #artstr #flowerstr #rustypuppyart #floweridflashcards

A new thrift store & cafe opened nearby. I found a 100% cotton sweater and a ball cap. Their London Fog tea is very good at half sweet. 🫖 In addition to the thrifty/used stuff, they stock 3D printed animals made by locals. I saw this fox and had to buy him. 😍🦊 #thriftstore #teastr #fox #3dprinting