Street Christmas Cracker ~ December 1st.

On December 1st it will be the annual Christmas Cracker on the High Street in  Street, Somerset.

I'm delighted to be exhibiting at the pop-up gallery in the Old Tesco Building again.
Come along and see the great range of local art on exhibition and for sale at
Unit 6, Crispin Centre, Street, BA16 0HP.

Exhibition runs 11-am - 4pm, Monday to Saturday, through till December 15th 2018.

'Gulp'

framed watercolours &

hand painted cards and fridge magnets

and handmade christmas cards

St. Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury. Watercolour & pen.
(Framed size 22 x 28cm)

Autumn & summer at the same time..

begonia

begonia

fuchsia and gazania

begonia and selfheal

gazania

fatsia japonica

willow

re-seedlings

and seedheads

garden cross spiders catching more than some rays

Art Exhibition coming up...

Local Landscapes
by

Patricia Herlihy

15th September to 22nd September 2018
11.00am - 3.00pm

in the almshouses at

St Margaret's Chapel &
Royal Magdalene Almshouses

Magdalene Street, Glastonbury, Somerset

Works in watercolour, oils and pen & ink.

A selection of handmade cards.

Summer Ran Dry...

Don't forget to upload your Big Butterfly Count results by the end of August, there is still time to take part, the count runs until the 12th of August. More details on YouTube here ~ Big Butterfly Count

Please take part in this year's RSPB Swift survey ~ details here. They are on the amber list and numbers are plummeting in the UK.


Too hot to garden and ground baked solid, so here's some photos instead from when the summer ran dry...

french beans

painted lady

red admiral

painted lady

carrots

'lawn'

Ewok?

onions drying

long-tailed tit

long-tailed tits in tree canopy

June in the garden

Love in the mist and patio

June border

Grapevine tamed

New bird table and vegetable boxes

Potting on.. plants for the borders by the new fence

rose and a shady corner

Exhibition coming up...

Landscapes in

Oil & Watercolour

Patricia Herlihy

26th May to 2nd June 2018
11.00am - 3.00pm

in the almshouses at

St Margaret's Chapel &
Royal Magdalene Almshouses

Magdalene Street, Glastonbury, Somerset

Waiting for Sunshine...

After such a hot early Bank Holiday, this May is all about trying to get on top of the weeds and seedlings. Planters now have onions, carrots, climbing french beans and strawberries. New fences are settling in, still some building work to be completed later in the summer. If last year was all about cutting back, clearing, repairing and reclaiming space and light in the garden; this year is the year of organising and planning...

forget-me-knot & geum

Cranesbill

Aquilegia

climbing rose & willow trellis

Herb Robert,

Hosta and lavender leaves

Box hedge knitting together

(note to self ~ pheasant eye Narcissus need forget-me-knot to grow through next year!)

Osteospermum and ground nettle

Scabious

Damage to irises from slugs and snails

Green border

top of the wall plants