Banished from my mural site this morning and feeling low (OK, they had to put the hardwood floor in. This was not unreasonable, but still...) I shuffled home to my studio and began to draw this slender bouquet of orange ranunculus, snagged from our local farmers' market on Saturday. I haven't seen such cozily wrapped bundles since the last time I laid eyes on a brussels sprout.
So if you're reading this and feeling those about-to-be-the-cruelest month blues, take one ranunculus and call me in the morning.
Gorgeous ranunculus! My all-time favorite (and my wedding flower btw). ORANGE too! -- love that orange. Great work.
Amanda
Posted by: Amanda | April 06, 2005 at 11:24 AM
How synchronicitous! I have just adorned my dingy little apartment with a glorious bunch of saffron colored ranunculus with their thick, green curving stems, and I'm pretty much in love with them. (My florist managed to find yellow ranunculus in January for my bridal bouquet, too, for which I was gleefully grateful.) One of my favorite spring flowers, no doubt.
Posted by: Tania | March 29, 2005 at 11:48 AM
One of the things I miss most about living in San Diego are the huge fields of ranunculus...literally hills upon hills, covered with them in the spring. Thank you for the lovely reminder!
Posted by: Robin | March 29, 2005 at 09:41 AM
I love your flowers, and also the bracelet - taking something old and beloved, and having it made new by a friend. My father lived in Alaska for 16 years before he married my mother -- wish he had brought something like that for her! (strong suggestion: make your sketchbook pages commentable! or put the sketches here - it doesn't matter if you have ten posts in a day. It's nice, in fact.)
Posted by: Nancy | March 29, 2005 at 12:24 AM
Banished - aaahhh. I say add these ranunculus into the mural - well worthy. Gardened a bit here today - mainly tidied up the primroses. We're going to finish off the Spring tidy up when John gets in from work tomorrow, and water in the nematodes that are still sitting in the fridge - Die you slugs! We're just hoping it won't be raining!
Posted by: Maggie Wallace | March 28, 2005 at 01:52 PM
Oh darling L - these are truly gorgeous and I want to send a warm hug from a rather grey Paris.
xoxo
Posted by: parislondres | March 28, 2005 at 12:14 PM