Art for art's sake

 Title is 'Cayo Levisa' and is all the colours of the ocean from that place - which is an island off Cuba. Totally done on the computer.

But without all the stains and the cigarette burns.

Just a reminder that if anybody feels they would be helped by losing themselves in doing something creative, then there is an Art Club, of sorts, on this thread for anybody to join in. If you would like some simple ideas to kick off with I have three projects I can e-mail to anybody who messages me privately with their e-mail address. Absolutely no experience needed. Anything goes. All good wishes to all of you. Rainie x

tvman. I have made a little piece of art just for you, as I know how you love your garden. Doodling peas and beans at the moment - these are purple podded beans. (taste nice) Veggies make nice designs. Let's see YOUR veggies.  Rainie x

Hi Rainie, thanks for the invitation. I'm in no way artistic, my wife is. She made an 8ft tall scarecrow called Woody that protected our soft fruit for the last two years. He's in the top photo and there are peas that I picked last night in the lower photo but they're at the end of growing and don't look so good. 

The nights are getting colder now so nothing in the veg plot is looking good right now except for those that are under ground ie carrots, parsnips, beetroot and potatoes. Celery isn't so bad but I have the stalks covered to make them white. 

I grew purple podded peas last year but when the peas get popped out they're green. They were tasty however the yield isn't great. In the past I have grown purple mangetout but when they're boiled they lose the purple colour and look insipid. I have also grown purple, white and yellow carrots. (Three different coloured carrots, not striped, that would be amazing, no one has perfected that yet!) Did you know that carrots were originally purple until the Dutch got their mits on them and bred them orange?

I could talk about veg until you fall asleep Rainie, that's if you haven't already lol. 

Take care and stay safe.

Tvman xx

Oh no, I don't have an image button, that happens frequently. I've taken a screenshot to prove I'm not telling fibs!

Oh no again, I can't publish that, no image button lol. I'll have to contact admin, again! Lol. I'll save the screenshot for later.lm falling asleep, I am awake because I moved my leg and I had a horrendous pain from a nerve pain. It felt like someone had stabbed me in the thigh and ran the blade right down to my ankle. I woke up screaming, that's a common occurrence when I sleep on my back! 

Ah, button is back, yay!

The above photo is the screenshot with no image button. All above should have been straightforward but wasn't!

Tvman xx

Hi Tvman,

 Impressive scarecrow. Your wife is very talented. 

Thanks little-fi, I'll pass on your lovely comment.

Tvman xx