This is what I used to do before Goy...

Those are lovely pictures Rose ...
well done :o)

This winter, maybe you'll have time for GoY and for painting... that would be good ...

Hello Rose1949 I am dot345 and i like your paintings would love to be able to draw if i could i would do a little cottage with garden full of flowers and birds

well done Rose they are fabulous!! i hope you will still go on doing them ~ as well as GoY ~ you could paint gardens now!! or Garden Loos?? does yours need painting yet TT??

welcome to GoY Dot!!

you could just put the tail of the duck sticking out of the water cos he is diving for food???

Rose - think you have been hiding your bushel under a tree. lol. I love them. My favourite is the last one it is beautiful my kind of picture that one. I wish I could paint - might have a go one day. Well done they are fabulous. Keep going with them do not stop you will still have time to spend on here and post pictures of your paintings.

They are so beautiful Rose1949...Before I found GOY I used to do a lot of needlework, have not done any since.

lol :o) before Goy I used to do housework - now I do not do any at all lol. think I shall have to soon, the dust is getting thicker and thicker. lol.

oh michaella i wish you hadnt stopped ~ can you put some pictures on please? i hope you will be able to do needlework and GoY!!

oliveoil ~ i know the feeling. hoovering has not been done this week!!! oooops!!! but GoY is so much more fun.

Hi Rose, your paintings are really lovely, I used to do water colours a few years ago when I was in Cornwall, I also have tried oils, like you I used to copy from pictures, postcards etc, its a very good hobby, but winter months I found that the light was no good having to paint indoors. You should keep up with your paintings, they are so good.

lol :o))))

oliveoil I have a sign in my garden which my friend gave me that says " God made rainy days so that gardeners could get the housework done " so true lol :o))

Hi Rose, I am a portrait painter, my father, a keen gardener and amateur painter used to photograph his favourite scenes in the summer and spend the winter painting them. I thought this was a great combination.
You must not give up!!!!!

Helen that is so true:o) but the only problem I have is I came on line and sat and nattered all day - I did make a cake and some scones for cricket teas tomorrow but not done much else today. Certainly no housework unless cooking tea counts as housework. lol.

housework will always be waiting the next day whether you did it today or not!!!
i prefer something more creative!!

Lovely paintings, I really like the third one, I`m useless at anything like that, haven`t the skill or the patience, my daughter-in-law is very good and also copies from photo`s or cards.

oliveoil, what was the cake like?????? Life's too short for hovering,dusting save that until the spring and do a 'Mole' (Wind in the Willows)

Go out into the garden,blog with your friends and enjoy your cake. PAINT.

In between rain showers and planting herbs. I've spent most of the day reading old 'Gardeners World' & other gardening mags & books.

I'm sure you and I are like many ladies on this site, have work hard, raised children, (who have now flown the nest) supported OH and their footie,cricket rugby teams. Time for a little you and me time, I think?

There's always the winter for household duties.

Busy do noth'in busy the whole day through,
trying to find lots of things not to do la la la.la la la la la.

Sent you a p m Grannyb earlier, thank you the cake was absolutely delicious.

I agree with all your comments too, I have been busy on here on and off for most of the day, had fun reading comments and putting on blog, just enjoyed the rain so much after all the dry we have had, it has just about stopped now though. Think we shall get cricket played tomorrow too. O H is the groundsman on the field where we play and he said he thinks it will have soaked up all the rain to let us get the game in if it doesn't rain any more tonight that is.

I love my cricket and will miss going to the pub on Sat. night if it is off. lol.

Hope you have a good weekend. Thanks again for the cake recipe.

Wow Rose they are really good. So much better than I could ever manager. I used to draw occasionally, the odd scenery image but mostly animals. Once painted a giraffe on my little brothers bedroom wall. Can't say I'm that good though. My uncle and cousin got the creative genes. Hope you find time to start painting again. Love the first picture.

Dot welcome to GoY.

Lol Helen love the sign, but Olive is right. In the house I come to have a mooch round GoY lol. Really must have a tidy up later :S

OOps sorry Rose got my oliveoil & rose's mixed up, but comments refer to both. And that's before the wine.

Ooh Rose my wee buddy, I hadn't seen this! They're very good pet! You must make time to do more, they really do look as though you enjoyed painting them. You have some lovely photos of your beautiful garden that you have posted on here, what about planning a new painting around one of those? I love the third one down and the last one, especially! You have to keep painting Rose, and make the most of that wonderful talent!! They're great!

I love all your paintings Rose, it's hard to choose a favourite but i do especially like the last one. What a shame if you don't carry on with it but how the time goes by so fast on GoY! So hard to fit in all the things we want to do.

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

Ah Rose, I am so glad you posted these!!! Love them! As suggested above by many, you must continue this. I plan on trying to capture a number of my favourites over the winter months. Very much enjoyed seeing your work!

Your paintings are brilliant. I loved them. I hope you don't stop. You'll have to tear yourself away from GoY sometimes lol.

Lovely art. I love the garden fence one.
I like to paint too. I have some of them on a painting website it's kinda like this one one but for art. it's called Paintings I love
Check it out.
But do find time to paint, u never know they could be worth millionssssss in years to come. :-)

They are lovely paintings. They look so proffessional. You could sell your artwork and make quite a bit of money with that hobby.

Wow! I am so touched by all your lovely comments.Thankyou so much. Terra Olive ,Stickie and Hywell, I will have to make time now for winter painting.What you all said has spurred me on to start again.Stickie, I think I'll let you paint the loos for Terra!Helen and Olive ,I also have a sign in my garden which says "GARDENING FOREVER ,HOUSEWORK WHENEVER" That'll do me!Thanks Michaella for your nice comments,did you do cross stitch? My friend does that and made a lovely picture and framed it for me. Perhaps you too should get back into this.Thanks Dot and welcome to Goy.You will find it gets very addictive.Perhaps you should have a go at drawing.Thankyou Dian89 ,I also tried oils but still prefer watercolours.I find that I like to go to places and take photos like your father,Linda235.I would be no good at portraits, you must be very gifted.Lincslass, thankyou.Couldn't you get your daughter-in-law to teach you.I find its very theraputic.Thankyou Samjp for your comments,I think I will have to do some now.Thanks Angieindgar and Alextb.I will have a look at this web site, it sounds interesting,but I have never thought about selling paintings.I like to frame them and give them out as presents.Lilcrawford,thanks for the encouragement to show them,I can feel the incentive coming back.Nice poem grannyb.Thanks Lily2,there's not enough hours in the day now. At least I shall never get bored.Ah, my friend Elizabeth,What a clever person you are. I will have to try this.Thanks so much for your lovely comments ,I will see you soon on Tony's page.

Thank you for that, pet, you're too nice! Now, where are you Rose! We need your fun input on Tony's page!

Ah yes of course now I remember! You are very clever - those are lovely paintings, I appreciate them even more now!

Nice work ROse :)

Thanks Pixi,as you are an art teacher I feel quite chuffed that you like them.

:) I like the last one best..but ii liked the first one too..they are all good :))))))))))

Thanks once again Pixie.

:)