in my nature notebook

7/5/2011

The roadsides are completely yellow this week with a flower I thought (without my glasses and from the car!) was "Butter and Eggs," a sweet flower with a little smile and "mouth" like a minuture Snap Dragon but no--this is "Birdsfoot Treefoil or Lotus Carniculatus a member of the bean family (a legume?) likely first introduced as fodder for cattle and now quite invasive. But it looks very cheery and beautiful.

painter unkown

2 Comments

Glory link

7/25/2011 10:07:32 am

Your representation is just beautiful. My daughter and I are beginning our nature journals, as I just picked up some more supplies today -- water color paints and water color crayons. With what did you color or paint this lovely flower?

laurie

7/26/2011 04:49:19 am

Oh, Glory. I didn't mean to take credit for this beautiful illustration. It's not mine. I just admire it. (I will fix this right away!) When i do paint, it is not like this, but i love to do it anyway. Truth to tell, i do use dry brush and inexpensive watercolors but sometimes I use watercolor pencils too. They blend really well and are easy to control.

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