Bud's Siesta Time...My Time

Once again this week, I'm staying close to home. It's becoming a bit too routine, and I'd Rather B Birdin'!!!!! I have sketched some more, then using my oil pastels to add color. A couple of times, like I mentioned in a previous post, I nixed some of my sketches. I just wasn't pleased with the outcome of the outlining. I started two 'new' ones, and finished one. I had a most difficult time getting depth in the blossom [beginning of the 'coloring' seen here, the end result will be the last image shared on this post]. Anyway, we worked on the last of our jigsaw puzzle; almost done! And while Bud was taking his after-lunch siesta, I went outdoors in the yard to inspect the plants, etc. Just to see how much needs to be done in a week or two. Yes,  with some trees and plants going dormant, there will be a chore of winter kill and trimming. The temps are warming up again, Spring arrives shortly here in the south!! I did notice that my hybrid variegated hibiscus froze with the very low over night temps a few weeks back, but it survived and will have new growth showing up soon. In a way, the freeze probably did some good...revitalizing. Okay, so as I walked around noticing all the weed pulling and a vision of the electric hedge trimmer coming out of storage...this will be needed to be added to our work list, I took photos with the cellphone; the hibiscus [the insect on the blossom, by the way, is a Milkweed Assassin], the Christmas Cactus, and tea roses, the Mary Banks rose climber [Tombstone Rose] are all in bloom at the moment:

...and the last one, my finished oil pastel: Daffodil [aka "Sunny Delight".]