Today's card is a thank you note to the birds who frequent our bird feeder and a memory of the beautiful gift they gave us this year!
Every summer we buy a new bird feeder to add to the existing ones and my husband loves to keep it full at all times. The minute it goes down by half which sometimes could be within an hour of filling, I have strict instructions to refill it if I am home!( not that I follow that always, birds should not be pampered this way, what will they do over winter, is my reasoning!)
This year I got some sunflower seeds instead of the usual Songbird seeds that my hubs normally gets, and it seemed to attract quite a few beautiful, not seen before kind of birds. One rainy morning we found the entire feeder opening chewed up, perhaps by a squirrel or just the birds pecking at it, and all the seeds on the ground and in 2 weeks time, we had some lovely sunflower saplings sprouting and growing tall and before we knew it we were enjoying some pretty huge sunflowers ! They were a treat and I would cut some to bring indoors. They gave us summer long happiness!
This morning, I saw that it had withered due the cold frosty night yesterday and decided to do a watercolor to frame and enjoy over the long winter!
Sharing with Curtain Call inspiration challenge-Sunflower surprise
Beautiful story and card!
ReplyDeleteTrue to the name of your blog Sanketi! Loved reading the cute post... Your card is BEAUTIFUL!!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful-I love Sunflowers and grow lots of them every year,I found some I didn't plant this year too under the bird table,it was a lovely surprise!
ReplyDeleteNessa xx
Thank you for the gorgeous sunflower and the tale to go with it. I am thoroughly enjoying your blog.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous painting! Also loved the story that went with it! Have tried several times to grow sunflowers because I love them but the squirrels always destroy them...
ReplyDeleteThanks so much everyone! We love sunflowers but have never been successful growing them in the past,so it was a wonderful surprise for us this year!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous card Sanketi. Wonderful coloring and composition. You are an amazing artist!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card Sanketi & the short tale about it is a delight to read. A new follower :-)
ReplyDeleteAmazing card and coloring... with a beautiful story behind. It has everything to be a winner!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! Love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a masterpiece, Sanketi! Absolutely beautiful Sunflower Surprise inspired creation! Thanks SO much for sharing it with us at the Curtain Call!
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous card, more like a work of art. I love my birds, too, and always feed them sunflower seeds.
ReplyDeleteYou work magic with watercolors Sanketi! This is amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! This card is soooooo GORGEOUS!!!! Thanks for playing with us over at the Curtain Call!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome...such a work of art....Love it a lot!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have a LOVELY GIFT of coloring!!
ReplyDeleteYou are BLESSED with the gift of coloring!!
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