Monday, July 16, 2012

Swedish wild flowers


I collected wild flowers to draw everywhere we went during our 3 weeks in Sweden.  I found many I already knew but the pink one on the right side of this spread is new to me.  It looks like a pink with the same type of stems but they are sticky and collect insects and tiny spiders.  They grow everywhere on the side of the roads and make the motorways a pleasure to drive along!
These harebells were growing outside my childhood holiday home in exactly the same place as 60 years before, but I didn't see them anywhere else!

6 comments:

  1. These could be in a field guide, they are so lovely...and could that pink sticky one be some kind of campion? It looks a bit like it...

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  2. Really pretty Valerie. Well done!

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  3. Thank you ,Kate, I've checked my field guide and although the flowers are similar the leaves are narrow and the stems have joints a bit like dianthus. Maybe one of ous Swedish friends has an idea?...

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  4. Beautiful flowers and love your composition.

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  5. You put the flowers in a good position and that illustration made you more a sketcher.Tender and lovely ,that all I think.

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