Watercolor Wednesday #3

This week's Watercolor Wednesday is a little sparse due to 4th of July festivities and keeping up with studying for my summer class!  I hope you enjoy it nonetheless!

July 1 - Coffee Steam

July 2 - Pink Betta

July 3 - Rose

July 4 - American Flag

2nd Weekend in Bremerton (Part II)

Ahhh, sorry this is so late!  I've been busy with moving back into college and doing cheer!  Here are Part Deux photos to that second weekend in Bremerton:

We went to a farmers' market in Port Orchard and I got a pound of chanterelle mushrooms for my dad!  These are SUCH good mushrooms. 

My aunt and uncle have this awesome hammock in her backyard that is perfect for sunbathing.

We went to the Bremerton Yacht Club boat yard for a boat day!

Walking through the boat yard "neighborhood."

This is where my aunt and uncle's boat lives!

Their boat!

My Uncle David steering us out!

Just relaxing!

Boat yard!

Got my life jacket on!

Not the best of photos, but it was good and windy on the front of the boat!

Horrible zoomed in photo of Mount Rainier.

Reenacting the Titanic scene!

Seals!

An abandoned sail boat.

We went for a swim for a bit, and then I posed at the front of the boat!

Towelhead reflection!

Cute little boat flag.

My sister started driving the boat!

Another seal!

My aunt made a promise to my little sister: if she graduates high school with a good GPA (3.0 or higher), they will go to New York City!

Morning walk with Ruby and Dixie!

They are so cute.

Low tide at the riverfront park.

Funny little nuts.

When the nut is broken into.

Beach day at Port Townsend!

My dad walking in the shallows.

Felt sooooo nice.

I'm not sure how consistent my posts will be from now on, since college classes are going to start up soon.  But I will do my best!

Mini Succulent Gardens + Cactus

So I got a fun, cheap little planter from a Rite Aid for the majority of my succulents, and stuck the others into the bird bath.  I'm thinking I'm going to move those bird bath suckers into a big matching planter of their own to take with me to college.  I'll want to get some native shallow-rooted plants for the bird bath so my parents don't have to do too much maintenance while I'm away at college!  I think I'll get a small matching planter for the cactus too so it'll be a cute little desert plant family!  I will post updated photos once I get those new planters and such.  Enjoy the photos!

The tall stalk from the planter.

A close-up on the succulents gathered in the new planter.

The whole thing, minus the top of the stalk!  My college roommate/best friend and I have named this planter Siam.

A pretty close-up on Siam.

The cactus.  The little bud opens up from time to time and the open flower used to be brighter.  I can't tell if it needs something or if it needs less of something or what!

The succulents in the bird bath.

The bird bath seems empty.  I want to move them into a new planter already.

The bird bath garden is a good idea, but I just don't think succulents outdoors in the Pacific Northwest is a good idea long-term.  I do want the bird bath to remain a mini-garden though!