My submission for Illustration Friday's "Green" is from my 2001 HomeMade calendar and the title is "House Boat". I have shown Green House here so I thought this would do for the theme. This was for the month of June and the quote is: The lovely cottage in the guardian nook... with its own dear brook, It's own pasture, almost its own sky. ~Wordsworth
coppyright 2001 valerie walsh
those lily pads make me smile!
ReplyDeleteDo you know, Val that Wordsworth was born in a village called Grasmere in the Lake District?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful place, nearly as good as your picture.
Sweet! Love the atmosphere!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cozy place to be (love the laundry).
ReplyDeleteAdorable! Who couldn't love a Lilac house boat! Makes me smile too!
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Such a cozy little cute house. On the water makes it perfect.
ReplyDeleteWOWEEE! Who is the blonde in the doorway? Gimme some of that puppy. Bad Dog (returned)
ReplyDeletethis is just wonderful Val, so inviting and charming, I'd like to visit!
ReplyDeleteOh Val, this is gorgeous. I wish you will reprint those calendars. I love this one especially. It is very delicious, a lot of feel good vibes, the green and purple color combination is just perfect.
ReplyDeleteI love your details and embelishments, the dragonflies, lilly pads, clothesline, the dog - you have a beautiful mind!
Awww... your magic illo reminds me a colorful hotel from Apartaderos (Venezuela). It's gorgeous! In the middle of the hotel there is a little house for newlyweeds like the one you've made.
ReplyDeleteI've dreamt about it... now I'm going to dream about the one you painted, too :)
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Delightful as ever! Cute dog.
ReplyDeleteLooks like heaven!!!
ReplyDeleteur house are alwys magical but i really like ur dragoon flys and purple frogs on there green lilypads
ReplyDeleteVal, this reminds me of a recurring dream I've had of living in a sweet little cottage surrounded by calm seas. How did you know about that dream? :)
ReplyDeletehow sweet it should be to live in a houseboat!I never tried... lovely work as usual.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! I love it!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter. :*
Ahhhhh...you brought back memories of where I grew up. Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. And you know, they have a golf course there and the ninth hole is a floating GREEN! Now all they need to do is build this sweet cottage on the green--
ReplyDeleteI reallise I've missed your artwork, great to see you again! Great work as always!
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter to you :-)
Hi: You don't know me. I found you through Giggles (Sherrie), a blog friend of mine. She talked me into posting on Illustration Friday and so I did my first time yesterday. Now I am going from blog to blog seeing what others have posted. Yours is wonderfully fun.
ReplyDeleteVery cute!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! Love the previous green house too!
ReplyDeleteIf I lived in this wonderful little house I can just imagine how beautiful each day would be. And if the weather cooperated I would take a swim around the block at least once a day.
ReplyDeleteHi again. Thanks for dropping by. I'm going to post more of my tree trunk collection one of these days. I just saw that you know my cousin Vicci too on the Duck blog. This blog world does get small as we weave around in it. I'm looking forward to doing another Friday even though the group is so huge it seems virtually anonymous. Kinda fun and kinda funny.
ReplyDeleteOHH is so sweet!!!! je adoré!
ReplyDeletewhat a cute lovely house!!
ReplyDeletelovely illo!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun little house. Looks so cozy and enchanting. The colors are so festive and make me want it to be spring so bad. Haha! Great job!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Theresa
Oh! As usual it is peaceful and lovely. I always love the dog sitting on the door step.
ReplyDeleteWow...this is so awesome! I just love it...all the dragonflies and the still water and the quirky house. This is just such a great piece.
ReplyDeleteLove the dreamlike quality of it, very nice.
ReplyDeletethat would be suck a cool house!! it's like the Kings son's clubhouse. It just neeeds some baby alligators ;)
ReplyDeleteJust catching up with everyone after the holiday weekend. This is lovely Val and so serene looking! Also I love the Wordsworth quote =)
ReplyDeleteSo Cute! Val
ReplyDeleteAnother awesome house val. I really like the way you handled the swamp land. It is a very cute piece of work.
ReplyDeleteWonderfull!!!
ReplyDeletegreat illo, congrats.
Cheers from Brazil
That looks like somewhere I can go, like down, and fall into a nice, peaceful slumber...
ReplyDeleteLove it!! A house on a mot-- or house float? In either case, worth the swim!
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I love the Wordsworth quote to go with this floating house.
ReplyDeleteHi Val,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful house! Is it free for the holidays?
Great illo !
Have a nice day, night, week!
This is delightful! I love your illustrations, especially the houses & street scenes. I know a fine artist whose work you might appreciate... www.tinasotis.com
ReplyDeleteI know she'd appreciate yours!