Friday, March 17, 2006

Red Leaf Mustard


While browsing the property for some fresh sage for tonight's butter and sage pasta dish, I noticed that the red mustard I planted this fall was still looking pretty perky. I picked several leaves (quite a bite, it has!) for the salad, and decided to sketch it too for St. Patrick's Day greenery (with a nod to purple).

Note to Penny - I couldn't help but be influenced by your swiss chard sketch!

9 comments:

Sue Seibert said...

Love the beautiful mustard leaf with its fuzz and veins. Great job.

Anonymous said...

You are so prolific!! Do you ever rest, girl?? Lovely green stuff here.

Linda said...

Lin, this is amazing! I had to enlarge it and then look close to see if it was a photo or not!

"Maggie & Kevin" said...

You really have captured this beautifully, especially with the curled edges of the leaf.

Penny said...

havent looked for a few days, love the trees, your herb patch looks magic and the leaf is great. I wonder if you can get it in Australia, I dont know it. Penny in South Australia

Teri said...

Wow Lin, this is beautiful! How lucky to just walk outside and find it growing and ready to sketch.

Anonymous said...

Lin, this is stunning...and I just love your tree pics, so graceful and the beautiful washes in the backgrounds. Beautiful!

Margaret McCarthy Hunt said...

The food sounds yummm...are you inviting us to eat...the mustard leaf is gorgeous...

Julie Oakley said...

This is lovely - in fact all your your greenery on this blog page is super. And how lucky to be able to sketch with a fellow blogger.