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It's Spring
Gondolier of Venice
I Love You Mom
Winter
Autumn Rose
Bench at Giverny
Cello Fantasy
Contemplating Eve
Summer Afternoon
Ballet des Fleurs
Dolphin Fountain at the Harbor
I Love You Mom
Country Cottage
Passion Flower
A Healing Space
Flower Celebration
War and Peace
Mission at Santa Barbara
Flower Faeries
Roses of Conquest
Sailing
Floral Chorus
Voting Booth
Butterfly Woman
Flowers and Song
Grandma's Table
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Spa Day
WaterFall
Waiter at the Champs Elysees
Tea Time
Water Fountain
Beckoning Bay
Yellow Light
Swan Duet
Chef at the Farmer's Market
Meubles de Jardin
Jaaazzzz
Bon Jour
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Tag Archives: garden
Meubles de Jardin
Meubles de Jardin has both an American and Asian influence, in part a nod to gardening being one of the common languages among us. This artwork has elements of both serene Asian gardens and the lovely, well maintained more traditional … Continue reading
Posted in In the Garden, Nicole's News Hot Sheet, Portfolio, Scapes
Tagged art, Asian, asian influence, furniture, garden, in the garden, japanese, lawn, M. Nicole van Dam, nvd, retro, roses, wrought iron
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Contented Peace, Happiness and Bliss at the Bird Feeder – Grosbeaks and a Dove!
In the video below you will see Contented Peace, Bliss and Happiness at our magical bird feeder! If only the whole world got along this well! Our bird feeder is so busy, pretty soon we are going to need an … Continue reading
The Water Fountain
Water FountainThe Water Fountain The Water Fountain was inspired both by my love of gardens and water features, and by the magic memory of the story “The Secret Garden” where children find and revive a forgotten hidden garden. Perhaps that’s … Continue reading
Posted in In the Garden, Nature and Animals, Nicole's News Hot Sheet, Portfolio, Scapes, Water Features
Tagged animals, art, bird, feature, floral, fountain, garden, in the garden, living green, M. Nicole van Dam, nvd, plein air, rose, water, water feature
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Spring Flowers
Inspired by Nicole’s garden and the happy surprises that Spring brings. All the artwork you see here is available in Limited Edition prints and many household and wearable products, at Create.bz.
Posted in Abstracts, In the Garden, Nicole's News Hot Sheet, Portfolio
Tagged art, daffodil, daisy, garden, gerbera, in the garden, living green, M. Nicole van Dam, nvd, spring flower, still life, sunflower, tulip
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Our injured Black-Headed Grosbeak has a friend!
We are thrilled that so many black-headed grosbeaks have returned with the warmer weather, to keep our injured black-headed grosbeak company. Sometimes our little guy has as many as three fellow grosbeaks around him – all males. Once I saw … Continue reading
Inspiring Santa Barbara “Ever-Bloom” Nursery Tour
Thanks to my amazing friend Carol, we went with the Ventura County Garden Club on a SPECTACULAR tour of Santa Babara’s Ever-Bloom nursery – and all I can say is… LOOK AT THESE PICTURES! I am so inspired! Imagine acres … Continue reading
Next Painting to be of the Veggie Garden!
How can one not be inspired by this time of year in the garden? We just planted the vegetable garden, and it is amazing! Just as these little plants are the start of this year’s vegetable crop, so too shall … Continue reading
Posted in The Artist's Thoughts
Tagged art, crop report, environment, garden, inspiration, living green, M. Nicole van Dam, new projects
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The Veggie Garden is Planted!!!
This is such a miraculous time of the year. The garden boxes transform from barren to full of hope; the yard is all a-twitter with birds – even our blue bird houses have residents (but not blue birds!). As last … Continue reading
Thought for the Day
Sometimes it’s hard to keep trying; Sometimes it’s hard to keep believing. That’s when you need to ask yourself: When you’re 100 and look back on this moment, what do you want to see? (M. Nicole van Dam)
Posted in Thought for the Day
Tagged garden, inspiration, M. Nicole van Dam, Meubles de Jardin
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On Bluebird Houses, “Grocery Chopping,” and our Black-Headed Grosbeak
My husband has been hard at work – harvesting today’s crop, making me smile, and putting up two blue bird houses, and being all around wonderful! I have seen a few bluebirds – beautiful red-breasted Western Bluebirds – in our … Continue reading
Happy Ending!
For those of you that have been following my postings, you will know that at our birdfeeders we have seen a black-headed grosbeak wihich has a broken wing. He has wintered here with us, when instead he is supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening & Animals & Inspirations
Tagged bird, conservation, environment, garden, Grosbeak, inspiration, living green, M. Nicole van Dam, Malty, Molly, nature, squirrel, vegetable garden
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These Boots are Made for Walkin!
Fun News! There are now boots being offered for sale using my artwork! The artworks used on the boots below are Lake of Dreams, Flower Faeries, Voting Booth, Bon Jour, and It’s Spring. I’ve been so excited about this license, … Continue reading
Posted in New Nicole Artworks, New Nicole Product Updates, Nicole's News Hot Sheet, The Artist's Thoughts
Tagged Amazon, art, Bon Jour, boot, boots, Flower Faeries, footwear, garden, garden boot, It's Spring, Lake of Dreams, licensed products, M. Nicole van Dam, rain boot, Voting Booth
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The Ever Ravenous and Unendingly Cute Mort-the-Squirrel
Our squirrel Mort will eat and eat and eat. He just reaches into the bird feeder and chows down. He’s awesomely cute, and it’s fun to watch him hold the goodies in his paws and nibble away. It’s no great … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening & Animals & Inspirations
Tagged conservation, environment, garden, living green, M. Nicole van Dam, Mort, squirrel
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It’s a Squirrely Business!
As our Leonberger dog watched with his usual gentle fascination, we had two visitors to our bird feeder today – our inspirational Molly squirrel, whose broken leg happily still seems to be improving, and adorable Mort, who has the cutest … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening & Animals & Inspirations
Tagged conservation, environment, garden, inspiration, Leonberger, living green, M. Nicole van Dam, Molly, Mort, squirrel
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Update on our Black-Headed Grosbeak
Those of you who follow this blog already know that we have a wonderful black-headed Grosbeak wintering in our garden – he is supposed to be in Southern Mexico or Latin America, but because of a wing injury, he has … Continue reading
Brilliant Blue Jay masters a super-tough nut-to-crack, the Peanut Wreath!
Our wonderful neighbors gave us a heavy wire peanut wreath. It essentially is a super-tightly wound slinky, that is immobile – these wires are thick and can’t be adjusted even with human hands. The idea is to wedge the peanuts … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening & Animals & Inspirations
Tagged bird, Blue Jay, conservation, environment, garden, living green, M. Nicole van Dam, peanut, Rutherbird
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Update on Inspirational Molly Squirrel!
Our little squirrel with the broken leg, Molly, is hanging in there! Here you can see her progress – we are thrilled to see how much better Molly is doing on her broken leg. This post shares the follow-up video … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening & Animals & Inspirations
Tagged Bird Feeder, conservation, environment, garden, living green, M. Nicole van Dam, Molly, squirrel
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Thanks to Wonderful Neighbors Karen & Jim, Squirrels and Blue Jays have a GREAT Holiday!
We were so surprised when we came home and found a LARGE holiday gift bag, filled with what is best described as a large wire ring wreath, and a bag of peanuts, along with a lovely card. Our animal-loving-kindred-spirits-neighbors, Karen … Continue reading
Two Best Buds – Our Bourke Parrots (aka Bourke Parakeets); Our Female bird gets the munchies!
These two birds have come a long way since they first met. Now they can share the same cage, and when they do, they are very sympatico. Here are some little glimpses into their world: Here is some footage of … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening & Animals & Inspirations
Tagged bird, bourke, crop report, environment, garden, living green, M. Nicole van Dam, parakeet, parrot, pet, vegetable garden, veggie
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