Art for fleetwood_mouse: Practical Gardening, G

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Title: Practical Gardening
Recipient: fleetwood_mouse
Artist: [redacted]
Rating: G
Characters: H & W
Notes: I was inspired by your story about floriography, and since you mentioned retirement and domesticity, I thought some lovely old friends being happy together would please you. The flowers and plants used and their meaning (according to Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowers) are american starwort (cheerfulness in old age), oak leaved geranium (true friendship), amaranth globe (immortality & unfading love), ivy (fidelity & marriage), and cedar leaf (‘I live for thee’). Hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed working on it for you!

Comments

[bk7brokemybrain.livejournal.com]

Adorable and lovely! Now, what plants did you choose for the wreath and why?
I can't stop looking at that point of connection at the kiss, Holmes's profile and their ties and smiles and brows and....

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Sorry, header now added with explanations

[bk7brokemybrain.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Thank you!

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!

[elina-elsu.livejournal.com]

Hehehehehe aws adorable <3

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thanks Elina!

[swissmarg]

*melts* So, so pretty and sweet! I love the pastels of this that just say springtime. The tenderness of the kiss on the cheek (or nuzzle with the nose) is perfect for the delicacy of the image.

[vernets.livejournal.com]

So glad the spring/cute palette worked! Thanks so much for your lovely comment!

[tripleransom.livejournal.com]

Absolutely lovely.

What's in the wreath? Ivy for faithfulness and is that rosemary...? But what are the flowers?

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

See header, added, sorry.

[vernets.livejournal.com]

I love how everyone came up with meanings before the description was added, but your ivy was on point. Thank you and hope you enjoy the other flowers!

re; Practical Gardening

[vaysh]

So lovely, and despite all the practical gardening so wonderfully romantic. I love how the colour scheme matches the wreath and their outfits, Sherlock's nose is perfect, and the exchange of daisy for kiss just melts my heart. Thank you. ♥

Re: re; Practical Gardening

[vernets.livejournal.com]

It's an american starwort (I've learned about a lot of weird plants with this assignment), which apparently means “cheerfulness in old age”, so that's even more lovely. Thank you!!

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Beautiful -and I love Watson's specs perched on his brow.

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Oh shush, you're lovely. I need to comment on your superb entry because it's so wonderful!

[venturous1.livejournal.com]

I am melting. I want to use all those terrible words like "cute," "adorable," "dreamy," and I will say perfect. May I aspire to this moment in my own life. please?

oh, and that Holmes nose, hooking over Watson's cheekbone... awwww **puddle of goo** WAAAY better than easter candy, this.

I think that blossom must be red clover, yes?

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thank you, aw, such an adorable comment! Hope the flower description helps!

[sauron.livejournal.com]

oh, so beautiful!

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[monkeybard]

So charming and sweet! <3!

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you!

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Such beautiful colours. What a gorgeous picture.

[vernets.livejournal.com]

So happy you're commenting on the colours, I had a hard time trying to come up with a slightly different palette than I'm used to. Thank you!

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Old love is adorable love. Makes me want to write gardening fic even more than I already do :-)

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Please, please, please do. Your retired fics are always the loveliest. Thank you Tweed!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

This is just lovely. I really like the violet ties and Watson's gardening gloves are adorable.

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (That purple is my retirement colour!)

[ob-af.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous and I'm so glad that you included the meanings of the plants you chose. So, so, so glad.

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! I love floriography so it was lovely to look for plants that apply to these lovesick guys.

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

Simply beautiful.

In my headcanon, Holmes is the gardener because of the bees, so the thought of Watson joining him in that habit is just delightful. As is the snog shared by our grey-haired fools.

[vernets.livejournal.com]

That is the most perfect headcanon. Mine's that Holmes is a terrible gardener and that Watson's very good at plants, so he's taking care of the garden while Holmes grumble. Thank you for your lovely comment!

[amaraal.livejournal.com]

*smiles*

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Awww!!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Beautiful work, "redacted." I dearly love your old-married-Holmes&Watson art. And thanks for the flower-language tutorial!

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[fabelschwester.livejournal.com]

Glasses! Hands! Kisses! Their content expressions are wonderful and adorable. Love this picture!

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thank you! (Damn, I need to comment on your entry because it was f-a-b-u-l-o-u-s. I've been a terrible person this round.)

[mistyzeo.livejournal.com]

Eee, so sweet! I love the glasses on W's head, and the ring of meaningful flowers is just splendid. Also lavender gardening gloves and elbow patches, be still my heart.

your style is so familiar... sorry i'll go

[vernets.livejournal.com]

ELINOR. Remember you're not allowed to be nice to me.

[mistyzeo.livejournal.com]

I don't know where you got that idea. I'm always nice to you!

[koshartu.livejournal.com]

Aw this is precious. Love the colors.

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

I am dead from adorable. This is fantastically lovely -- and their matching purple accents are just heart-melting. The whole package is perfection.

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thanks SO MUCH. Always super happy to hear your nice comments about my sappy art!

[hardboiledbaby]

So sweet! Such a heart-melting scene. Thank you for sharing this :)

[vernets.livejournal.com]

Thank you!