Our weather was so nice this weekend, we couldn’t pass up the chance to let Quint take a second stroll in the garden. Everything is blooming now and color is everywhere. As you might imagine, he was pretty excited to check out the new flowers and to decide on a favorite.

Stepping out – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

He’s so happy and proud in his new walking jacket.

Strolling the garden with Dad – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Nothing’s better than sniffing flowers with Dad.

Studying purple flowers – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Quint kept returning to the lavender Rhododendron over and over. He likes this color.

Quint spots an unusual flower – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

An unusual flower caught his attention. A couple of flowers on this yellow Rhododendron had touches of pink salmon in the petals.

Bypassing the magenta azalea – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Walked right past the magenta azalea this time around…

Here’s my favorite flower! – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

… and found his favorite flower of the week. This Exbury variety azalea glowing with bright orange yellow color. Quint proclaims this the best flowers ever!

When it comes to Quint, with flowers comes painting. We were surprised how quickly Quint’s Full Spring 2016 paintings flew out of his art shop last Friday. So, we set up his studio right after his second walk on the off chance he might still have a painting urge. After a few practice dabs, he picked up right about where he left off last week.

Quint’s Full Spring 2 – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

In a few days, a small number of Full Spring 2 paintings will be up at his art shop and hoping to find forever homes. If you wish to own one, please email us or leave a comment saying so and we’ll email you back. When these are gone, that’s probably it for spring. We’re expecting a lot of rain this week and our spring flower show will come to an end. But summer is coming and with it comes a whole new round of bright colors to tease Quint out for another walk or two.

A week or so ago, I finally took my Spring garden walk. Whew! That was a long time in coming! And what glorious flowers are out there!

These flowers begged to be laid on – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Quint says the brighter, the better – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Quint’s spot for quiet contemplation – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Finally, me and Dad had to retreat back inside (noisy neighbors!) and after a good night’s sleep and a few daytime naps, I was ready to dab and pat paint to paper.

A little inspiration from the Masters – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Unbeknownst to me, Mom planned ahead on the off chance I wouldn’t get to walk through the garden. She wanted to make sure I had plenty of inspiration.

Quint adds orange – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Leaves are easy to paint. After all, I only looked at them from the window for a month or so before getting to go outside. I figure it’s hard to mess up leaves so I didn’t spend too much time looking at them once I got out in the garden. I’m all about the flowers!

Adding some orange was fun. I’m a big fan of orange *wink* And yellow too. My Mom would have you think I’d paint with nothing but yellow if I could. She might be right.

Quint deciding on color – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Hmmm, what color to add next, what color to add next?

Quint adds purple – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Purple!

This purple color made me so happy, not to mention getting to paint at last after a long winter, I got a little lovey while dabbing my paw in the palette dish. Not only did my toes do the painting this time, but some extra paw fur added flair too. It’s noticeable on my finished paintings, most notably on my pink flowers. Mom asked if this is going to be a regular thing. Silly Mom. How do I know? I’m just an artist!

Quint’s Full Spring painting – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Here’s one of my finished paintings. Mom’s calling it Full Spring, maybe because all of our flowers seem to be blooming at once. I hope you like it. And if you do, maybe you’d like to visit my art shop to see it and some other paintings I’ve done. Maybe one or two will find forever homes with you!

Quint done painting – 2016 © Colehauscats.com

Thanks for having patience with me and my Mom, waiting along with me to get to go outside for my Spring walk. Was it worth the wait? I think so!

The Relaxed Quint – 2016 © Colehauscats.com