Bunny?

Spotted on a tree near the beginning of the Scudder Pond trail. 

May you find interesting things along your trails. 

Buttons and Blooms

Buttons, not just for clothing ... 

Sunflower 6 x 8 Canvas board

Pink Blossoms 4 x 4 inch canvas board WIP

Sharing with Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin

HuMp DaY Haiku - Stand out

Scary as it feels

just hold firm to your beliefs!

Stand out in the crowd.

Resist societal pressure to conform. Be true to yourself even if it means being the only red flower among a field of orange. You can do it! Stand out in the crowd!

I have found that creating a haiku (non rhyming poem with 5 - 7 - 5 syllables per line) feeds my soul. I especially like creating them to go with my photos and art. 

Would you like to share a haiku you have written?  

You may include a haiku in the comments, OR you may copy your blog post url (featuring a haiku) and add a link to your blog using Mr. Linky. Consider visiting other contributors blogs to see what they've created and say hello. 

Pansies!

These little pansies have been blooming in this old bucket all winter long. Their cute little faces are still cheerfully decorating the back deck. 

Happy Sunday! 

It's Spring, it's Spring!

Yay, it's officially Spring! The weather hasn't quite figured it out, but I know and that makes the cold rainy weather almost bearable.

Thinking Spring flowers... here's a little piece I've mostly finished using the gesso and watercolor technique from Carla Sonheim's Flower Crazy class (link in sidebar).

Yellow crocus. 

Have I mentioned I LOVE this class? It takes me awhile to get anything completed (my excuse is that the gesso takes a while to dry, and so I get distracted with some other project. *laugh*). However I AM slowly completing the projects, and having great fun with the techniques.

Here is the closer-to-done-WIP that I shared last week in it's white out stage.

Abstract Roses

I have shading to finish, and finalizing the leaves, although I'm not sure quite WHAT I'm going to do with the leaves quite yet. And then other fixing of odd little bits. If I'm lucky, I'll get it done tomorrow. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

HuMp DaY Haiku - Birdbath humor

Tomorrow it's Spring! 

Frozen birdbath rubber ducks

hope it warms up soon! 

I couldn't resist getting a shot of the rubber duckies in the birdbath this morning, frozen in place. Brrrrrr! The funny part is the real birds don't seem to mind their bright yellow plastic counterparts sitting in their bird bath. My husband put them out there one day while I was at work, and it did get a laugh from me when I got home. It makes me smile every time I look out in the yard.

But look, duckies! There is hope! Grape hyacinths are a sign of spring. I'm sure it will warm up soon!

I have found that creating a haiku (non rhyming poem with 5 - 7 - 5 syllables per line) feeds my soul. I especially like creating them to go with my photos and art. 

Would you like to share a haiku you have written?  

You may include a haiku in the comments, OR you may copy your blog post url (featuring a haiku) and add a link to your blog using Mr. Linky. Consider visiting other contributors blogs to see what they've created and say hello. 

Flowers!

I'm delighted to be taking Carla Sonheim's FLOWER CRAZY online class. We're in our second week, and have played with some fun techniques... this week is gesso and watercolor.
Here are a couple I have in progress...

Step One 

Step Two

Step 3... shading still to come! 

We're now in the middle of a "white out" painting... 

White out - a few layers in...

More on this soon! We get our lessons in increments, and I'm excited to see what happens with this one.


Sharing with the artists at Paint Party Friday. Thanks Eva and Kristin for hosting us each week.

HuMP DaY Haiku - Garden Shoes

Artsy Garden Shoes!

How fun to have this foot wear

adorn your garden path!

This photo captures most of this verdant little garden, one of the container/miniature gardens a the Northwest Flower and Garden Show this year. I love the whole look, the moss, the violets, the ferns and especially the shoes! I'll have to look at the thrift stores for cool old shoes to art up and add to the garden. 

I have found that creating a haiku (non rhyming poem with 5 - 7 - 5 syllables per line) feeds my soul. I especially like creating them to go with my photos and art. 

Would you like to share a haiku you have written?  

You may include a haiku in the comments, OR you may copy your blog post url (featuring a haiku) and add a link to your blog using Mr. Linky. Consider visiting other contributors blogs to see what they've created and say hello. 

The love of old books...

Hitty, Her First Hundred Years

I found this cool old book at an estate sale a few months ago and fell in love! This is the memoir of an antique carved (of well-seasoned mountain-ash) wooden doll who travels the world over the course of a century, having many exciting adventures.  "...what is a mere hundred years to well-seasoned mountain-ash wood?"

In my recent cleaning and re-organizing, I finally decided to let her go. It's such an adorable book, however I only have so much shelf space. (even after adding another bookcase!) My hope is that another old book lover will discover Hitty, and decide she needs to come to live at their house. :)

Hitty is now available in my Etsy shop.

Spring is on the way!

Late winter garden

Fairy bells poke up their heads

Spring is on the way! 

HuMp DaY Haiku - Art Walk

 First Friday Art Walk 

Artists displaying their art

One of them my son! 

We had a wonderful time at Jason's art walk this past Friday. He was so good at showing us the art he'd worked so hard to create these pieces. We are very proud of him! 

In all the pictures I took, I didn't get a good one of Jason with his art. O.o This one was taken back at his apartment, and will have to do. *sigh*

P.S...... I just realized that my scheduler did not work, this was supposed to post late on March 5, rather than March 4th. Ack! Working without sufficient time off apparently is not good for this brain. LOL!

I have found that creating a haiku (non rhyming poem with 5 - 7 - 5 syllables per line) feeds my soul. I especially like creating them to go with my photos and art. 

Would you like to share a haiku you have written?  

You may include a haiku in the comments, OR you may copy your blog post url (featuring a haiku) and add a link to your blog using Mr. Linky. Consider visiting other contributors blogs to see what they've created and say hello. 

Flower Crazy

I just sold a couple of items from my Etsy store, which gave me enough to take this Flower Crazy online class with Carla Sonheim.

I'm so excited! I love her work, and am really looking forward to the challenge! Class starts tomorrow! Yay!

Thinking of Spring

Peony Garden Available on Etsy

Encaustic collage with one of my favorite quotes.... thinking of spring on this cold gray morning. 

Sharing with the artists at Paint Party Friday