A friend, Helen, came by to visit me & bring me wonderful gifts, comfort food for my family, Dahlias from her yard & cotton from Brewton, Alabama. Brewton is very far South of Birmingham. Helen’s grandmother’s house is rented to a farmer who grows cotton on the land. The house is located in an isolated…
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my black eyed susans sit on my table
my daughter brought these in for me today… My husband cleaned out an empty spice bottle for a new vase & a very small Vermont Maple syrup bottle. Some of these vases are from the bamboo scented oils kits.
How I outwit the blinding, overexposed noon day sun…
I dislike taking pictures during the brightest time of day, if I do I seek solid shadows, but I wanted this rose two toned rose. To outwit the sun, I got on my belly & took the photograph from below. There is nothing glaring, the vibrant colors can be seen & a huge bonus, I…
The colors of slate
All the colors are present when I took the photograph, but when up on my computer I saw a rainbow of color, so I popped the color up. Nature makes some beautiful things.
Words that touched me…
I had a wonderful time retyping them using my photography & picking the fonts. Life isn’t ever simple & no one is as they appear. We all have garbage we would like to bury. Believing this helps us get through all our useless sandpaper sanders…
Becoming ripe
these are photos of our gardens…the cherry tomato I picked off the vine & popped into my mouth, blew my tastebuds away. The tomatoes at publix taste like water & are mealy, while freshly grown are as flavorful as ketchup or salsa compared to water. Amazing difference, the only reason I am a fan of…
tin foil & sharpie Hamsa
This hamsa was cut from matt board, painted with acrylic, then I cut out tinfoil after coloring it. The star was cut out using a cookie cutter. I added the “diamonds” with glue. For the wire to hang…I beaded the string leaving quite a bit empty so that I could twist together, then bead into…
roses, before the deer would eat the blossoms like lollypops
I love these roses. I wish that mine would bloom. But i never thought of deer eating the blossom straight off the plant. We have rabbits eating our strawberries, our blueberries & our roses. Yesterday evening we saw a teenage fox cross the main road around our house. Maybe the fox will scare every animal…
Where I find the coolest vases…for cheap!
I find the most amazing vases–at Homegoods or T.J. Maxx. But you do not find them among the vases, you find them with the oils with the sticks…forget what they call that. After the oil disappears, I rinse & then run the glass, the oil came in, in the dishwasher. You cannot find vases like…
saved evidence
if you don’t send them to camp…this is evidence of my daughter & I, playing. the photo was taken about 9 years ago. I have been informed that I don’t do anything with my children. I love when I am able to come up with examples of me doing exactly that. Summer vacation is very…
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