the incomplete butterfly

one of the things i teach in my art classes for children is, “leave no white.” what struck me first about this butterfly was the absent part of his lower wing, then i noticed that if he were cut from paper, then the person that did the cutting, left the white on his wings. instead…

peeking over purple

i gotta say adding fuzz to an insect really makes them pretty darn cute. sorry he’s a little soft (ha, a pun…i meant focus)

aloe with a bow

this is a wee flower from a Kalanchoe plant. the flowers grow so tightly together, that when i tried to show how beautiful the flower is, it just looked like an orange blob. so i picked one. NOW, you can see how spectacular it is.

funky echinacea

i wanted to buy these for the garden so badly. i didn’t b/c they cost twice as much as regular pink echinacea.