the perfect screen saver for my iphone

all my photos can be taken. people just need to click on the photo & drag it off. Help yourself to anything i’ve taken…i mean if you want any. ~amy

just one drop

just hanging around, waiting for me to photograph

words that bring me strength…

i made these using my photography & graphic design instruction (self taught on both accounts) skills.  i needed to create something that would bring me strength, to remind me what is important. these cards were created for me to stand on, to remind me. i printed them business sized & taped them all over my…

it ain’t easy being green…

usually people chose flowers for their color. I found this green echinacea, somewhere, a few years ago & fell in love. i love its combination of lime & dark greens. i love that i have to hunt for the flowers & when i find them, among all the greens in my garden, they stop me…

how to bring short stemmed FLOWERS INSIDE…

Almost everyone buys a few flowers for outside in the springtime. A side effect to spring fever, i think. We plant them in beds and in pots. But few flowers come with a long stem for our standard size vases. So those who leave their flowers outside, enjoy them for a few seconds as they…

my garden shines

wow. changes happen overnight…i suppose the expression, “When nature calls” it means something completely different for me. i feel the need to go outside every morning to see what is new.

my first roses stun me

these are Joseph’s coat roses. The bloom color can vary from rose to rose…most tend to lean this color.