Shadows of themselves

The shadow on the leaf was cast by the branch above it. To me it looked like a “Y”, I was so tempted to put an “A” and an “M” and use the shadow’s y to spell “Amy” I still might! This is the underside of my tiny Japanese Maple tree.

this rose is from Saab Nursery

Which is why there are black at the edges. I figured out how to make red look natural. I have spent a lot of time dumping red flowers because I couldn’t make them look real. I guess I would figure it out on my own red roses. Ok, so I reduced saturation by almost 50%…

Mums the word on green being my favorite color flower

Its strange, I cannot find in Nurseries, stores, the internet green mums of any kind. I would love to grow spider mums green or yellow. I guess I might tire of something so special if it wasn’t special anymore. But I doubt it.

Credit where it is due…167,199 views in a year + 2 months

Stained glass art project…Sophie spent spring break creating a stunning art project.  She was given a set of sharpies & gave herself a challenge that she could finish a project of her own making within the 10 days of spring break.  When she completed the project she brought it upstairs to show it to me….

My son is gifting this to his teacher

My son was working his butt off for me. I paid him & he used the money he earned, plus a little more, because he wanted this bracelet for his teacher. He is so excited to give it to her. He has said a few times that he hopes he doesn’t have a substitute tomorrow….