tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90564951532609391142024-03-05T17:42:25.434-05:00About My House DreamsWhat Inspires Me Inside and OutDaydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-36665317573418988602016-09-28T20:17:00.003-04:002016-09-28T20:17:43.429-04:00Where Did I Wander.....<br />
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It has been a while since I added anything to this, my Forgotten Blog! I had thought I would be right back with an update on the Garden in all its Glory! Alas, good intentions and several Years have flown past... but I am still here! And I thought I would like to record the transformation of the last room in my house that had not been painted since I moved in almost nine years ago! It is the bedroom my son sleeps in and it was papered in an unbelievably dark old brown wall paper....<br />
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This is one of the only pictures I could find of the old look... </div>
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because who wants to take pictures of a dark old wall paper?</div>
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We stripped the walls one wall at a time and patched the old plaster </div>
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and began to paint. The winter had us dreaming of misty green jungles.....</div>
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The walls were old and full of holes and cracks...</div>
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We repaired the plaster, but had to paint around it </div>
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while waiting for the plaster to cure....</div>
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The idea was to graduate the shades of green,,,, light to dark...</div>
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One wall at a time.... over many many weekends....</div>
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Slowly transforming the room from dark to light....</div>
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Grounding the floor, but opening up to the "sky" above.....</div>
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And when we had completed the basic colors on all the walls...</div>
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Then it was time to start to paint the jungle...</div>
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Trees emerging from the mist.....</div>
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Layer by layer..... tree by tree.....</div>
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Wall by wall.....</div>
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Expanding the horizons of this small room....</div>
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Adding leaves to the branches....</div>
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Pushing back the slant of the ceiling....</div>
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Layer by layer, growing the misty glade....</div>
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Thickening the foliage.....</div>
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Slowly bringing the "jungle" to life.</div>
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Until suddenly the early Spring caught up to us, </div>
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but sometimes this takes me a long time!</div>
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But for now, the room has been utterly transformed...</div>
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You would never know it had once been so dark and dreary!</div>
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It seems I wandered Far Far away....</div>
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I hope you do not mind coming along!</div>
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Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-68847055205851419592013-09-10T21:21:00.000-04:002013-09-10T21:21:10.754-04:00Oh May!<br />
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Oh My! May I Show You May...?<br />
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Shall We take a trip into the recent past and stroll through my garden when May is first Whispering to the Earth and the plants are still Shyly responding... I know I have promised you these visits... and have failed to keep my appointment.... But Quick, before we have forgotten.... here is Spring Newly Sprung at my Gate...<br />
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And the Lilacs give their All early....</div>
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Scenting the air... nodding in the breezes....</div>
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And just as quickly fade away....</div>
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And the pristine beauty of an early morning after a rain......</div>
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And even the Leaves are Dew adorned.....</div>
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Dripping pearls at every lip....</div>
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And glitter with the dusting of diamonds.....</div>
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long before the blossoms are even born...!</div>
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And the wild Columbine bursts forth from between the cracks....</div>
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Self sown... and self Sufficient....</div>
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That beautiful and rarest of hues...</div>
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Blue....</div>
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Pansies too....</div>
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And amongst the rampant growth of Iris swords......</div>
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The stray tiny bells of the lily of the Valley....</div>
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Oh, can you hear them ringing? </div>
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And before you Blink... A Month has flown.....</div>
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And the Lush growth of Summer is on the cusp....</div>
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The Clematis at my door unfold their pearly petals.....</div>
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The first Roses step out on the stage.....</div>
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"Crown Princess Marguerite'</div>
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Fragrant, abundant, Magnificent in full bloom.....</div>
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Just teasing us.... because it is Not Quite June!</div>
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Preparing for it's William Morris Moment.....</div>
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Lush, Lyrical, Exuberant, </div>
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I Promise you, June......</div>
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Soon!</div>
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Spring Is Here!<br />
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Did it really take only two weeks to go from Winter to Spring? Sometimes it is like that in this part of the world! One day it is snowing and the next the sun is shining so strongly that the snow just evaporates! And suddenly the tiny flowers are blooming in the sunny corners... and it is Time to clear off last year's dead remains and let the Garden Season Begin!<br />
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Last year the Season began so early that I didn't have time to prune my Roses... </div>
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so this year they have been given a serious cutting back! </div>
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The pile by the gate is the evidence.... </div>
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I LOVE the way the Garden looks at this time of the year.... </div>
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Bleeding Heart erupting from the dead leaves.....</div>
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Tulips poking through the moss.....</div>
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The intricately pleated Lady's Mantle unfolding it's leaves.....</div>
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Primrose sending up new growth.....</div>
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And the Iris shooting forth....</div>
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The veriest Tips of the Peonies..... so Red!</div>
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And you must look carefully to see the Phlox poking through!</div>
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The Daffodils will be blooming in no Time!</div>
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But for now.... it is the Crocus that steal the Show!</div>
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Glowing in the sunlight.....</div>
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Tiny bursts of Joy!</div>
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Celebrating the New Life....</div>
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I must plant the planters full of potted pansies brought home from the Nursery...</div>
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The sweet little Johnny Jump-ups are my Favorite!!</div>
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I keep hoping they will begin to self seed in the cracks of the paving.....</div>
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And their bigger Cousins... the Pansies.... </div>
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This morning were glistening from last night's rain......</div>
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And I was late to work because I had to stop and Worship Every one....</div>
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The closely furled Crocus......</div>
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And Mr. Pickwick too.... spangled with the raindrops....</div>
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So Cheerful in the morning sun!</div>
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Ah, Yes! The Garden Season Truly has Begun!</div>
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We had more snow yesterday, amounting to about eight inches of the heavy wet stuff, so it makes it difficult to think Spring is here! But that is not at all unusual for this part of the country, so we are not surprised in the least. We have actually had a relatively mild Winter, it is just that compared with last year, which almost was No winter at all, this year seems harsher and longer. The closer we get to Spring the more it snows! You can visit my post in this blog from this same date last year to see what a contrast this year is to last. The crocus were blooming and the daffodils even had begun to open.... weeks ahead of their usual schedule! This year they are nowhere in sight!<br />
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I stood on my porch to take these few pictures, not even venturing out until the snow was done and the sun had set! The ground had been bare of snow in all but the shady corners until this morning.<br />
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The pile that the plow leaves beside the garage is back again.....</div>
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I wasn't ready last year for such early blooms.....</div>
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on this First Day of Spring in New England!</div>
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Where Did The Summer Go?<br />
Where did the Year Go!<br />
Just the other morning as I was heading out the door on my way to work, Jack Frost grabbed me and insisted that I stop and take pictures of my Garden covered in the sparkling crystals of Late Autumn! This happens to me often, Dear Friends, as I rush past the Garden on my way to work; that I Must stop and take pictures and try to capture the Beauty that is such an endless source of Joy for Me in my Garden! It seems it was only Yesterday I was adoring the crocus that bloomed so beautifully and so Early this year! And I really meant to come back here regularly and often to share the Beauty with you! But Alas, I did not and now the year has sped by..... but I did take the pictures and I will now try to share a few of the highlights with you...<br />
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The weather turned hot in the middle of March this year, and continued to be hotter than usual for most of the summer, which meant that all the flowers bloomed earlier than usual and for shorter length of time. Beginning with the Tulips that usually bloom in May arriving in April....<br />
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Capturing me as I rushed by.....</div>
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And the dew drops on the Lady's Mantle....</div>
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Glistening in the morning sun... </div>
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Who could resist stopping to take a picture or two.....!</div>
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And the Lilacs came in April.... </div>
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when usually they bloom in May...</div>
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And in May the Roses .... </div>
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Not to mention the Clematis....</div>
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That I must admire as I enter my door.... </div>
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And even a rainy morn captures me.... </div>
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as the rain is caught on the leaves....</div>
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Leaf and Bloom alike.....</div>
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But we cannot linger, Dear Friends,..... rushing to work.....</div>
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As the plants are rushing to bloom.... </div>
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Peonies explode forth....</div>
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Roses adorn Every shrub.....</div>
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With Such Abandon.....</div>
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Only rivaled by the Blossoms of the Roses Overhead....</div>
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And Every Single Blossom wanting to be admired....</div>
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On a Beautiful Summer Morning....</div>
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Calling to me....</div>
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In the Evening..... And was that only June...?</div>
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July was Merciless.... but the Day lilies didn't notice....</div>
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And my Favorite Orchid Lily too.....</div>
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The Queen Anne's Lace and the Phlox begin to bloom.....</div>
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And this year the Queen Anne's Lace was a sight to behold!</div>
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In the heat of the Summer all the other flowers faded.....</div>
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But the Queen Anne's Lace simply took my breath away...!!!</div>
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I could never get enough of it!</div>
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But even this must pass....</div>
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And suddenly the Summer is Gone!</div>
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Cobwebs and dew greet us in the fading dawn...</div>
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Some so splendid they rival the most beautiful bloom.....!</div>
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And the morning light is meeker as I rush by....</div>
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And evening light is just as soft.... and early....</div>
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As the leaves begin to fall....</div>
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Alas... I think we know...!</div>
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Painting Dream Horses....<br />
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My Most Recent Wall paintings, Dear Readers, have surprised even Me! The idea has been brewing in my mind for a long time.... wanting to paint horses in as close to Real Scale as could be managed. But I live in a very small house... and there are only a couple of walls even close to big enough to hold an entire horse! But about a year ago I embarked on the painting of my Small Upstairs Studio, a room about ten feet by twelve feet with a slanting ceiling.... and that only eight feet high. A Small Room. But I spend a lot of time in this room... and wanted to expand it's horizons visually and psychically... so I began by painting the ceiling to resemble sky and clouds in a very Pseudo-baroque manner.....<br />
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You can sort of see the effect in this picture..... ignore the Victorian ceiling fixture..... the walls are lavender and the ceiling I painted light blue.... and the "clouds" run around the top of the walls to link the two surfaces, and to try to create the illusion of sky overhead.....<br />
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and I added more detail and depth of shadowing later.....</div>
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Here you can see the corner with the slanted roof under the eaves....</div>
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But I didn't take any more pictures of it because it wasn't finished. </div>
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And then Hurricane Irene came calling.... causing much damage in the area....</div>
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and somehow I didn't continue with the painting in this room.</div>
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But the project continued to whisper to me all winter..... </div>
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I kept seeing a Horse on the larger of the walls....!</div>
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So This Summer, when I was moved to Finish the one wall in this room that still had broken lath and plaster from where a closet had been torn out by previous owners.... </div>
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requiring the upheaval and removal of half the furnishings of the room.....</div>
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The urge to paint the newly finished wall became irresistible...</div>
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This was the corner with the torn wall newly patched and trimmed.....</div>
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And this is the Irresistible Blank Slate......</div>
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With the Dream Horse Emerging..... </div>
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of course.... it had to acquire Wings..... being in the clouds....</div>
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This is the basic latex house paint undercoats.....</div>
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And the details gradually added....</div>
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With artists acrylic paint and a much smaller brush!</div>
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But This wasn't the Horse I had been dreaming of.....</div>
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This was the Smaller wall.... the wall I had never intended to paint at all....</div>
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And the Other wall still cried out for the Horse I was dreaming of.....</div>
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So I moved the Remaining furniture out of the way.....</div>
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It took me several Days to be willing to move the Furniture back into place....</div>
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for after all it is a Room and the furniture has nowhere else to go.....</div>
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And She is ignoring the furniture.....</div>
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And in a funny way, I do think they make the walls recede.....</div>
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And in spite of adding two large Horses.... the room feels bigger....</div>
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they are just plain Magic!</div>
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My Dream Horses......!</div>
<br />Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-11910146741282693772012-04-09T20:31:00.048-04:002012-04-09T23:22:54.696-04:00Painted Furniture<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAGZ1QzYo6gUicwHyW9zfWvgwLyyGYLpze8CpfgytnXNvVNsMrb2hcf9TahTkT4_bFii4dM12oZpWZSkqH4Y5BGMObsrZ96tjynI2QefaOF5XSPTF92z0XFdvZObXsU_1s-brydyqfPo/s1600/000_1638.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAGZ1QzYo6gUicwHyW9zfWvgwLyyGYLpze8CpfgytnXNvVNsMrb2hcf9TahTkT4_bFii4dM12oZpWZSkqH4Y5BGMObsrZ96tjynI2QefaOF5XSPTF92z0XFdvZObXsU_1s-brydyqfPo/s320/000_1638.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729588233372190674" border="0" /></a>I have always been fascinated by Miniatures... both in the Dollhouse world (see my other blog) and in the world of Miniature Medieval paintings.... so it is no wonder that the majority of my paintings are TINY! Executed in tiny books...(see the above picture) on scraps of paper.... even paintings for the dollhouses.... the average size has been about two inches square. The exception being my annual Christmas card which fills an 8 1/2 by 11 inches with Tiny illustrations. So it was really rather accidental that I started painting on a larger scale. It happened because I bought an unfinished wooden cabinet for my kitchen of my former house. I had been looking for a large hutch and found one that just needed painting. I had never painted furniture before.... so I jumped in and painted it Black on the outside. When that was done I decided it needed a red interior .... and perhaps some red detailing of the exterior trims.... and then maybe I should paint the date on it somewhere like they used to on antique hope chests..... Oh, and maybe I could paint some vines on it..... and some Roses.... and and .... and... before I knew it I was painting the whole cabinet in Flora and Fauna both Real and Mythical! I got a bit carried away!<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a picture of the hutch in my Old farmhouse kitchen.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODkktO3XTC63ZbUymwemWRc010bYa_aLY-GL0Yzc7VsEHyoFszy3xE822w97-KR-6Sg4xAEidQItGOIKAupSNI2pPYFphivyakFkykLJQshjJiDmriANfRsRXrVv70c1fM5_FN6GyaNU/s1600/000_1255.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODkktO3XTC63ZbUymwemWRc010bYa_aLY-GL0Yzc7VsEHyoFszy3xE822w97-KR-6Sg4xAEidQItGOIKAupSNI2pPYFphivyakFkykLJQshjJiDmriANfRsRXrVv70c1fM5_FN6GyaNU/s320/000_1255.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729587477563645602" border="0" /></a>This is it in my new house... squeezed into a corner where you can hardly see the details! I have had to go through all my old photos to find good pictures of the details to show you....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZf3eQ_sPyhktKQacQcTSnHfDnwodeX955dzkCFevPeY1q6x1vojJbaaO3XZHVfLUewUgJquOjXh4uYTu7E5C0MVXW65rVIuImksTWi-OHprCvq4IWdUS4BWKF4RiORbxeX4Szz7KhEi0/s1600/100_4023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZf3eQ_sPyhktKQacQcTSnHfDnwodeX955dzkCFevPeY1q6x1vojJbaaO3XZHVfLUewUgJquOjXh4uYTu7E5C0MVXW65rVIuImksTWi-OHprCvq4IWdUS4BWKF4RiORbxeX4Szz7KhEi0/s320/100_4023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729586821731687074" border="0" /></a>The side panels host a Heron in a small pond on one side........<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8JapUHAN8Or53YoibsQrsOAtEdB_jpGhJR_UHQC7PEiou1upW9BulnWmcXU1iF-36tsgpGjeCoIE-8iZzdU1YXO_AhxJAdBR9nkSDfDReYvyVdcn-hLhI0zXo3qBqDh1f9TYhMQ2TfM/s1600/000_0317.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8JapUHAN8Or53YoibsQrsOAtEdB_jpGhJR_UHQC7PEiou1upW9BulnWmcXU1iF-36tsgpGjeCoIE-8iZzdU1YXO_AhxJAdBR9nkSDfDReYvyVdcn-hLhI0zXo3qBqDh1f9TYhMQ2TfM/s320/000_0317.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729586294536625106" border="0" /></a>Along with hollyhocks and bees......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqP0fKU-4CwivlTeVva2Coo0cd8XcGcZ_udIMbwCw_uei_LHjKy8hjQyptNrhKTbTPvQh8sA1yfhBfs9-R58DrfYJZvHza6MDg4rxiyqCZmE2KQHnTUsCGNrgL4mAA3ZoNIKPxayN_dc/s1600/000_0318.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqP0fKU-4CwivlTeVva2Coo0cd8XcGcZ_udIMbwCw_uei_LHjKy8hjQyptNrhKTbTPvQh8sA1yfhBfs9-R58DrfYJZvHza6MDg4rxiyqCZmE2KQHnTUsCGNrgL4mAA3ZoNIKPxayN_dc/s320/000_0318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729585834588826450" border="0" /></a>And butterflies amongst the Thalictrum.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc-zNd-q2J0ItWoETZoNbVfyVyDIV2OAA0CZZTUg4JH1fxs-kzVMGzE1WtoohJ9X-VCuJz7IMd0KZpoz4LPCmgwasbDig-R3_b77ZoomnSi1RqGcMjIKNnvItG2ksvc9xTKibNAj0L4c/s1600/000_0320.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc-zNd-q2J0ItWoETZoNbVfyVyDIV2OAA0CZZTUg4JH1fxs-kzVMGzE1WtoohJ9X-VCuJz7IMd0KZpoz4LPCmgwasbDig-R3_b77ZoomnSi1RqGcMjIKNnvItG2ksvc9xTKibNAj0L4c/s320/000_0320.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729585381371721522" border="0" /></a>And on the other side..... Foxgloves, Delphiniums and Roses....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FudcRjHaZaqdNvwHxzGIpXViW4Xg9Epqc58ZEW3qvfg9rTROcsLNVbd26V1kDVXRwZc4fp1XV73bfWS9e9WGoTQoSNGyjxPlEFSG96xuJRUfOFXTC6kRTvCF3pV974Ti1OIPoP4f0w0/s1600/000_0316.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FudcRjHaZaqdNvwHxzGIpXViW4Xg9Epqc58ZEW3qvfg9rTROcsLNVbd26V1kDVXRwZc4fp1XV73bfWS9e9WGoTQoSNGyjxPlEFSG96xuJRUfOFXTC6kRTvCF3pV974Ti1OIPoP4f0w0/s320/000_0316.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729584898250498898" border="0" /></a>and a Faun playing his pipes amongst the Violets and Columbine.......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDxlcQ2-dATyPcLIaVhAnjvuaj1GCI46oruStbi6QusBjy8GBkaQn_9UmVfKt5BUTRLe1JVtDUipT68H0ebsr30ZhNCZBX88k-kqS7-kbxr2LT4gZ1joySRGc2ctliiNCj3-T36nOLzw/s1600/000_0312.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDxlcQ2-dATyPcLIaVhAnjvuaj1GCI46oruStbi6QusBjy8GBkaQn_9UmVfKt5BUTRLe1JVtDUipT68H0ebsr30ZhNCZBX88k-kqS7-kbxr2LT4gZ1joySRGc2ctliiNCj3-T36nOLzw/s320/000_0312.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729584406621199378" border="0" /></a>And a rare native Lady's Slipper Orchid......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04fwh7lpV7id5tz4GbNydIa32m8tZ9loiCx7XyK04Dq5LmWQuSoKiOtqdEyqmI4DIMPGBdaFf2JKAeaTbInlPVorJ8FFv8uSqWHRbwT3_qP9F-EqK_-r5wSkf0WUmwF0VyG6W0A6xTss/s1600/000_0314.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04fwh7lpV7id5tz4GbNydIa32m8tZ9loiCx7XyK04Dq5LmWQuSoKiOtqdEyqmI4DIMPGBdaFf2JKAeaTbInlPVorJ8FFv8uSqWHRbwT3_qP9F-EqK_-r5wSkf0WUmwF0VyG6W0A6xTss/s320/000_0314.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729583932664688434" border="0" /></a>And on the inside there are some mischievous mice.....<br />Hiding in the teacups...... I know my painted one doesn't look very real...<br />but it was the first time I had tried any trompe l'oeil painting....!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PpKydsB0TE3veC_zO8pKzvgBe3c6ogU9THjWRcfP61ZX9-eY__yciskQaasnBrc8AApAnsKTfzW8YIgmliI5JBDZm2Pev4A1CSVSJjEKmlot8YXjMB80l3L7xRBGR7OmrBMgIcgbZNY/s1600/000_0608.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PpKydsB0TE3veC_zO8pKzvgBe3c6ogU9THjWRcfP61ZX9-eY__yciskQaasnBrc8AApAnsKTfzW8YIgmliI5JBDZm2Pev4A1CSVSJjEKmlot8YXjMB80l3L7xRBGR7OmrBMgIcgbZNY/s320/000_0608.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729583024826059074" border="0" /></a>And hidden in the leaves at the base are some elvish pixies......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRJZzswKcyJts1WgYn7kgLD1kTqyOf6x-_sSkmW_vV5tM5X-nelVfXVIaBt8UOUDwO5YYCCG3-CPGiK_eXbxm5cDQdksAJ8dilE58_G_0xJTJtnKKE1lLKbRLrLCRa0EUHgxHFvuduOY/s1600/000_0604.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRJZzswKcyJts1WgYn7kgLD1kTqyOf6x-_sSkmW_vV5tM5X-nelVfXVIaBt8UOUDwO5YYCCG3-CPGiK_eXbxm5cDQdksAJ8dilE58_G_0xJTJtnKKE1lLKbRLrLCRa0EUHgxHFvuduOY/s320/000_0604.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729581992050790530" border="0" /></a>And Flower Blossom Fairies.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqtFijBJJudcp9YsCX_jtCtkXvsFJYU2PlvRskwMymNDDSvk89sncFJay2HP2WC7Rf1R8RO5U8_4FRJCA_rbiEmBN6doFGkcYO9JSqpmnUX6MqBMG4tnHlK1Oa2gl4HYxPq5vmT99I0c/s1600/000_0605.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqtFijBJJudcp9YsCX_jtCtkXvsFJYU2PlvRskwMymNDDSvk89sncFJay2HP2WC7Rf1R8RO5U8_4FRJCA_rbiEmBN6doFGkcYO9JSqpmnUX6MqBMG4tnHlK1Oa2gl4HYxPq5vmT99I0c/s320/000_0605.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729581601347347842" border="0" /></a>And more little mice...... amongst the roses......<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNzE58GwmYnif5CAPM4yWgeX3zULc1CmWN65krnq9b61mJDO0Q0B21cljzklcTd0yaMZg_93Hae9bXU_7_5TdMQqFhEtj86rlRihTyfIzzhYjWWR8rA8G24WA3HzjSneYnc28M24jvqs/s1600/000_1928.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNzE58GwmYnif5CAPM4yWgeX3zULc1CmWN65krnq9b61mJDO0Q0B21cljzklcTd0yaMZg_93Hae9bXU_7_5TdMQqFhEtj86rlRihTyfIzzhYjWWR8rA8G24WA3HzjSneYnc28M24jvqs/s320/000_1928.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729581025364367682" border="0" /></a>It was such a revelation to me that I was painting the same images on both my Miniatures and the larger furnishings.... the only difference was in the Scale! And then I thought...<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Why stop at the edges of the Furniture????<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And so I started painting the clouds on the ceiling......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">here in a room all of sky with a bed of Painted Roses......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqQm7rXjiY-OhIa7vhuRWdoN5VShgKfj9F60j4yy-IXz9XoXE7a5Mu5kyOxRERPo1rAPx9dsgHMIO57ahhefQoFfu8YDZWkPdosJ8a8cp_t1_VjNWMT9QlXSnF6eDapQvLIh9ZttvRlY/s1600/100_0558.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqQm7rXjiY-OhIa7vhuRWdoN5VShgKfj9F60j4yy-IXz9XoXE7a5Mu5kyOxRERPo1rAPx9dsgHMIO57ahhefQoFfu8YDZWkPdosJ8a8cp_t1_VjNWMT9QlXSnF6eDapQvLIh9ZttvRlY/s320/100_0558.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729580173743660498" border="0" /></a>And started a forest going up my stairway.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGwtYBIRXjR6A5GI4Z0zP7-3JNJ59qmAMU2sNX5GO8ETgK4p3fCFFI4LOEM-iX9vvm4ca8fipakysX-DpXnLLZgk2mw-1HwAu0Pe6TocggHfHaDBCJGFWk1WEL9S6tNfd0dvdGlqiMUA/s1600/000_2563.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGwtYBIRXjR6A5GI4Z0zP7-3JNJ59qmAMU2sNX5GO8ETgK4p3fCFFI4LOEM-iX9vvm4ca8fipakysX-DpXnLLZgk2mw-1HwAu0Pe6TocggHfHaDBCJGFWk1WEL9S6tNfd0dvdGlqiMUA/s320/000_2563.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729579553071135282" border="0" /></a>But always wanting the Details to be as precise as when I painted the miniatures.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which takes Forever.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsF-7Q8_ZLm_l6B7Yk4zsYTMAVQVAWQC0y83P-2rQ8wh-QQggUJFGjscnT6T_NFBTYWlTe3iPPlf8JXqCC40rY3mkJXPyrJyjeJ99hnzz2Az3nsgMS2HPmG04A1-bvDpN-vxOqGCrXko/s1600/000_1259.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsF-7Q8_ZLm_l6B7Yk4zsYTMAVQVAWQC0y83P-2rQ8wh-QQggUJFGjscnT6T_NFBTYWlTe3iPPlf8JXqCC40rY3mkJXPyrJyjeJ99hnzz2Az3nsgMS2HPmG04A1-bvDpN-vxOqGCrXko/s320/000_1259.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729575909587967090" border="0" /></a>I painted lots of other furniture....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">experimenting and playing with the three dimensional nature of the "Ground" but always wanting it to be a Garden......<br /><br />I did a series of chairs representing the seasons.......<br />Here I am working on the "Winter" chair.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqiMjS65w9tQxrIkMYB14VNSaIapgUG_oiz1ONocmIhqZha2tmzYRUA0P6uZ4YG_SePLxI2fd2cvskSxqoLHbrTXaB-idptTYJrw64Qrt5GWiQFU5vlrkrRxPzMVSgvDZSuJrj_WKoIA/s1600/000_1085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqiMjS65w9tQxrIkMYB14VNSaIapgUG_oiz1ONocmIhqZha2tmzYRUA0P6uZ4YG_SePLxI2fd2cvskSxqoLHbrTXaB-idptTYJrw64Qrt5GWiQFU5vlrkrRxPzMVSgvDZSuJrj_WKoIA/s320/000_1085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729574793234221730" border="0" /></a>A detail... nuthatch and grapevines....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O9CBPxf3BH2TbtDg7R8LMY0sGYKzqq7k_D5Q3QBFCvfNSwPy3oAIK9_DxVhsPsv8AeCH-XxydeMUpN38RELQyRLQbTFF38VSN60WKKTxoNwypyudXAQxuY87NsOdmxvuFkdkXAozTS0/s1600/000_1265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O9CBPxf3BH2TbtDg7R8LMY0sGYKzqq7k_D5Q3QBFCvfNSwPy3oAIK9_DxVhsPsv8AeCH-XxydeMUpN38RELQyRLQbTFF38VSN60WKKTxoNwypyudXAQxuY87NsOdmxvuFkdkXAozTS0/s320/000_1265.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729574022576097778" border="0" /></a>And more details.... milkweed pods....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Queen Anne's Lace seedheads..... Holly.... Snow....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZI91k5__5HKn4nQX_1ftkckXfkQRgdrijZG1cW_5F33WHU1zEUUjivlwN5rgI1Ez__X5ibRhYxhIemhQPs_Srj3MjIARBF9ATyI7ZsN01jLliWIBUoCrQdb-CGfQtP2D-8mIKJQVS2Y/s1600/000_1271.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZI91k5__5HKn4nQX_1ftkckXfkQRgdrijZG1cW_5F33WHU1zEUUjivlwN5rgI1Ez__X5ibRhYxhIemhQPs_Srj3MjIARBF9ATyI7ZsN01jLliWIBUoCrQdb-CGfQtP2D-8mIKJQVS2Y/s320/000_1271.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729573448760073362" border="0" /></a>Close-up of the Beech leaves that cling to the trees all winter......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglM3yVrViayPd7if-YbSN3R_kWLwzS1b155XdLLjTI34SOcqQVyR0i8d4M5QQciE9jqZAzCQ-YlYsF-lr3sVV1owYXBtqjFfHSabpXMSjwg2AJGFCXqF9IOCEad2Gxyubp8UFpj1Qu7Lg/s1600/000_1269.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglM3yVrViayPd7if-YbSN3R_kWLwzS1b155XdLLjTI34SOcqQVyR0i8d4M5QQciE9jqZAzCQ-YlYsF-lr3sVV1owYXBtqjFfHSabpXMSjwg2AJGFCXqF9IOCEad2Gxyubp8UFpj1Qu7Lg/s320/000_1269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729572922893590930" border="0" /></a>This is an overview of the "Autumn" chair.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_K4Xa9_dBj2oXcNAVej_u3ckuhyphenhyphenHFgH_vAfnP5o0gJVxM3XiRqevO_ErbI7eBYOxHorsvgRZA4_VUZRcDjV62-qUh3nH6EuZEQwawODzmBtELQNDUJc-TfS5NtO_Qi17IgHzT7ZZAQw/s1600/000_0027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_K4Xa9_dBj2oXcNAVej_u3ckuhyphenhyphenHFgH_vAfnP5o0gJVxM3XiRqevO_ErbI7eBYOxHorsvgRZA4_VUZRcDjV62-qUh3nH6EuZEQwawODzmBtELQNDUJc-TfS5NtO_Qi17IgHzT7ZZAQw/s320/000_0027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729571999402325730" border="0" /></a>A closer view of the seat.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClvJ_hz61j_m4mU13_QdDy4QfEgRVV2VsDiR2L1UkSDs2tFLmn8tp-Tqfib1GxpJemq5fGRLOME7GeqF0CEEum1Pv9h1TM-Xte4vqEJiXC3Kh059ycd8Vd1h-_0aYuXJ53pY1Bw3op58/s1600/000_0026.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClvJ_hz61j_m4mU13_QdDy4QfEgRVV2VsDiR2L1UkSDs2tFLmn8tp-Tqfib1GxpJemq5fGRLOME7GeqF0CEEum1Pv9h1TM-Xte4vqEJiXC3Kh059ycd8Vd1h-_0aYuXJ53pY1Bw3op58/s320/000_0026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729571583543294626" border="0" /></a>You can faintly see the spider's web spun across the middle......<br />(remember to poke the pictures to enlarge them)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTExzqigNT-dYyE9Mye7RrR5GeKpP74OLgp1ArAhfJKH9JwfMvHq5T8A4jpQieI3CQSFaAMiaFxZ5XILku3a14gqkgU0o9SO6iLwNt5i72TdCAssBohVjOiQSfU8vtxAwj8C9HpSK62c/s1600/000_0030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTExzqigNT-dYyE9Mye7RrR5GeKpP74OLgp1ArAhfJKH9JwfMvHq5T8A4jpQieI3CQSFaAMiaFxZ5XILku3a14gqkgU0o9SO6iLwNt5i72TdCAssBohVjOiQSfU8vtxAwj8C9HpSK62c/s320/000_0030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570980158319090" border="0" /></a>More detail of the Goldenrod going to seed....<br />Rose hips.... Japanese Beetle....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrdHGyHWWg3DpjRWGdLk_bW1kGRGvyqNvmQEts5dMxc7qboB4hCtDkaPa0p6X613jK8dsnSZJJglnlxz-mREZobVMFAz_EDfHDiA80TNT9esTWeIzcmZ6thlmWzS5su7BhvMCt4fovWU/s1600/000_0028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrdHGyHWWg3DpjRWGdLk_bW1kGRGvyqNvmQEts5dMxc7qboB4hCtDkaPa0p6X613jK8dsnSZJJglnlxz-mREZobVMFAz_EDfHDiA80TNT9esTWeIzcmZ6thlmWzS5su7BhvMCt4fovWU/s320/000_0028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570492070013074" border="0" /></a>And this is the "Summer" chair......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">a Riot of Garden bloom....!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhet-rMkNxdUk2VrDwG4Vo2upcJ_GeFc8UkYTJ7ioWfSmUGpQLdKa5DvziVgGduegh8H2HYVQbEjGmcdc2nDcEQ4zPaUd866JPyx8mYXAP8gxFj34LdET9tXdoywIC-5gbkxVOVbKBrtw0/s1600/000_1320.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhet-rMkNxdUk2VrDwG4Vo2upcJ_GeFc8UkYTJ7ioWfSmUGpQLdKa5DvziVgGduegh8H2HYVQbEjGmcdc2nDcEQ4zPaUd866JPyx8mYXAP8gxFj34LdET9tXdoywIC-5gbkxVOVbKBrtw0/s320/000_1320.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729569841573393986" border="0" /></a>Details of the Roses and Queen Anne's Lace.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAisdnlRz2HJvfLSLNlJgnwR8LfEzW5TCTRBw_Va9C6EX5quxFT8XmfFt3N26tLs9gRSwxmHERHTmO2MOAmUsiDGqeSxlY1t6g0NA2qrj7Wa4IHrhkbsoHbZMOvVbUjN8BVmEOgNLfMvA/s1600/000_1321.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAisdnlRz2HJvfLSLNlJgnwR8LfEzW5TCTRBw_Va9C6EX5quxFT8XmfFt3N26tLs9gRSwxmHERHTmO2MOAmUsiDGqeSxlY1t6g0NA2qrj7Wa4IHrhkbsoHbZMOvVbUjN8BVmEOgNLfMvA/s320/000_1321.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729569597213830210" border="0" /></a>Foxgloves on the Back spindles......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1vQq2H7Gu46F0sSvGI9-PJJ3-zlWyCFZOKCM4UDFN_TTZwxUXJPZzFR681WpQ3tVo1WQmyAy3n29vwxSn_PSFHjXMSsCVQye1FoOcZto5CVgPDDqn_s8M-PMpXkDUCNEIaiMvPiqrJU/s1600/000_1324.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1vQq2H7Gu46F0sSvGI9-PJJ3-zlWyCFZOKCM4UDFN_TTZwxUXJPZzFR681WpQ3tVo1WQmyAy3n29vwxSn_PSFHjXMSsCVQye1FoOcZto5CVgPDDqn_s8M-PMpXkDUCNEIaiMvPiqrJU/s320/000_1324.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729569167414174242" border="0" /></a>And Delphiniums too.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0B2G5F_PSeoPq15_b9AvMxeVCPCpaLfdv-j2lYFVL3PZiTd0esI07RqI9aMQIDNRjzHLCDMjIz2eXcFEoRXFjbOmJi4d9EYcfASGld4nIINsKZk9XXprj7E1nmSpRKzEm0sItdHqBmo/s1600/000_1325.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0B2G5F_PSeoPq15_b9AvMxeVCPCpaLfdv-j2lYFVL3PZiTd0esI07RqI9aMQIDNRjzHLCDMjIz2eXcFEoRXFjbOmJi4d9EYcfASGld4nIINsKZk9XXprj7E1nmSpRKzEm0sItdHqBmo/s320/000_1325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729568769215842418" border="0" /></a>While most of the furniture was commissioned work...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I painted a few pieces for myself.....<br />So I still have them...<br />And I could Please only myself......<br />And cover them with Exotic Naked Angels if I wished.......<br />This is my desk.....!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHfGdm6X8nPUCoQpyT6MKei6N7aLX2mu7_ahR-N07WFhdP8m3_YvfUP6xnyFaCZAM9v0ebVLf-EQpYVD9BbnPbRmZhSE8Vhnyp0AWeDwzSzzWOlcwz-MIKfKtSIyVi0LwhXa622PtevE/s1600/100_4034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHfGdm6X8nPUCoQpyT6MKei6N7aLX2mu7_ahR-N07WFhdP8m3_YvfUP6xnyFaCZAM9v0ebVLf-EQpYVD9BbnPbRmZhSE8Vhnyp0AWeDwzSzzWOlcwz-MIKfKtSIyVi0LwhXa622PtevE/s320/100_4034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729568028752277490" border="0" /></a>Did I mention that I ADORE BLUE?<br /><br />Here is a closer view of this Angel.....<br />Not your ordinary angel.......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCYEFxLihpdZgAUCSNzrRjMnbuXGePNrOJFLz5omxmRj0_FydMqW1WdxsmsB-sLs12TXFUo4sUXx_PhmRkBHtKOd5xSyhDvSFwv5Xog_EZ-0OYw7uUVEIn4-r1xvOrwRH8EF7B_aGh4A/s1600/100_4035.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCYEFxLihpdZgAUCSNzrRjMnbuXGePNrOJFLz5omxmRj0_FydMqW1WdxsmsB-sLs12TXFUo4sUXx_PhmRkBHtKOd5xSyhDvSFwv5Xog_EZ-0OYw7uUVEIn4-r1xvOrwRH8EF7B_aGh4A/s320/100_4035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729567612534072242" border="0" /></a>And another one on the side panel of the desk......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SF4WE5RjCjWEPck7wbwoD8useggYUY3nnKeyPych6nlS8NVtxh5VSq5vaM6yLwJFeppN0YsV7Hm0CH789K6DXzjYH5Kdpc3FJvJG_Kajqmo7HSkR4FI97cEu9BHoOrPmbQMB-j-ClsY/s1600/100_4037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SF4WE5RjCjWEPck7wbwoD8useggYUY3nnKeyPych6nlS8NVtxh5VSq5vaM6yLwJFeppN0YsV7Hm0CH789K6DXzjYH5Kdpc3FJvJG_Kajqmo7HSkR4FI97cEu9BHoOrPmbQMB-j-ClsY/s320/100_4037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729567181750719234" border="0" /></a>Here is a closer view.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKphU9AvWGpPg8quty41u67BfoGM_Z1ewjyD4NPw0MGp9a8zHqcWpLTENChmWl_XGfSmtdnQl-UEUxYDdy4si9ch9m1rfO_cwETxtJtGCx0H0UcUcTB7NYfmr-8txp_Lg7jjfALixfGT0/s1600/100_4038.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKphU9AvWGpPg8quty41u67BfoGM_Z1ewjyD4NPw0MGp9a8zHqcWpLTENChmWl_XGfSmtdnQl-UEUxYDdy4si9ch9m1rfO_cwETxtJtGCx0H0UcUcTB7NYfmr-8txp_Lg7jjfALixfGT0/s320/100_4038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729566774530812578" border="0" /></a>The other side features a more ordinary Garden selection......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Birds and butterflies in the Honeysuckle and Roses......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggs4qRAcDTKiY6DWuTjWxgaulsZH0vvJ5sjAFKsOZkgjvrf-dYJ6SmmHSrnXo9UwgkCkOhruavpLghoLn1qTLhBwMbn3zoiy-kNzFMwlY1Q45Jige4SbalMPunNIQSenx8EV3dSM_J9BQ/s1600/100_4043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggs4qRAcDTKiY6DWuTjWxgaulsZH0vvJ5sjAFKsOZkgjvrf-dYJ6SmmHSrnXo9UwgkCkOhruavpLghoLn1qTLhBwMbn3zoiy-kNzFMwlY1Q45Jige4SbalMPunNIQSenx8EV3dSM_J9BQ/s320/100_4043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729566309683595714" border="0" /></a>I LOVE to paint on richly colored grounds.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">playing off the contrasting colors.......<br />and the subtle variants of blue on blue......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiyHjIGlzokH0Mkhd2VXRVXvotRVDN4ZvtqD9LiXNMRjN5kFOOcunSlgJczhvFFieX4i5DbM1MSEBxfVGWIVd9TIa3d9s3ElGyVbBSXtqK-18DO0MEOCIosW6fCvhoTl4D4IW3Vg3P60/s1600/100_4041.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiyHjIGlzokH0Mkhd2VXRVXvotRVDN4ZvtqD9LiXNMRjN5kFOOcunSlgJczhvFFieX4i5DbM1MSEBxfVGWIVd9TIa3d9s3ElGyVbBSXtqK-18DO0MEOCIosW6fCvhoTl4D4IW3Vg3P60/s320/100_4041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729566133231688754" border="0" /></a>As with the Campanulas above...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Delphiniums here....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurYoDxU5nIsoEC-lJ_jzT0X08OaAxmaaLSHv8scojPvvX-j43xX1vFb1VISNKCzs26JP-JU24_TEz_685QjPjVADiR4Kvs9WNozcSa1wOzDioyq2yURqqfgdVPEtSJp3InYfogNdmloU/s1600/100_4042.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurYoDxU5nIsoEC-lJ_jzT0X08OaAxmaaLSHv8scojPvvX-j43xX1vFb1VISNKCzs26JP-JU24_TEz_685QjPjVADiR4Kvs9WNozcSa1wOzDioyq2yURqqfgdVPEtSJp3InYfogNdmloU/s320/100_4042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729565901220579650" border="0" /></a>And playing with the three dimensions...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">wrapping the Roses around to the interior too....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKHnXgVrhvBU7cG8YFetcigT_gbBI37_OsJMop66TELarq7fCJwAUzfh7Jt7kGlzYZGg9R5_-wG5gMd4ZJK1jxq-i9kjQj6B1Sojg7PSLdb5Kvna0z3rZN4Hmx9kIGb7M_Kx43TsaLjo/s1600/100_4045.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKHnXgVrhvBU7cG8YFetcigT_gbBI37_OsJMop66TELarq7fCJwAUzfh7Jt7kGlzYZGg9R5_-wG5gMd4ZJK1jxq-i9kjQj6B1Sojg7PSLdb5Kvna0z3rZN4Hmx9kIGb7M_Kx43TsaLjo/s320/100_4045.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729565604456303026" border="0" /></a>And hiding secret Trompe l'oeil treasures within......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">such as this key on the inside of the door.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2PzmZnd1mo3QnhOE0muCW0MUxazSWM1ghOvS92ioHCxKqjC4gFJONSVj1xWN1XKXEFTVFHW2GEDJb8BoS0HWxMpqU-O_HOeK6KIFy1anOMu1tfLYtMGDOwXLdsqN-pJcE_94FPSWg2s/s1600/100_4048.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2PzmZnd1mo3QnhOE0muCW0MUxazSWM1ghOvS92ioHCxKqjC4gFJONSVj1xWN1XKXEFTVFHW2GEDJb8BoS0HWxMpqU-O_HOeK6KIFy1anOMu1tfLYtMGDOwXLdsqN-pJcE_94FPSWg2s/s320/100_4048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729565341928639266" border="0" /></a>It's the "Key to Happiness"... don't you know...?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOAxuCd9H5QOI6Wvp2GmvLUvMVlvF2P6U1LD30oq-Tam-B9Xztds6VnVOWIyuwZgTSPBlvuQ6qOhkheGHKD_1f63LMGGu8BfXFVJsPkKqLOH82d5urAc4B0SZigpV0pTlWhCJsJO9HoI/s1600/100_4047.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOAxuCd9H5QOI6Wvp2GmvLUvMVlvF2P6U1LD30oq-Tam-B9Xztds6VnVOWIyuwZgTSPBlvuQ6qOhkheGHKD_1f63LMGGu8BfXFVJsPkKqLOH82d5urAc4B0SZigpV0pTlWhCJsJO9HoI/s320/100_4047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729564952074460274" border="0" /></a>And always returning to the littlest details.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The stamens of the Honeysuckle blossoms....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy8k3b_yp4yz_bA_-DHkfdYNP9Wazr7IZ00i3C3LDxwa6orzI3krQ-_hiTdo7c3rDMvpkbZKeH8gCvt7QaMdH6zoB-bHzjnOovTHvH1SCBdgGSsGZpaigu6eASGgMsC4NVlbD828smiA/s1600/000_2313.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy8k3b_yp4yz_bA_-DHkfdYNP9Wazr7IZ00i3C3LDxwa6orzI3krQ-_hiTdo7c3rDMvpkbZKeH8gCvt7QaMdH6zoB-bHzjnOovTHvH1SCBdgGSsGZpaigu6eASGgMsC4NVlbD828smiA/s320/000_2313.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729564398396342754" border="0" /></a>The falling petals of the poppies......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOq5TYHH_ryotdDicD8jFwCTf4sontdDj6bBq8fzAnvN12qT589I8-JTLS0KANasjyTALM5w5ayltM6kZFQMfK5AJ1kZdNMupbkZKAyXxugrqKROubugPZCm5WqFeSCAD5UV53btae6Y/s1600/000_2311.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOq5TYHH_ryotdDicD8jFwCTf4sontdDj6bBq8fzAnvN12qT589I8-JTLS0KANasjyTALM5w5ayltM6kZFQMfK5AJ1kZdNMupbkZKAyXxugrqKROubugPZCm5WqFeSCAD5UV53btae6Y/s320/000_2311.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729564193775791250" border="0" /></a>The tiny hairs on the bent stem of the almost open bloom.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The buttercup.....<br />the grasshopper......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQ1gTL9Nvoq0lMQQKpMH3HTD7jnZf11t9YuKiSB4FY_DR3Mw2C5Djm03lfVuFIh1jRteeiQoi2O7rrpp87QdvZ7Z8WIwDFiatUibIu4bXACQRLLNTRzJdkdZuS9mT4na_kpsuoAKvxR8/s1600/000_2310.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQ1gTL9Nvoq0lMQQKpMH3HTD7jnZf11t9YuKiSB4FY_DR3Mw2C5Djm03lfVuFIh1jRteeiQoi2O7rrpp87QdvZ7Z8WIwDFiatUibIu4bXACQRLLNTRzJdkdZuS9mT4na_kpsuoAKvxR8/s320/000_2310.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729564045138228770" border="0" /></a>Even a Firefly glowing on a rose leaf....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">not that you can see the glow very well.... but just wait til dusk......!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Q7fhg-rCbgp_K4RgcE7M47ijRPLn-aPzZkJ2xUY5qcBIBgm9rvWhtRQLHcMjGNi2OBixsl0TKXPNiH2XI7xtzYXoB3UrJ2n3-Rb9WS_olNWErTmEzcDy-QFisTtGqmWMSqhOdGoh9oQ/s1600/000_2312.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Q7fhg-rCbgp_K4RgcE7M47ijRPLn-aPzZkJ2xUY5qcBIBgm9rvWhtRQLHcMjGNi2OBixsl0TKXPNiH2XI7xtzYXoB3UrJ2n3-Rb9WS_olNWErTmEzcDy-QFisTtGqmWMSqhOdGoh9oQ/s320/000_2312.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729563876392525890" border="0" /></a>I just wish I could paint the scent of Roses.......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Painted Furniture<br /><br /><br />All images and original artwork are copyright by the artist.<br />Please respect this and ask permission before using or copying these images.<br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-2734676145588380572012-03-22T20:34:00.032-04:002012-03-22T21:56:31.784-04:00Spring Is Here!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-2vnEk6fSvPw5CHO1Pphq-ExI02Woq5Ybv4_4A7vNuZ3YQogkTpzq9mNq_XIbCSOUc0SBCIQ_Rp2EvoCn3WCO_orBcWd1kmjaThUOBTsQLhyphenhyphenuX3hgKJwD7mFrG6Pa8dvB-NpcnPZmVA/s1600/100_3344.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-2vnEk6fSvPw5CHO1Pphq-ExI02Woq5Ybv4_4A7vNuZ3YQogkTpzq9mNq_XIbCSOUc0SBCIQ_Rp2EvoCn3WCO_orBcWd1kmjaThUOBTsQLhyphenhyphenuX3hgKJwD7mFrG6Pa8dvB-NpcnPZmVA/s320/100_3344.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722894651404158962" border="0" /></a>In Worship of the Humble Crocus<br /><br />The Winter that never really came is Gone!<br />Spring has Arrived with Such uncommon Vigor that it has taken Me by surprise!<br />I am Almost not ready!<br />On the First of March, we had eight inches of snow on the ground. On the eighth of March we had one inch of snow lingering in patches and hiding in shadows. The temperature had dipped briefly to 6 degrees F somewhere in between the arrival of the snow and its departure. Was THAT Winter?<br />It seems so!<br />This week it has been so HOT, temperatures in the 70's F every day!<br />My Garden is ready to be swept of last years dead leaves... a task we usually don't dare start until April... as the old leaves are a blanket for the tender plants in the cold weather.<br />Last weekend I bravely uncovered a few of the corners where I knew the crocus would emerge.... where they already WERE poking from the earth!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcd7JPPV2S0o_OoFeraRN50uvs9POCpgcLWx4qFqtJyEjA3uR8mkyF7K6ReRq_MF7Ecq0pCQz_uQ5COddGzXs0tEpZ1K25wWQYnCxucZ631acenwuZsJ-3V3smBhDqp8jDPlcxxrQ8RMk/s1600/100_3289.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcd7JPPV2S0o_OoFeraRN50uvs9POCpgcLWx4qFqtJyEjA3uR8mkyF7K6ReRq_MF7Ecq0pCQz_uQ5COddGzXs0tEpZ1K25wWQYnCxucZ631acenwuZsJ-3V3smBhDqp8jDPlcxxrQ8RMk/s320/100_3289.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722894104736736722" border="0" /></a>I LOVE the way the garden looks at the very beginning of Spring... all flat and Brown and empty.... with only the Bones showing.... the shrubs and stems and hard paving....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6o1FZRji1kmkwalpVu2zqfGYzLcbWaqFNtz4LE5tysbKDfzjJkUwX_6ihjtENJVJ6KIgzN_uevxT06Mn26Pujz_pCvjNm83gw_0K683CM_b0p-bfLoo56sqrXxvoCRkH3E2lsgERvD0/s1600/100_3290.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6o1FZRji1kmkwalpVu2zqfGYzLcbWaqFNtz4LE5tysbKDfzjJkUwX_6ihjtENJVJ6KIgzN_uevxT06Mn26Pujz_pCvjNm83gw_0K683CM_b0p-bfLoo56sqrXxvoCRkH3E2lsgERvD0/s320/100_3290.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722893946094000370" border="0" /></a>And the few brave bulbs sending up their leaves and stalks...<br /><br />And if you look closely you can see the crocus huddled in the corner by the porch foundation...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJA1KUdHUomm27Ktr5RYM7DA5zi112b0ZnagT9pdQAiDpTiW-MPJKdhIL0gyoPHApSTD47Iju3BS___56nBWrSl_DbS0O0xq8UEP2B43Ko3DwBSoOrzz0Fqj97JpeSU0KBigrGWSDtLI/s1600/100_3292.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJA1KUdHUomm27Ktr5RYM7DA5zi112b0ZnagT9pdQAiDpTiW-MPJKdhIL0gyoPHApSTD47Iju3BS___56nBWrSl_DbS0O0xq8UEP2B43Ko3DwBSoOrzz0Fqj97JpeSU0KBigrGWSDtLI/s320/100_3292.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722893794269473778" border="0" /></a>Bare Rose canes and Clematis vines......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hard to imagine the Color they will display so soon.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4f6NyVQ6oP3KNfQzdpFtBOzcz7hvCE8p_fX1z5WWx94pytE5kGvTV_0aBQBt5sh_QQzPKCEM9mJHPAJqfR4vba7KHYRoxGobgcLbiH_xcqRgWBg31xiQLaXsYhmmnPne14c4ie4WsVVg/s1600/100_3293.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4f6NyVQ6oP3KNfQzdpFtBOzcz7hvCE8p_fX1z5WWx94pytE5kGvTV_0aBQBt5sh_QQzPKCEM9mJHPAJqfR4vba7KHYRoxGobgcLbiH_xcqRgWBg31xiQLaXsYhmmnPne14c4ie4WsVVg/s320/100_3293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722893611371231426" border="0" /></a>And the crocus! So brave! So Beautiful! So Early!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi9bfWNOQazMItjQsY91FfVM3lsV3V0GAVKnHG1NNSKvOGD9sW0M_cNeb7F5PMuFlqmyOlUVeQ5GFA6X27E6pxj6hhZR53K2dnDvlFwVAUyKOKvoGysUAGZ3eALJ-Ko7Tk73EF2BIjO8/s1600/100_3287.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi9bfWNOQazMItjQsY91FfVM3lsV3V0GAVKnHG1NNSKvOGD9sW0M_cNeb7F5PMuFlqmyOlUVeQ5GFA6X27E6pxj6hhZR53K2dnDvlFwVAUyKOKvoGysUAGZ3eALJ-Ko7Tk73EF2BIjO8/s320/100_3287.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722893423072247058" border="0" /></a>And a closer view of the clump in the corner.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I planted these close to the foundation knowing that they would bloom early there even on a harsh winter.... giving me HOPE for Spring..... when often it is still a long time away!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ef4rPKXxoX_HciOk8RO41-cb9N-JrCPFQ7WQL-wWe7FskBc5A8jcZsORG_WYKw0TEigTsf9Ts9xnt2EV6YOkJCfi9viC75U_7H1kaQAhXDq-Giy4hmCYi6n_9mPztyH15X4MqtWZIn0/s1600/100_3273.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ef4rPKXxoX_HciOk8RO41-cb9N-JrCPFQ7WQL-wWe7FskBc5A8jcZsORG_WYKw0TEigTsf9Ts9xnt2EV6YOkJCfi9viC75U_7H1kaQAhXDq-Giy4hmCYi6n_9mPztyH15X4MqtWZIn0/s320/100_3273.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722893229732846802" border="0" /></a>And closer....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadXuyWoF4BaQIMJPbR0WlSdLY-VYsNTR4_GHD3Bm99JUeyEMcYWEJzCkmIBpxE_tWhZ5DSYALkXKAbogtGc6T-6bXntn3f5tysPXdxt455RhyphenhyphenSRQW5SI1JCeV-hoP6SSqae4iJh-s1ps/s1600/100_3283.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadXuyWoF4BaQIMJPbR0WlSdLY-VYsNTR4_GHD3Bm99JUeyEMcYWEJzCkmIBpxE_tWhZ5DSYALkXKAbogtGc6T-6bXntn3f5tysPXdxt455RhyphenhyphenSRQW5SI1JCeV-hoP6SSqae4iJh-s1ps/s320/100_3283.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722892957788569602" border="0" /></a>And in the sunlight they positively GLOW!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqO25jgWMYxcDJB-g9MWEldHQbSuZyesncFiLhvPOY8LnBasjzX-aZZTJZY5c7QXlt6FFQAeKuUKqXFuu68o3NgZzXUk1ztGR1Yt1gWMM_OD8-XQ066bsUYxCAavYaxhWJk36S3YPSyA/s1600/100_3313.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqO25jgWMYxcDJB-g9MWEldHQbSuZyesncFiLhvPOY8LnBasjzX-aZZTJZY5c7QXlt6FFQAeKuUKqXFuu68o3NgZzXUk1ztGR1Yt1gWMM_OD8-XQ066bsUYxCAavYaxhWJk36S3YPSyA/s320/100_3313.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722892323539346018" border="0" /></a>This color is so Unbelievable in the brown landscape!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zvoOqatvO85VtaYDzq_CozA5oTnjpErI03TN1ZF_oE0B4-CIIQwJk80hI2oDQQiklTMhWbDMSPTGQdFNc-uafgBdaG3cmc3Aa8W7FGtP_aytC_Elo8XYop4S00NTgGo5MaxorRv1xO4/s1600/100_3314.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zvoOqatvO85VtaYDzq_CozA5oTnjpErI03TN1ZF_oE0B4-CIIQwJk80hI2oDQQiklTMhWbDMSPTGQdFNc-uafgBdaG3cmc3Aa8W7FGtP_aytC_Elo8XYop4S00NTgGo5MaxorRv1xO4/s320/100_3314.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722892175617167202" border="0" /></a>See how small they really are?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCyRoc1fV9b7V5cE2vX8ALQ1S-DF5MEpIlfvYki_K9yQ_HY3Jt8FRRz-Fqb0NjVp_Ibt4aAV5N0BzvJ24NpcTFHi6u95i-4PY3Cldt0K6mO9FBEt4z4aqh_91qZ4EdvGnSeUQ_BRTHe8/s1600/100_3322.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCyRoc1fV9b7V5cE2vX8ALQ1S-DF5MEpIlfvYki_K9yQ_HY3Jt8FRRz-Fqb0NjVp_Ibt4aAV5N0BzvJ24NpcTFHi6u95i-4PY3Cldt0K6mO9FBEt4z4aqh_91qZ4EdvGnSeUQ_BRTHe8/s320/100_3322.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722891869360710642" border="0" /></a>The afternoon sun casts such strong shadows......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypm_PMcsP5rpLYDjKzLj07z7tKB1QeLPd_Cnu6k80t7tjsUhVqFW44Di7fGOyJwPpK7zNSZho4m7th-VOLYkEw9ejFMJI4K1DHbIIf9mVQEP0Gy8oXdDYMhabP4rrShcVlU66LYQKp1g/s1600/100_3355.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypm_PMcsP5rpLYDjKzLj07z7tKB1QeLPd_Cnu6k80t7tjsUhVqFW44Di7fGOyJwPpK7zNSZho4m7th-VOLYkEw9ejFMJI4K1DHbIIf9mVQEP0Gy8oXdDYMhabP4rrShcVlU66LYQKp1g/s320/100_3355.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722891227538326242" border="0" /></a>In only two days the crocus in the Lavender bed have emerged and are in full bloom!!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylXjgOtFUPbPHpYqOqudRCdzahDItBmk1PA6PJ6H6hEEkYQ66pYS8OdFUEdWYdS0e4MlBUton3h0rqTfGz2qQ2ZGi57XtiN9PLXny1-tP8ha7kwfwdQyE-K8CnhIu8zRsCtPD12JMjAA/s1600/100_3357.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylXjgOtFUPbPHpYqOqudRCdzahDItBmk1PA6PJ6H6hEEkYQ66pYS8OdFUEdWYdS0e4MlBUton3h0rqTfGz2qQ2ZGi57XtiN9PLXny1-tP8ha7kwfwdQyE-K8CnhIu8zRsCtPD12JMjAA/s320/100_3357.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722891066767230370" border="0" /></a>And the clumps along the walkway too..... they weren't there two days ago!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxdTzL3xWMGwXOlSe3eoM3Y_vKynar5IBhUTYGddKrKaMWNuj7oyR2cFnVF3LaxE9Bo7Eox4toX850fHwGYw8SHGQrTMmdwl0hp9dXk4bVOhPgjgVS_VdtF60rUMcDqdZ_kVlzjruTWA/s1600/100_3343.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxdTzL3xWMGwXOlSe3eoM3Y_vKynar5IBhUTYGddKrKaMWNuj7oyR2cFnVF3LaxE9Bo7Eox4toX850fHwGYw8SHGQrTMmdwl0hp9dXk4bVOhPgjgVS_VdtF60rUMcDqdZ_kVlzjruTWA/s320/100_3343.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722890745884370770" border="0" /></a>Aren't they amazing?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7FRnM9mKi-6bPk_lJfrSLaRq9vtDr1rHsRe1k006QkLtrqa73Etms4gsGfvXjNqPD0AOO62bKtjkyg1nUMAM6FxANPg3PaVw8bN4NL1Ov0Sn9YCilpj0vKm2iSTyMHtee27vorRZScE/s1600/100_3345.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7FRnM9mKi-6bPk_lJfrSLaRq9vtDr1rHsRe1k006QkLtrqa73Etms4gsGfvXjNqPD0AOO62bKtjkyg1nUMAM6FxANPg3PaVw8bN4NL1Ov0Sn9YCilpj0vKm2iSTyMHtee27vorRZScE/s320/100_3345.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722890577549576946" border="0" /></a>Can you believe that color?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3pMDXHJONNcEKBFGb6_X60t5m5EJAIqJx4DQxcgEpmRklOULbXsJ782xaUlB37gZsfdpDdU030XsNfm2UJbJrnIyJeL5_LYgEIqdaBFNRqMRFRHSMF7tOVzNWB7BzDD_cHbtrTLIqZw/s1600/100_3353.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3pMDXHJONNcEKBFGb6_X60t5m5EJAIqJx4DQxcgEpmRklOULbXsJ782xaUlB37gZsfdpDdU030XsNfm2UJbJrnIyJeL5_LYgEIqdaBFNRqMRFRHSMF7tOVzNWB7BzDD_cHbtrTLIqZw/s320/100_3353.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722890334847316114" border="0" /></a>I just LOVE the way they are translucent in the sun!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-mRNNbyrn_JUGPLDzB18zOUfOmOdVhELrzOXeuKuKaCEjkVTN4YfU3kDBjWF-oAcyF2DIF3LextedLq3QYp3s40WkRGcdPMcrKbTHTEd3BMy47EtbpKXNh0Hh3wOytjqqxCZiQHiAcA/s1600/100_3346.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-mRNNbyrn_JUGPLDzB18zOUfOmOdVhELrzOXeuKuKaCEjkVTN4YfU3kDBjWF-oAcyF2DIF3LextedLq3QYp3s40WkRGcdPMcrKbTHTEd3BMy47EtbpKXNh0Hh3wOytjqqxCZiQHiAcA/s320/100_3346.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722890198197013394" border="0" /></a>And in the Morning the garden is clouded with fog.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiBAHHWFOfWU158cWXPqfKY_a_RPdlSe7y6MJMeYGBrNhODMmVCvf0TsKYqZE_0NUAPNy13GBKWdh0QnXJcLFCjz_0iiu7wwiiLUPCwzu-JH2oslKxJGxrPqtLxtwi0dEw2LPJuUgrCs/s1600/100_3365.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiBAHHWFOfWU158cWXPqfKY_a_RPdlSe7y6MJMeYGBrNhODMmVCvf0TsKYqZE_0NUAPNy13GBKWdh0QnXJcLFCjz_0iiu7wwiiLUPCwzu-JH2oslKxJGxrPqtLxtwi0dEw2LPJuUgrCs/s320/100_3365.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722889865983578402" border="0" /></a>I must go to work.... but not until I have taken some pictures.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjd5JCiWwRS1S3TrBNSDq4vhowIo1nbjnRXSCx4ame_tV5Zz_vKfJIyLr1i9pZftNMDfGhzmL7pGzlxNk6GOcInFYKbkQsLY2CfV7iykrUtFIwTwaZjAY2Xq4Xki10cat8VCbWuNzewg/s1600/100_3367.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjd5JCiWwRS1S3TrBNSDq4vhowIo1nbjnRXSCx4ame_tV5Zz_vKfJIyLr1i9pZftNMDfGhzmL7pGzlxNk6GOcInFYKbkQsLY2CfV7iykrUtFIwTwaZjAY2Xq4Xki10cat8VCbWuNzewg/s320/100_3367.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722889576234494210" border="0" /></a>It is always like this... I have taken so many pictures..... but it is always different....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PxnOpmYG8HIG-tOuC80AWLNxvxCzc6lDhBo7RosDCFJf029eouwECjLryqBOg01gN1O1gnP8uvZTlPfRwZhyphenhyphenB2t_x87nWYegqhyphenhyphenUXerqlBDW0yldiSc0SX6qNUvChx9iEaNOvZffuWQ/s1600/100_3375.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PxnOpmYG8HIG-tOuC80AWLNxvxCzc6lDhBo7RosDCFJf029eouwECjLryqBOg01gN1O1gnP8uvZTlPfRwZhyphenhyphenB2t_x87nWYegqhyphenhyphenUXerqlBDW0yldiSc0SX6qNUvChx9iEaNOvZffuWQ/s320/100_3375.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722889327837752978" border="0" /></a>This morning the crocus are all closed up tight..... sleepy heads!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They don't wake up until the Sun shows his face!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmxOuOft9EN7-5FmHuhreZbAbaU91Ff3-fNBjvdoEVu3WDdwnYezDXlLoxYSREkfCdqUybn0DKTCrFnN-_wnvC5Ryb374jujgAAvBcMj2fxxNyhnJXW7Eiqw9fCbLHNXnf7dw-_wvLBM/s1600/100_3377.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmxOuOft9EN7-5FmHuhreZbAbaU91Ff3-fNBjvdoEVu3WDdwnYezDXlLoxYSREkfCdqUybn0DKTCrFnN-_wnvC5Ryb374jujgAAvBcMj2fxxNyhnJXW7Eiqw9fCbLHNXnf7dw-_wvLBM/s320/100_3377.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722889086892517218" border="0" /></a>They look so Demure....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8xNwL0jIHfD7S9ft6Ek8gTv0qw6u6-uOhxCRxtvObrbIdxD5p_n3DrTz0NFp1Y_9d-xnyi0xuCh5PIA_-qqYkg2Li1t8hLEomRnl3FRdn8JYfCigumZsNtNCnj7iaZ6KPNVQNNRSWaU/s1600/100_3371.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8xNwL0jIHfD7S9ft6Ek8gTv0qw6u6-uOhxCRxtvObrbIdxD5p_n3DrTz0NFp1Y_9d-xnyi0xuCh5PIA_-qqYkg2Li1t8hLEomRnl3FRdn8JYfCigumZsNtNCnj7iaZ6KPNVQNNRSWaU/s320/100_3371.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722888852989216706" border="0" /></a>And at the end of the day.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItcwNwqqk7lRRpcrSY7jEgW0EDkGVSk6THFk6KIdprZDSDkpF_dSZcsJfHdWn97FO0zHeRDtsJCvUP7rPwWquxXiZYsEF_0p_REZ50GBO3c4r9cXfbhQk2feC-r0MEBiMyfUphOWBiLw/s1600/100_3352.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItcwNwqqk7lRRpcrSY7jEgW0EDkGVSk6THFk6KIdprZDSDkpF_dSZcsJfHdWn97FO0zHeRDtsJCvUP7rPwWquxXiZYsEF_0p_REZ50GBO3c4r9cXfbhQk2feC-r0MEBiMyfUphOWBiLw/s320/100_3352.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722888640560756146" border="0" /></a>the sun has had his way....<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1mzaDC7cP_XUWe2Q7M6tt1-Ysrpxp8JN9PB6IXIKHMmh0VugJihsFcyg6X5EVTPkUAnIsnf_4WIGFccy1o2GCa0L8fgDZB4apxU4ZX5gw73G2o65hdY3Job8MckDzt1yESO8Fs7K3C4/s1600/100_3351.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1mzaDC7cP_XUWe2Q7M6tt1-Ysrpxp8JN9PB6IXIKHMmh0VugJihsFcyg6X5EVTPkUAnIsnf_4WIGFccy1o2GCa0L8fgDZB4apxU4ZX5gw73G2o65hdY3Job8MckDzt1yESO8Fs7K3C4/s320/100_3351.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722888469603164706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYxKEDhGGMufPseHNFhiwiR0jlMxPbyUUm07tSHyJAqgEro-Ex2LPy_Zumod2dWU_uSXDjVcICRMUU-TOzPWLxb4JocdRXefMzYtpF7TwFHMGAHQ1HXx5sMH3H7ofHfiqSHWfCxQedWU/s1600/100_3382.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYxKEDhGGMufPseHNFhiwiR0jlMxPbyUUm07tSHyJAqgEro-Ex2LPy_Zumod2dWU_uSXDjVcICRMUU-TOzPWLxb4JocdRXefMzYtpF7TwFHMGAHQ1HXx5sMH3H7ofHfiqSHWfCxQedWU/s320/100_3382.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722888014224066386" border="0" /></a>And the daffodils too, are starting to bloom!<br />Two days ago there were barely any buds!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhaBDcJ4NBKZAseWyZ8V2AHPfl1uLUWgU6_6l4ve2pn-97529RS24VUyrA3CUE_JoCqJ9JEmQdIHCX8UgBAfmZmCguQRdeI7GIW0UkQlvji0SUN8_qKcbPgMA2QV2g5oJ1YYEsR8ByBk/s1600/100_3390.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhaBDcJ4NBKZAseWyZ8V2AHPfl1uLUWgU6_6l4ve2pn-97529RS24VUyrA3CUE_JoCqJ9JEmQdIHCX8UgBAfmZmCguQRdeI7GIW0UkQlvji0SUN8_qKcbPgMA2QV2g5oJ1YYEsR8ByBk/s320/100_3390.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722887632040860418" border="0" /></a>It is almost TOO hot.... TOO much... TOO soon!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftf3ry5J46K-HJ_gySZc3g3bc1zsclfY5RfKwi4nr_d8zUEP0Y3DHb5yuwiBDBG-VP7CebjsZozjwYCb-KpOuAem1WrfG5jIYdOtVtiFR-4yooFy8ETVML6Mp_j17h2mjLkV_mMtnNBU/s1600/100_3391.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftf3ry5J46K-HJ_gySZc3g3bc1zsclfY5RfKwi4nr_d8zUEP0Y3DHb5yuwiBDBG-VP7CebjsZozjwYCb-KpOuAem1WrfG5jIYdOtVtiFR-4yooFy8ETVML6Mp_j17h2mjLkV_mMtnNBU/s320/100_3391.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722887465692010114" border="0" /></a>But never too beautiful....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjrCheoRwLlK5kiRlvlRDyZlmLC6g69jPPr9ybPszwXvI-_DujrXEPPHaYDc3xkWb3x3JY0n3LJJwkR5LN1xGOoZXDL2xUqjbgAAA3lIL-flcZuNsCWiW3ZDauGpSl-J_RXoz_byb7ko/s1600/100_3392.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjrCheoRwLlK5kiRlvlRDyZlmLC6g69jPPr9ybPszwXvI-_DujrXEPPHaYDc3xkWb3x3JY0n3LJJwkR5LN1xGOoZXDL2xUqjbgAAA3lIL-flcZuNsCWiW3ZDauGpSl-J_RXoz_byb7ko/s320/100_3392.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722887289744893170" border="0" /></a>That's just not Possible!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0Ww-p_TwOssDNPCSjiJA-FRNYORiHsUJRQAXoKW4WekgBUB2d0UChZ9j6O-SijRVcGMAPjBCLO7Shy7NSx0O_8zVFp-ZDWFlpff0M935c2bMGDiT_xseOF5RfUy3CN3WIA0IKvpFGrU/s1600/100_3396.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0Ww-p_TwOssDNPCSjiJA-FRNYORiHsUJRQAXoKW4WekgBUB2d0UChZ9j6O-SijRVcGMAPjBCLO7Shy7NSx0O_8zVFp-ZDWFlpff0M935c2bMGDiT_xseOF5RfUy3CN3WIA0IKvpFGrU/s320/100_3396.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722887133817562322" border="0" /></a>No matter how early!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spring Is Here<br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-91810252053031803682012-01-23T12:55:00.041-05:002012-01-23T14:35:41.194-05:00Winter Garden<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3LLG6HsEuLmwr_YHceaihqZetwcczHaKQH4O72nPlgbnFQqBJojjjRjftkQ9svURuQMw8-mkc5OHRiGvLK5BKSAvTRBB7EVD34Al-bLYItMFvtOYeVj5672Nl-uiJFQGcXmHwFP3GNM/s1600/100_1552.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3LLG6HsEuLmwr_YHceaihqZetwcczHaKQH4O72nPlgbnFQqBJojjjRjftkQ9svURuQMw8-mkc5OHRiGvLK5BKSAvTRBB7EVD34Al-bLYItMFvtOYeVj5672Nl-uiJFQGcXmHwFP3GNM/s320/100_1552.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700898347012258418" border="0" /></a>Winter Comes<br /><br />This year we had a Freak Snowstorm on October 30 with thirteen inches of snow falling before the trees had even dropped all their leaves! It was Devastating to so many trees, and made a Huge mess of my back yard.... but Fortunately, my Garden itself was not damaged by any of the falling tree limbs. The snow melted within a week or so.... leaving a great deal of clean-up to be done after it! So there was little time to do many of the Fall Garden chores.... and I almost didn't have the emotional energy to even go out there and take pictures!<br />But fortunately, there were a few days that called me into the garden..... to say goodbye to the Last rose blossoms.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfC1NKFgCYCtWAxI9svSmGCeWWWVjgz3A1F00CKHeZ9y8n9oDd1Afwx8sT2iQu-Laef3Mx2SonaphkWWT5Oe9q2UNr1SbvGGfKpHws1_XTRkYDqNK_iZ2qh3GTORB2rz1hPsG_w9ghjFI/s1600/100_1559.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfC1NKFgCYCtWAxI9svSmGCeWWWVjgz3A1F00CKHeZ9y8n9oDd1Afwx8sT2iQu-Laef3Mx2SonaphkWWT5Oe9q2UNr1SbvGGfKpHws1_XTRkYDqNK_iZ2qh3GTORB2rz1hPsG_w9ghjFI/s320/100_1559.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700897953898856994" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Roses that bloom til there is no more sun<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and the frosts wither the blossoms before they open.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyklxdHfyMG2uWeqhVyLACzceltKLeqxVwpchmvCojInLKYCJllot60wdrr4mTt_tpr8BfEHfBVMX5F3ANZc5p7Lyg0L8OYs4usprwrW7ROh21aIpT_s07KOiW61P58AWdaWf_000be0/s1600/100_1557.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyklxdHfyMG2uWeqhVyLACzceltKLeqxVwpchmvCojInLKYCJllot60wdrr4mTt_tpr8BfEHfBVMX5F3ANZc5p7Lyg0L8OYs4usprwrW7ROh21aIpT_s07KOiW61P58AWdaWf_000be0/s320/100_1557.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700897686977694418" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And to see the exotic seed heads of the Clematis by the door.......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvkmBCZHsRnhb90jZR9-9XdM7JbbUP8KugWP1PLraRoPGxYHtsjS8wqHEmxRgWflPGgklUdRjiLKIYfsuECoYOPYc4OBMOtBy1EMc5mrl10-xPMKC6aMPsPiEw14N4tZEQAm_vGN6nQ8/s1600/100_1558.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvkmBCZHsRnhb90jZR9-9XdM7JbbUP8KugWP1PLraRoPGxYHtsjS8wqHEmxRgWflPGgklUdRjiLKIYfsuECoYOPYc4OBMOtBy1EMc5mrl10-xPMKC6aMPsPiEw14N4tZEQAm_vGN6nQ8/s320/100_1558.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700897491014235842" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Those last misty gray days of November......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">as the sun is weakening day by day......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfp61DvzHtlwsaoi7avoQ7mjSL8EidyGKD1RyoGQsxHy1-gF6Ic95s8ucblEu14znM8PZPjXtFwH_YrvRGE0HdoAB8ytQwav89nUqz3xuYhP1RNwETnRhyZPd6V-LvxH1tyJ1XjT6AdK0/s1600/100_1555.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfp61DvzHtlwsaoi7avoQ7mjSL8EidyGKD1RyoGQsxHy1-gF6Ic95s8ucblEu14znM8PZPjXtFwH_YrvRGE0HdoAB8ytQwav89nUqz3xuYhP1RNwETnRhyZPd6V-LvxH1tyJ1XjT6AdK0/s320/100_1555.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700897235335708674" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And my back yard is a pile of tree limbs needing to be cleared away........<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZICyqE3cfrF7wjsbfJgHjNB3RtIre1WwYZ7yzQuqdNXMNxEk914P7aH5iMbH0uwe_IPeJrx6l0NsWULzl8TgNfUGqaUIfvX2sK4QtBoF7zdKxpl7L2JV14KFFkm-4LlCs9_G7nccf_P8/s1600/100_1563.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZICyqE3cfrF7wjsbfJgHjNB3RtIre1WwYZ7yzQuqdNXMNxEk914P7aH5iMbH0uwe_IPeJrx6l0NsWULzl8TgNfUGqaUIfvX2sK4QtBoF7zdKxpl7L2JV14KFFkm-4LlCs9_G7nccf_P8/s320/100_1563.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700896937538300530" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But Winter Comes quietly after all.......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I Decorate the Garden with Christmas Lights.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">because the Dark is Taking Over.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZK2cMF9zsAzjUsp9tclpHzPAuuAl2s5nPvWcLIOfTSDWbsBdYvU6GG6qj48r2EfWYqvtyeRovtFaEFNw98FcgJlQuuK4PuUeE0yvjnYD8S0S5aohFWbYjkQ_d1Vf4hiSR0UPFX0N-uY/s1600/100_1797.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZK2cMF9zsAzjUsp9tclpHzPAuuAl2s5nPvWcLIOfTSDWbsBdYvU6GG6qj48r2EfWYqvtyeRovtFaEFNw98FcgJlQuuK4PuUeE0yvjnYD8S0S5aohFWbYjkQ_d1Vf4hiSR0UPFX0N-uY/s320/100_1797.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700896309939910722" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the morning light is Late and Rare......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46UGzAGa_gLX68EWpHgRcqhN8-u3wiM2XU0NhEPqTregjf3h0TFf26VpX9W2RkzVP6yaSBc2DJqSq4pFdtRaQFHnscRRLPSJk32M3M18b6boZ_whDIMJLZluyXlKsERtsMcQiB26jdi4/s1600/100_1793.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46UGzAGa_gLX68EWpHgRcqhN8-u3wiM2XU0NhEPqTregjf3h0TFf26VpX9W2RkzVP6yaSBc2DJqSq4pFdtRaQFHnscRRLPSJk32M3M18b6boZ_whDIMJLZluyXlKsERtsMcQiB26jdi4/s320/100_1793.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700896059359956978" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But sneaks in anyway.... as we wait for snow.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTguM1oWSxvPBaoN8XoYAHtxkRzuHK6dyE70Y7HJsFapvrZo8IfW1nnSZ533lu9gFCGWPg6IL2P8XnrJL-rTz686tQjK0I-Bj4l7vRPvZ91wbf6P9SCV0ia-bNJOsIepRu9jCvowLg-38/s1600/100_1796.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTguM1oWSxvPBaoN8XoYAHtxkRzuHK6dyE70Y7HJsFapvrZo8IfW1nnSZ533lu9gFCGWPg6IL2P8XnrJL-rTz686tQjK0I-Bj4l7vRPvZ91wbf6P9SCV0ia-bNJOsIepRu9jCvowLg-38/s320/100_1796.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700895857454886402" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But all we see is Frost.......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCMbbL1QhKkUi9gEq8qhHT69XnL6tuyWSya5lTVN3mERh2WOzN9pZRz-I1buD90bZnWfQ8wefOADyb-Sj-HwvedEM2OBiKsQ94_939zksXqTPLyF0d4VZDep9RkyuRNAZunqfvVdhksg/s1600/100_1799.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCMbbL1QhKkUi9gEq8qhHT69XnL6tuyWSya5lTVN3mERh2WOzN9pZRz-I1buD90bZnWfQ8wefOADyb-Sj-HwvedEM2OBiKsQ94_939zksXqTPLyF0d4VZDep9RkyuRNAZunqfvVdhksg/s320/100_1799.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700895627520926306" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Glittering and twinkling in the sun.......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rYf0oqz8oYqpML7JVvYuxJ7AWGpHzp0rEkblYo9tDlmcWNknGKWBnflYF5nTvSaoZUJR14nc5VTNbQ2XutOm3vNygJwE7KkmRUU5PWMPXsKD-CRT6-j5XhiD3mmloxNPpN8i3tin0mw/s1600/100_2346.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rYf0oqz8oYqpML7JVvYuxJ7AWGpHzp0rEkblYo9tDlmcWNknGKWBnflYF5nTvSaoZUJR14nc5VTNbQ2XutOm3vNygJwE7KkmRUU5PWMPXsKD-CRT6-j5XhiD3mmloxNPpN8i3tin0mw/s320/100_2346.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700894631410996050" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which leaves so early that by Four o'clock the lights are glowing in the Garden.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrz0cx41N4CpnITHWUiLEHch6pNziSrF8XQeOpDDg0eLeaLwQ3iOz0ZfvZxO3oedr0XoFRafnipkycNYC8TWURzcpWOeOib1Cc9J_p_AmiVOte4R-JSnXYeOLNB_4ipX4TdO71SHwBa0/s1600/100_2343.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrz0cx41N4CpnITHWUiLEHch6pNziSrF8XQeOpDDg0eLeaLwQ3iOz0ZfvZxO3oedr0XoFRafnipkycNYC8TWURzcpWOeOib1Cc9J_p_AmiVOte4R-JSnXYeOLNB_4ipX4TdO71SHwBa0/s320/100_2343.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700894470814855682" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But still no snow......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas comes and goes......<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWbvF5RtrA7kYt_RC7zxYSCF93OSXpERYmUUARW6Fv9lQCvrwjvZGRJMndfbA2qy71iwadzaTNSn-q4bnVkFbmUnc7NBvlXoFWFKr5cw2QckwNI0MczSqwkWPpp497dYtUDo6QeTpDD0/s1600/100_2350.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWbvF5RtrA7kYt_RC7zxYSCF93OSXpERYmUUARW6Fv9lQCvrwjvZGRJMndfbA2qy71iwadzaTNSn-q4bnVkFbmUnc7NBvlXoFWFKr5cw2QckwNI0MczSqwkWPpp497dYtUDo6QeTpDD0/s320/100_2350.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700894180259624402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And then Finally a tiny dusting of snow.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmH-maRs5wNlGlzwFdeAtIcg_7k1scfJJq0RNG0xu0FlQkpQuF9lK5SWAf0Hv2bM6Z2PQ-xWxwbu9nDrz2rOy5tS-fwl7PvMZ0TGCFJUCXhMZQ1t1_I4Xya0aUF-nqt2mAfPHD59hRAs/s1600/100_2357.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmH-maRs5wNlGlzwFdeAtIcg_7k1scfJJq0RNG0xu0FlQkpQuF9lK5SWAf0Hv2bM6Z2PQ-xWxwbu9nDrz2rOy5tS-fwl7PvMZ0TGCFJUCXhMZQ1t1_I4Xya0aUF-nqt2mAfPHD59hRAs/s320/100_2357.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700893644521603506" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Coating all the branches in white.......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How completely Different the Garden seems!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6J7-TuOA-WIE15ZfubtSOvmHYkZx51gD14a_UzvRNL1s9XeV_Zh8MJ_vHt3nYWralnRkQYCgJGtQswey-OTTyPMOHzKx55ugNa33rvjFqVP9uL3GmsP8XbSO3bhcoM_dQP8dD5i95Og/s1600/100_2363.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6J7-TuOA-WIE15ZfubtSOvmHYkZx51gD14a_UzvRNL1s9XeV_Zh8MJ_vHt3nYWralnRkQYCgJGtQswey-OTTyPMOHzKx55ugNa33rvjFqVP9uL3GmsP8XbSO3bhcoM_dQP8dD5i95Og/s320/100_2363.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700893455996588210" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This twilight snow......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr3aB7ak_UgNDL2haCWhKEbjNtbc3uQUSIK3r3m7FQqpxRlKn2RPg4UOl3Ojo9pgo2z-ccqcsYgJB4vUXeogwOLYJkFmDqWg4EvxeupN7hex8i9kng0vXz8tJpueZd7hOYzDZ5uYmxqY/s1600/100_2359.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr3aB7ak_UgNDL2haCWhKEbjNtbc3uQUSIK3r3m7FQqpxRlKn2RPg4UOl3Ojo9pgo2z-ccqcsYgJB4vUXeogwOLYJkFmDqWg4EvxeupN7hex8i9kng0vXz8tJpueZd7hOYzDZ5uYmxqY/s320/100_2359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700893293951433698" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Turns to ice by Morn.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoGGXPpKBw4c4cGqgKkZB-nJ_xLowgs67x-ADtg-gmOlUh2ytty477MV5brabtyW7pRj14sXICHMPAPPZUIM721Jcd1cPWhzva2TaO5W4GFkdmtFc9DV-ADEpChA2n3FvfJmM6ns3E0U/s1600/100_2369.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoGGXPpKBw4c4cGqgKkZB-nJ_xLowgs67x-ADtg-gmOlUh2ytty477MV5brabtyW7pRj14sXICHMPAPPZUIM721Jcd1cPWhzva2TaO5W4GFkdmtFc9DV-ADEpChA2n3FvfJmM6ns3E0U/s320/100_2369.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700892885362544514" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And ice is so much harder than snow......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Harder to touch......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Harder to Shovel......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdd_Y9hEY7yP2sRdRM01K7yFu51VzPNz-oEOa8IlD6rJcwvmZTadyG7J_Z2YadVzTXsH4Wvl2HE_WaC_rSDeUOK1msYQltQVV7pEPUW1Z9tvVsrdSwsDksctQSHv1HmXf03FC-aZ8J4yo/s1600/100_2374.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdd_Y9hEY7yP2sRdRM01K7yFu51VzPNz-oEOa8IlD6rJcwvmZTadyG7J_Z2YadVzTXsH4Wvl2HE_WaC_rSDeUOK1msYQltQVV7pEPUW1Z9tvVsrdSwsDksctQSHv1HmXf03FC-aZ8J4yo/s320/100_2374.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700892698366091298" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Glittery and brittle, it coats everything....<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnl8vGSPhuEEyCdj8U8D8vnW5_wSHb6F9td6kp65TG5gQxnDgqCKAb1FT7EKH1LWYmPNdvOFdpvOK05-aP7G9bCX8PYN_h5zMr5Mhm8oOq191S3lZhbT3ufdWPE7jBUlr9u1ij3s1TUjo/s1600/100_2377.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnl8vGSPhuEEyCdj8U8D8vnW5_wSHb6F9td6kp65TG5gQxnDgqCKAb1FT7EKH1LWYmPNdvOFdpvOK05-aP7G9bCX8PYN_h5zMr5Mhm8oOq191S3lZhbT3ufdWPE7jBUlr9u1ij3s1TUjo/s320/100_2377.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700892523602682642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Until even the weak rays of wintry sun melt it's armored crust.........<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIb4WJENlOM2KxxOtqRFL9HHHiJ7VzYZLKV5g__TmVjQMVYsqhsOETjzvL2x3qwcKlxjQQXlLvoMy-zKhYzwGFRiRsWssHSsQlQBS1BFLtuqzPD-h02Gf0bYJEVr4MwqNUP_wudWuo0C0/s1600/100_2383.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIb4WJENlOM2KxxOtqRFL9HHHiJ7VzYZLKV5g__TmVjQMVYsqhsOETjzvL2x3qwcKlxjQQXlLvoMy-zKhYzwGFRiRsWssHSsQlQBS1BFLtuqzPD-h02Gf0bYJEVr4MwqNUP_wudWuo0C0/s320/100_2383.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700891982396168770" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Winter is HERE...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_bHigdoqYOIoxH8YhP2hJ1-By2bs9c727EO-kQoLguKibTkzutZxKRTCMf3dGSq0BJrfz8J85B3G7sTlu9fVoDKZElt996HmrD5Ls4jbekUFiOQILC6D-x4_MeRGJ73jSpQa2hOkNQg/s1600/100_2411.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_bHigdoqYOIoxH8YhP2hJ1-By2bs9c727EO-kQoLguKibTkzutZxKRTCMf3dGSq0BJrfz8J85B3G7sTlu9fVoDKZElt996HmrD5Ls4jbekUFiOQILC6D-x4_MeRGJ73jSpQa2hOkNQg/s320/100_2411.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700891835119081586" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the lights still come on at dusk....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Because I cannot bear to turn them off when the Winter nights are still so LONG.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEOzTQYkPdxuZ1So7n6J0_xmK12itj9r5a16UZuWyI5HxcX78nParvVVN4M3tYuyMpXcceGk5_uVhtbTMNCFg9s9zlCZiEVQD0jrjB1OSKNxrxI33a3v9AectiKh6iuV_6_r3d0YPb9k/s1600/100_2413.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEOzTQYkPdxuZ1So7n6J0_xmK12itj9r5a16UZuWyI5HxcX78nParvVVN4M3tYuyMpXcceGk5_uVhtbTMNCFg9s9zlCZiEVQD0jrjB1OSKNxrxI33a3v9AectiKh6iuV_6_r3d0YPb9k/s320/100_2413.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700891593527571330" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They are flowers of a different sort......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like night blooming Jasmine....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">only glowing for those dark winter hours....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbnras-4o2GGWvhVm6YH41fuYvjCKruZe1sTB8zrScYVa-GWptVXKkZoHNRTvV3P0ByP02ndPU7jAC61AjyCHDOOElajNd0E0lWgqToW_JkxMj96J1WZW6bed8IPWUv6-O3Ir1QPS4qE/s1600/100_2419.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbnras-4o2GGWvhVm6YH41fuYvjCKruZe1sTB8zrScYVa-GWptVXKkZoHNRTvV3P0ByP02ndPU7jAC61AjyCHDOOElajNd0E0lWgqToW_JkxMj96J1WZW6bed8IPWUv6-O3Ir1QPS4qE/s320/100_2419.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700891158042243538" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Magical in their own way.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSldub_iOEwF67pHyPru2huknkFPYG3z5xwo4NpxdQOq_H-eEw5RW6UUPQwTeeIxVzIj-Lry8dhJvsjh-F4n5Ai0rClR9lVYPw86jGf2unew8qr5Ky3GsSZzxFoqwO3sA43dmsf1PUgqs/s1600/100_2416.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSldub_iOEwF67pHyPru2huknkFPYG3z5xwo4NpxdQOq_H-eEw5RW6UUPQwTeeIxVzIj-Lry8dhJvsjh-F4n5Ai0rClR9lVYPw86jGf2unew8qr5Ky3GsSZzxFoqwO3sA43dmsf1PUgqs/s320/100_2416.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700890969601767778" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Forgive me while I walk you through the twilight.......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO92xbxD1bQk_pZ6-ZSfsoxhiP7WR0e-fzxunE3dfDTTJ7VgjpTEdceZjdf51lbeYJHI3qMM1lRsYnbNcBepMIQwFY76XNadCtEt_FFkl2H2dJTZSgPnAbaG96vxRNOHAj6F8FDMVQDrM/s1600/100_2418.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO92xbxD1bQk_pZ6-ZSfsoxhiP7WR0e-fzxunE3dfDTTJ7VgjpTEdceZjdf51lbeYJHI3qMM1lRsYnbNcBepMIQwFY76XNadCtEt_FFkl2H2dJTZSgPnAbaG96vxRNOHAj6F8FDMVQDrM/s320/100_2418.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700890620737369458" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It could take a while.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvz6S5hy1FP2-WeHah6_anZPVIPJExxcoJQOY2BpypvjfuapDvRGM65kUv10QojAA-8SnF3aBT9jW9GqzkSLPzxkw1lUxcZp6LKwyBqntJXUlEa6uF2cqasyayHZk0R9tBuwVsnOkUYPY/s1600/100_2481.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvz6S5hy1FP2-WeHah6_anZPVIPJExxcoJQOY2BpypvjfuapDvRGM65kUv10QojAA-8SnF3aBT9jW9GqzkSLPzxkw1lUxcZp6LKwyBqntJXUlEa6uF2cqasyayHZk0R9tBuwVsnOkUYPY/s320/100_2481.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700890233927974370" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But I never seem to grow tired of watching....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRr6ZR1SEOHC7iR6uCcPZo7CNN2L_pvvxM-bKbx7trJWPYUVqw_xgj46zXyZEEwoB5IEfyoc1RDvg425VjsfkHaMglMUJbvB9L__tPXko9YthSNM1AGKDIvOGoDwszWGcTOiJtHaw1weU/s1600/100_2482.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRr6ZR1SEOHC7iR6uCcPZo7CNN2L_pvvxM-bKbx7trJWPYUVqw_xgj46zXyZEEwoB5IEfyoc1RDvg425VjsfkHaMglMUJbvB9L__tPXko9YthSNM1AGKDIvOGoDwszWGcTOiJtHaw1weU/s320/100_2482.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700890019131476546" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">As Night takes over the Garden....!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But WAIT, I cannot leave you there.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Because every now and then we get a Perfect Snow!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not too much.... no sleet... no rain.......<br />Cold enough for perfect flakes......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fpNYfG07JW5d3SgW-5ORW1DxRhucum3O1qELdG7bddiGO1CltMjt2wPkzwZu_bsfaXmqzhBWOO8anwVJwlcRHvmX2tN6ZIOi2LVnt7w_oWpBBWTNOV_2KNed9M0Sm6GHjx6J8JaiUSE/s1600/100_2498.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fpNYfG07JW5d3SgW-5ORW1DxRhucum3O1qELdG7bddiGO1CltMjt2wPkzwZu_bsfaXmqzhBWOO8anwVJwlcRHvmX2tN6ZIOi2LVnt7w_oWpBBWTNOV_2KNed9M0Sm6GHjx6J8JaiUSE/s320/100_2498.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700889551114480338" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It adorns my Faithful Hound......<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-YivnJb-Vps9S4v7WOFWQI12IUJ2BhKUk5hvuHvxNdAI7540kieGXGbtZBBA8jFnBwyX-B0y5T6CEw1BpNlc6bgN02lVsyDWXkIEferiQl0er1-YQnWa2-kp9YsjTiKY6x3XkRSO9Bo/s1600/100_2499.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-YivnJb-Vps9S4v7WOFWQI12IUJ2BhKUk5hvuHvxNdAI7540kieGXGbtZBBA8jFnBwyX-B0y5T6CEw1BpNlc6bgN02lVsyDWXkIEferiQl0er1-YQnWa2-kp9YsjTiKY6x3XkRSO9Bo/s320/100_2499.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700889276578185106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sits gently on the fence......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSffRakqwKxlztlj1hrHiEtcHbx667AajtyxorZq3VCoCiJyvFOhfeJfD0RmDinwZ4J0-gMd174-SUCR6wKtcDC0uBxt-arhmmKgLWfU1CZ77pX3NrSsDno9Kuub4ij8GOhie3AFooOk/s1600/100_2506.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSffRakqwKxlztlj1hrHiEtcHbx667AajtyxorZq3VCoCiJyvFOhfeJfD0RmDinwZ4J0-gMd174-SUCR6wKtcDC0uBxt-arhmmKgLWfU1CZ77pX3NrSsDno9Kuub4ij8GOhie3AFooOk/s320/100_2506.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700888952732896514" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Balances on all the leaves still clinging to the Rose......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKjEbzBJMGmo8X9T1FfsU16cyYLHJrPi5gu_7ZacgJPUVAPVuqQEYpJXTLOC88CPe9zIEdTM7d2e_37osOEnSHz8Numwn4jnl8uZtoiFbUcNnH7T1FPGZxF3ydEkDkJH_VfJhdVlwWAo/s1600/100_2507.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKjEbzBJMGmo8X9T1FfsU16cyYLHJrPi5gu_7ZacgJPUVAPVuqQEYpJXTLOC88CPe9zIEdTM7d2e_37osOEnSHz8Numwn4jnl8uZtoiFbUcNnH7T1FPGZxF3ydEkDkJH_VfJhdVlwWAo/s320/100_2507.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700888820818980210" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But most importantly.... it Glitters like a Million Diamonds in the sun....!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelPQDc9-9OZMGDcEiFesJgiShqdOZtjDhXxzhCgvsusglZ-1Y_UJj0myieiwyA5XoFCHT7Fus4Eqwxg02L_0N0ZSNbRHPd0CwEbFaZ0V9zNzzB8nYAkFUY8KPGzje9wIUtNMGP5RAqU8/s1600/100_2505.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelPQDc9-9OZMGDcEiFesJgiShqdOZtjDhXxzhCgvsusglZ-1Y_UJj0myieiwyA5XoFCHT7Fus4Eqwxg02L_0N0ZSNbRHPd0CwEbFaZ0V9zNzzB8nYAkFUY8KPGzje9wIUtNMGP5RAqU8/s320/100_2505.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700888652510245282" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Come, look closer and you will see......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOY99PlzPKQb8JYnrp_fTUtA3t1JPNZgkbBUM4HCMmODYx2P_Z_M8oTf57R2WLd7drP0sAxwWo7N2crsNNzIeaB3W983n0n3iFVaOQfcvdZlalDRqyLAIN3Jb0DA-FYESiT4c4xDi09s/s1600/100_2504.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOY99PlzPKQb8JYnrp_fTUtA3t1JPNZgkbBUM4HCMmODYx2P_Z_M8oTf57R2WLd7drP0sAxwWo7N2crsNNzIeaB3W983n0n3iFVaOQfcvdZlalDRqyLAIN3Jb0DA-FYESiT4c4xDi09s/s320/100_2504.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700888520240567554" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">SOME moments are worth waiting for!<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcJUjhRJtVfEY1b95LS9aGeNd7tVDQ8qcJhLGuid848k1nnP1aVdLe8ICt_RFC1WfpXFvkOuvSRIJykHZwXJNR81gBa7Omn4uDShL1LQ88yOTPlLE8Ne21f4UUA6cEtoYJMWrA47Erao/s1600/100_2509.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcJUjhRJtVfEY1b95LS9aGeNd7tVDQ8qcJhLGuid848k1nnP1aVdLe8ICt_RFC1WfpXFvkOuvSRIJykHZwXJNR81gBa7Omn4uDShL1LQ88yOTPlLE8Ne21f4UUA6cEtoYJMWrA47Erao/s320/100_2509.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700888294043760562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Winter Garden<br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-52073172615092578242011-12-24T13:56:00.030-05:002011-12-24T15:36:25.032-05:00The Nativity<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8M0Tcrpnkd2t9RrQiBu-RjrWsf0TpKFV4JEGDkC0zdtZiQIT6rQdLM9DSukgIo3x4eBXEeeCWlDcKBVWeCrWnB3Nd2q1pMi4IZqa_wKBQlFNfkUaDj4umWfkmZsmVgwhwxMIx6Tp19LA/s1600/100_2020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8M0Tcrpnkd2t9RrQiBu-RjrWsf0TpKFV4JEGDkC0zdtZiQIT6rQdLM9DSukgIo3x4eBXEeeCWlDcKBVWeCrWnB3Nd2q1pMi4IZqa_wKBQlFNfkUaDj4umWfkmZsmVgwhwxMIx6Tp19LA/s320/100_2020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689777981748249474" border="0" /></a>You will not believe me when I say I am not Religious...... Spiritual, but not Religious..... Especially when I show you around the Nativities that Adorn my SMALL house at this time of year! I consider myself a Pantheist.... a Believer in ALL Religions and ALL Gods..... Please forgive me if this offends your Beliefs. Nevertheless, I have always ADORED Nativities and the Medieval Art of the Christian world... and at Christmas.... that Darkest Time of the Year...... my House fills up with the Celebrations both Pagan and Christian...... Trees, Lights, and the Celebration of Birth. And over the years I have accumulated.... very NON-intentionally...... quite a collection of Nativities.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">This first one is a Pop-up or Fold out Nativity..... when it is closed it is a Book......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The World within a Book has ALWAYS intrigued me..... so here it is........<br /><br />The above picture shows all four sections......<br />The one below shows only three of them.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXFdts8rUX-xRd7RU6oVvQg84q1FB1E0oOswihUNG5zkTf_Z-49w6v_nu_ojXilqqjqwv3_wp35WQisodaknePWWxAMr2_79N2Rl8-f7pxh9q9zQHgNKYhckjEXApOuBeJbMSNBiJhIk/s1600/100_2021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyXFdts8rUX-xRd7RU6oVvQg84q1FB1E0oOswihUNG5zkTf_Z-49w6v_nu_ojXilqqjqwv3_wp35WQisodaknePWWxAMr2_79N2Rl8-f7pxh9q9zQHgNKYhckjEXApOuBeJbMSNBiJhIk/s320/100_2021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689777778331330354" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a closer view of the Nativity with the Baby Jesus......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHjjO2P-QLV3XRnXj0DYEopCrSQE1XxlHl-66V1BMVMj2_aq1RCfmVe1lRv6wGLou4Hdes9zwsUybNq3OxoWfxccUNp2sg7G2EQavy8Ln_L1uvWf-XIEuHgl37Mj4x6Pixp_kYLdHHOM/s1600/100_2022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHjjO2P-QLV3XRnXj0DYEopCrSQE1XxlHl-66V1BMVMj2_aq1RCfmVe1lRv6wGLou4Hdes9zwsUybNq3OxoWfxccUNp2sg7G2EQavy8Ln_L1uvWf-XIEuHgl37Mj4x6Pixp_kYLdHHOM/s320/100_2022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689777499913544034" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the right hand panel with the Three Kings....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The background sky is the inside Cover of the Book<br />The figures are printed on the paper and fold up into position when you open the panel of the book..... (the ceramic bird is holding the flap in place...)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6zS7feWe6iC-pKb9P3HSbbKoxGnJrq4wLwC86hTsgKSPAdF4fSBV8zBEknepFpeIeuQyu9n0kf3RJW-eZHcGTj4w3pea5XCO15Tas5Iw3lBhgp3FYw7AkOkd9ng10wSfxWANxL5XBLE/s1600/100_2023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6zS7feWe6iC-pKb9P3HSbbKoxGnJrq4wLwC86hTsgKSPAdF4fSBV8zBEknepFpeIeuQyu9n0kf3RJW-eZHcGTj4w3pea5XCO15Tas5Iw3lBhgp3FYw7AkOkd9ng10wSfxWANxL5XBLE/s320/100_2023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689777298590346770" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The left central section shows the Angels appearing to the Shepherds.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwxiCyvaOZEswSq22ey5GmRB45PdheR9J8L9GIGyw_YheAjdVmlKrniAUY_yw4nbyZt4Y_P3WIXWz8w9leaO19Fwxv_r5qvzJFkIJZOuyCif3FC66ik-z2WNnDUAko2KqNzqPefRTjhE/s1600/100_2024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwxiCyvaOZEswSq22ey5GmRB45PdheR9J8L9GIGyw_YheAjdVmlKrniAUY_yw4nbyZt4Y_P3WIXWz8w9leaO19Fwxv_r5qvzJFkIJZOuyCif3FC66ik-z2WNnDUAko2KqNzqPefRTjhE/s320/100_2024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689777112832058450" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the far left panel shows the Angels appearing to the Town Folk........<br /><br />I found this Book Nativity in a used book store.... was I ever surprised and DELIGHTED when I realized it was a pop-up Nativity...... I had never seen one so Beautiful and I snapped it up!<br />It takes over a Whole shelf of one of my Bookcases...... it fits So Perfectly!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDKsEUjb_Yz7C9abkvEPP_1Gl_C7pIG9Ag3zeRXQpw49FfQv0ghne8D38GxgS2ZisuUGeqjGeOTkNBggB1RC4C6AkIbjkRlwNNlZhF_KYg4AbP3Mr5bHExRyDEQ99U_x1bDtFTGwyL0w/s1600/100_2025.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDKsEUjb_Yz7C9abkvEPP_1Gl_C7pIG9Ag3zeRXQpw49FfQv0ghne8D38GxgS2ZisuUGeqjGeOTkNBggB1RC4C6AkIbjkRlwNNlZhF_KYg4AbP3Mr5bHExRyDEQ99U_x1bDtFTGwyL0w/s320/100_2025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689776972724581538" border="0" /></a>Here is another Fold out or pop-up Nativity I found much later, and is of a Quite different Style... being more Medieval rather than Baroque.......<br />It moves to the Hall table... which is actually my sewing machine which has to move here to make room for the Christmas tree..... and the Hall Table.... moves to the Kitchen Hall.....<br />So here it sits in front of some of the Christmas Cards I have drawn over the years.... but that is the subject of another post......<br /><div style="text-align: center;">It, too, is a Book when closed.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and Voila it is a Nativity in one smooth Opening!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWb4eMN7UMAPsphyphenhyphenoP4tx-HNbbHX51tzkbWig7ZQkAGYiYX499AiIMDOmh2G86EzJCElJGzo4iV4FVhIxumN5a4uq6BFjqpjlvAVLXCnQhf7CLs4vENJDBA5I7XIx4bvmEmgoTASDrDoI/s1600/100_2018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWb4eMN7UMAPsphyphenhyphenoP4tx-HNbbHX51tzkbWig7ZQkAGYiYX499AiIMDOmh2G86EzJCElJGzo4iV4FVhIxumN5a4uq6BFjqpjlvAVLXCnQhf7CLs4vENJDBA5I7XIx4bvmEmgoTASDrDoI/s320/100_2018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689776683663004146" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see a little closer...<br />the Characters are all images from Medieval Art......<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzMGVvVC3PMehIFaNqke5T5ocDCTV2nn9iWycAbWpXyUwBDH9MzUBOr0_5c6K7vtozlpiI8FYGuBwUClhxOsIu1DHHmPfOk70anmU-miVskj7b8DU-XWSKs2P2lfLQWJI8WtnYznqW-4/s1600/100_2016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzMGVvVC3PMehIFaNqke5T5ocDCTV2nn9iWycAbWpXyUwBDH9MzUBOr0_5c6K7vtozlpiI8FYGuBwUClhxOsIu1DHHmPfOk70anmU-miVskj7b8DU-XWSKs2P2lfLQWJI8WtnYznqW-4/s320/100_2016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689776526574749650" border="0" /></a>And while we are on the subject of Paper Nativities..... here is a view of the Paper Mache Nativity I have made.... I was inspired by one my In-laws acquired in Sicily Many years ago....<br />I started this when my first son was one....... and finished it a few years ago.... the painting of the figures took a great deal of time each...... The figures are between 8 or nine inches tall....so it is larger than dollhouse scale.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFk09Ze-P3MdGnYKO93y8v-uheyoePULCykpgHFQf_woBczzEgJBNGe9MeD2tgQFjiPmugF93Mom_E4r6PN6Ze8g8TBZaNuRHS6IEWt8YZrU_Oc5h_TiTS_euiPmawo_p4TfzKg2S5JCQ/s1600/100_5489.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFk09Ze-P3MdGnYKO93y8v-uheyoePULCykpgHFQf_woBczzEgJBNGe9MeD2tgQFjiPmugF93Mom_E4r6PN6Ze8g8TBZaNuRHS6IEWt8YZrU_Oc5h_TiTS_euiPmawo_p4TfzKg2S5JCQ/s320/100_5489.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689775986103391922" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The angels flying overhead stay up all year.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">actually the whole Nativity does in this house... there is nowhere to store it!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuYP_3cZNpCqb65NJgf74Eyhcv40ZgXr55YrQZIvjbVuosVPfF6a2iCfNQIACrtbbZmCQ20qaAKKO1i8R3g9kSSV8uccOj6E09z7TjrklkWZZa31RWbmoca5LaJzkilIzg38HNFXSznI/s1600/100_5490.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuYP_3cZNpCqb65NJgf74Eyhcv40ZgXr55YrQZIvjbVuosVPfF6a2iCfNQIACrtbbZmCQ20qaAKKO1i8R3g9kSSV8uccOj6E09z7TjrklkWZZa31RWbmoca5LaJzkilIzg38HNFXSznI/s320/100_5490.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689775799362154546" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And a closer view of the Stable....made of cardboard boxes!......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the Holy Family, the Ox and Ass and the Midwife and the Innkeeper.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the shepherds are to the right..... and the Kings to the left......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaYAdhrtfut9q81SJoUMA3K9Td7sBQW8d2LqQKKYBUXKtOq4Vg7xNDdfDBGYrH5jjhYb9ihu3cnxcPlnXV4f7i3dR_r4Z1BcIg85sDggwzO9I7AtaNq2Ij4h6wlA8BnfQ2_K0SacStsA/s1600/100_5491.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqaYAdhrtfut9q81SJoUMA3K9Td7sBQW8d2LqQKKYBUXKtOq4Vg7xNDdfDBGYrH5jjhYb9ihu3cnxcPlnXV4f7i3dR_r4Z1BcIg85sDggwzO9I7AtaNq2Ij4h6wlA8BnfQ2_K0SacStsA/s320/100_5491.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689775613966153154" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And of course, the Nativity I drew in the Christmas Card for last year......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> How many versions have I drawn over the years?<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQhASJwNNjysoKwWEQOhzNzWoPKo-xJe5BaRdrGR68wRpWedySdI-r4lA8S12K10X7mSL1eM1evPoEy7SzIKOJjR1keVZ89Q5FuDV3ysqX-TM_f4rKI74ucRLJk3iNGqojKKgGDD8a7Q/s1600/100_2014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQhASJwNNjysoKwWEQOhzNzWoPKo-xJe5BaRdrGR68wRpWedySdI-r4lA8S12K10X7mSL1eM1evPoEy7SzIKOJjR1keVZ89Q5FuDV3ysqX-TM_f4rKI74ucRLJk3iNGqojKKgGDD8a7Q/s320/100_2014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689775108654389282" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I even have stray pieces of Nativities.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">like this manger with the Baby Jesus and no-one to watch over him.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">so I always place him beside my Buddha on my Coffee table.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">under the Christmas cactus......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAWYnsznKZ_83c9iqNnR40xwTE-XBBl-SF_v_9VbXjMACaS9pDUeA3KwDcbUlmcSOjujUpJ-rck92fU_m5OJEsGyAPh1nUrngfhHbf1XNkytAnH30_xAyoyNYH4w0NA41Gk9rqGleaOg/s1600/100_2031.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAWYnsznKZ_83c9iqNnR40xwTE-XBBl-SF_v_9VbXjMACaS9pDUeA3KwDcbUlmcSOjujUpJ-rck92fU_m5OJEsGyAPh1nUrngfhHbf1XNkytAnH30_xAyoyNYH4w0NA41Gk9rqGleaOg/s320/100_2031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689774842510723346" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And a very traditional ceramic version.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">which Happens to be a good dollhouse scale......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and will someday figure in some creation of my dollhouse world......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1tgtEhzNPgBEcrqtmzo7x29mQKmhVMAi-vR02oHejbVGlvOoh-ms6eObAEBlVqgnkPdEGoO1SqHcZbTO45XcrkoiNW0gjW44r6cbOOrAenkondABCV1KTwTqhK9gXl72STv6RY0FGPc/s1600/100_2006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1tgtEhzNPgBEcrqtmzo7x29mQKmhVMAi-vR02oHejbVGlvOoh-ms6eObAEBlVqgnkPdEGoO1SqHcZbTO45XcrkoiNW0gjW44r6cbOOrAenkondABCV1KTwTqhK9gXl72STv6RY0FGPc/s320/100_2006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689774552850247874" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then there are a few tiny ceramic boxes with Nativity scenes on top........<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4b5P3z27MVAk1JzSrQC8Gq7YxFzlgFuh7hixdCv4Ol8qDTxdQbWnAvD5Sph-wvuONMMazTmToeH3pqssk6sRSxF-Oqw_eZk0mFB7f7PBgdJsh9PlFWLOpLYqKaASx61dgo46xNAvcuY/s1600/100_2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4b5P3z27MVAk1JzSrQC8Gq7YxFzlgFuh7hixdCv4Ol8qDTxdQbWnAvD5Sph-wvuONMMazTmToeH3pqssk6sRSxF-Oqw_eZk0mFB7f7PBgdJsh9PlFWLOpLYqKaASx61dgo46xNAvcuY/s320/100_2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689774265065483042" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And another one....<br />Who could resist a Tiny Box and Nativity together?.... NOT I!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO38zM1z39Q7WUG20scmPXytABs5n69QS9uMcNIzWzuWP1_8RhegzI9RXkTamtiT8G5pJ4Z41UkZoySmmh3yUaFtkXlFtN-yVxzXWIaoPQKUQAz69BgQ9iLxbs1Rjijo5RhyphenhyphenEz8uRoEyw/s1600/100_2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO38zM1z39Q7WUG20scmPXytABs5n69QS9uMcNIzWzuWP1_8RhegzI9RXkTamtiT8G5pJ4Z41UkZoySmmh3yUaFtkXlFtN-yVxzXWIaoPQKUQAz69BgQ9iLxbs1Rjijo5RhyphenhyphenEz8uRoEyw/s320/100_2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689774104719649138" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of my Favorite little Nativities is this Resin one which opens up........<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraemu59-VbK2i9e2g-ASHmyBgN7WEpp6aDJGK-kxHLu9aRfQncCKXPBO3gWR66EgCHcy8wyiokLRuCYdDAbPCrXXbvjJruwGXerBfdcqitVcsVRixVNX2-dZwA4UgAjW2LrkKInLRYjU/s1600/100_2001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraemu59-VbK2i9e2g-ASHmyBgN7WEpp6aDJGK-kxHLu9aRfQncCKXPBO3gWR66EgCHcy8wyiokLRuCYdDAbPCrXXbvjJruwGXerBfdcqitVcsVRixVNX2-dZwA4UgAjW2LrkKInLRYjU/s320/100_2001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689773836963351794" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see into the interior of the Stable past the Wise Men......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">to glimpse the Baby Jesus...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNg5SAoWPuFeRkJWlCSn9NBJlTLfQRoN-khEgQJ2UaX_wp8kikb5SKpeKl99BxR4MdCFK5_aqMwSyRIyqmRu592RH_eBwI0ndQvEs56Nt5pjVIXrK7ogI-ccSghhI4yRNkcfZmyx_brE/s1600/100_2003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNg5SAoWPuFeRkJWlCSn9NBJlTLfQRoN-khEgQJ2UaX_wp8kikb5SKpeKl99BxR4MdCFK5_aqMwSyRIyqmRu592RH_eBwI0ndQvEs56Nt5pjVIXrK7ogI-ccSghhI4yRNkcfZmyx_brE/s320/100_2003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689773605563451026" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here you can see it opened.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7CG2rb_twbe80DfD93qAeyCwxlt0KQBuNyhSx99cRifJAx6c5x7U-aSIjnmzmNqXcW9IQAmnoO0hzQdctXkIaNBrHNKgzUTmbBb5-YD8x09v44d9v6lGQTG99Qjs9GKiKTlMVkRzhuk/s1600/100_2032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7CG2rb_twbe80DfD93qAeyCwxlt0KQBuNyhSx99cRifJAx6c5x7U-aSIjnmzmNqXcW9IQAmnoO0hzQdctXkIaNBrHNKgzUTmbBb5-YD8x09v44d9v6lGQTG99Qjs9GKiKTlMVkRzhuk/s320/100_2032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689773400127551506" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And a closer view of the Holy Family.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the whole thing is not more than three inches tall.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aKJB0LNwOO4e4oDh6dNsQlNKMIxQS8Lk9yZedOv_nydGk5hw6eL68nQV7VZGtrDiUmLXwGQmS7nZoLCjUBoFUdRsGhJU7RiGQ1uFJlrvfyVamUa99PIvALd4iRHnn1Vb7o-KKp21YCU/s1600/100_2034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aKJB0LNwOO4e4oDh6dNsQlNKMIxQS8Lk9yZedOv_nydGk5hw6eL68nQV7VZGtrDiUmLXwGQmS7nZoLCjUBoFUdRsGhJU7RiGQ1uFJlrvfyVamUa99PIvALd4iRHnn1Vb7o-KKp21YCU/s320/100_2034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689773235676425874" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And of course, the Nativity I set up inside one of my Snowball ornaments.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">to hang on the Christmas Tree..... it is very hard to photograph this one......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLKe1SKXCR8iUpafD3W0EsGpHRbc7L_dvap_oeuS7KEilQkjBW5JGdxFuwbdF7YTzmmXtFmde-5KQSwVgYB_UGY10Se8vjPngwD2Fys7KBk6pTsZ6-CX7WJ23IwxsPImFb1-QR7If7jg/s1600/100_2009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLKe1SKXCR8iUpafD3W0EsGpHRbc7L_dvap_oeuS7KEilQkjBW5JGdxFuwbdF7YTzmmXtFmde-5KQSwVgYB_UGY10Se8vjPngwD2Fys7KBk6pTsZ6-CX7WJ23IwxsPImFb1-QR7If7jg/s320/100_2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689772961115871458" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And another Nativity within a Globe ornament.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">this one is Mexican .... inside a gourd.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Given to me by my ex-husband's Niece..... Long ago.......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0cFH6MpVSogeRf8Ar3R1L-KOUvzwrwF102kCI8XCkhpZEfcUM_rNp_ZKVDo_M7H3mmhZrzkcAhbdD7RVvuI1Vqg8K6kVAltmQks_sTbPLlo9P2GCQrf4H35HpbLUUoBxgilyNTc5Exc/s1600/100_2027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0cFH6MpVSogeRf8Ar3R1L-KOUvzwrwF102kCI8XCkhpZEfcUM_rNp_ZKVDo_M7H3mmhZrzkcAhbdD7RVvuI1Vqg8K6kVAltmQks_sTbPLlo9P2GCQrf4H35HpbLUUoBxgilyNTc5Exc/s320/100_2027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689772673747393906" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And a closer view of the Holy Family......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have ALWAYS LOVED those Worlds inside a little shell....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKw82bXvbbh5rn4bn3VF4aaS9DAT4l4la4jHSyoP5mx10w_yfJvfZ_qUodiR-IhbjwLhBlVs9ig3-27sotgQtS2DidElP8lN04-4nSEAB4f-JBuLZN7o58kNgPW2Jlug7YdPkxV8cS30/s1600/100_2028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKw82bXvbbh5rn4bn3VF4aaS9DAT4l4la4jHSyoP5mx10w_yfJvfZ_qUodiR-IhbjwLhBlVs9ig3-27sotgQtS2DidElP8lN04-4nSEAB4f-JBuLZN7o58kNgPW2Jlug7YdPkxV8cS30/s320/100_2028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689772541550813698" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like this one.... again Mexican..... and inside an Eggshell!!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHXbpX7EntD7748Ja_kmXfrTNNN9aUsXD8zRs-vhwfE9sHgU9bKh4JsElcXMwVNjl8Rw-8rodvdR-nccKeL2SGqnT8Sqk_MQWzNO1-hxmAHpsyOY6W3eii1VweKQ97jAVECBgI8y8-s8/s1600/100_1945.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHXbpX7EntD7748Ja_kmXfrTNNN9aUsXD8zRs-vhwfE9sHgU9bKh4JsElcXMwVNjl8Rw-8rodvdR-nccKeL2SGqnT8Sqk_MQWzNO1-hxmAHpsyOY6W3eii1VweKQ97jAVECBgI8y8-s8/s320/100_1945.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689772200410014642" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And if we are going to count the Tiny Nativities....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">then surely you MUST see the ones in my Dollhouses.....<br />On the Mantle of the "Folly"......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleK3J1zls6ssQPNbTnbcVjVd_DJ9kQLmKee4YIIt-mPM-BNeZJpGea7eCYPAX2_MG10Kiu94MIcfJXGqJT8Ob6eRnFh4rQshqpf9DJSepVZ-SnGCsQg99lHRxLy7bQ88GN4MwPJzvu0I/s1600/100_1957.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleK3J1zls6ssQPNbTnbcVjVd_DJ9kQLmKee4YIIt-mPM-BNeZJpGea7eCYPAX2_MG10Kiu94MIcfJXGqJT8Ob6eRnFh4rQshqpf9DJSepVZ-SnGCsQg99lHRxLy7bQ88GN4MwPJzvu0I/s320/100_1957.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689772004498447298" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the sideboard in the "Lovely Old Dollhouse"........<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzV2c4PREHBym_ikVh9bfApnJ5xRpOWEnQ9MUtmtKvYFuwwvZ9GneiB5Ka9EU1xEWS9T8fyNoQ4RO8nv8vygFp9Hnh08yhZcsZbM3UH6P3l-Yex2lUFUs-GFTmo1mTxwdSu10e7NxfWs/s1600/100_1965.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzV2c4PREHBym_ikVh9bfApnJ5xRpOWEnQ9MUtmtKvYFuwwvZ9GneiB5Ka9EU1xEWS9T8fyNoQ4RO8nv8vygFp9Hnh08yhZcsZbM3UH6P3l-Yex2lUFUs-GFTmo1mTxwdSu10e7NxfWs/s320/100_1965.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689771598677048354" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And in the Chapel of the Castle Dollhouse........<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xNz3FFM7ZEYABQLgRQRXv4BCKyDGeYxw1CnyNq6lNhhoy9n7x6Qn8b1DDRhMhFu5zF8Ang3psVrEEKD9RXc2Mhxzw4KHJFqFVn8qUjXssOSfrwYPw37NCDToxrsyAzAZxX3weWxm2iY/s1600/100_1986.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xNz3FFM7ZEYABQLgRQRXv4BCKyDGeYxw1CnyNq6lNhhoy9n7x6Qn8b1DDRhMhFu5zF8Ang3psVrEEKD9RXc2Mhxzw4KHJFqFVn8qUjXssOSfrwYPw37NCDToxrsyAzAZxX3weWxm2iY/s320/100_1986.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689771422018245074" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">So you can see, I have an Enduring LOVE for the Nativity......<br />But I don't Collect them...... Truly, I Don't!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Nativity<br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-38008083518609697102011-09-19T18:32:00.040-04:002011-09-19T20:16:24.010-04:00Embroidery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLy-mRa3sDKqhaIMr-ahSb3v-5eUyAXKPiheHnAYNhiUVWgCrVn4L-oFBVqfjIiVi2JiFCLvRaFe_k1WrYura19sC_QuYyrcKw5qlFWkbvghvaQQddSe75d_Dv0WbnbG9htrbxMKHWgNg/s1600/100_0291.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLy-mRa3sDKqhaIMr-ahSb3v-5eUyAXKPiheHnAYNhiUVWgCrVn4L-oFBVqfjIiVi2JiFCLvRaFe_k1WrYura19sC_QuYyrcKw5qlFWkbvghvaQQddSe75d_Dv0WbnbG9htrbxMKHWgNg/s320/100_0291.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654211276730338098" border="0" /></a>Stitches In Time.... Time In Stitches<br /><br />Warning! If you do NOT Absolutely LOVE embroidery you must stop now... this post will only Bore you! That said, I will admit to a passion for decorative stitchery...... known as embroidery. I learned to sew when I was seven or eight years old.... but didn't learn about embroidery until I was a teenager. The little pouch you see here is perhaps the Second thing I ever embroidered. I found an old kid-skin glove that was stained and I cut it up to make a little bag and then I started to decorate it with whatever idea came to mind until it was all filled up. I probably worked at it over a period of two or three years... not steadily... but just adding here and there when I had time.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKFUj3xW-dPDi0e8A93Fa0eboV4qVMouzYk88JH1AuJeLbipbOJQjYxIhqy9yYRx0VQwd4YPFiSezRVdtCpb92Ei9iyqAEDonO7KlJ9EC1d_EnhO3ONBXDudRg_CvZx-YiyBqfShGywo/s1600/100_0292.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKFUj3xW-dPDi0e8A93Fa0eboV4qVMouzYk88JH1AuJeLbipbOJQjYxIhqy9yYRx0VQwd4YPFiSezRVdtCpb92Ei9iyqAEDonO7KlJ9EC1d_EnhO3ONBXDudRg_CvZx-YiyBqfShGywo/s320/100_0292.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654211122449067522" border="0" /></a>Yes, it betrays my early Hippie years... a hookah smoking hedgehog........!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9eM4ruXZU0ohefLw96EsUKUCqODO2gxv1Du65H-hzBQfp-S1S4OgACtfLAEPkueFLWcxH9JSWwclu_zUV19eSXr23zZ-9l1fPCiIC-VVW_q5zYFqqsrnUpzMD4SShtz5t0WQPPlrMpA/s1600/100_0293.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9eM4ruXZU0ohefLw96EsUKUCqODO2gxv1Du65H-hzBQfp-S1S4OgACtfLAEPkueFLWcxH9JSWwclu_zUV19eSXr23zZ-9l1fPCiIC-VVW_q5zYFqqsrnUpzMD4SShtz5t0WQPPlrMpA/s320/100_0293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654210892065851394" border="0" /></a>Amongst the dragon flies and flowers note the tiny bees.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oQSYhs-uH6y2fffu2RxjJGBHQP99W0pPq741_GK9glQEEj-vwobRNhwk3LX4vkTEgHxmDkQKxAdlPwbcMpa_EPjy2GU6ioEm3kb77wsnNkai8BnfYyiXmAk7Qz6u7haoC3ZJrSh6in0/s1600/100_0294.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oQSYhs-uH6y2fffu2RxjJGBHQP99W0pPq741_GK9glQEEj-vwobRNhwk3LX4vkTEgHxmDkQKxAdlPwbcMpa_EPjy2GU6ioEm3kb77wsnNkai8BnfYyiXmAk7Qz6u7haoC3ZJrSh6in0/s320/100_0294.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654210738331226994" border="0" /></a>And even the bottom was covered in designs.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZgJV_AwQCDhItGVVal-P7os2rjKSmAYZ0z1CGV33IgHefAOHfEjdJh3sP2tvWawg6zc0HkArCYdj5-4563Qlpy7myhZ7Zn4WwaEsBdCaomniWi6Cz8rvAh1JqrBNT-mZk_y-hbEP68M/s1600/100_0296.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZgJV_AwQCDhItGVVal-P7os2rjKSmAYZ0z1CGV33IgHefAOHfEjdJh3sP2tvWawg6zc0HkArCYdj5-4563Qlpy7myhZ7Zn4WwaEsBdCaomniWi6Cz8rvAh1JqrBNT-mZk_y-hbEP68M/s320/100_0296.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654210536627746706" border="0" /></a>All my projects were little things.......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">like embroidering this butterfly and rose on the velvet lining for a needle box.........<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2a-HyLl2aQpzARhyphenhyphenLBky4_Qtj_fGNFwLEV59aWVmKtTIr3TGpEKvVEI-aT4VKYFeTlDgVZh4OLWvzGMX71TSNw4RtMEELXJusym9-xjDNZtdxceUhPmMou15ds_iHI0yjjqSEAAqsOA/s1600/100_0297.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2a-HyLl2aQpzARhyphenhyphenLBky4_Qtj_fGNFwLEV59aWVmKtTIr3TGpEKvVEI-aT4VKYFeTlDgVZh4OLWvzGMX71TSNw4RtMEELXJusym9-xjDNZtdxceUhPmMou15ds_iHI0yjjqSEAAqsOA/s320/100_0297.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654210389355091234" border="0" /></a>Here, you can see the Rose.....<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4szWbt0WApzjMKv2-kowYDlAYSCanA1yPkHcZrPkCZzn8TGaDjeWTczhqenv2wnx6lIi6psgIKIUJ1NqWBPig3DHDnKlqNpj0waHzSkwC87NgmScwcf7Ecf7YuLCc_092RoGltN1SsKk/s1600/100_0298.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4szWbt0WApzjMKv2-kowYDlAYSCanA1yPkHcZrPkCZzn8TGaDjeWTczhqenv2wnx6lIi6psgIKIUJ1NqWBPig3DHDnKlqNpj0waHzSkwC87NgmScwcf7Ecf7YuLCc_092RoGltN1SsKk/s320/100_0298.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654210209491496786" border="0" /></a>My biggest project was embroidering an Alphabet quilt for my first son...... a project that started out as just applique letters.... but quickly evolved into embroidered AND appliqued letters.... which took a WHOLE lot LONGER! I started when I was pregnant...... was stitching "L" when I went into labor..... and didn't complete it 'til my son was four and I was nursing my Second Son!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0pvFr0rGlac8c-VIi0wVBKj1jJ5MlTSWXjUoZxM5YITR6yU2exzGdcxQyS5EquT0CLAIz9Msy8C6p9AoPJMx8dc1qqEPOpzFM8riHQh9kW6mtWwBRHC9NtfpKHhC3Jw5x1hi3kW8_V8/s1600/100_0299.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0pvFr0rGlac8c-VIi0wVBKj1jJ5MlTSWXjUoZxM5YITR6yU2exzGdcxQyS5EquT0CLAIz9Msy8C6p9AoPJMx8dc1qqEPOpzFM8riHQh9kW6mtWwBRHC9NtfpKHhC3Jw5x1hi3kW8_V8/s320/100_0299.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654210061418637890" border="0" /></a>Here you can see the FIRST piece of embroidery I ever did..... on a scrap of torn bed linen..... which I saved and incorporated into the Quilt.... which is what got me going with the embroidery part....... this is a portrait of our black cat "Puss"........<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEpXibZ1TWMUsC1HeGQ7X7TyO74CulRJNq_O4xDKDQEynAMVq5rM1Ri4hKrHUo5659Ycg6NQVn91JIvalZ3Sa4ToyUaIaNYykzNI4vih5kbHYCWw5WHerUaXDnWH0ymMCWzQnPt4NbxQ/s1600/100_0300.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEpXibZ1TWMUsC1HeGQ7X7TyO74CulRJNq_O4xDKDQEynAMVq5rM1Ri4hKrHUo5659Ycg6NQVn91JIvalZ3Sa4ToyUaIaNYykzNI4vih5kbHYCWw5WHerUaXDnWH0ymMCWzQnPt4NbxQ/s320/100_0300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654209908435984098" border="0" /></a>And more details from my Son's quilt..... a pair of pink pigs in a puddle.....<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdJfJEJ9ONvK7ZaHrAmQ6a3jWfW3cytTmKnXfwhrcoT4C9EDaYcIQ3sH1QEgG-2fhBrkJmM0vEkMOEQJd36U8-U8_4o3rhA_xxNtM2tQCWdBp_OjgB84Sezbky8sIR50hEEkY-qZ_FbE/s1600/100_0301.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdJfJEJ9ONvK7ZaHrAmQ6a3jWfW3cytTmKnXfwhrcoT4C9EDaYcIQ3sH1QEgG-2fhBrkJmM0vEkMOEQJd36U8-U8_4o3rhA_xxNtM2tQCWdBp_OjgB84Sezbky8sIR50hEEkY-qZ_FbE/s320/100_0301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654209634127401474" border="0" /></a>And this letter I remember stitching when I was VERY pregnant with my Second Son......<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZymJW2WvsJultACa7sfnBhGuu6YRG6HF39oTzplQrz85uqh-rne0tEqHj_6G140okEq8MojpB7EYzB3uUhOGsMhvu0nOvNvDxmUMFAK3MGyi-QiVhucf2vToh7AAvPRfp_81JeARBos/s1600/100_0302.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZymJW2WvsJultACa7sfnBhGuu6YRG6HF39oTzplQrz85uqh-rne0tEqHj_6G140okEq8MojpB7EYzB3uUhOGsMhvu0nOvNvDxmUMFAK3MGyi-QiVhucf2vToh7AAvPRfp_81JeARBos/s320/100_0302.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654209498214685074" border="0" /></a>And I DID START the quilt for my Second Son....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Honest, I did! This is one of the squares of his Still Unfinished Quilt...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(hanging head in shame)....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAii55y-oqFzveAFNJee8-ZVX8OOJr3l0NmMiZMlWryTf36gsqOevsIByeieW3QlEFO2Jt7jcRhspf4bb-sLn8qw9-97JIQWRCa7H8TnXQcoecTuXSsujCoKBfnu2jgP4umVYwof2d8k/s1600/100_0305.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAii55y-oqFzveAFNJee8-ZVX8OOJr3l0NmMiZMlWryTf36gsqOevsIByeieW3QlEFO2Jt7jcRhspf4bb-sLn8qw9-97JIQWRCa7H8TnXQcoecTuXSsujCoKBfnu2jgP4umVYwof2d8k/s320/100_0305.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654209317465979234" border="0" /></a>And Another one......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lkiJyrwxUlFqkY9FglZpFZ3Z_kg5UdGEozxtZ2liPtz9e3g5HtKT706J21cb8KV7CScuPnelUEMAYNpkYQlBgZR2sobccsjkWyTtaREPfUQP3uGV8zCWJIQk7IHXVFo9kDglD9Of1N8/s1600/100_0306.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lkiJyrwxUlFqkY9FglZpFZ3Z_kg5UdGEozxtZ2liPtz9e3g5HtKT706J21cb8KV7CScuPnelUEMAYNpkYQlBgZR2sobccsjkWyTtaREPfUQP3uGV8zCWJIQk7IHXVFo9kDglD9Of1N8/s320/100_0306.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654209135534585266" border="0" /></a>I got all the way to the letter "J" ..... for my Son Jake.......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and still have the squares all stacked up in the sewing basket.......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">but somehow the Time got away from me........<br /><br />This letter "Z" is the one from my older son's quilt......<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrICi_23bNLvCGE8KU3drjiJpyeCjFXnrGgKrerbO7UzpVS4oTeeGUqLezWhE12uH_GyqAjmKQo2U-I_-EiJtTxgAacNe0-ZhqQs5twM59UG6FoUlwOMZmhY3n_5lIiAVXcL8gz_KzfLA/s1600/100_0303.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrICi_23bNLvCGE8KU3drjiJpyeCjFXnrGgKrerbO7UzpVS4oTeeGUqLezWhE12uH_GyqAjmKQo2U-I_-EiJtTxgAacNe0-ZhqQs5twM59UG6FoUlwOMZmhY3n_5lIiAVXcL8gz_KzfLA/s320/100_0303.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654208958855232450" border="0" /></a>There just never seemed to be any Time for embroidery...... I used to carry my basket with me and sew a few stitches even at the Boy's soccer games....... but they outgrew that and the quilt still wasn't done...... perhaps Someday I will finish it.......<br /><br />So it can be no Surprise to you that when I discovered a local store that sold embroidered Saris from India I was hooked! One by one I acquired them..... they weren't Cheap...... a WHOLE Rainbow of Incredibly ornamented AMAZINGLY Beautiful lengths of cloth! I hung them on my Bed frame...... a four poster with a canopy frame just Made for displaying these wonders...... They made my tiny attempts and embroidery look Primitive by comparison........<br />Here you can see a photo from my FORMER Home...... my new Home bedroom is too small and dark so they are packed away.... But the Former home I had painted the walls in a deep Moroccan Blue and ornamented it with painted trees and flowers and birds........<br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is the view from ON the bed........ Messy bed..........<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9su3HTu3iyiRSU7B3DBQcYGsfevMZjaq2l-DAIQIW3_RH7q_12rlcm48LZ9xNbSHICgz5U7-Rx983fqRACRYwG10A427yh7fD1T2IjssZBzFgSyfNhfxGsNqpQhpnHrn-865HKaMhlNM/s1600/000_1394.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9su3HTu3iyiRSU7B3DBQcYGsfevMZjaq2l-DAIQIW3_RH7q_12rlcm48LZ9xNbSHICgz5U7-Rx983fqRACRYwG10A427yh7fD1T2IjssZBzFgSyfNhfxGsNqpQhpnHrn-865HKaMhlNM/s320/000_1394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654208407241534274" border="0" /></a>And another view from the end looking towards the wall.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">but you can see some of the embroidery...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">sequins and gilt thread on that saffron sari........<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qJhqdDDlWWUYfy0c-Mp1CY4S4pATqXsrYL9AAGixGyL2a5yArgdTvGii80j6ijETouhEUYGfnATmceWhQjv-lKir3KHKTcCpGfSDaonohXMDns2OyEUBvSzIfO9hk4fQ4ODOn5zCQwc/s1600/000_1456.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qJhqdDDlWWUYfy0c-Mp1CY4S4pATqXsrYL9AAGixGyL2a5yArgdTvGii80j6ijETouhEUYGfnATmceWhQjv-lKir3KHKTcCpGfSDaonohXMDns2OyEUBvSzIfO9hk4fQ4ODOn5zCQwc/s320/000_1456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654207939286830994" border="0" /></a>And the view from the door to the room....... I Told you it was a Rainbow!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQqs6Ti9Q2G27YRoZZzlRttjpbMrcf3EO19Hapq0_XhfbWwok8kBS1UUbHe39K4KAsEGLb7GsoLJ27SaN5wBlLznCPhfndoKtH0a6jj4szwsfJ73Hois4EfFvqvjWvQhwZ29q9PQUZDc/s1600/000_0274.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQqs6Ti9Q2G27YRoZZzlRttjpbMrcf3EO19Hapq0_XhfbWwok8kBS1UUbHe39K4KAsEGLb7GsoLJ27SaN5wBlLznCPhfndoKtH0a6jj4szwsfJ73Hois4EfFvqvjWvQhwZ29q9PQUZDc/s320/000_0274.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654207394549087170" border="0" /></a>So, to celebrate my Downsized Home .... where there isn't room for a dozen draped saris on the bed.... I purchased a small Quilt..... or Door hanging...... made from scraps from an AMAZING assortment of former Saris...... I hung it on my bedroom door where I see it EVERY Day and can admire the Unbelievable Variety of Design, Pattern, Image, Technique, Material.........<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo5du1mwbV8dUZjLpjiJN0ATEaskH-W8Qtg2DJyFEIb9NdIx82xqgxd1eP031fS_8DaLcMGHbKJ6J9MHaL-lCZuPJGBhID09GvSRwazFtxPnspHw4slG2_uL-xtT44_EfQ04qw_TQPgQ/s1600/100_0371.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo5du1mwbV8dUZjLpjiJN0ATEaskH-W8Qtg2DJyFEIb9NdIx82xqgxd1eP031fS_8DaLcMGHbKJ6J9MHaL-lCZuPJGBhID09GvSRwazFtxPnspHw4slG2_uL-xtT44_EfQ04qw_TQPgQ/s320/100_0371.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654206723079701042" border="0" /></a>Here, You MUST have a closer look........<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(I Apologize for the blurry shots.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">it was quite difficult to hold still enough and close enough to get uniformly clear shots....)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4iGWbKqib2qqqnnSG02uDDUF6i0gg4LXnsy579T7yG5ErcqjsYg1LRl5ZGJoWgdEU4vVjxf4BmFDbDozx9woY5HKEVI73trD1uVIt7_f_9oaOOmZeLkih29a3cDo8qwYyPW7sVaeQa8/s1600/100_0372.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4iGWbKqib2qqqnnSG02uDDUF6i0gg4LXnsy579T7yG5ErcqjsYg1LRl5ZGJoWgdEU4vVjxf4BmFDbDozx9woY5HKEVI73trD1uVIt7_f_9oaOOmZeLkih29a3cDo8qwYyPW7sVaeQa8/s320/100_0372.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654206530849005314" border="0" /></a>The Wonder of the beauty of just a Fragment of the original.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrzv71QkDPCSGAVNSIES05R81gl3qNWdXJ09HwSM1QPhHPBkLyqkMAZ3I_-4lv5gVT_AgIPSZNmkw42N3FOF_gceuPW7JgaCQllCHzS2XAj3hRuOhJ94NLzovc2sDaRLLHC_u8OOP_z0/s1600/100_0373.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrzv71QkDPCSGAVNSIES05R81gl3qNWdXJ09HwSM1QPhHPBkLyqkMAZ3I_-4lv5gVT_AgIPSZNmkw42N3FOF_gceuPW7JgaCQllCHzS2XAj3hRuOhJ94NLzovc2sDaRLLHC_u8OOP_z0/s320/100_0373.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654206404946406018" border="0" /></a>And the Variety of Form and stitches......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXO7jI1eRpm5SO_3ICmtZoA7ZOoRWmAeC4qpWpf6sKABrbuuXL_Zs4hMhPs3TFhY-7LVCzNkaRvLOLFxTJFAwVhV6KxtcqohtvJcDuADZAmhQsW9HMisbvIb-9rUqZdw90HjRIzhS-YM/s1600/100_0374.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXO7jI1eRpm5SO_3ICmtZoA7ZOoRWmAeC4qpWpf6sKABrbuuXL_Zs4hMhPs3TFhY-7LVCzNkaRvLOLFxTJFAwVhV6KxtcqohtvJcDuADZAmhQsW9HMisbvIb-9rUqZdw90HjRIzhS-YM/s320/100_0374.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654206286736586690" border="0" /></a>And Complexity of Materials......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0tgIWl8zYD81bi-yh5uWaKSBXgitWy3W82PHViwA1qtDXEgxlABXuWZjGxjyxM5Jc4FdsLJHm__OnNhAO_ccgRWJ8YtYugiRdFjf3Nr-7SOZ0lLmzPf62ZSGmBltK-GAPBTilRDttrw/s1600/100_0375.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0tgIWl8zYD81bi-yh5uWaKSBXgitWy3W82PHViwA1qtDXEgxlABXuWZjGxjyxM5Jc4FdsLJHm__OnNhAO_ccgRWJ8YtYugiRdFjf3Nr-7SOZ0lLmzPf62ZSGmBltK-GAPBTilRDttrw/s320/100_0375.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654206143244047634" border="0" /></a>Makes me Wonder WHO stitched this...... and HOW Long did they work at it.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-7GrpsuH_847_X0uR8G9w9vvdzu7r_9YuVJjkajhCV9wV8vrcWA4iUgvuptdZAcUABtN6OPSsxb85-P79JRZUs-PqjxVuZHRt7mNxFgYc9nYdNvR2Fk5trnmyDPtiM9p1Ij25MmGOj0/s1600/100_0376.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-7GrpsuH_847_X0uR8G9w9vvdzu7r_9YuVJjkajhCV9wV8vrcWA4iUgvuptdZAcUABtN6OPSsxb85-P79JRZUs-PqjxVuZHRt7mNxFgYc9nYdNvR2Fk5trnmyDPtiM9p1Ij25MmGOj0/s320/100_0376.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654206015922504258" border="0" /></a>And Who taught them HOW......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBxkAAVpsOFV2W70CcKR1LXkBnsFdKeTTJb4piwq-cspxaRFj-qrmENv7uUovSJv0Ck6-uxAGWXsg5HVBoMqH8LLdBDGcFLcyAWCJbyT3WGx1_RGT2MGLAiH3GZFQ62cWXtPO8XXl8us/s1600/100_0377.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBxkAAVpsOFV2W70CcKR1LXkBnsFdKeTTJb4piwq-cspxaRFj-qrmENv7uUovSJv0Ck6-uxAGWXsg5HVBoMqH8LLdBDGcFLcyAWCJbyT3WGx1_RGT2MGLAiH3GZFQ62cWXtPO8XXl8us/s320/100_0377.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654205868943047810" border="0" /></a>Or Created the Designs.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6cvj3OFFXezp15vT8Qof37wfy8HoBDPze_QkxpPkRZejaPX1xu4L6JrGA-Xn63dNAjPn1jRYeMj-jYceoitEqOaNMkOf_CoGERVupi1NV_r74LG3jHhNmCENh5CYGDC1TGAAGOZrq4o/s1600/100_0378.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6cvj3OFFXezp15vT8Qof37wfy8HoBDPze_QkxpPkRZejaPX1xu4L6JrGA-Xn63dNAjPn1jRYeMj-jYceoitEqOaNMkOf_CoGERVupi1NV_r74LG3jHhNmCENh5CYGDC1TGAAGOZrq4o/s320/100_0378.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654205729780706818" border="0" /></a>The Patterns know no ending of Variety....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr71y_xCaW33TPzfSPm7xN8JMpNptsiW8aujyEV-lUdYtLqXLPpkgEHZteG-VPGf6ubSSaRvFqhOC6arcfWoAkYlY_P4LksMvjER1lFWZqHrjq-neVPvGKhesEkWaAZGPX6A_bKkIUk_o/s1600/100_0380.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr71y_xCaW33TPzfSPm7xN8JMpNptsiW8aujyEV-lUdYtLqXLPpkgEHZteG-VPGf6ubSSaRvFqhOC6arcfWoAkYlY_P4LksMvjER1lFWZqHrjq-neVPvGKhesEkWaAZGPX6A_bKkIUk_o/s320/100_0380.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654205516085041426" border="0" /></a>Some more Glittery than others......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGN3mzg5cylqDhBzj9B0F5jUzScjK3UjPr0NL0Q2hyf5IorlTxlP5tlB5qk6_whSdePtBjRIZehuUnPJHij3S6O4VX76RhpKCNkmsHYNdbonviJeZrf_8IjRYj6Q97EGmpgbFki3UWOc/s1600/100_0381.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGN3mzg5cylqDhBzj9B0F5jUzScjK3UjPr0NL0Q2hyf5IorlTxlP5tlB5qk6_whSdePtBjRIZehuUnPJHij3S6O4VX76RhpKCNkmsHYNdbonviJeZrf_8IjRYj6Q97EGmpgbFki3UWOc/s320/100_0381.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654205371333180146" border="0" /></a>Some Encrusted with Beads and Mirrors......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1wLQxkJ1rTFq0JC1ORAFIXdlDyeuST17K60fU23Sg7wEEDOblqPeeAimKcDCrO2_W8pcmeA9TjoVdHXbkAaZxRTi6_Ao9mRW-PeZeXd-MpdbcSPsNf5BRPurGZOHn0DuU1mQxXqt7sc/s1600/100_0383.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1wLQxkJ1rTFq0JC1ORAFIXdlDyeuST17K60fU23Sg7wEEDOblqPeeAimKcDCrO2_W8pcmeA9TjoVdHXbkAaZxRTi6_Ao9mRW-PeZeXd-MpdbcSPsNf5BRPurGZOHn0DuU1mQxXqt7sc/s320/100_0383.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654205214030757202" border="0" /></a>Some more Delicate......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzgon0Zmskr_7OF1DC1qSpI7Z6amQJkb02kJxuNg8tn4Wnom5tZ5pJB1LzlRO0UAvJM8_HIYiej3Uo5aoN3lMfCWPkyJ2gi4NmmNWqIxdWQEH-Ktk-DMh5_fZHOp4GQeAACT3uHoCQf0/s1600/100_0384.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzgon0Zmskr_7OF1DC1qSpI7Z6amQJkb02kJxuNg8tn4Wnom5tZ5pJB1LzlRO0UAvJM8_HIYiej3Uo5aoN3lMfCWPkyJ2gi4NmmNWqIxdWQEH-Ktk-DMh5_fZHOp4GQeAACT3uHoCQf0/s320/100_0384.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654205061055186754" border="0" /></a>Stitches I Still don't have a Name for..... techniques I would LOVE to learn......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeL2yYP778_oVWdUiyCzFGotqU-r0jioEdCKB7UmQlyKwBvPyv0GESZB21vPmjTJ0GTdhyphenhyphenri3NeMnFGTscz4GTyTxtwVmJjbpibgRojLruLXJWhfw5Vqck8qrEFOSxndIRnE3XnCjujKE/s1600/100_0385.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeL2yYP778_oVWdUiyCzFGotqU-r0jioEdCKB7UmQlyKwBvPyv0GESZB21vPmjTJ0GTdhyphenhyphenri3NeMnFGTscz4GTyTxtwVmJjbpibgRojLruLXJWhfw5Vqck8qrEFOSxndIRnE3XnCjujKE/s320/100_0385.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654204901934413650" border="0" /></a>Fine and Subtle.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pnVX33lmVuTf4hFw_lRV3vD6ZEuVE9xs_bPL7iIwDGg6p8UEj17sFETY9iRmVrhXsMSPIVUUr4tWnpV_lJl_rrEA8kR52v5zJmu6oL57hNP2-NDEKfPc4Iimtn406fySHvYvsBlJjFs/s1600/100_0386.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pnVX33lmVuTf4hFw_lRV3vD6ZEuVE9xs_bPL7iIwDGg6p8UEj17sFETY9iRmVrhXsMSPIVUUr4tWnpV_lJl_rrEA8kR52v5zJmu6oL57hNP2-NDEKfPc4Iimtn406fySHvYvsBlJjFs/s320/100_0386.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654204769749316530" border="0" /></a>Bold and Tribal......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlTDEjosk2XW1-TSN4CHAnjmUVWtEXNe12Oh0GGjS7SvPNYEp0JsB5ja2S2pnQ4EnZO3U6nK-Pyv7GupP18T1ahMuvRwDW66R0kwYg5LvflzPVWaReB1QOXRx5PekiYcEZFyLEZhEgVM/s1600/100_0387.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlTDEjosk2XW1-TSN4CHAnjmUVWtEXNe12Oh0GGjS7SvPNYEp0JsB5ja2S2pnQ4EnZO3U6nK-Pyv7GupP18T1ahMuvRwDW66R0kwYg5LvflzPVWaReB1QOXRx5PekiYcEZFyLEZhEgVM/s320/100_0387.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654204613964224258" border="0" /></a>Brilliant and Flashy.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8wCXUnT63LWXRRH6MtWcwqsoAlpj8yJxjLpd6vGjxy7rtiYQcunM5ALZg0iMfzI325-jDyFiwhyphenhyphenaOfZ_20JHH0Tq4zrUOcRxIkULeG64on7pjYQlk0lb4UnwN1mk1qhqHk5M559bhWA/s1600/100_0389.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8wCXUnT63LWXRRH6MtWcwqsoAlpj8yJxjLpd6vGjxy7rtiYQcunM5ALZg0iMfzI325-jDyFiwhyphenhyphenaOfZ_20JHH0Tq4zrUOcRxIkULeG64on7pjYQlk0lb4UnwN1mk1qhqHk5M559bhWA/s320/100_0389.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654204457710022402" border="0" /></a>Pieces that had a Life I will never know a thing about.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsn27MyqPhKcafF7yfJZjE0mL38rJxXBfWRbhDtPaJRWs3-WhLQ5npE7qIDjVrXmT0sFBcqFg0_Q87MsbFAoZUVTbGUqUnGCK-EvKgxdDeb4hSkBNEmS-EfhOPux9OcoiNA2WIhsCcSdw/s1600/100_0391.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsn27MyqPhKcafF7yfJZjE0mL38rJxXBfWRbhDtPaJRWs3-WhLQ5npE7qIDjVrXmT0sFBcqFg0_Q87MsbFAoZUVTbGUqUnGCK-EvKgxdDeb4hSkBNEmS-EfhOPux9OcoiNA2WIhsCcSdw/s320/100_0391.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654204304690648514" border="0" /></a>And can only Wonder and Gaze at in AWE.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0DooyF2rHnqbVoossk2uZme322sMVexTHhTk-rnaarUOds3Rojj0B1z30cWJh6Cfk9FbpOfWmVyKJHy6e20_ynk0Cmr3l5UK7WWV_3d_GKip63pFSXjXPY0y44LNIWhKDPCmQW587XcU/s1600/100_0392.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0DooyF2rHnqbVoossk2uZme322sMVexTHhTk-rnaarUOds3Rojj0B1z30cWJh6Cfk9FbpOfWmVyKJHy6e20_ynk0Cmr3l5UK7WWV_3d_GKip63pFSXjXPY0y44LNIWhKDPCmQW587XcU/s320/100_0392.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654204145568640114" border="0" /></a>Adorning my Doorway........<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHp0K-iR6XrgT9taTFh1uBJi96HR_sajJvZJYCSZrM-deKyqupg6gMwVV8fif9fIbTg3RK68U-GQR_bBgh7otELxS3nxRCogz5JnzB-cgTZ1so18bmsM14HUKuuaSCuok0sKDCbcLAX0/s1600/100_0395.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHp0K-iR6XrgT9taTFh1uBJi96HR_sajJvZJYCSZrM-deKyqupg6gMwVV8fif9fIbTg3RK68U-GQR_bBgh7otELxS3nxRCogz5JnzB-cgTZ1so18bmsM14HUKuuaSCuok0sKDCbcLAX0/s320/100_0395.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654203949935817330" border="0" /></a>Reminding me Every Day how MUCH I LOVE<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Embroidery</div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-37694884777701602422011-08-19T20:19:00.038-04:002011-08-19T22:17:04.343-04:00Summer Mist<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-KqRsxIeom3GU_3_nOkmM0Ltr33LSEFNz1P-Eq8wYAR0UR_blClZZ-2vyjxutLRbaTr9hBD5xnwgXM14P6DybcUALpV6fiuhvIFn9oHh7BIczCLcdNwwi5FXENa8pWOCFTL_buc1SP0/s1600/100_9345.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-KqRsxIeom3GU_3_nOkmM0Ltr33LSEFNz1P-Eq8wYAR0UR_blClZZ-2vyjxutLRbaTr9hBD5xnwgXM14P6DybcUALpV6fiuhvIFn9oHh7BIczCLcdNwwi5FXENa8pWOCFTL_buc1SP0/s320/100_9345.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642738152051207026" border="0" /></a>I MEANT to Invite you back sooner, I really did! To see more of the Garden while the Full Summer Sun shone strong and hot and LONG. To visit again with the Daylilies who were just getting started when last you were here. How Quickly the time has gone!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCWO-kvR3lc1PtfopJA32R_4RpNYDymCIJRlhEeT-PMgcVeQxwjNR9boO7XKxN-QuRplYPJVMbkNmniuSkuhUGAddVrTTd_88f6AUVAK8nGhoc57AE1DT1RjsfdJdJC5CGqPiyBH9fcU/s1600/100_9344.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCWO-kvR3lc1PtfopJA32R_4RpNYDymCIJRlhEeT-PMgcVeQxwjNR9boO7XKxN-QuRplYPJVMbkNmniuSkuhUGAddVrTTd_88f6AUVAK8nGhoc57AE1DT1RjsfdJdJC5CGqPiyBH9fcU/s320/100_9344.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642737972731736786" border="0" /></a>And the Queen Anne's Lace nods elegantly over all the other flowers.......
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr16Ryq05nf5iJXw61LP2W-GDBsnXHN-yfDRrmBbvLCcl-MvKOBCj_3EUtaBAJPy5o19ouKYOMH62B0aJD3vmWdtVPUg0Io5lNG6RvRzoqxXMhVMnOCO3ycUnF-mNgfnZFDT1JGmAEL3w/s1600/100_9246.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr16Ryq05nf5iJXw61LP2W-GDBsnXHN-yfDRrmBbvLCcl-MvKOBCj_3EUtaBAJPy5o19ouKYOMH62B0aJD3vmWdtVPUg0Io5lNG6RvRzoqxXMhVMnOCO3ycUnF-mNgfnZFDT1JGmAEL3w/s320/100_9246.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642736613233968162" border="0" /></a>And Achillea 'The Pearl" crowds the gateway to the Garden with a Cloud of dainty blooms.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwqR4_cDjFYd8zLUwugL7m10A5sVaYv1TKn31psG7fpCZ_C5egv0YdsRNIhtzEquh5sKu_Pugo3unwCJqxxMjifJwhrh9ROfJsgVZ6xClckr6v0wwF-MeWQ1X4j5ikPFZfR6w0fz3U1A/s1600/100_9244.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwqR4_cDjFYd8zLUwugL7m10A5sVaYv1TKn31psG7fpCZ_C5egv0YdsRNIhtzEquh5sKu_Pugo3unwCJqxxMjifJwhrh9ROfJsgVZ6xClckr6v0wwF-MeWQ1X4j5ikPFZfR6w0fz3U1A/s320/100_9244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642736401892281410" border="0" /></a>And my FAVORITE Daylily spreads it's curly petals wide and scents the air with an Orchid's fragrance.....
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBoctcvawoCZ1Y_-_JF5LxsRGoHaWiYNDbGzKcaJSkmMk6OYh85VsPJISvzsz1idKm-_sR_AVxi0YtvA6lSEh8rWmXPhrt_9Jnnq0hjYWN5gAACHUgpCY0WDhAkot0FUXZCDp9RlUqOQ/s1600/100_9245.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBoctcvawoCZ1Y_-_JF5LxsRGoHaWiYNDbGzKcaJSkmMk6OYh85VsPJISvzsz1idKm-_sR_AVxi0YtvA6lSEh8rWmXPhrt_9Jnnq0hjYWN5gAACHUgpCY0WDhAkot0FUXZCDp9RlUqOQ/s320/100_9245.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642736236388852450" border="0" /></a>And the sun as it rises higher sneaks through the overhanging branches of the Silver Maple to illuminate choice patches of the Garden.... for a MOMENT..... and then moves on....
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg10lKlRqFHwxLAk9ksn9zkdF7mSaT4uK3lwCok3wGby1011ZES1vgx6KhYPKSf4rMzZsgEi1VMZ_vKZ3HrhKBOASKLqeELJglBf4cA5ksk23-8XFkvY8CqxhWaEBKsReWgJXd_1pHtdc/s1600/100_9228.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg10lKlRqFHwxLAk9ksn9zkdF7mSaT4uK3lwCok3wGby1011ZES1vgx6KhYPKSf4rMzZsgEi1VMZ_vKZ3HrhKBOASKLqeELJglBf4cA5ksk23-8XFkvY8CqxhWaEBKsReWgJXd_1pHtdc/s320/100_9228.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642735933537192434" border="0" /></a>Highlighting it's friends on the ground..... greeting them with a kiss..... of Summer.....
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn_U-DqDn7ma5ymN7sHJgsgXm2kJmvotpw6Zg7kPit3QldLuTANsM6nI1TYwkQ26JzXU-0z6paW24Vwh1jeNLdnD0ouiNDXz4rdaVC3lYsnxnuoLmM3_LpZy851HtTTlYQjF6Q2ah7GI/s1600/100_9250.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn_U-DqDn7ma5ymN7sHJgsgXm2kJmvotpw6Zg7kPit3QldLuTANsM6nI1TYwkQ26JzXU-0z6paW24Vwh1jeNLdnD0ouiNDXz4rdaVC3lYsnxnuoLmM3_LpZy851HtTTlYQjF6Q2ah7GI/s320/100_9250.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642735768497291922" border="0" /></a>Making them GLOW as if on fire.....!
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBX3UoPBNU9CY77TLoEhgAzdHdEDXMqKRqTI-14SiaSHlV6kG6GJrBA9X1ozX5D7NsOgVB787At56TEg2vYTLJKsNugYCXouZdxJunSkXUJMZmoSBsKY2JpTVn1P6UrmldOmP0VoWIHw/s1600/100_9253.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBX3UoPBNU9CY77TLoEhgAzdHdEDXMqKRqTI-14SiaSHlV6kG6GJrBA9X1ozX5D7NsOgVB787At56TEg2vYTLJKsNugYCXouZdxJunSkXUJMZmoSBsKY2JpTVn1P6UrmldOmP0VoWIHw/s320/100_9253.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642735501276381634" border="0" /></a>Making the petals glisten with iridescence...... each blossom open for just a DAY....
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilB2rT2nQQLg0Ndo9jn63VRP_IDWCqCzV5QbOy1MWhn7EI9BR31dBz62bRuExH464N1OBbGoObasCQhXvVUMNX6TKAa2BsUitm8zECZi3LfeCoiM8Xyir2FS5uyYs7iR8HjHdBqbzD4BQ/s1600/100_9299.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilB2rT2nQQLg0Ndo9jn63VRP_IDWCqCzV5QbOy1MWhn7EI9BR31dBz62bRuExH464N1OBbGoObasCQhXvVUMNX6TKAa2BsUitm8zECZi3LfeCoiM8Xyir2FS5uyYs7iR8HjHdBqbzD4BQ/s320/100_9299.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642735005470968274" border="0" /></a>Can you BELIEVE the Black of this one?
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmarbn5JG8e9jck2oN2BAEuB1DGryRC0_N8n1URc3Wp45kDHMWqgTWDJnzMx_ZzUKI_PYnn7gVqGqCZmfbDUieo3lH5EBtJud22p8rBzyBmMgupxCsRebMRCjaVQIF8FXVEFsgqxCI2zg/s1600/100_9292.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmarbn5JG8e9jck2oN2BAEuB1DGryRC0_N8n1URc3Wp45kDHMWqgTWDJnzMx_ZzUKI_PYnn7gVqGqCZmfbDUieo3lH5EBtJud22p8rBzyBmMgupxCsRebMRCjaVQIF8FXVEFsgqxCI2zg/s320/100_9292.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642734744296887762" border="0" /></a>And the Lavender of this?
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaecaTjWKv8UKYrOSngvnkteWZLe4MwtNoFHldmKV-R_SW8YILqZ8PHQcx3asegFKmMqhbcbW8TS1PGNSybB5csOsKH2IFcy18HUh98KvXdJWH5lZoMsdL9dgf5k55zIQ4huL-OC1-GvY/s1600/100_9336.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaecaTjWKv8UKYrOSngvnkteWZLe4MwtNoFHldmKV-R_SW8YILqZ8PHQcx3asegFKmMqhbcbW8TS1PGNSybB5csOsKH2IFcy18HUh98KvXdJWH5lZoMsdL9dgf5k55zIQ4huL-OC1-GvY/s320/100_9336.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642733668119042610" border="0" /></a>And my Favorite! The Daylily called the "Orchid"..... so exotic!
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighOI8aDsEXrj5yBPjZ3uA97Kw3j70OAFbshUL5Q9f9cqxl-Uggbbf937juQEAGryYoEtlWzaI7CCTQVgHvShDnTNoMTJsNFYq6TNGnTpGTNX7N886grDTLZ9izLYCBVveScjHMJkW1Z8/s1600/100_9337.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighOI8aDsEXrj5yBPjZ3uA97Kw3j70OAFbshUL5Q9f9cqxl-Uggbbf937juQEAGryYoEtlWzaI7CCTQVgHvShDnTNoMTJsNFYq6TNGnTpGTNX7N886grDTLZ9izLYCBVveScjHMJkW1Z8/s320/100_9337.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642733523371742450" border="0" /></a>See what I mean? Don't you just LOVE it?
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xC2Dpc3zWkOVw-5qQBGCr2lfpuP5bowIq_srVUm08I39sEKpsii0jIYMgE2Yl0pEeG0koXh1oVKQBrqs_swANP5NCPDNpmb5g-LldA3skncbNQWP7WMZ4-hJ7FbgD3DcCheAMWRR4H4/s1600/100_9342.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xC2Dpc3zWkOVw-5qQBGCr2lfpuP5bowIq_srVUm08I39sEKpsii0jIYMgE2Yl0pEeG0koXh1oVKQBrqs_swANP5NCPDNpmb5g-LldA3skncbNQWP7WMZ4-hJ7FbgD3DcCheAMWRR4H4/s320/100_9342.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642733358240264226" border="0" /></a>And then there are the other Lilies....
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the Oriental Lilies with AMAZING clouds of heavenly scented blossoms!
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfL2Yzx4Nfq7ry1aZjCdSNmDg6bWriMdOxO3Zt8mHTlFNBWmqsm8Ek03x1g7BsZoOAGfSf-fC1PWzQjkRk0SI79Kzrb2KevMxDaSQ2hS_Dq0OkECOqj_rI5nUJA1wsIQIafoIYseiF0-s/s1600/100_9335.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfL2Yzx4Nfq7ry1aZjCdSNmDg6bWriMdOxO3Zt8mHTlFNBWmqsm8Ek03x1g7BsZoOAGfSf-fC1PWzQjkRk0SI79Kzrb2KevMxDaSQ2hS_Dq0OkECOqj_rI5nUJA1wsIQIafoIYseiF0-s/s320/100_9335.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642733099411302354" border="0" /></a>Perfuming the Whole Garden........
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88EPzZ55LosACHLjyy03y1pX8IBvQrQjM6SysaMcQ9cePeN0XV3MDT9Rz6z6Fihhp3vRi0W6_n2gv7hsGzBQ7HywYzIhWtlm5XqwCbfvqEq3IuwSBmDx-hU0OgN6gI1CXOmjdiB5OjAI/s1600/100_9338.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88EPzZ55LosACHLjyy03y1pX8IBvQrQjM6SysaMcQ9cePeN0XV3MDT9Rz6z6Fihhp3vRi0W6_n2gv7hsGzBQ7HywYzIhWtlm5XqwCbfvqEq3IuwSBmDx-hU0OgN6gI1CXOmjdiB5OjAI/s320/100_9338.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642732900694586786" border="0" /></a>But Summer is moving on...... you know it is Past the middle when the Phlox begin to bloom....
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1GmKxzFg0CIcV19yg9tWhA1clLFUBRaJvUgFwksbMQ-EzpKQg0Zftjjq4UKR5mnuTRNXZ_yyPrHPci-XK8-NKWsZKZpXR78BO1kH9Lqa9XW2etoP5v2hwXskLad-zX2ciu5nAF4opRo/s1600/100_9753.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1GmKxzFg0CIcV19yg9tWhA1clLFUBRaJvUgFwksbMQ-EzpKQg0Zftjjq4UKR5mnuTRNXZ_yyPrHPci-XK8-NKWsZKZpXR78BO1kH9Lqa9XW2etoP5v2hwXskLad-zX2ciu5nAF4opRo/s320/100_9753.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642732453914580274" border="0" /></a>In COLORS so intense it is hard to Believe the pictures are real.....
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<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVfLchxOdI6-ZMX4LUlzYXRRJ5J5l3mPCGwF4SS05Pl6p96xH8TrjcUC8bJZt8JRZ7cM33LS4N1tyXGzv0ACMrmyoCdNMrqnPvfhFDVjXZoWIjxJkrMZhBKpVRpcQ1EACnZUhodidjlA/s1600/100_9747.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVfLchxOdI6-ZMX4LUlzYXRRJ5J5l3mPCGwF4SS05Pl6p96xH8TrjcUC8bJZt8JRZ7cM33LS4N1tyXGzv0ACMrmyoCdNMrqnPvfhFDVjXZoWIjxJkrMZhBKpVRpcQ1EACnZUhodidjlA/s320/100_9747.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642732219818284338" border="0" /></a>And the Honeysuckle vine is covered with a second flush of blossoms.... better than the first!
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3CdWMojArLPlxfnjtXVf_OpQaDUv4fQQz9ce8_UfhNhY3o_9IRbs-KkgTwOnBafgY7sgKxPOrNS4IeBix-fUiMHdKOcRTCTkwpoX7XXUKnraeUl09fFdu5_Q-wjMR9Z03gFdJrIKiQk/s1600/100_9748.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3CdWMojArLPlxfnjtXVf_OpQaDUv4fQQz9ce8_UfhNhY3o_9IRbs-KkgTwOnBafgY7sgKxPOrNS4IeBix-fUiMHdKOcRTCTkwpoX7XXUKnraeUl09fFdu5_Q-wjMR9Z03gFdJrIKiQk/s320/100_9748.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642732099657072562" border="0" /></a>And the Hot Pink Phlox "Wildfire" ignites its corner of the Garden with a color so intense....
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2_07XeTEOyBJaRy0RpszJpMEn54eBrVSFSpiFRGC8bXE4_hZSmPjakbjg7dEp7T3zA2oML79100Z4zl-2leiy4KIAlYZiI69CuQBXY-rrsY9Ayswhem35oowhmoWvS76qvu3_dWodqQ/s1600/100_9743.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2_07XeTEOyBJaRy0RpszJpMEn54eBrVSFSpiFRGC8bXE4_hZSmPjakbjg7dEp7T3zA2oML79100Z4zl-2leiy4KIAlYZiI69CuQBXY-rrsY9Ayswhem35oowhmoWvS76qvu3_dWodqQ/s320/100_9743.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642731973167001650" border="0" /></a>Rivaled by the Lingering blossoms of "Falstaff".... who wishes not to be outdone!
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCasLQjRy0JOm06XkCSzxv2DZUrMMofq92SAO-NUGSIcEYRRHLygz98vtUwnuu0GcEtIhZ7vpg7CD-oDHxrOpi0kxOKJJsz4joCjaa4tN0jtoskTskZw7qgQ2BLD1Ysh-0BZ0OFNKD_4/s1600/100_9744.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCasLQjRy0JOm06XkCSzxv2DZUrMMofq92SAO-NUGSIcEYRRHLygz98vtUwnuu0GcEtIhZ7vpg7CD-oDHxrOpi0kxOKJJsz4joCjaa4tN0jtoskTskZw7qgQ2BLD1Ysh-0BZ0OFNKD_4/s320/100_9744.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642731874558404354" border="0" /></a>And the Rose "Tropical Sunset" joins the fray.....
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ04I4s42AHu3fo_f72q3i3AhCrPzGVxT2jK3aQd-uW-QzIWU4ic95vJgn_83FFdtZPe5shpNnbeH8dhQgk8yOIV1NBCYh0hWibSanFToXScpByfvy9zWAgBZTyWJ7Auhl3HerzfQQXAE/s1600/100_9746.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ04I4s42AHu3fo_f72q3i3AhCrPzGVxT2jK3aQd-uW-QzIWU4ic95vJgn_83FFdtZPe5shpNnbeH8dhQgk8yOIV1NBCYh0hWibSanFToXScpByfvy9zWAgBZTyWJ7Auhl3HerzfQQXAE/s320/100_9746.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642731694963628498" border="0" /></a>As if to say...."Summer is NOT over yet!"
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<br />But then one morning as I leave for work, the Garden is swathed in MIST.......
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<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7oHzG3cWZsgR_R2AwSicSEbiSedPC6TAmhZp0RpU_bfgcngSO10p6dKNMcibf2AR1dq6SIhSTeW3HECK1zc4Ako_AVzveUUY2DnUCBobJG_7BktyXFonYnYLxi1DcyIWnnTJnGq5QnE/s1600/100_9914.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7oHzG3cWZsgR_R2AwSicSEbiSedPC6TAmhZp0RpU_bfgcngSO10p6dKNMcibf2AR1dq6SIhSTeW3HECK1zc4Ako_AVzveUUY2DnUCBobJG_7BktyXFonYnYLxi1DcyIWnnTJnGq5QnE/s320/100_9914.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642730648555557730" border="0" /></a>And I cannot RESIST the urge to take a moment for photographs.... even though I am late....
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23sUQh37vogDbC4r-1iyXodRnsm6H-hHM1kx18TbgACThC7l68Hu4U7An7tJTvDFxbphVej0zhuXyzlv8IJXNm8MmfLlDShgKGbHuGuJG3XyHzwGJJz8yzrFL6uu8LtdZRmFE6aK6EKI/s1600/100_9917.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23sUQh37vogDbC4r-1iyXodRnsm6H-hHM1kx18TbgACThC7l68Hu4U7An7tJTvDFxbphVej0zhuXyzlv8IJXNm8MmfLlDShgKGbHuGuJG3XyHzwGJJz8yzrFL6uu8LtdZRmFE6aK6EKI/s320/100_9917.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642730493756657730" border="0" /></a>The Morning Fogs of Late Summer have arrived.....
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">bringing an almost Melancholy beauty to this little patch of Garden.....
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85ZoNbpEb-CGOqz_m6PB_hTU-WjTA1TdjQFQY2OeKEdJmd-MsDoh98UZEk0gk_3SvXBQxM_aUPe-i0BJ2dluz1JjWUuU0XPuL3PMuKR6qwCTD2XZ4bBUoxYxu7dCk9WAwMEx3iJAx2Kk/s1600/100_9918.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85ZoNbpEb-CGOqz_m6PB_hTU-WjTA1TdjQFQY2OeKEdJmd-MsDoh98UZEk0gk_3SvXBQxM_aUPe-i0BJ2dluz1JjWUuU0XPuL3PMuKR6qwCTD2XZ4bBUoxYxu7dCk9WAwMEx3iJAx2Kk/s320/100_9918.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642730130418505314" border="0" /></a>Betraying the Spider's snares.....
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCvGNCMSdWRHhYhXMYarre6bLtjKHCAK-QpdcoLNFyOeMFTh5-tLzAO2LKSFd5kM5fmQNrrQtd3jf09lzKhbO3zVyoFb-Ys7xh9L9esPAHM5-0vLcmIY1IasXt3uzYxy-9r_egpe6P6g/s1600/100_9922.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCvGNCMSdWRHhYhXMYarre6bLtjKHCAK-QpdcoLNFyOeMFTh5-tLzAO2LKSFd5kM5fmQNrrQtd3jf09lzKhbO3zVyoFb-Ys7xh9L9esPAHM5-0vLcmIY1IasXt3uzYxy-9r_egpe6P6g/s320/100_9922.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642729836908915298" border="0" /></a>Dripping from the nodding Roses....... presaging the coming Frosts!
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgafDXo1FwItyiIqUTSLPvHOs8L9rtNPdEHlDkZDJcG5pCvDS8sjWAKw5O71ujkVnZ4EQ69RXErCwm_t5q6XdOci9OqWaZvEelBJgA4bysL20geI4RjcVn8fxXSWsj3ACoxkzZGddw1g/s1600/100_9934.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgafDXo1FwItyiIqUTSLPvHOs8L9rtNPdEHlDkZDJcG5pCvDS8sjWAKw5O71ujkVnZ4EQ69RXErCwm_t5q6XdOci9OqWaZvEelBJgA4bysL20geI4RjcVn8fxXSWsj3ACoxkzZGddw1g/s320/100_9934.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642729641397088706" border="0" /></a>The soft MISTY air seems to reveal the Garden in a way the Sun cannot.......
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">showing the beauty of the Clematis Gone to Seed
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UKz_8go6laYEH63ibjoY158OF7zeAo2adEnmHXc_eEOPQXlUk4eDfNkcE1yq51iFasL_KkbffTB4i-t_5V_WftET5DtbCapL7t5r5KRwDz2MiDn_45IC3HW3eqQdFt3pYTEkwz1Nur0/s1600/100_9924.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UKz_8go6laYEH63ibjoY158OF7zeAo2adEnmHXc_eEOPQXlUk4eDfNkcE1yq51iFasL_KkbffTB4i-t_5V_WftET5DtbCapL7t5r5KRwDz2MiDn_45IC3HW3eqQdFt3pYTEkwz1Nur0/s320/100_9924.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642729387064454114" border="0" /></a>And the Echinops beginning to fade........
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHc5P2yU1PWe60j4X3uNMruuL7kl0wCwOEX4FKV6uDjmh8MOAIB606-1aWGRYTzQeTbl8IkD72iBMgFwSon4gdlMUtQE080_8oGnIpH9gHGvBrU9rWbCu59gP0ul9LP2o6t9Gd7zW64E/s1600/100_9925.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHc5P2yU1PWe60j4X3uNMruuL7kl0wCwOEX4FKV6uDjmh8MOAIB606-1aWGRYTzQeTbl8IkD72iBMgFwSon4gdlMUtQE080_8oGnIpH9gHGvBrU9rWbCu59gP0ul9LP2o6t9Gd7zW64E/s320/100_9925.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642729265024812306" border="0" /></a>Making Ghosts of Cobwebs......
<br />And the CHILL of the early Morning keeping the Bees clinging to the flowers, too cold to fly....
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Tew6zX3h7uOQbXWQ62HVhQfszeQ0V0poB3bMLoKn1PE1IU4iAXj93Tvs0H8MM5PqUojhC_Mh55UayoZIrr4tgzmLZyMG8eJHHQnrNmJeyf5VTJ9zJ_wDkkLBjOu_l2vaBvFW0eV4KrE/s1600/100_9931.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Tew6zX3h7uOQbXWQ62HVhQfszeQ0V0poB3bMLoKn1PE1IU4iAXj93Tvs0H8MM5PqUojhC_Mh55UayoZIrr4tgzmLZyMG8eJHHQnrNmJeyf5VTJ9zJ_wDkkLBjOu_l2vaBvFW0eV4KrE/s320/100_9931.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642728649339220850" border="0" /></a>And coats the merest Rose leaf in minute diamonds....... for the Moment......
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8y-HbCwBe8rXfzpzGCQBG-Qvv4jHe1HCF8A2bKqk-Nr-Sv4Fmh5xTJuAbfjgRWjpHQUVX17foDYkE7mWnp509cY-R5safBHkDPC8LA0T8xD3viIcMsxdY3X-8K3SXDI7Owftsfbe36RY/s1600/100_9932.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8y-HbCwBe8rXfzpzGCQBG-Qvv4jHe1HCF8A2bKqk-Nr-Sv4Fmh5xTJuAbfjgRWjpHQUVX17foDYkE7mWnp509cY-R5safBHkDPC8LA0T8xD3viIcMsxdY3X-8K3SXDI7Owftsfbe36RY/s320/100_9932.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642728332795160082" border="0" /></a>As if Weeping Quietly for the loss of Summer.......
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCpHcIbJXX3zFgo8QbNdYd47V8ERv3BTdqPtEUc3WAoxwfcSXE7sJBr0YwCtjNr2rWnPiIjXbRGCuBkhrB1zQ-eCDEJGZFYhFh7pRSHVhh260cR6tWBGGzuVWJtObiJxyqsHGeddnUoU/s1600/100_9933.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCpHcIbJXX3zFgo8QbNdYd47V8ERv3BTdqPtEUc3WAoxwfcSXE7sJBr0YwCtjNr2rWnPiIjXbRGCuBkhrB1zQ-eCDEJGZFYhFh7pRSHVhh260cR6tWBGGzuVWJtObiJxyqsHGeddnUoU/s320/100_9933.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642728184313161106" border="0" /></a>Summer Missed
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Summer Mist
<br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-7124657533890943492011-07-07T21:36:00.032-04:002011-07-07T22:59:21.279-04:00A Midsummer Day's Dream<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RMp457_7HRdbKWzv1hipLvDetGBsbWM38KFRnNHDvjWEd1PbDsOwoPvlDNYYWrqBV0u5qks38-v4D4FfsVUNy5IM0nIELL660T2YprajONuPMzBJzw_lEuyQggbJ-IJlFcdV7PhbUcc/s1600/100_8819.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RMp457_7HRdbKWzv1hipLvDetGBsbWM38KFRnNHDvjWEd1PbDsOwoPvlDNYYWrqBV0u5qks38-v4D4FfsVUNy5IM0nIELL660T2YprajONuPMzBJzw_lEuyQggbJ-IJlFcdV7PhbUcc/s320/100_8819.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626800995564601746" border="0" /></a>Please, Come Into My Garden<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Stop a minute and let the Summer Morning fill you with Gladness!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9mEbGTC6m1m_dkrVV9OMMeEEchyphenhyphenkugucYFJ0Uni7m_25uiFF27WBCY5cGqm5ZvN9DfLGDK43z9tLFl6NiJOKozveWS2WQwKoNQ1aGrbNNBNiFAJK87q3vWN4ExDF4Hi0cQ9DeAztPmI/s1600/100_8838.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9mEbGTC6m1m_dkrVV9OMMeEEchyphenhyphenkugucYFJ0Uni7m_25uiFF27WBCY5cGqm5ZvN9DfLGDK43z9tLFl6NiJOKozveWS2WQwKoNQ1aGrbNNBNiFAJK87q3vWN4ExDF4Hi0cQ9DeAztPmI/s320/100_8838.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626799654289909954" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfbEqr3G0Lnp7Z5PA53PvShzdZZ06ynDU_qI6BMNZuo6Cfk3nhwEQQhhiu-vs9fFsUhhqfrV_MIs7gxOAkJzTkwobma3yVx34goEfpsGk0V-8Z_fmUFkubwjd2Ze3eRVrj216KJkB7vI/s1600/100_8837.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfbEqr3G0Lnp7Z5PA53PvShzdZZ06ynDU_qI6BMNZuo6Cfk3nhwEQQhhiu-vs9fFsUhhqfrV_MIs7gxOAkJzTkwobma3yVx34goEfpsGk0V-8Z_fmUFkubwjd2Ze3eRVrj216KJkB7vI/s320/100_8837.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626799439807536546" border="0" /></a>It is the time of year that the Roses are just past their first flush of bloom,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">with some blossoms lingering still....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8smSqO_zZWyaaVMn7_Br3zCZ38_Aj-rks0gGtlxoFmU6JHxJ83KDb0RwKoswcCNeJ2FHJZo0DZekiamaUbbTCg8IEyxWYSk6Wnhy9WuhfAnk7CuALaDAP8jaGMA1YLbxvDZwLGIUFaY/s1600/100_8462.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8smSqO_zZWyaaVMn7_Br3zCZ38_Aj-rks0gGtlxoFmU6JHxJ83KDb0RwKoswcCNeJ2FHJZo0DZekiamaUbbTCg8IEyxWYSk6Wnhy9WuhfAnk7CuALaDAP8jaGMA1YLbxvDZwLGIUFaY/s320/100_8462.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626798270453402594" border="0" /></a>These are the fiery summer blooms of "Salsa"... a rose that is new to my garden....<br />I could NOT resist the color!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgTTxrFf4lChNu52VZ7verrLLp2JRvwwBq0ZM35Ibb_wOT_dwMy-N6Rq2lxqm4R5fv-stT6YJeyfT7HlnHfmyZAworY1ZAg1evag85idXM6jENdp6WaBTwzs0NwlCvtjSxt3tJQ9qDT4/s1600/100_8465.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgTTxrFf4lChNu52VZ7verrLLp2JRvwwBq0ZM35Ibb_wOT_dwMy-N6Rq2lxqm4R5fv-stT6YJeyfT7HlnHfmyZAworY1ZAg1evag85idXM6jENdp6WaBTwzs0NwlCvtjSxt3tJQ9qDT4/s320/100_8465.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626797812637700914" border="0" /></a>And this one is "Social Climber".... in spite of it's name it is one of my favorite roses.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhIC3CxpeMdhhG-xAKQ4xwyb2A_0ESS54ZfD4JOQ1NEby5k3Ikap6izvpFT3yyXrJTAM0rF9oEOk2vM7WUEKDXzogjtKJUjrSBOnvkFU2Z9CpKCRWvSthPLdoeweS37y1yz9hr0TohoY/s1600/100_8458.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhIC3CxpeMdhhG-xAKQ4xwyb2A_0ESS54ZfD4JOQ1NEby5k3Ikap6izvpFT3yyXrJTAM0rF9oEOk2vM7WUEKDXzogjtKJUjrSBOnvkFU2Z9CpKCRWvSthPLdoeweS37y1yz9hr0TohoY/s320/100_8458.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626797570873558066" border="0" /></a>The first of the Daylilies are starting to bloom........<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwNwKpk7SFy2C2K9lv6fItDG2zy8s6VJ2uwwDdXY3McDCkpgMXAufTaseVhPVJnbCgYrJzJ2Iep_RVPrsSc7pE-bwmezlwymmvB7MXvgE74TrFfunVCZAfd0F1eAjzSBv0QzBNQlaqRM/s1600/100_8687.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwNwKpk7SFy2C2K9lv6fItDG2zy8s6VJ2uwwDdXY3McDCkpgMXAufTaseVhPVJnbCgYrJzJ2Iep_RVPrsSc7pE-bwmezlwymmvB7MXvgE74TrFfunVCZAfd0F1eAjzSBv0QzBNQlaqRM/s320/100_8687.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626796985572911826" border="0" /></a>But the roses are not quite finished..... this one is "New Dawn" an outstanding climber!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUC8U02dPuqploUzntUgaXv_r8HWd624zSx44yhT2zYFidfwgIyd6YSXyIlX8_dyA-N4rIJSQZb1sO7NRQ3yhoGK-KvSTn1eFhRPrRO6PNKY2btxT3RC5pz8Y8P536EspyrPaU1zNmkQ/s1600/100_8688.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUC8U02dPuqploUzntUgaXv_r8HWd624zSx44yhT2zYFidfwgIyd6YSXyIlX8_dyA-N4rIJSQZb1sO7NRQ3yhoGK-KvSTn1eFhRPrRO6PNKY2btxT3RC5pz8Y8P536EspyrPaU1zNmkQ/s320/100_8688.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626796716985847922" border="0" /></a>Reaching for the sky!<br />Can you BELIEVE that color?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPV8EiWGF5phGwSUNUbRwPp3Gwe1VirAf8ug0Oo0CAwiVEosgO36i05qWVbFAYADq2VjGkTAG-KJZTzGxnN5g3NPf7ZCP29vLy2VE7oFJJqGybh1GV99nVqD4CRQHGt9WA3uQDbdkRgA/s1600/100_8697.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPV8EiWGF5phGwSUNUbRwPp3Gwe1VirAf8ug0Oo0CAwiVEosgO36i05qWVbFAYADq2VjGkTAG-KJZTzGxnN5g3NPf7ZCP29vLy2VE7oFJJqGybh1GV99nVqD4CRQHGt9WA3uQDbdkRgA/s320/100_8697.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626796453275093378" border="0" /></a>And the little yellow rose I cannot remember the name of.....<br />note to self....... go look it up!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZL019Y4-wL4PaV7WHRJTDfzd9TyNzH4fbvfN3y1tD62FLSrdolmKrk1fEagxtDpe2IIryTyxW7wr5T2HxI4_mn3IKnCPJmZRleZHQxD-1YraGWacpiAzJUxG2IeVhMCsa3nO1y_y_vyc/s1600/100_8731.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZL019Y4-wL4PaV7WHRJTDfzd9TyNzH4fbvfN3y1tD62FLSrdolmKrk1fEagxtDpe2IIryTyxW7wr5T2HxI4_mn3IKnCPJmZRleZHQxD-1YraGWacpiAzJUxG2IeVhMCsa3nO1y_y_vyc/s320/100_8731.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626795730621892850" border="0" /></a>And the David Austin rose "Falstaff"..... with a complex blossom and a heady scent!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFPG00MK7drWQHeZe6c13-EKc9WZTXmhU28AoNNjnQ6Vf0m3fdk42Xkf6ghcwETY_K8-3ibLZxPV1yG7RnuYNdkjUJgdw1ghpBHO8CzsXP9PcXRgF1lewvHE9QLLU1EDO2GlW6Tg4LUQ/s1600/100_8749.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFPG00MK7drWQHeZe6c13-EKc9WZTXmhU28AoNNjnQ6Vf0m3fdk42Xkf6ghcwETY_K8-3ibLZxPV1yG7RnuYNdkjUJgdw1ghpBHO8CzsXP9PcXRgF1lewvHE9QLLU1EDO2GlW6Tg4LUQ/s320/100_8749.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626795606264755122" border="0" /></a>But midsummer is that time when the Roses hand the baton of Summer to the lilies.......<br /><div style="text-align: center;">This one blooms early and has a delicate lemon scent.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">it came from my former Father-in-law's garden....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYlr1-VaOPzCaYYqFxai7g9iSu3uUVAr08LT2gu1TEAhFlVZh1dH_hq2dqPoRgeLeFH3-NAp8Z2O6A2BmXZ5beZaGD-f2-ZB5QCXduNledF5S1wIL3DKZLL7dX0Bb7GuzDoXsrdhI4nI/s1600/100_8792.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYlr1-VaOPzCaYYqFxai7g9iSu3uUVAr08LT2gu1TEAhFlVZh1dH_hq2dqPoRgeLeFH3-NAp8Z2O6A2BmXZ5beZaGD-f2-ZB5QCXduNledF5S1wIL3DKZLL7dX0Bb7GuzDoXsrdhI4nI/s320/100_8792.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626795186933707714" border="0" /></a>And this one is "Miss Ozzie" another lovely sweetly scented variety.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipr4FjG-_t6vOtcLLr_1-XNd9lT9HgBwWvyZ1aOGH-ArGUoJn-3ILwHv_4PXBMsf-MdwdBJPrT_BLhGqBc2OyxjjJWXuCe3-WLF7CzK1tY4oeDGqHCVXnmmsIFfqK2jFYKpcEZA04mrng/s1600/100_8791.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipr4FjG-_t6vOtcLLr_1-XNd9lT9HgBwWvyZ1aOGH-ArGUoJn-3ILwHv_4PXBMsf-MdwdBJPrT_BLhGqBc2OyxjjJWXuCe3-WLF7CzK1tY4oeDGqHCVXnmmsIFfqK2jFYKpcEZA04mrng/s320/100_8791.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626795023465975858" border="0" /></a>And this one I have no idea of the name.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">it was from one of those fifty plants of various sorts packages....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and a lovely surprise when it bloomed!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-GfPv0mfr3ykJbEwU4KaUPlGsGteK_tXaO3lwLfvupPQYnuhtycT_WIQ83qzRq3948ALm5BQ0Xj92WV780HfGuOjqoGV_r0xPa1voU7TGaPqYwm25UAR8EyQE89GGh6g42SgSUA5X8s/s1600/100_8799.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-GfPv0mfr3ykJbEwU4KaUPlGsGteK_tXaO3lwLfvupPQYnuhtycT_WIQ83qzRq3948ALm5BQ0Xj92WV780HfGuOjqoGV_r0xPa1voU7TGaPqYwm25UAR8EyQE89GGh6g42SgSUA5X8s/s320/100_8799.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626794886986548610" border="0" /></a>And the fading blooms of the "New Dawn" rose.... getting a bit blowsey.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydUmOc2AH9PcbGIY9ouJNAvPVBPYFxPeUrHqBNLqzK5IFqv-5BzULgMNI6N6jx2WpDTExEyH6SK3dX4avdcpMLtOuqeMYNQsPy13qkurWSJah7glrwqya0i71DhGbovSh3moSAKjJ4sk/s1600/100_8811.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydUmOc2AH9PcbGIY9ouJNAvPVBPYFxPeUrHqBNLqzK5IFqv-5BzULgMNI6N6jx2WpDTExEyH6SK3dX4avdcpMLtOuqeMYNQsPy13qkurWSJah7glrwqya0i71DhGbovSh3moSAKjJ4sk/s320/100_8811.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626794552577305346" border="0" /></a>And the Lavender begins to blossom with its heavenly scent........<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn15F6KdNSjScjZzRd5k_nDV1no87699ln_CldEqVtTVmezAN_94X5H3o5jyRdSFItQzQQFU2DM-DLoo_icEyHuT3myF8-tuqJdyZ8tVyPeYBB5PBNqtCmk-OopYflnidT2jiMvuqhUd4/s1600/100_8803.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJccQKcAewFEg3VnrxY5Byn-mSenNy3D_uS1dpMgq3vsMx1xO01H3bYDn79go_MIBH9ZUFt4xumow6nrwMI9DAamQ6j9EBbPdeHIo-MW6r36Iph651Vk-0CH5at5WNhZoJTIqw1I8_mDM/s320/100_8782.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626793569080195170" border="0" /></a>And the annual petunias are starting to shine.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZajKE0IGWxFat_Xy_srkGMZolHLuNJ25ObheO281TXl6nT7Vr6cFOFt22VTUhXkswu0Mnvd7WeYX6z-vjX0VPM-_wm95nsC3xlPbsugGmmOhlobg9H3U0hAG2OWjrWlL4QKz8VB1Ri8/s1600/100_8776.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZajKE0IGWxFat_Xy_srkGMZolHLuNJ25ObheO281TXl6nT7Vr6cFOFt22VTUhXkswu0Mnvd7WeYX6z-vjX0VPM-_wm95nsC3xlPbsugGmmOhlobg9H3U0hAG2OWjrWlL4QKz8VB1Ri8/s320/100_8776.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626793027277822402" border="0" /></a>I ADORE this dark purple variety ..... for the color and the heavenly scent!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1964OWIP4M3xxxFwlVwQ_kSSFnwHXuX5yQwMm5XvmVoM__gJt4XIe0RjzYHu8_zTeFuXvEF10r8u2Wogo_d5KC5KPUm4CAryqmLfEpvDBF-UqElGPbnYq6GKQS4xyyGo_6nNOUAW65Ak/s1600/100_8778.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1964OWIP4M3xxxFwlVwQ_kSSFnwHXuX5yQwMm5XvmVoM__gJt4XIe0RjzYHu8_zTeFuXvEF10r8u2Wogo_d5KC5KPUm4CAryqmLfEpvDBF-UqElGPbnYq6GKQS4xyyGo_6nNOUAW65Ak/s320/100_8778.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626792883862037634" border="0" /></a>The "William Baffin" rose does NOT give up!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQGKJypilBaKGlDfJFrLtj6ASwCSzy7hvBMJTA_2hBDTuHT2FldeKUkDG6Z0lCB-n90LnyCXh3MKEkMkyJOvURnP84O8GyOCf4jSHD4XHOX5_nRM06vD9ohc5Ic0KntOPJhCOCb2wb7w/s1600/100_8781.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQGKJypilBaKGlDfJFrLtj6ASwCSzy7hvBMJTA_2hBDTuHT2FldeKUkDG6Z0lCB-n90LnyCXh3MKEkMkyJOvURnP84O8GyOCf4jSHD4XHOX5_nRM06vD9ohc5Ic0KntOPJhCOCb2wb7w/s320/100_8781.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626792741572419538" border="0" /></a>And the "New Dawn" still bravely blooming......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9i6eG2jYtrdpzF31BBiuGdOX47tqmqCvzYnTj-WfMewiVJoucchyLn4DJCykokFXrSw9CMFljMmYB6SEu0NEP5btahyphenhyphen42FyGxRR8CT0Cbx8zcfU2PTaL1ijYfyZ8IVWBBvAqpU0qBo4/s1600/100_8822.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9i6eG2jYtrdpzF31BBiuGdOX47tqmqCvzYnTj-WfMewiVJoucchyLn4DJCykokFXrSw9CMFljMmYB6SEu0NEP5btahyphenhyphen42FyGxRR8CT0Cbx8zcfU2PTaL1ijYfyZ8IVWBBvAqpU0qBo4/s320/100_8822.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626792228836689042" border="0" /></a>While the Daylilies slowly take over......<br />This one is called "Little Purple"!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCWn0oXS5oPe4cfAe950EGtIDpLHALlID-Cb3jMRBGG8dQRBnrl5yrklO7xEj-QWI67vBdu1VeB3d7R2Xlln2cbwLjUV-7EjZtZKY7NJuaYNaqZYNRldtHVyEFAtklVHsR4O5CQvEX6M/s1600/100_8820.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLCWn0oXS5oPe4cfAe950EGtIDpLHALlID-Cb3jMRBGG8dQRBnrl5yrklO7xEj-QWI67vBdu1VeB3d7R2Xlln2cbwLjUV-7EjZtZKY7NJuaYNaqZYNRldtHVyEFAtklVHsR4O5CQvEX6M/s320/100_8820.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626791686594732994" border="0" /></a>And check out the color on this one....... I do not know its name.....<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknvR2kj3FB2wb41QMMjp9szlRC2VbFyLQTyNmOSzCwRzmwulN8ZdiHw1tHZCupS6eHUqO9UbLltWWkqmxNyap6_HiNWAPCI50OvFQvEsBDMRRpM8BxfZtnWw9U9olurCblcKDfwKYh20/s1600/100_8964.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknvR2kj3FB2wb41QMMjp9szlRC2VbFyLQTyNmOSzCwRzmwulN8ZdiHw1tHZCupS6eHUqO9UbLltWWkqmxNyap6_HiNWAPCI50OvFQvEsBDMRRpM8BxfZtnWw9U9olurCblcKDfwKYh20/s320/100_8964.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626791323430396930" border="0" /></a>And this one I think is called "Chicago" but I am not sure.... I bought it a Long time ago.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-BRcVavdfysEL0EqprQI5TLvxBXDxBqXsDHKxxH-tzdHtUel_XqEOZGjfauNrl6G82TLXlwEuXiGRndXImQyq02ldFIXq6WHVYPo7rF2X_jR8jmpsBoihd7HVSfc36BS9FwcINOnN-Q/s1600/100_8965.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-BRcVavdfysEL0EqprQI5TLvxBXDxBqXsDHKxxH-tzdHtUel_XqEOZGjfauNrl6G82TLXlwEuXiGRndXImQyq02ldFIXq6WHVYPo7rF2X_jR8jmpsBoihd7HVSfc36BS9FwcINOnN-Q/s320/100_8965.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626791189931452978" border="0" /></a>This exotic Daylily is called "Inwood" .... I think...... got to look it up!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNrmy-5gndP2X8MJ0GI4rcFt4YU1UZv94xnHA3BwCZ1H_ojT9KKEBRo_mD7y0p0cWsbjwVY4aj5Rt0PQnueTir8REc29d0YISk9c4pgRfNCILeFw-QLaV-OEnh4VfXOe7UsJS5AoNwuU/s1600/100_8966.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNrmy-5gndP2X8MJ0GI4rcFt4YU1UZv94xnHA3BwCZ1H_ojT9KKEBRo_mD7y0p0cWsbjwVY4aj5Rt0PQnueTir8REc29d0YISk9c4pgRfNCILeFw-QLaV-OEnh4VfXOe7UsJS5AoNwuU/s320/100_8966.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626791070251563474" border="0" /></a>But I think I love the splendid simplicity of this early Yellow one the best.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yBcogGaMkkTRzeNKD2qU5GYbqhsJJ1h1CLrxWr2MPjF8FuCbPlRPrYP5GN0EU5w1dXYkKCHq8GQAFK5AWZfcit6Uo8vlPbDnDm94invNvnKjdScXFwhy-6710pxC9bFm50Z41tWH_Oc/s1600/100_8979.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yBcogGaMkkTRzeNKD2qU5GYbqhsJJ1h1CLrxWr2MPjF8FuCbPlRPrYP5GN0EU5w1dXYkKCHq8GQAFK5AWZfcit6Uo8vlPbDnDm94invNvnKjdScXFwhy-6710pxC9bFm50Z41tWH_Oc/s320/100_8979.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626790953294067570" border="0" /></a>And of course, my favorite weed of all time...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Queen Anne's Lace is just starting to bloom.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcU-xp6h_KitmpkKVxB0yiggnvNDhoGCBMVGM_wkoqYEfDhm0HvsFdJ9b3i6FtTRM98_IiDoAL4Tr3EhZzumX2zB0QYbaS7jeqae7CVVkdscUSI39ClCNsdnw3sF-h5ptATS7KPXCqPi4/s1600/100_8980.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcU-xp6h_KitmpkKVxB0yiggnvNDhoGCBMVGM_wkoqYEfDhm0HvsFdJ9b3i6FtTRM98_IiDoAL4Tr3EhZzumX2zB0QYbaS7jeqae7CVVkdscUSI39ClCNsdnw3sF-h5ptATS7KPXCqPi4/s320/100_8980.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626790794375866546" border="0" /></a>I'm so glad you could stop by for a little visit to my Midsummer Garden.......<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LJONJdYVhjX7ic6Aa5BMXiOtLyUAxq6PBMoFUPNUde-ov0DOEJy-zOtH1pJsvoMxLK05DzkOUXSfq0N0Cy7JkkI91VHDCmJQvypMDDCMpR3nvZzGd-iVphLU8-lthQuQVs9JoMhb0TI/s1600/100_8973.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LJONJdYVhjX7ic6Aa5BMXiOtLyUAxq6PBMoFUPNUde-ov0DOEJy-zOtH1pJsvoMxLK05DzkOUXSfq0N0Cy7JkkI91VHDCmJQvypMDDCMpR3nvZzGd-iVphLU8-lthQuQVs9JoMhb0TI/s320/100_8973.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626790635099319890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In My Garden Again<br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-16602460492613986812011-06-28T18:34:00.024-04:002011-06-28T20:06:16.630-04:00For The Birds<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUEYP_UjHc47u8kfUYazv81mazbjRa-nnXjWwZz3Uzukbbe41tSETR1fJbIPHYm0yKpgE_a5w9n_18trPsWtrOXCPGHwFAyY_jDmVzfTLrk2zchdje46xBu4vTsIKg1zSH8FkuwqAIrKg/s1600/100_8662.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUEYP_UjHc47u8kfUYazv81mazbjRa-nnXjWwZz3Uzukbbe41tSETR1fJbIPHYm0yKpgE_a5w9n_18trPsWtrOXCPGHwFAyY_jDmVzfTLrk2zchdje46xBu4vTsIKg1zSH8FkuwqAIrKg/s320/100_8662.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623418389091330114" border="0" /></a>One of my Favorite things is to hear the birds sing the Dawn Chorus in Springtime! After the long winter with only the bravest birds sticking around to sing in the short, cold days, the burst of song in the Springtime is Heavenly to hear! So it is really no wonder that I have images of birds all over my house and in my artwork too, although that can't capture their songs. The Poster of common North American birds (pictured above) hangs in my kitchen dining nook.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOdG_ffY7er34KMafDMaRU-MaLxxL-IOj3-M8r75nhK_NZf5Kybx8V4PXMZnP1zjAszf9T2SKOStCdSivGWMeCGaA17D7SpxUXbONgnhUz0yH-pvQZnV5vWKZOrpBgp2vQ39mLXxh5Yg/s1600/100_8663.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOdG_ffY7er34KMafDMaRU-MaLxxL-IOj3-M8r75nhK_NZf5Kybx8V4PXMZnP1zjAszf9T2SKOStCdSivGWMeCGaA17D7SpxUXbONgnhUz0yH-pvQZnV5vWKZOrpBgp2vQ39mLXxh5Yg/s320/100_8663.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623418285110819426" border="0" /></a>I even have some three dimensional birds catching dust on my shelves.......<br />And images copied from Medieval bird paintings hanging on my walls.......<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LRNpho1f0UoA2wXQlYUXbKnU6K5PRVvrtW1mvAWdimCN3Ct-DwR2rsMhyQOBb-g6NdKULHo4Qh5K996xHQcKM0cgdUKKtvXNXj1F_L5hUnfRam_fUklcmJB3RM_eHJiOAPZpVs4_pDE/s1600/100_8664.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LRNpho1f0UoA2wXQlYUXbKnU6K5PRVvrtW1mvAWdimCN3Ct-DwR2rsMhyQOBb-g6NdKULHo4Qh5K996xHQcKM0cgdUKKtvXNXj1F_L5hUnfRam_fUklcmJB3RM_eHJiOAPZpVs4_pDE/s320/100_8664.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623418184688696162" border="0" /></a>Birds frequently decorate the borders of my Annual Christmas card.... this is just a corner of one.... Sorry about the poor lighting.... the weather persists in being gloomy over here.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGtY3Utp4Oe-G1Rm94MwCeAYnXTKvQSccGRAgnecOehJRXfbH63I7bmxfwHsR2Jx4BNivzG-cwPB_AV4METmOSjt2H_sIilT9lb2PAXAWFQ2TlH7I9dYlVu7yKw5m12Hr6IW873ACYuk/s1600/100_8665.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGtY3Utp4Oe-G1Rm94MwCeAYnXTKvQSccGRAgnecOehJRXfbH63I7bmxfwHsR2Jx4BNivzG-cwPB_AV4METmOSjt2H_sIilT9lb2PAXAWFQ2TlH7I9dYlVu7yKw5m12Hr6IW873ACYuk/s320/100_8665.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623418050755536994" border="0" /></a>And I frequently paint birds on the furniture I decorate.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">this one is a Saw Whet Owl... on a mailbox of course!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIDcHQOX2JAGlGCjNvTW3nGgHn70TD8eIURnEfpYKBmasRSlHnS3eWrDh_Y2TLmlG3oHBTXQgv0oCcMD8k-XLIw1AQl3wRx-RprLW599FZkW3am0QEvTHKU8Q3Z3x8HXIUwF5IbOUl1Q/s1600/100_8667.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIDcHQOX2JAGlGCjNvTW3nGgHn70TD8eIURnEfpYKBmasRSlHnS3eWrDh_Y2TLmlG3oHBTXQgv0oCcMD8k-XLIw1AQl3wRx-RprLW599FZkW3am0QEvTHKU8Q3Z3x8HXIUwF5IbOUl1Q/s320/100_8667.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623417324520635362" border="0" /></a> And Humming bird and Barn Swallow decorate my desk which I painted for myself.....<br /><div style="text-align: center;">(Along with an angel....)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYnqKSUi6KveB9VIATl_S2etfFtd7sHbD82RRZnyWZ7cY6ov-ky7Ptm_YOelnP5nqp8QQqzjQBYRjeS6JQ9w1fXbzzlRW4PVv0oaFcRk77_cpjHnQMXoNxRt3rsBcXwaAZZfIfrXKChY/s1600/100_8670.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYnqKSUi6KveB9VIATl_S2etfFtd7sHbD82RRZnyWZ7cY6ov-ky7Ptm_YOelnP5nqp8QQqzjQBYRjeS6JQ9w1fXbzzlRW4PVv0oaFcRk77_cpjHnQMXoNxRt3rsBcXwaAZZfIfrXKChY/s320/100_8670.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623417211335532258" border="0" /></a>Here you can see a little closer......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKigF35NcajdP3R25Qh_rN6yDpVxz_LbWAPxJsKSVzwA4sAxDGMB3aIA_s3u7UVzRjf98WzTeVGRL1eB2fHcIS6eGj4O9OfXxTyDc9J83uvcSaKUHm498LR0whHTZN_WGXac5iMtjRaU/s1600/100_8669.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKigF35NcajdP3R25Qh_rN6yDpVxz_LbWAPxJsKSVzwA4sAxDGMB3aIA_s3u7UVzRjf98WzTeVGRL1eB2fHcIS6eGj4O9OfXxTyDc9J83uvcSaKUHm498LR0whHTZN_WGXac5iMtjRaU/s320/100_8669.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623417031617218754" border="0" /></a>And a Yellow Warbler......<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1_YdZdkwd4CWfxevW3Yw3-7AGO5NqVoPxdRj8qt69IHP0l6L0PgYcvRXToKsBnCjP8tFaey_G6XXtAT81HFJYuGaG35u9Fm_a4ts7RNz2VpXd0z4orYuyGO8JU24gzi_uf_0aJbXe_I/s1600/000_0244.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1_YdZdkwd4CWfxevW3Yw3-7AGO5NqVoPxdRj8qt69IHP0l6L0PgYcvRXToKsBnCjP8tFaey_G6XXtAT81HFJYuGaG35u9Fm_a4ts7RNz2VpXd0z4orYuyGO8JU24gzi_uf_0aJbXe_I/s320/000_0244.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623409540293413362" border="0" /></a>And in the hallway of my former house I painted birds in the wall murals........ a nuthatch......<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sO3SbfngUSYWTbGqliNAsNF4m9T0cFfnijyUOxQ0ST2ZF_ps2vtdm1ELkpt9StGd1EcGm7G7fFrsMnlL5U7O8oLOauMDvwM6lLk0EuErZMhIJs54QiYJBwuTZu7Tyvr8ILSz6_2zCDU/s1600/000_1351.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sO3SbfngUSYWTbGqliNAsNF4m9T0cFfnijyUOxQ0ST2ZF_ps2vtdm1ELkpt9StGd1EcGm7G7fFrsMnlL5U7O8oLOauMDvwM6lLk0EuErZMhIJs54QiYJBwuTZu7Tyvr8ILSz6_2zCDU/s320/000_1351.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623408504505348866" border="0" /></a>And a sparrow....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNdioOwMmxu6RNjHGEj09LYngxpYXJj-IKniWYEIjztcYkhBFsgoEroUkbRw7ynB_G2oyuEbYzw6yAnyd3RSw4s1wQaG3ME1_3Ul-mQrrTArR4NlldGL9FhzFAsAzPfoRuXMlL0MGsRM/s1600/000_1352.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNdioOwMmxu6RNjHGEj09LYngxpYXJj-IKniWYEIjztcYkhBFsgoEroUkbRw7ynB_G2oyuEbYzw6yAnyd3RSw4s1wQaG3ME1_3Ul-mQrrTArR4NlldGL9FhzFAsAzPfoRuXMlL0MGsRM/s320/000_1352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623408394831252050" border="0" /></a>And on a chair I painted on commission.... a woodpecker........<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL42Epjm2kV3uK01ok6RADH5tlTyAPRmEdXrJ8KOvQZkOBOd5XMWjEzMzaAPeRlMUnsa8w38Mne6wcsL9lgN0x6JH9_ShuUfjTaQV4M_iyMS8oOnWt3qR511YIxiL2rBoezmDuXL-v1n8/s1600/000_1264.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL42Epjm2kV3uK01ok6RADH5tlTyAPRmEdXrJ8KOvQZkOBOd5XMWjEzMzaAPeRlMUnsa8w38Mne6wcsL9lgN0x6JH9_ShuUfjTaQV4M_iyMS8oOnWt3qR511YIxiL2rBoezmDuXL-v1n8/s320/000_1264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623407386963900962" border="0" /></a>And a heron on the side of my large kitchen cabinet or hutch........<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhas4IBWHCErDfpcTH53JrUHH02M68V-p_GqZOPQ_3H2CBlI0ECIjZbcr8kXZI4o0RUD2K1rgf_wxst2f31aY2OuKo3hvcZ2F1-ceb2P-ybmGMdZkWHy9dyVSy6-Qd_rwWx7r28QDVq-D8/s1600/000_0317.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhas4IBWHCErDfpcTH53JrUHH02M68V-p_GqZOPQ_3H2CBlI0ECIjZbcr8kXZI4o0RUD2K1rgf_wxst2f31aY2OuKo3hvcZ2F1-ceb2P-ybmGMdZkWHy9dyVSy6-Qd_rwWx7r28QDVq-D8/s320/000_0317.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623406137837664994" border="0" /></a>And another hummingbird on the other side...... not to mention the Faun.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9xTg9i4J21EnEgZVM_SwVhC5UBy5oeFnKAenYYprh2o1oRGodryMPndlxqYUJk8gJmJCOAvlMqOYgrWzKq85oV0NLKDmmaRVPxw9mU_i8_-oJD-9vXdu35tg7aWPe0LDF4jXv8uerrE/s1600/000_0312.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9xTg9i4J21EnEgZVM_SwVhC5UBy5oeFnKAenYYprh2o1oRGodryMPndlxqYUJk8gJmJCOAvlMqOYgrWzKq85oV0NLKDmmaRVPxw9mU_i8_-oJD-9vXdu35tg7aWPe0LDF4jXv8uerrE/s320/000_0312.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623406007568621074" border="0" /></a>And on the walls of the bedroom in my former house.... a pair of Bluejays.......<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-3x7eAYXiOwE0Zk1LTN6wxCLsiXeEGdVNgJV9Xr177Lp4aJPNO64QW4Hq-1FkW_Q80jrVW9_L4P7tlJsHhWhkoXoWkL5F8ogpZBe1Tv4s5SnMTyDMYxNPi8fZNAUYNcnsHevUgIybFU/s1600/000_1457.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-3x7eAYXiOwE0Zk1LTN6wxCLsiXeEGdVNgJV9Xr177Lp4aJPNO64QW4Hq-1FkW_Q80jrVW9_L4P7tlJsHhWhkoXoWkL5F8ogpZBe1Tv4s5SnMTyDMYxNPi8fZNAUYNcnsHevUgIybFU/s320/000_1457.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623405661594272450" border="0" /></a>And in the Medieval Miniature inspired border of a tiny painting....... sorry it is so blurry.... the picture is behind glass and is only about 3 inches by 4 inches altogether.....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6iuYFAzFIcjQRNK_O8c2UccVqk1ZrjctD4sziLHLdLqFytsc2eagU1mZpIRLVaS9Gvtbae167t1nn7GIThh1Kfp55l2nl1J1rqPX2L6-jzgCiX4F7aNQ_3u4rFbTIbnDCOG62p3UUtM/s1600/000_0623.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6iuYFAzFIcjQRNK_O8c2UccVqk1ZrjctD4sziLHLdLqFytsc2eagU1mZpIRLVaS9Gvtbae167t1nn7GIThh1Kfp55l2nl1J1rqPX2L6-jzgCiX4F7aNQ_3u4rFbTIbnDCOG62p3UUtM/s320/000_0623.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623405103819581314" border="0" /></a>And the beautiful woodblock prints of the Japanese........<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qeFuRAqaIp1U_9TtdElAx0kTzLqLD4XBu2ZyVkgjRXR3QBWldRoCgSAIcPbgHyoLIVt8K7kLPeCQJhqqOlcyTtAByVN4Df1GcIrnd85AMFzPqDMnQUT3Q-fqlOjYRLqYRnlZPBbpjjo/s1600/000_0621.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qeFuRAqaIp1U_9TtdElAx0kTzLqLD4XBu2ZyVkgjRXR3QBWldRoCgSAIcPbgHyoLIVt8K7kLPeCQJhqqOlcyTtAByVN4Df1GcIrnd85AMFzPqDMnQUT3Q-fqlOjYRLqYRnlZPBbpjjo/s320/000_0621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623404913209742338" border="0" /></a>And I am still painting them.....this time on the walls of my current bedroom in my smaller house..... Here you can see the North American Bluebird and his mate.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXgtI7GhOWARiwDYpSJidQPOc7V2MXAhld4scENld-ld9D12jj0Jw-xxpqDz50cp-3_kpfQE71XrEtL5lqz1hyphenhyphenf5WT9ZJl13uCY-7fdZyVOaoVJlk4FVtK7T2em_F87rQ7tu0tZkSVhc/s1600/100_7044.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXgtI7GhOWARiwDYpSJidQPOc7V2MXAhld4scENld-ld9D12jj0Jw-xxpqDz50cp-3_kpfQE71XrEtL5lqz1hyphenhyphenf5WT9ZJl13uCY-7fdZyVOaoVJlk4FVtK7T2em_F87rQ7tu0tZkSVhc/s320/100_7044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623403974148338722" border="0" /></a>These are painted life size.... here is a closer view...... the male.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGByyBEZZ4clpm7J0GtMoSYF8H5hB8Saq84tJmcpBqk1uLyd69yP1kyMUCxLQCpNAymJwQGcAC8Y9LPpjkAz92aDegEIgE8c12Ikyp2c29r5eZVFubtOkfH_e1EB2NJpr0Ae1aSR66LU/s1600/100_7048.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGByyBEZZ4clpm7J0GtMoSYF8H5hB8Saq84tJmcpBqk1uLyd69yP1kyMUCxLQCpNAymJwQGcAC8Y9LPpjkAz92aDegEIgE8c12Ikyp2c29r5eZVFubtOkfH_e1EB2NJpr0Ae1aSR66LU/s320/100_7048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623403792300347010" border="0" /></a>And the female with her softer coloring.....<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScsZZNnbxP-f85dSIfhlcSKjzc7kq22xUdRX5Pf19mXe0rtv1tYMsj2CEy2vtmZGI4-rH8P5rcZB4qVqlsJADJ5jZoFWM8HIL4FY5SDlhA5Yce6bL_rpImkRzP4OMgiDxPpEXnN3gvLA/s1600/100_7049.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScsZZNnbxP-f85dSIfhlcSKjzc7kq22xUdRX5Pf19mXe0rtv1tYMsj2CEy2vtmZGI4-rH8P5rcZB4qVqlsJADJ5jZoFWM8HIL4FY5SDlhA5Yce6bL_rpImkRzP4OMgiDxPpEXnN3gvLA/s320/100_7049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623403675529305794" border="0" /></a>And the North American Robin..... our harbinger of spring with his cheery song......<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFermoph63p8s1LLNt964WKKEui4lZ8VNomalasB-pqD6a22iuc2zk4-6F20U-L8paw5vfTl61RuNNVcy_MUinV0xojyt0zy1LF2JVxQrZ_dnjoQC3-Of493pefaMIVsI9jiVnfr3eaM/s1600/100_7052.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFermoph63p8s1LLNt964WKKEui4lZ8VNomalasB-pqD6a22iuc2zk4-6F20U-L8paw5vfTl61RuNNVcy_MUinV0xojyt0zy1LF2JVxQrZ_dnjoQC3-Of493pefaMIVsI9jiVnfr3eaM/s320/100_7052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623403519181844386" border="0" /></a>And the female of the Redwing Blackbird..... another early Spring arrival.....<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK762sr7joQ_BxhxbmFFwdAHbW81ho93jPtexa7dtdX3pK2_VdFuKzXf5FdABjXwS8xhjxvx-XqlO84vlLGMdt6xweJKgwg7zMURN4TynsX40O-VeAt_FFVAGT1L3J4DIe9tSqW3puhkU/s1600/100_7056.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK762sr7joQ_BxhxbmFFwdAHbW81ho93jPtexa7dtdX3pK2_VdFuKzXf5FdABjXwS8xhjxvx-XqlO84vlLGMdt6xweJKgwg7zMURN4TynsX40O-VeAt_FFVAGT1L3J4DIe9tSqW3puhkU/s320/100_7056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623403369475014098" border="0" /></a>With her mate who sings his Spring song...... (or so I imagine as I fall asleep at night.....)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgP2diWPSvNfXzwLDGouPEf9ExLHl2WEjAB37AFk3aQCNaqMlXr9TSshmKr7ivt83rW3UO6HHMGxkCcr4EKOEVpTSqe_gBktWslURf6j4C7irTHuOXXGqin6zXR8TVb6ZrkS1NlqbH6A/s1600/100_7055.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgP2diWPSvNfXzwLDGouPEf9ExLHl2WEjAB37AFk3aQCNaqMlXr9TSshmKr7ivt83rW3UO6HHMGxkCcr4EKOEVpTSqe_gBktWslURf6j4C7irTHuOXXGqin6zXR8TVb6ZrkS1NlqbH6A/s320/100_7055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623403225092271394" border="0" /></a>So you can see how I am inspired by the birds!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-31810551377361971682011-06-15T19:41:00.021-04:002011-06-15T20:36:17.199-04:00A Little More Garden<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_a4NfLj7KSDNhqm28SfJit7vEGfgGzoHWYfkVl2YNcEYu-lbWOhiVe7hxbuVgVC-eMKJyqaN6iCTF2A48ZA0O9YNGuXcO8Db_noVMqIsDchVlEp4fEHeJMrOvxlRaq4KaFXfD37mXPWA/s1600/100_8109.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_a4NfLj7KSDNhqm28SfJit7vEGfgGzoHWYfkVl2YNcEYu-lbWOhiVe7hxbuVgVC-eMKJyqaN6iCTF2A48ZA0O9YNGuXcO8Db_noVMqIsDchVlEp4fEHeJMrOvxlRaq4KaFXfD37mXPWA/s320/100_8109.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618603922873543522" border="0" /></a>It is a beautiful sunny morning as I dash out my door on the way to the garage and thence to work........ I must pass the garden gate.... Who could resist stopping for a moment and smelling the Roses.....? Not I! Camera in hand I must tour the garden and visit each newly opened bloom.... This one is "Oklahoma" a rose with a divine scent and large deep red blooms...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hxKnlP2K4AKc6KI8iv2IL9FeHFl8bH2e9hhyphenhyphenPFuVFsWQc_ybVRYRC17QvraKOzz7FhKPCFbVNxSc2iBNlnS4w5yIzNxbVTaqUdT41ekSno5OS7FPsRJ-RUs5oCiq1pUUF-9iAH8OegI/s1600/100_8094.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hxKnlP2K4AKc6KI8iv2IL9FeHFl8bH2e9hhyphenhyphenPFuVFsWQc_ybVRYRC17QvraKOzz7FhKPCFbVNxSc2iBNlnS4w5yIzNxbVTaqUdT41ekSno5OS7FPsRJ-RUs5oCiq1pUUF-9iAH8OegI/s320/100_8094.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618602845624775282" border="0" /></a>And the peonies....... this one is "Sorbet" a lovely double pink variety...............<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2Ku5wJ8fAsM_AkdLMz1ssraYegqrn0NOZCZe9UQ8t2D-EZykvKzSQsirXI3zYxH__hcjkOdG3AvthH3gzvMa39wxqjgzB8xi3NcZbmA8RwTuozWtbAYmtOJYCYvmxQBRuwFyDhM6amg/s1600/100_8103.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2Ku5wJ8fAsM_AkdLMz1ssraYegqrn0NOZCZe9UQ8t2D-EZykvKzSQsirXI3zYxH__hcjkOdG3AvthH3gzvMa39wxqjgzB8xi3NcZbmA8RwTuozWtbAYmtOJYCYvmxQBRuwFyDhM6amg/s320/100_8103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618602353323335906" border="0" /></a>And the white peony descended from the peonies of my former in-laws' garden........<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4rLVKhY1s52evKLF-tvo_MLXtqUWJdeMIT_1zRHGJRUY73mEtNmYgjyWBmj8-ffUyldxhLz3w6U0TYgJp3YzVG54UTTd0vUoQMWdkPx7W6Y34ZaPheZBzMP4PQcnGnTm_yWjE5I5QlQ/s1600/100_8106.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4rLVKhY1s52evKLF-tvo_MLXtqUWJdeMIT_1zRHGJRUY73mEtNmYgjyWBmj8-ffUyldxhLz3w6U0TYgJp3YzVG54UTTd0vUoQMWdkPx7W6Y34ZaPheZBzMP4PQcnGnTm_yWjE5I5QlQ/s320/100_8106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618601958176097922" border="0" /></a>Clematis "the Pearl" at my door......<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1GDnLwUZKu15Pnj71hgVdLDa0Dx73T1z0Eg_OpDcKj17damSjsV9ubPlaVAHzvlVIErMZMdM3sU_bTMnYubQZ5ik9JzOunkMz28aPoOfMmsw0297n4usKZxp2MOAHKqprWYTlOu63Cc/s1600/100_8108.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1GDnLwUZKu15Pnj71hgVdLDa0Dx73T1z0Eg_OpDcKj17damSjsV9ubPlaVAHzvlVIErMZMdM3sU_bTMnYubQZ5ik9JzOunkMz28aPoOfMmsw0297n4usKZxp2MOAHKqprWYTlOu63Cc/s320/100_8108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618601494324253250" border="0" /></a>And Roses, roses, roses! This one is "Sky's the Limit"...... but it has a ways to go!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Gjfd-CbLXA-Nrs3247uvKb3vEMh00pOD3pkC6ytb_ilo8RdaY5UqDwCNy7tL4S7vYMT7Jo8ocb6KknyvA33y0fpFrkYUyZNQ4TDC0M6-WGkmf6YSljL3srykabNgkM-o9yBYN7sojQU/s1600/100_8239.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Gjfd-CbLXA-Nrs3247uvKb3vEMh00pOD3pkC6ytb_ilo8RdaY5UqDwCNy7tL4S7vYMT7Jo8ocb6KknyvA33y0fpFrkYUyZNQ4TDC0M6-WGkmf6YSljL3srykabNgkM-o9yBYN7sojQU/s320/100_8239.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618600866786527522" border="0" /></a>This one I have forgotten the name.... I wrote it down somewhere.....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7sGLI2lOQa7Ne-aqOuXxCs2tmW2O_x_CPk4b2BbFsiJ5e3J3JnYxMiT4OPyhjHtn-wkTdaz8zq16zA2aZdiMkVVWEfIEqnAfKqvevDsfNm-eeAt5udXPN6bnlL38_pP1FAYCIr1_KPQ/s1600/100_8250.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7sGLI2lOQa7Ne-aqOuXxCs2tmW2O_x_CPk4b2BbFsiJ5e3J3JnYxMiT4OPyhjHtn-wkTdaz8zq16zA2aZdiMkVVWEfIEqnAfKqvevDsfNm-eeAt5udXPN6bnlL38_pP1FAYCIr1_KPQ/s320/100_8250.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618600623985709714" border="0" /></a>And this one is "Social Climber" .... and she is a favorite of mine.... divinely scented, repeat blossom and reliable even after harsh winters.......<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoI45HKJXn_LjRHSBc5i9IFPU23wkHHB4Lc2zQLK3APFGSztZ4V3uovzzwoXfBvDGaGnWKiu1z5lACRCwxbeYUlt4N-w3fKxLuLDTbXpbVwCDMQ0Bn0M-ssP0KM3nhlkDn2_e9EcgX1hs/s1600/100_8174.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoI45HKJXn_LjRHSBc5i9IFPU23wkHHB4Lc2zQLK3APFGSztZ4V3uovzzwoXfBvDGaGnWKiu1z5lACRCwxbeYUlt4N-w3fKxLuLDTbXpbVwCDMQ0Bn0M-ssP0KM3nhlkDn2_e9EcgX1hs/s320/100_8174.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618600210379188418" border="0" /></a>And of course there must be a David Austin rose.... this is "Crown Princess Margaret"...... and it is just amazingly abundant and repeats all season... with heavenly fragrance.......<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE57IglHvF1Dnsb-h9rvo8HNsyTs3gznYpGZIEgILOR9lHh5tYgebRpisE7G91KFpEKHLLuBGUbNcuPiaQ5_NpsIkge5F_ISPyKWLIuoU09RUHcmA2ef8ivCcz-F89zLcu4fL0AOkXjzU/s1600/100_8141.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE57IglHvF1Dnsb-h9rvo8HNsyTs3gznYpGZIEgILOR9lHh5tYgebRpisE7G91KFpEKHLLuBGUbNcuPiaQ5_NpsIkge5F_ISPyKWLIuoU09RUHcmA2ef8ivCcz-F89zLcu4fL0AOkXjzU/s320/100_8141.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618599906295375730" border="0" /></a>This little hybrid tea is "Secret"..... blossoms like an angel and smells as sweet......<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzZ7Hl0QGJX0qdBUHMvNojRJFg6ETKvGSzMFZ4Iiy-hbWC7EBNaGYGqgHxBAa-kwTvW6hKIPP1yYzv9JvB1ebCN09bQYjLkqShncC8hNy4gYnH2pw_YEya1ilLZeaEtQSsF8DSpLbWTc/s1600/100_8139.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzZ7Hl0QGJX0qdBUHMvNojRJFg6ETKvGSzMFZ4Iiy-hbWC7EBNaGYGqgHxBAa-kwTvW6hKIPP1yYzv9JvB1ebCN09bQYjLkqShncC8hNy4gYnH2pw_YEya1ilLZeaEtQSsF8DSpLbWTc/s320/100_8139.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618599792184534610" border="0" /></a>And here we have "Night Owl".... a climber that has yet to reach it's heights! But the lovely dark blossoms are gorgeous........<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9McG9Hn2IG99GoeVulIz1ZyUk_rhRibJ-eGVhLidqnvMJ9nle5LWqFEoCEGN21eEQf0SoI7Yq7WXw6JbgHi3OqVygLm7j0byqCgexoqUpW88pbAtFuVJB9uVrwwlMMnHGSrWHAv_yWts/s1600/100_8142.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9McG9Hn2IG99GoeVulIz1ZyUk_rhRibJ-eGVhLidqnvMJ9nle5LWqFEoCEGN21eEQf0SoI7Yq7WXw6JbgHi3OqVygLm7j0byqCgexoqUpW88pbAtFuVJB9uVrwwlMMnHGSrWHAv_yWts/s320/100_8142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618599663793763266" border="0" /></a>This one is "Dream Weaver"..... another gently scented but reliable repeat bloomer......<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddJBzc8cSaOJs0ACy0LatW5rJuvPPCo3zj8_a9SJGvEj7aSVDYDBeCYvqhbLQ_anhBppzV4Iia2IURt2LEnIG6VZuTZhLiPFfL7vjnSizh0EvdDsb5YE1iWdAEF0hW63eDb42_kP6bYw/s1600/100_8157.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddJBzc8cSaOJs0ACy0LatW5rJuvPPCo3zj8_a9SJGvEj7aSVDYDBeCYvqhbLQ_anhBppzV4Iia2IURt2LEnIG6VZuTZhLiPFfL7vjnSizh0EvdDsb5YE1iWdAEF0hW63eDb42_kP6bYw/s320/100_8157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618599274198403618" border="0" /></a>And another David Austin rose...... I think this one is "Carding Mill" or "Darwin"..... I planted them at the same time and can never remember which is which....!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUDRBKtWPrLVOW6jeJnFmNRi3M6ejgamdDTCiYGCUUNJ2lSowFVHw_b2SpGjcthn4prxG050xjR_XFOJALswhzoPiOvLercR2MFMshhefNnFn9USwf9FTvfHxfbj_lycpMecsi4zIZ2o/s1600/100_8152.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUDRBKtWPrLVOW6jeJnFmNRi3M6ejgamdDTCiYGCUUNJ2lSowFVHw_b2SpGjcthn4prxG050xjR_XFOJALswhzoPiOvLercR2MFMshhefNnFn9USwf9FTvfHxfbj_lycpMecsi4zIZ2o/s320/100_8152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618599127006909842" border="0" /></a>And another one I cannot remember the name..... I will have to dig out my planting diagrams and do a better job learning their names........ but this one smells divine........<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNemEaMXsN_z2TYCg_7NLZCGanW4M3VhkugNC6pWZ7olj4n5bUJomxZmzl5VbB1qwL397n2oiMFhfxKYGsIcVc7WdnVgSCcOFHF2-Ft8NzpgJ8hZGrBN5tgNrf4eouJoDhn0LopvqP4wU/s1600/100_8185.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNemEaMXsN_z2TYCg_7NLZCGanW4M3VhkugNC6pWZ7olj4n5bUJomxZmzl5VbB1qwL397n2oiMFhfxKYGsIcVc7WdnVgSCcOFHF2-Ft8NzpgJ8hZGrBN5tgNrf4eouJoDhn0LopvqP4wU/s320/100_8185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618598946969449266" border="0" /></a>And another view........<br />Have I bored you yet with my Roses?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWb-T7CyAZgCyNDbK4UvFOmFLjOLAi4npXBrRlfxrAh2sxVBA9TVFq0RrHjmxiltfBpqqvAgiahdGqwYEd903Mahg2UuFCD6uhT4adMS0wVs9otFg9pTErbv8Qbw9EpSS9aM26e4CHzT8/s1600/100_8188.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWb-T7CyAZgCyNDbK4UvFOmFLjOLAi4npXBrRlfxrAh2sxVBA9TVFq0RrHjmxiltfBpqqvAgiahdGqwYEd903Mahg2UuFCD6uhT4adMS0wVs9otFg9pTErbv8Qbw9EpSS9aM26e4CHzT8/s320/100_8188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618598714879286610" border="0" /></a>Good...... because there are more...... like this "Climbing Blaze" by the door..........<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">still in full bloom when I return home at the end of the day.......<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EXu0gktWbgeqFaKGBH5stMbiWSwpoiqNiNwwJa4fo0ZDt250Pf_kQNjdRTjbcrbBENiAol9jo3SsG3vPc-pRTUiJd4JCDaZM1HyhAY29muY600_YMASZ3X5WJ_jAfRkdcOAN1LRsH88/s1600/100_8170.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EXu0gktWbgeqFaKGBH5stMbiWSwpoiqNiNwwJa4fo0ZDt250Pf_kQNjdRTjbcrbBENiAol9jo3SsG3vPc-pRTUiJd4JCDaZM1HyhAY29muY600_YMASZ3X5WJ_jAfRkdcOAN1LRsH88/s320/100_8170.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618598545064238210" border="0" /></a>Can you tell that I ADORE Roses?<br /><br />There you have it.......<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just A Little More Garden<br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056495153260939114.post-48336345664569469812011-05-20T21:43:00.010-04:002011-05-20T22:18:11.774-04:00Beginning In The Middle - Of Spring<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgbG9hR4qIUaCSZQWJ8KthfI2ueLa6P20rgf3OYc-LmptiwDwrdFlUwATbkMMTOuizNp7h_DHuX2ZONCgRrZrSsyazL5aGsR9uQcavsu5sKkpmy5gE4nn1dm2lqi_VLcjg-qlZel5ZFU/s1600/100_7596.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgbG9hR4qIUaCSZQWJ8KthfI2ueLa6P20rgf3OYc-LmptiwDwrdFlUwATbkMMTOuizNp7h_DHuX2ZONCgRrZrSsyazL5aGsR9uQcavsu5sKkpmy5gE4nn1dm2lqi_VLcjg-qlZel5ZFU/s320/100_7596.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608981984796497250" border="0" /></a>Anyone who knows me at all knows that I am endlessly inspired by my Garden!<br />Please come In and have a tiny glimpse...... there isn't enough room on blogger to hold ALL the pictures I could show you..... so I will start with just a few!<br />This is the Entrance Gate..... right at the bottom of the Back Porch steps..... on the way to the Garage. I can never resist taking a picture as I rush out the door on my way to work. This was a RARE sunny morning last week.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhx0KdyXfAQ3wvgtSD7F6nzHEJEc2zN_mAJ9l9sEqSJloC-JV1a_TC3wpPs5dnLcQGnvElRrobzAHIJhMYX1xOEdzksLCeadXmQeafdmSXc9XxEWx7ARf96o0dhSVHji8-0SHkKPqcJw/s1600/100_7630.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhx0KdyXfAQ3wvgtSD7F6nzHEJEc2zN_mAJ9l9sEqSJloC-JV1a_TC3wpPs5dnLcQGnvElRrobzAHIJhMYX1xOEdzksLCeadXmQeafdmSXc9XxEWx7ARf96o0dhSVHji8-0SHkKPqcJw/s320/100_7630.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608981453722366786" border="0" /></a>And here you can see from the South end looking back at the house...... just a Tiny Garden!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3cvR8HxufPKuieWbedXVIBz5innqZlBo7utmIAAzbYbWv48uuNd28sV9z5Gkp2mcVLXZy548PTPDvoHaI3jUOPCumxeI09L5CIv5ouSFPjzorpFAbUwo_DXdDhP9lfZ4kpy2npzuTFE/s1600/100_7639.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3cvR8HxufPKuieWbedXVIBz5innqZlBo7utmIAAzbYbWv48uuNd28sV9z5Gkp2mcVLXZy548PTPDvoHaI3jUOPCumxeI09L5CIv5ouSFPjzorpFAbUwo_DXdDhP9lfZ4kpy2npzuTFE/s320/100_7639.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608980975381222882" border="0" /></a>The tulips in their GLORY!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I LOVE the Black Magic tulips!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-trPg_DgjUXLJuYy-zAbObo5XjuCw1gxGi3OfcqOyrX1iS2m9E_MbmJ0JdTAJXwurG_rt3ZbAXetBnyMoevgBOgMQkNk7-V4gxzo0SR14kfCDVSdK3B2hDCTluwHRtACBaVlZxBBoY8/s1600/100_7642.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-trPg_DgjUXLJuYy-zAbObo5XjuCw1gxGi3OfcqOyrX1iS2m9E_MbmJ0JdTAJXwurG_rt3ZbAXetBnyMoevgBOgMQkNk7-V4gxzo0SR14kfCDVSdK3B2hDCTluwHRtACBaVlZxBBoY8/s320/100_7642.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608980723999536114" border="0" /></a>And the Narcissus 'Thalia', a sweetly scented double blossomed variety..... lost in the weeds...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUovJ1m6V_iFZ1LURJL2Aai_y7jDZzWzwtOr4i7Ji_ITp6Kla6lxqsY2Jdq-z5Egqs5TitXQ3ALmMO6fogsQuWYY29RLvUvBqV8JYwUAmQdfjU1HeBQ_Jr4cn7trNPKlAbEYenhFkrQSA/s1600/100_7670.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUovJ1m6V_iFZ1LURJL2Aai_y7jDZzWzwtOr4i7Ji_ITp6Kla6lxqsY2Jdq-z5Egqs5TitXQ3ALmMO6fogsQuWYY29RLvUvBqV8JYwUAmQdfjU1HeBQ_Jr4cn7trNPKlAbEYenhFkrQSA/s320/100_7670.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608980260529151410" border="0" /></a>And this lily-flowered tulip.... I cannot remember the name..... is Just DIVINE!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEowtuOdwiPHSdZWSQWrj1aaHqRzYceZCzRw65CgkeuHui-sHVtoctHbGcfvkhAW07d63njlIpSYbZbv6bzj04mNU5NNgF0pK5CBkXtWv4xcMFbo6VJCkjzzR5DlZ_FEtjY2k4xzWEV8/s1600/100_7676.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEowtuOdwiPHSdZWSQWrj1aaHqRzYceZCzRw65CgkeuHui-sHVtoctHbGcfvkhAW07d63njlIpSYbZbv6bzj04mNU5NNgF0pK5CBkXtWv4xcMFbo6VJCkjzzR5DlZ_FEtjY2k4xzWEV8/s320/100_7676.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608980114263803410" border="0" /></a>It has RAINED and POURED and SHOWERED and Rained some more this week!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">EVERYTHING is feeling a bit worn down by the wet.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIRJ6aBdXWGk1glKMNCSaYVrgue7LAEH0mzQLrBqrQ5TKLGmP4tmOLWKP0_TabXvaEKXS40FQKZcfTo6jYtdzYmewUrDH7_6vR5Q3rN3WF9LWNGA-bTNIIrbLUb2Xw9CJJ9gqxJgSImo/s1600/100_7709.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIRJ6aBdXWGk1glKMNCSaYVrgue7LAEH0mzQLrBqrQ5TKLGmP4tmOLWKP0_TabXvaEKXS40FQKZcfTo6jYtdzYmewUrDH7_6vR5Q3rN3WF9LWNGA-bTNIIrbLUb2Xw9CJJ9gqxJgSImo/s320/100_7709.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608979710192582514" border="0" /></a>This lovely little plant is a favorite of mine, the very first plant I purchased when starting a garden SSSOOOOO many years ago! It is Phlox 'Canadensis' otherwise known as Wild Sweet William. The flowers are held aloft on delicate stems about 12 inches tall.... giving it an airy and graceful appearance. It will spread readily but needs to be kept free of competing weeds as it can be easily overwhelmed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBI6uALUodFF0VFnHMLOxNQsSf9cr_aY15jlA0uSERS731be6d8EzwJUgrpMcQpO6issqcpkmJfwM2mZ4AYhLC9UUyHq6jrWzu6lI5UPWCZiYvutLRy0KCgYawG0bDkpBOCJvFVoFf8Vc/s1600/100_7713.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBI6uALUodFF0VFnHMLOxNQsSf9cr_aY15jlA0uSERS731be6d8EzwJUgrpMcQpO6issqcpkmJfwM2mZ4AYhLC9UUyHq6jrWzu6lI5UPWCZiYvutLRy0KCgYawG0bDkpBOCJvFVoFf8Vc/s320/100_7713.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608979554235968690" border="0" /></a>And the lilacs are in full bloom! What Garden in New England would be complete without a Lilac bush? These hardy survivors are an annual treat as they bloom so faithfully and vigorously Early in the season! Spring is HERE when the Lilacs bloom!<br />So there you are.... just a little peek at my Little Garden!Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com4