messing with photos

 abalone shell 

 japanese grass

 lavender... end of season

favorite glass orbs

Vacation! not going anywhere.... doing exactly what I want, when I want!

 I've had a week long vacation.... at home! 

It's nice to putter around

... I'm slowly building up my gallery wall...

 I picked up some cheap frames ($1 !!) at a couple of local thrift stores

a few different paint treatments...a few instagram photos... 

(great memory keeper that Instagram)

the one above is the backside of the beautiful Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC
I stayed there in April, had a lovely 6th floor room with this view... so pretty

 a much manipulated picture of the gorgeous Japanese garden at the Laurel Point Inn... again Victoria

but a different weekend!  the frame is really cheap plastic - no glass

 another $1 frame, some Japanese wood block paper and my favorite magnetic poem  

I really do wonder....poetry or poison... whichever... I need both

 a while back I painted this frame with Annie Sloan chalk paint in duck egg blue

LOVE the color... just not here

this print looks so much better with a flat black frame

my ugly orange hued pine coffee table finally gets new life

( boy do we need a new fence)

with some Annie Sloan chalk paint in Antique White

she's lovely... now for a colorful table runner.... 

feeling the urge to paint something..

A work in progress.  Not sure what to do with this next but I will think of something.  Playing with my watercolor pencils and my favorite shape making bubbles.  too much fun!

 I am sure someone thought these were lovely at one time. me not so much .. but they were the perfect shape for a couple of Instagram photo's.  A little flat black metal paint for the frames, some Paris Grey Annie Sloan Chalk paint for the mats and ta da.  

 I see this little row boat on my weekend walks to the beach.  I wish I could float away for a little while.

 My margarita and Sweeties appy at Fred's Mexican Restaurant on Maui.  Just steps away from our condo, the food was fantastic!  Check it out! Fred's Mexican Cafe - Kihei

dogwood delight

lily's leaves and lavender

endless fascination with trees

 would this look more interesting upside down....hmmmm

 juicy fat buds on a magnolia tree

 moss and lichen surround the scabs but the blossoms still come

 trees and rocks!  a match made in heaven

the first buds of gorgeous maple leaves

for the love of hellebores

 like little fairy skirts dancing on the breeze

 hellebores ....such a carefree plant

 all manner of petal shapes and colors

 they push their way up through the cold cold ground

 to Awe us with their beauty

 long before most other flowers

 delicate, yet not

 white, pinks and purples

 sometimes, pale pale green

a most worthy obsession 

March, a long time coming

Cherry blossoms arrive so much earlier for Victoria, BC than at home.

They are so lush

To the side of a stunning Japanese garden sits this lovely little pot.  

The reflection of a perfectly shaped tree captures my attention.

an early morning walk along the harbor... it's just so civilized!

What fun it is to play with BAD photo's

 more of the stunning Japanese garden at the Laurel Point Inn

My very Favorite little City!  Victoria, BC