no words, only photos

Saturday strolls

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