Wordless Wednesday

'Schartner Farms Field of Flowers'

'Lush Field of Flowers'
Both cards, sets of 6 each can be found in my Etsy and ArtFire shops.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunflower

Schartner Farms
South County, RI

It's NO JOKE...He's 20 Today!!!

Well, Happy 20th Birthday Edward! My son, the 'artiste', created this piece with the advances of photoshop, and was using it as his Facebook profile picture for a while (YIKES!). As interesting as this rendition of 'The Joker' is, Edward is, in my humble opinion, even a more interesting character. We have watched him really grow-up in many ways, even these past couple of months. As a child of the computer age, he 'gets it', he studies it, he wants more and more of it. Like the many layers applied to this piece of Edward as 'The Joker', the many layers of the real Edward are being applied to his Spirit and soul daily. He's still a work-in-progress, no joke!

Many more Happy Birthdays Edward!!!

The Late Bloomers...

A true sign of the end of summer are the tall, gorgeous sunflowers we see around now. As an artist, I always think of Van Gogh, O'Keefe, and their painted masterpieces. This shot, is the 'pre-quel', the 'before the original', 'how did they get that way' photo. In it's intricacies, I am astounded by the beauty and detail, by the overlapping green petals/leafs which will be the foundation of this bright, strong, tall, vibrant yellow flower.

The Blue Lights in Remembrance

We remember...the blue lights light up the skies of lower Manhattan tonight.

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Coming soon, cards, cards, cards...they're under wraps....

Tiny, Tiny Tiny...

Yesterday was one of those days at the beach we will remember for the rest of our lives. The weather was warm, the sky was blue, blue, blue, there was just a slight breeze, the water was clear (no red tide), the rocks were abundant as the ocean was really bringing it up from the bottom. Jimmy and Edward played allot in the water (as I scoured the beach over and again for stones), the food, delish. I came away with my yellow bucket almost full of rocks, some smooth pieces of small shells, even a piece of beach glass. But THIS TINY SHELL is what took my breath away. I just couldn't get over it. There it was on the shore, surrounded by thousands of small, very small pebbles, (almost sand, but too grainy), and some larger rocks as well. I guarded it carefully, I knew I had to keep it safe and intact. I just had to get it back to our spot on the beach where my camera was tucked away. I knew that in it's own small way, this tiny shell would keep yesterday forever in our memories...remember the day when.....

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For Chris, yet and still...

Senju Waterfall, Akame
1951
Kawase Hasui, 1883-1957