Calla Lilies

 I love Calla Lilies.

They are one of my favorite flowers.

 A quick gift. 

 I printed out copies of one of my watercolors that I did sometime ago.

I mounted them on cardstock and added assorted lace, ribbons and paper.  Presto, a little gift.

I am sharing this with Paint Party Friday.

Framed

A little gift for my godchild. 

 I painted the frame to look like a Birch tree.

A closer view of the texture on the frame.

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

I am sharing this with Paint Party Friday and
Virginia's View 

Lily

Hope you had a great weekend!

I am sharing this with Mandarin Orange Monday, Macro Monday 2,
Floral Friday Foto
 and Tina´s Picture Story.

My Peony Garden

 June was a month full of Peonies along my fence.

A glimpse of one out of my sketchbook.

 This year they lasted well into July.

They started out as a vibrant pink.

 Everyday was a party of pinkness.

 As the weeks went on the color started to mellow out.

 Then we had a terrible storm and over half of them landed on the ground.

 They were all hit hard and drooping.

 A lot that were still on the stalk looked like this.

The few with petals began to take on an abstract form.

 By the beginning of July,,,the last petals.

 As of yesterday......

 Reminds me of a jester´s hat.....

 Looks like a moose head....

The new and the old.  

What a difference a month and a half makes.

I am sharing this with
Paint Party Friday, Weekend Flowers Fridays, Sweet Shot Tuesday, Floral Friday Foto
and Outdoor Wednesday.

The Last Tulip

The last Tulip....what lies within.......withering but oh so beautiful.

I am sharing this with Sweet Shot Tuesday  and

Floral Friday Foto.  New ones this week are Tuesday Muse and
Tuesday Around the World.

May Flowers

 My lilacs are blooming nicely as well as the alliums.

 My apple tree was gorgeous but the high winds have since blown all the lovely

pink blossoms off of it.

I am sharing this with Weekend Flowers and Floral Friday.

There were so many tulips this spring.

Thousands of these too.  I could have had as many wishes as I wanted.

Hope your wish comes true......make one.

Roses

I had some time to make some bookmarks. 

Roses are one of my favorite flowers.

 A Pink, Green and Gray color combination.

I used Art Journey stamps with watercolor and finished them off with pen and ink.

A few more detail shots.

If you would like one of these rose bookmarks,,,,leave me a comment

and  my assistant will pick a name next week and send one to you.

I am sharing this with the Art Journey Design Team.

Small Joy

A quick little card....

I am sharing this over at Stempeloase. This is a brand new quote stamp

from Hero Arts.

Wishing you a good weekend!

Summer in Winter

Considering how much snow we have gotten over the last few days I really

had to read this sentiment a few times today...especially everytime I went

out to shovel a bit more snow.

The joys of a German winter.

I am sharing this with Stampotique Designers.

Along My Fence II

A happy bee in my garden along the fence. 

I have an abundance of pink Cosmos this summer.

Summer has returned to Germany this week.  Beautiful, breezy  and sunny.

What more could a girl ask for?

I am sharing these shots with Nature Footsteps,

I Heart Macro, Sweet Shot Tuesday,

Macro Monday  and  Your Sunday Best.

Stay tuned for my end of summer GIVEAWAY!!!

Have a great day!

Along My Fence

There are so many flowers in bloom along my fence.

There are so many different kinds of bugs on these flowers along my fence.

This one is all over the yellow flowers.

Atleast he doesn´t bite like so many of the other ones do.

One of the many joys of summer around here,,,the biting flies.

I am sharing this with Sunday Best, Macro Monday, I Heart Macro and 

Tina´s In the Garden.

Hope you are all having a good start to your week.

Sunshine

Sending all of you lots of Sunshine on this Sunday.

Have a beautiful day!

Up Close and Personal

Get up close and personal with this tulip....click on it

for more enjoyment.

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.

I am sharing my tulip with I Heart Macro.

Hyacinth

A Hyacinth,,,,wishing you all a very Happy Easter Sunday.

Pen and Ink with watercolor.

A sneak peek at a much larger piece....but very appropriate for this

time of year.

What did the Easter Bunny bring you? Not tooooo much chocolate I hope.

I am sharing this with Paint Party Friday.

A Few Cards

From my batch of lettering cards. I added some of my

favorite washi tapes.

Washi tape is so much fun to paste onto cards.

Here,,, a card full of sunshine for you.

Have a good start to a new week.

Don´t forget to leave a comment on my GIVEAWAY!!!

Spring is in the Air

After all the weeks spent in the deeeeeep freeeeeze of

winter....

today was a beautiful spring day.

What better way to say bye, bye February

hello March.

Don´t forget to leave a comment on my GIVEAWAY.

Have a great day!

I am sharing this with Simply Less is Moore.

Merci

I am still lettering and still speaking French...

oooo la la.......

Have a good weekend!

I am sharing this with Take a Word.