Wonderfulicious Wednesday

 Sun print. Stitched. Attached to
painted stretched painted canvas.

 Grape Leaf. Decayed by Nature.

 Trio of leaves from Brachychiton Populneus AKA. Bottle tree.

 Waterlogue app.     

Twig. Waterlogue app.

Wishing everyone a Wonderfulicious Wednesday.

Sunday Fascination - Leaves and Roots

A terrific lazy Sunday afternoon combo.

 A dried Grape Vine leaf and a new app.

 Same dried Grape Vine Leaf as above with a different SketchGuru filter.

 My fascination of roots and pods continues. 

Also continuing is my fascination of weeds. 

A little studio time this week. Acrylic on canvas.

Wonderfulicious Wednesday

 Two of my favorite visitors to the garden. The hummingbird is perched on a branch of

the grape-less vine. No grapes this year.

The Yellow Oriole prefers

the Hummingbird feeder. In this shot

he's waiting his turn.

 Two feather sun prints.Umber and black paint on the print above.

Turquoise and brass paint on the one below.

 Five years ago in Positano. Straight shot above.

Love the reflection. 

Waterlogue app below.

Sunday Garden Fotos

A Sleepless night led to being greeted in the garden with this bloom! Can't complain about 

the lack of sleep when I was

gifted the opportunity to photograph the flower. I missed the first

two blooms last week when the heat wilted them before 9am. 

By 10am the flower had closed up and now at 11am the sun is burning the tips. 

This is the first morning in months that the morning was cool enough 

to spend some quality time in the garden. 

 Our furkid, Spencer, joined me on the patio much to the dismay of the hordes of birds that

daily visit the feeder. The finches return if we sit still enough.

Fire-sticks.

 One dove attempted to be brave enough to scrounge the ground for seed, 

but after a couple of minutes flew off.

Safe on the neighbors roof this dove kept looking me in the eye, or giving me the eye. 

Wishing everyone a Super Sunday.

Friday Fotos

 For someone who can't draw or paint . . . apps are absolutely beyond fabulous! 

I keep finding new ones to play with. My latest find is Waterlogue. If I worked in

watercolors the image below is what I would aim for. Though, the photo

above isn't too bad on its own. 

 These seed pods are from cactus that is growing near the Mail Room and 

in border around the gated community I live in. Doesn't "gated" sound grand? Or ostentatious?

 In the area I live in most of the communities are gated. 

Last week the sky was full of glorious clouds and for once I remembered to take

the camera/iPhone with me when I drove up to the Mail Room.

(I rarely use the iPhone as a phone) Coming out of the Mail Room this view 

caught my eye. But, houses and a portion of the parking lot . ..  well, didn't do

much for me. 

A little cropping, a little removing houses + the Waterlogue app

 and suddenly I was Italy? Well, a person can dream.

In the last post are some photos of Positano that until I discovered

the Waterlogue app I thought were the effect I was hoping for.

Both of the photos below are definitely more of how I "feel" about

the hotel balcony in Positano. You never know when something 

better will come along. I had hoped an app or technique would

show up with just the right effect, and it did. If only

everything in life was as easy.