Floral Delight

Flowers don't worry about 

how they're going to bloom. 

They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful. 

~ Jim Carrey

Available - HERE 

Mandarin Duck Couple

“The silence between us was the sweetest music this universe has ever heard.” 

― Aisling Magic

Print Available - HERE 

Flight of the Egret

"...for to have faith is to have wings.” 

 ― J.M. Barrie

Prints/Posters Available - HERE 

Flight To The Flower

"Everything you can imagine is real." 

 — Pablo Picasso

Available - HERE 

On Snowy Branches

It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us. 

 ― Henri Cartier-Bresson

Available as Prints/Posters/Cards - HERE 

Merry Christmas

Silent night, Holy night 

All is calm, all is bright 

Round yon virgin, mother and child 

Holy infant, tender and mild 

Sleep in heavenly peace, 

Sleep in heavenly peace. 

Silent night, Holy night 

Son of God, love's pure light 

Radiant beams from thy holy face 

With the dawn of redeeming grace, 

Jesus, Lord at thy birth 

Jesus, Lord at thy birth. 

Silent night, Holy night 

Shepherds quake, at the sight 

Glories stream from heaven above 

Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah. 

Christ the Savior is born, 

Christ the Savior is born 

 - Franz Gruber

The Nativity

“The place that the shepherds found was not an academy or an abstract republic, it was not a place of myths allegorized or dissected or explained or explained away. 

It was a place of dreams come true.” 

 ― G.K. Chesterton

A Winter Ambassador

Thank goodness for the first snow, 

it was a reminder--

no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered. 

 ― Candace Bushnell

 Available --- HERE 

Pink and Blue

"Butterflies are self propelled flowers." 

― Robert A. Heinlein 

 My artistic rendering of a butterfly on a thistle wildflower created from my original photograph.

Print Available - HERE 

Winter Delight

“Joy – in the fall, winter, and always in the mountains where people are few, wildlife is abundant and there is peace in the quiet.” 

 - Donna Lynn Hope

Available - HERE 

Winter Blue

"Winter is the time for comfort, 

 for good food and warmth, 

 for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: 

 it is the time for home." 

 ~ Edith Sitwell

Print Available - HERE 

Meadowlark in the Wildflowers

 

Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, 

Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass. 

- Rupert Brooke

Print Available - HERE 

Cedar Waxwing Duo

“A friend is someone who knows 

all about you and still loves you.” 

― Elbert Hubbard

Print Available - HERE 

Mr. Red in the Snow

It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.  

~ John Burroughs

Print Available - HERE 

Winter Cardinal

Print Available - HERE

"Be present in all things 

and thankful for all things." 

— Maya Angelou

It Was Our First!

Hubby and I participated in our first Craft show yesterday!

Jim has developed a process for mounting my images on to solid hard woods, Oak and Poplar.  

These are sized at 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 (image is 4 x 4)

He also made 2 illuminated display walls to showcase the images, which were mounted on easels.

I also had 8 x 10s and 5 x 7s available along with some note cards.  I can see more of these shows in our future!   

Brooklyn Bridge Pop Art

 Print Available - HERE 

Butterfly Pop Art

One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life. 

- Edward B. Butler

This Art created from my original photograph.

Print Available - HERE 

Cedar Waxwing Goes For a BIG BITE

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

 ― Coco Chanel

 

Birdies Galore

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

 — Paulo Coelho

Bird ID - starting at top left:

Blue Jay, Male Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse

Meadowlark, Red-bellied Woodpecker, 

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Just a Few Favorites

Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. 

Why not you? 
― Steve Maraboli


Prints and More Available - HERE 

Male Cardinal in the Pokeberries

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

 ― Charles Dickens

 Available -

HERE

 

An Autumn Snow

Leaves in Autumn Snow 

11-26-14 

It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.

~ Author Unknown

Print Available - HERE 

Frosted!

Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, 

is the superhuman achievement.

 ― Albert Camus

Now Available - HERE

Tufted Titmouse On High Alert

Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.

 ― Thomas Mann

This little Tufted Titmouse looks like he is on High Alert.  They  stretch themselves to look taller when another bird is around - or at least that is how it seems to me.  I've seen chickadees do this too.  There is never a dull moment watching these sweet little birds!


Available - HERE 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker In The Berries

Whatever you do, 

don't wait to start those dreams.

 ― Richie Norton

Artsy Image - HERE 

A Great Hiding Place

Walk in kindness toward the Earth 

and every living being.

- Sylvia Dolson

Mr (or Mrs)  Squirrel has found a wonderful hiding place, blending in perfectly with the tree.

Available - HERE 

Song Sparrow Sweetie

Live in each season as it passes; 

breathe the air, 

drink the drink, 

taste the fruit, 

and resign yourself 
to the influence of the earth.

― Henry David Thoreau

Print Available - HERE 

Junco in the Snow

Dark-eyed Junco as the Snow Falls

All life and action upon the snow have an added emphasis and significance. Every expression is underscored. 

 ~ John Burroughs

Print Available - HERE 

Carolina Chickadee Close-up

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.

 ― Jimmy Buffett

Available - HERE 

White-throated Sparrow

We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are. 

 — Bill Watterson

Enjoy where you are! 

Print Available - HERE 

Male Cardinal

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cardinals are abundant in my area, but for those of you that haven't seen (or heard) these lovely birds in person - I am posting a link to their sweet voice - 

HERE 

Don't they sound lovely?

northern cardinal birds art
  love art throw pillows

Hopes and Invitations

This day is all that is good and fair. 

It is too dear,

 with its hopes and invitations, 

to waste a moment on yesterdays. 

 ― Ralph Waldo Emerson


Print Available - HERE 

Journey-work of the Stars

"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the 

journey-work of the stars." 

- Walt Whitman

Print Available - HERE 

Cedar Waxwing Profile

If you don’t start out the day with a smile, 

it’s not too late to start practicing for tomorrow. 

~ Unknown

Lovely Feathers

White-breasted Nuthatch

Exuberance is Beauty.

- William Blake

Female Downy Woodpecker

As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. 

They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness -- just the pure air to breathe and the strength to breath it; just warmth and shelter and home folks; just plain food that gives us strength; the bright sunshine on a cold day; and a cool breeze when the day is warm.

 — Laura Ingalls Wilder

Be Like The Bluebird

 Print Available - HERE 

Web of Wonder

The possession of knowledge 
does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. 

- Anais Nin

Available - HERE 

Alone in the Country

It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something. 

 ~ Charles Dickens

Available - HERE 

Shine Your Light

When there is silence, 

 Give your voice. 
 When there is darkness, 
 Shine your light. 
 When there is desperation, 
 Offer hope.
-Tim Fargo


Print Available - HERE 

Country Roads Take Me Home

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

 ― Dag Hammarskjöld

Monroe County, West Virginia

Print Available - HERE 

Dream-Dust

Gather out of star-dust, 

Earth-dust, 

Cloud-dust, 

Storm-dust, 

And splinters of hail, 

One handful of dream-dust, 

Not for sale.

 ― Langston Hughes

Have you read this poem before? 

 I just read it this morning ...... and it really spoke to me.

We all need a handful of dream-dust!!

My interpretation of dream-dust is that little sprinkle of confidence in your mind that you can actually attain your dreams!  I'm not sure if that is the way he meant it or if he meant it in terms of sleep.  

Bridge at Shelton Vineyards

Count your blessings. 

There are many beautiful things in life to appreciate. 

The gift of life is priceless.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

A slightly different version  - HERE 

Barn Along the Crooked Road

Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. 

Richard Feynman

Available - HERE 

Virginia Farmland

One of the things you learn when you live on a farm is that change comes at you whether you´re ready for it or not. Every season is punctuated with its own smells and tastes and you find yourself looking forward, waiting for the next thing to come along so you can take a bite of it.

 — Yvonne Prinz

A Virginia Pumpkin Farm

Available - HERE 

The Last Party of the Year

Autumn is Nature's last party of the year. And dressing for the occasion, forests don their brightest attire, while the creatures follow suit with plush coats of fur. As the birds savor their final flights in the waning embers of light, Nature's children scamper about in search of manna for their winter pantries, pausing long enough to frolic in the heaps of newly fallen leaves.

 "Autumn Suppers," Orange Coast Magazine, Oct. 1983

This Print - "Pure Autumn" is available -  HERE