Abandoned?

I was saddened when a friend brought this (robin's?) nest over to 

our home, just the other day... He had found it on the ground, 

near his garage where it had been built, attached to the door frame.

In a word, he said: "Abandoned!"

"I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,

    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;

I will turn the darkness into light before them

    and make the rough places smooth.

These are the things I will do;

    I will not abandon them."  

(Isaiah 42:16, NIV)

Who Has Time for Doll-Making?

Our Blue-Flag Iris are a bit sparse this year;

I did a rather radical "divide" and "thinning" last fall...

The Chinese Ground Orchid are just beginning to head...

(I moved them around too, last fall...)

Coral-Bell... it is a perennial favorite (pun intended!)

Ahhhh... Spiderwort; we have this "love-hate" thing going on!

So... back to the question: "Who has time for doll-making?"

(I love being in the gardens)

Be blessed... Daryle

Between the Showers... Some Photos!

I slipped outside early this evening with my camera, 

these photos are untouched, other than resizing...

Astilbe... emerging after days of (much needed) rain...

Star-of-Bethlehem... a bit of a nuisance 

because it pops up everywhere, every spring!

But lovely just the same...

 Violet Columbine... planted last season; after picking

them up in Lancaster County at an Amish roadside stand.

These are first year blossoms!

This charming Columbine was brought down from Vermont

ten years ago... and has settled happily on the 

northeast side of our home.

Four & Twenty Blackbirds...

"Four & Twenty" nothing... truth be told, he is a solitary soul!

I'm thinking he's a Brewer's Blackbird.   For the past two weeks

he has been hanging around our backyard patio 

with our Mourning Doves (rather "odd" company, if you ask me!)

I snapped this photo as he tried to dry himself off 

from the all-day (much needed) showers here in South Jersey.

Wednesday's Whimsy

This week's "whimsy" is a retro-walk down Memory Lane...

as I'm toying with the idea of creating a new satyr doll

for the ADQ challenge coming up in mid-June.

 This was my first "cloth over clay" doll, 

that I designed back in January of 2011...

based upon one of Aesop's fables.

I hope to start working on a new paper clay and

mohair version... soon!

(If I finish my spring gardening; as I have 

yards and yards of mulch to spread!)