Jack... is Back!

Our Jack-in-the-Pulpit is thriving this spring,

enjoying the company of the ground ivy, 

day lilies, and decorative grasses...

I'm smitten by its beauty... the veining, the colors,

the radical shape and suggested preacher in the pulpit!

What can I say?  It's my "day job"... and I love it!

Well Wishes... Daryle

The Backyard Rogue!

This little guy (and his very well established family)

have been the un-welcomed dinner guests

in our backyard flower gardens 

for several years now.

Last spring... uninvited, they nipped 

all of my lilies and rose campion to stubble

in one evening (or early morning) outing.

I just snapped this pic of the rogue... 
romping around our yard, quite oblivious I might add,
 to my presence and preoccupation 
with catching him "in the act" on my camera.  
This year... I'm "discouraging" their dining

with some concentrated garlic spray! 
Cute... but so annoying.

A Touch of Vermont!

This native wild columbine is now in its eighth summer...

since being transplanted from our Vermont roots.

(pun intended!)  Where does the time go?

We suspect that it is in full bloom about a month earlier 

than its Green Mountain kin... Ha!

Making a (Victorian) Spectacle of Myself!

Who doesn't enjoy "a find!"

I went to the Ranch Hope Thrift Shop this a.m.

at Cowtown... and found not one, but two pair

of Victorian vintage spectacles!

I am enamored by the tinted pair!

Certainly a "new doll" will be in the making...

in need of tinted eyeglasses!

(even if they're not rose-colored... Ha!)

New Header & New Post Say It All!

I  have always enjoyed this primitive crow, sitting on a lilac branch!

He's made with cotton duck cloth and top-stitching...

 stuffed, painted, "grunged" and sanded to a soft, worn finish.

I made him back in Vermont... about eight years ago.

The sign points to where I've been spending my spare time!

Forget-Me-Not...

It is a wonderful sentiment... "Forget-me-not!"

It is one of our favorite perennials... in full bloom this week!

It reminds me of a favorite passage...

Isaiah 49:15  “Can a woman forget her nursing child 

and have no compassion on the son of her womb?  

Even these may forget, but I will not forget you." (NASB)

Back to my gardens...

Thank You Stampington & Company!

I just heard from the assistant editor of Art Doll Quarterly... 

and... (a little drum roll)

The Angel of His Presence will be featured in the August issue!

I couldn't be happier, as he was a labor of love...

and carries special meaning for me.

Thank you for sharing my joy! Daryle