Violets

The insect youth are on the wing,

Eager to taste the honied spring... 

~excerpt  from Ode on the Spring by Thomas Gray

 a silk velvet scrunchie I tie dyed

cultured veggies my son and I made  (I blogged about it HERE.)

a major Dale Chihuly installation at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, in 2009 (I blogged about it HERE.)

Thus ends my homework assignment on the letter "V."  Do go visit the other students.  Join in, too!  I'm linking up with my favorite teacher, Ms Jenny Matlock HERE!  

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday

SIMPLE 

This prompt had me thinking quite a lot about "simple" this past week.  Truly, nothing is simple.  There are always underlying complexities.  This shot is of a blueberry plant.  The flowers are falling off and the fruit is just beginning to form.  simple.  Nature does this every Spring.  But oh, what a marvelous creative process! 
I'm excited because this is my first blueberry plant.  I planted it last Fall.  It's called "pink lemonade."

GRAIN 

I picked up some lettuce and cilantro at my friends' farm this week and visited the chickens.  (Silver Laced Wyandotte rooster on the right. The reds are "Rhode Island Red". The others are auracanas.)

TRANSPORTATION 

STITCH

sewing a silk scrunchie I dyed yesterday.  (It's available in my shop HERE)

BUBBLES

I spent half the day today cleaning my deck!  The day was beautiful--warm and mostly sunny.  The trees with their baby-green leaves were waving in the breeze and the birds were chattering.

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE!  You have till late Tuesday to join in for this week.

Next week's prompts are yellow, something that makes/made you smile, ancient or antique, splash, in the sun.

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U

UMBRELLA

UNDER

UNEQUALED CUTENESS

 
UNRIPE

UNDERTOW

UTAH

UPROOTED

In the above exercise I have explored some of the uniqueness of the ubiquitous letter U.  I hope Ms Jenny will not consider my work unnecessary and unusual or even unfinished, but will grant me a useful grade.  

Ms Jenny is a teacher of unparallelled good grace.  You will want to see the completed homework assignments of the other students.  This week we studied the letter "U."  Hurry HERE.

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Artful Rising's Giveaway

The fabulous Blogging Business Artisans on etsy is once again hosting a wonderful giveaway!  (We hope to do this monthly.) 

Erika of Artful Rising is giving away 3 items:

This Self-Realization journal has 25 prompts to help you focus on your passion and purpose.  

Included is this hand stamped keychain "DREAM."

AND...

The winner will also have the opportunity to participate in an upcoming Artful Rising workshop due to debut by the end of May.
 

HURRY!  ends soon!  It's easy to enter!

CONTEST DEADLINE:

April 19, 2012 at 11am central

CONTEST ELIGIBILITY:

Contest open worldwide

Click on this LINK to enter.

photos by Artful Rising © 2012

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

NEW 

I love baby leaves sprouting on tree branches.  These limey Spring-green leaves contrast with the azure sky.

LIFE

Three baby Meyer lemons.  How exciting!  The flowers have the most amazing fragrance.  I can't wait to see how this fruit develops.  (They are dark forest green now.)

FRAGRANT 
The fragrance of freshly mowed lawns wafts through the air in Springtime.

PINK

I was visiting my daughter in North Carolina this past weekend.  The azaleas are blooming abundantly everywhere!

OBVIOUS

Opening Day for baseball:  The Cincinnati Reds vs the Miami Marlins.  It's obviously Spring when baseball begins!

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE!  You have till late Tuesday to join in for this week. 

Next week's words are simple, grain, transportation, stitch, bubble(s).

photos by me © 2012    all rights reserved

Happy Easter

May you have a joyous, blessed Easter!

Ten Ts

Tulips

Tie Dye

Brownies showing off their shirts I helped them dye

Travel

 Kauai

Tree 

Treat

What better treat than sunset on a beach?!  (Sint Maarten)

Turquoise

Turtle

 

Lake Tahoe

Taste 

Two

 Oliver and Earnest

I'm linking up with my favorite teacher, Ms Jenny Matlock!  See others' completed homework assignments HERE. Come join in!  This week our letter is "T."

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