Alcohol Inks - Artists' Trading Coins

Several art sessions this past week resulted 

in the completion of

quite a few Artists' trading cards, 

and the backs were as

fun to design as the fronts were.

Fronts

Backs

Fronts

Backs

Fronts

Backs

Missed It

I saw the bees buzzing around the 

cucumber blossoms and tried to get 

a picture when one landed.  OOPS,

bees are faster than my shutter finger!

Textured August Art

These collages were applied over stucco texture 

(acrylic paint mixed with stucco, 

pressed through a stencil).  

Always more economical when purchased

though a hardware store 

than from a craft store!

August Collage Art

Sunflower Twinchies For A Group Swap

The backgrounds were made using decorated papers

sent by a mail art pal.  

I added collage, rubber stamped images, pen details.

Butterfly-themed Cards

These collaged cards put together for a group swap started with a painted tissue paper background received in a decorated papers exchange.  Rubberstamped images and tissue paper circles added detail.  The collaged butterfly cut-out's and postage stamps were the last elements added. 

Abandoned Chick?

This baby robin was crying out loudly in the

bush outside my kitchen window this afternoon.

Then he disappeared.

Later I was picking blackberries in the nearby

woods and- there he was.  He even stayed put

while I ran in for my camera, then posed quietly

for a few pictures.

I wonder where his mother was, and why he is

so young so late in the summer.  Hope he learns

to survive before winter sets in...  

Can't Get Enough Of These Lilies!

Photo by HHC  8-10-19

Sunflowers: Fine and Ragged

Late Afternoon Around The Yard...

Volunteer beneath the bird feeder :)

This blossom is about 7 - 8 inches across!

Double day lilies

Beaufitul Fragrant Lilies

Step closer...

Nature's Brush Strokes

These cloud wisps fascinated me this morning:

Actually, besides brush strokes,

they look like fossil remains I might find

in the shale beds.

Dew on the Pink Lily

59-degrees and sunny this mid-summer morning.  

What a lovely sight!