Nature Ramble

Note his unusual markings...

I love to wander the woods and fields.  This little frog, only 1" long, was taking great leaps toward the swamp.  I only detained him for a short while so I could grab my camera.  The colors of fall are around us already, also many fungi seem grateful for the damp forest floor. 

This was about 6" across...

Some Collage Post Cards

I really enjoyed putting these collage post cards together to share and exchange through the mail.  It is so fun swapping art and correspondence...

Entangled

While riding my bicycle the other day, I passed a house with a front porch. Hanging from the porch was this American flag.  I was dismayed by its condition:  bedraggled, ripped, tangled, disrespected, forlorn, hanging on by a thread.  And it reminded me of this great country for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all... and how far we may have fallen from our forefathers' vision and our earlier glory.  A sobering thought indeed.

Reptilian Star

This cute little creature has been starring in many different advertisements, even for a tooth whitening product.  Since he's sporting two of my favorite colors:  blue and green, I just had to make a collage.  The glass flower beads have smaller glass bead centers.  I do love bright colors!

Sneak Preview

Lily Bud About To Open

This bud showed the folded-up beginnings of a new blossom through a parting of petals.  I had never seen
anything quite like this before...  And the fragrance from this flower was amazing as it wafted on
every breeze.

Fish Swap

My online mailART exchange group held a FISH SWAP.  I received a brightly colored postcard from someone in France, and also a seahorse postcard with lovely poetry.  These were my contributions:

The top one I titled "Fish Behind Bars, but which fish is?  And the bottom postcard was "Peeping Fish."  You never know who, or what, might be looking in your windows!

Far Out Envelopes

I had some fun staining envelopes with bright colored rubber stamp ink.  Next was acrylic paint, covered with gesso and then decorated with rubber stamps and fanncy paper napkin designs.  WOW!