An Awesome View of Life

This is one of our many flower beds.  This is the one that I can see from my inside my house.  This is the one that stresses me the most.  Because I can see every tiny weed.   But it is all beautiful now.  Things are growing.  It needs more color in it but I'm far from being a gardener so I'm not sure what to do.  I do have a friend who is a master gardener who may get a message from me in the next day or so.  (: This was a lot of work to do all by myself.  I am tired and very sore.  But it is done.  And my face is sun-kissed and that alone makes me happy. Peace and love!

Simply. Beautiful. Click to enlarge this photo to see the full beauty. This is Tuesday, August 4th's photo.

By the light of the silvery moon. Beautiful full moon last night.  The backyard was lighted by such a beautiful silvery light.  Yesterday was an awesome day.

Beautiful Background Moss and pebbles always fascinate me.  Love this photo but love the two young women in the background.  I'm a very lucky mom because they don't mind doing this stuff with me.  Not much anyway.  (:

Come follow me... So afraid today was our last really good day to go walking. At least without being bundle up so much you can't move.   My daughter Mandi and I have been exploring our county parks this fall and wish we had found this one a couple of weeks ago while the leaves were still on the trees.  But even so this park was amazingly beautiful.  

What we do for the sake of our art... Today is Mother's Day 2014 and instead of sleeping in I decided I should get out of my warm bed and go out and take some pictures as the sun was coming up.  It rained last night and I have wanted to get pictures of dew or rain drenched grass, flowers, etc. Above is the very first photo I took this morning while sitting on the very cold sidewalk.  I'm not sure I have a point that is actually in focus but I love it anyway. Just a close up.  It shows a bit more detail of the rain drops and the sunlight is perfect. This is the same bush from earlier in the week when there were only gray skies.  The color is so different with the morning sunlight.  And the texture is almost fuzzy, out of focus because of the moisture on the leaves.  And then there is all the spider webs.  (: By now my tush is frozen and my feet are soaked but saw this as the sun started to cover the yard. ...

Simple. Beautiful. The colors, the light, the texture and the subject all simple and beautiful. (: 

  Invasive weed or something more interesting... My neighbor lady nags at me every spring to get rid of the milkweed in my front flower beds.  She says they are invasive weeds, ugly and just plain messy.  I disagree.  These flowers attract butterflies and bees. And when in full bloom smell so very wonderful. Watch them closely in late summer and you will see caterpillars eating away the leaves.  And then in the fall they have those wonderful pods of silk.  I do agree they are a little messy at that point but I still find them fascinating.    

    Winter Sun