Pomegranates & Passionflowers

Blooming in my yard right now, lots of lovely, trippy, passionflowers on the vine and bright, large blossoms on the pomegranate bush, along with teeny, tiny pomegranates to be. I love spring. Enjoy.

Peonies

I have two pink peony bushes that came with house when we moved here almost six years ago. They are such lovely flowers with a subtle sweet scent. Unfortunately, they bloom once and then not again for a year. I suppose I could plant more bushes that bloom at different times, but that sounds like work. Instead, I take lots of pictures of the pretty petals while they are around and create a permanent record of their fleeting beauty. I wish you could smell these. Enjoy.

Blooms

Although it is not quite spring here in Texas, if you look carefully you’ll find flowers budding and blooming. I thought I’d share some pics of my lenten roses which are in full bloom. Also, the big pots of spider-y looking bromeliads on my porch even managed to surprise me with a shot of hot pink petals. Enjoy.

Crochet Floral Centerpiece

My Berroco Knit-Bits arrived in my inbox this week with beautiful crocheted flowers in a centerpiece configuration. Just gorgeous. And what a unique idea.

I once made a painted vase and created some paper mache flowers to fill it. I thought they came out cool. Too bad the pictures didn’t. I sent the flowers and vase off to Ohio to live with my sister. I may just have to get sticky fingers again and return to paper mache.

Click on the crochet flower pics and you’ll arrive in Berroco land where you will find the pdf instructions to crochet yourself some of these cool flowers and pussywillows. Sign up for the Knit-Bits while you’re there.

Hurry Spring

I want it to be spring. I’m tired of the lack of flowers. I long for blooms. So I have wandered through some of my old images and am posting this lovely peony bloom from my backyard. My peonies came with the house, I take no credit for their gorgeousness. They appear briefly once a year bringing beauty and subtle sweet fragrance. I can’t wait.

I have uploaded this image to my Imagekind account. If you like this pretty peony as much as I do, you may want to order it as a print or card. I think this pretty pink peony would make a lovely Mother’s Day card, don’t you?

Flowers

I had another slow day at the old dental college graphics department and I started fooling around in Adobe Illustrator again. Found this site with cool brushes to make circular flowers. I had so much fun. I felt like Mother Nature, creating flowers in my own little universe. The name of the site for you Illustrator users, is BittBox. Here’s the link to the brushes. Have fun. If you are not an Illustrator user, please enjoy the viewing. If you want to have a print of one of these flowers for your very own, go to my ImageKind shop or order a print from Flickr. Hope you enjoy, and remember, always stop to admire the flowers, real or digital.

Crochet Inspiration

This is the picture from the Crochet Me website that inspired my purse creations. I loved the idea of a purse that’s a flower. So I printed the pattern from the website and got to work. But, of course I had to improvise a little, its my nature. I rarely follow instructions exactly as written. I usually read through then figure out how I’m going to implement the steps needed.

In this case, I used Lion Suede yarn which is thick, fuzzy and super soft instead of the yarn choice of the pattern. Also, I really don’t like the plastic handle thing so I decided to make long straps. And I wanted closure, so I crocheted a button closing.

Nature

Since yesterday was Earth Day, I shot a bunch of pics of the growing stuff around the house. I went out back to see if the birds have returned to the nest. They’ve been gone for a week and a half so I guess they moved on. All I have is an empty nest, literally, in the tree. So sad. But on a positive note, my pineapple baby is growing and looking great.

We have a dead lightpost in the front and side yard and I planted four different clematis, two on each. The front yard is winning, the entire post is covered with purple flowers. I love purple flowers. So I’m quite happy. Specially cause I bought the plants at the grocery store of all places. You never know. The clematis in the side yard don’t get as much sun so they’re slowly starting to cover the post. Maybe next year.

Almost Spring

Well, trees are starting to bud and my peonies are pushing through the dirt, its almost spring here in North Texas. I love the Redbud trees’ purple flowers, it looks like a purple cloud has descended upon the branches. The blooming reminds me of the crochet purse, earrings and pin I made for my boss’s birthday last summer. So I thought I would post the pics along with the Redbud pics to get everyone in the springtime frame of mind. Hope its sunny and warm wherever you are, and if its not, it won’t be long before it is. Think sunny and flowering.