Hello!
This week has run right past me laughing!
I barely had time to notice all the beautiful things so I could share them with you here.
Last night I was trolling Pinterest again.
I'm trying to figure out how to organize my boards since I have so many.
How do you pin?
How do you categorize it?
Here is a very quick page I came up with on the theme "summer heat/ summer sun"
Can you tell I'm SO over this lingering winter weather?
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| Don't ask my why I combined Tattered Angels "Frozen Lake" with Cosmo Crickets Twenty Three collection paper and grey water color paper- it just "felt" right. |
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| The stencil set is from Michael's- 5 bucks and AWESOME! I also scored on metallic Faber-Castell gelatos at TJ Maxx. 5 dollars for mixed media packs that included water color pencils and PITT pens. |
This year the trees have budded but none have flowered,
It will be a few more weeks before I get good Sakura photos.
I did take a couple of shots:
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| The Magnolias are still budding but the Chinese Camellia tree is in full bloom. |
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| Many of our favorite trees have survived Hurricane Sandy. |
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| Tiny pine cones from the Japanese Pavilion. |
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| Japanese Pavilion, Brooklyn Botanical Garden First "winter" type shot I've ever taken. I think I'm going to swing by and get a snow shot next year. |
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| Bonsai. It's amazing this tree is alive and thriving on a plate. SO inspiring! |
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| Sorry I cut the top off. |
Have a great weekend!
Michelle







