flowers in neighbors yards

 Oleander, the pink flower here, is a familiar word and plant in Wilmington. 

And the beautiful yellow calla lily. 

quote from a best seller

 I’ve often thought how framing something signifies its importance. How framing our art enhances its visual appeal. Here are a few words from a writer who has similar thoughts.

By the river in March

 

Cute Renovation

Leaving a place that if it were in France would be called a patisserie as well as a boulangerie. It was once a cozy bungalow that now offers coffee and delicious baked goods for their fans to take home or enjoy outside on a pretty day. 

psych

When I was working, we often wrote/used this symbol, the Greek letter psi, as it represents words pertaining to psyche, psychiatry, psychology. I like it. 

a pretty day in wilmy town

 

CB Today. Mural painting.

 

cypress knees

 In my back yard! One is a close up. 

Courthouse

 

Another Mother’s Day - Thankful

 Stuart and me at church today. Do we look a year older than last year?

rabbits among us

 When changed to black and white, the rabbit is almost camouflaged. Shows the importance of value in a picture. 

African Violet

Once in another time and place, I enjoyed the heck out of the many African violets I had. And then came a long stretch with none. Last summer I saw a small one in Lowe’s that needed me. Here it is now. All spiffed up, blooming, and making me proud. 

Old Movies

 On Wednesdays the nearby movie theatre is showing old movies. There are so many I have never seen, like this Monty Python one today. I left about halfway through, shortly after I took this pic. It was all I could endure! However, it’s really fun to have a movie theater two miles from my house. There will be more in my future.

Koi Pond

 

Pic of the Day

 

the Seek app

See a bug or plant out in your yard and you don’t know what it is? Just open the Seek app on your phone and hold before the subject. Seek and you will find out. ❤️ This is from today.

Art and Flowers

 Occasionally I am called back into art service. A friend asked me to find art for her garden club to use in a show, one that included making flower arrangements that are inspired by art, all paintings in this case. This idea, or theme, is carried out in museums, etc and is quite popular. Here is one painting with its arrangement. 

I felt inspired to paint something I thought would be a good “inspiration piece,” one that a flower arranger would like to do, that was used in the spring category. Then I offered it for a raffle. Someone gladly took it off my hands. 

Finally May!

And time to post daily. Blogger is not what it used to be and neither am I, but here we go. 

Posting daily is a good discipline for me during this sunny and merry month. Yesterday I met with friends to do collages. It was messy. I was challenged. But here is what I came up with. I rather like it. 

politics

For at least ten years, I have attended open to the public Republican led meetings to learn what's going on in my town, state and country. It is good to get unfiltered "news", straight for the horses mouth. This evening the main speaker was the state treasurer, and I learned a lot. Citizens of any country should be taught the basics of what's going on in their government, from local boards to the president of the country and his team. Do schoolchildren study government and civics anymore?

Sunrise

 My neighbor and I decided to go to a sunrise service at WB on Easter. Anticipating parking challenges, we left early. Good thing. We got there in plenty of time to see the literal crack of dawn turn into a ball of yellow rising to light the new day. Here is me, iPhone camera in hand. An all around wonderful experience.

 

The Most Beautiful Week of the Year

That’s what the second week of April is considered, and now it’s over. I love all the shades of green that the earth is blessed with in early spring. A few weeks later, the scraggly azaleas become filled with beautiful shades of pink. Now their beauty is fading, and azalea season will soon be over. I am happy to be in Wilmington, and I really am at home here. 

In 2014, I became highly involved with the art scene here that eventually led to the invitation to open an art gallery. After that closed, when the three year contract ended, I drifted away from art. Deliberately. Art is an interest, but not my biggest interest. There is more to life! Two neighbors have led me back to gardening, so I’ve been enjoying that the past few weeks. I remember a lot from Greenville when I spent so much time in my backyard. 

All in all, I am a happy girl and enjoy whatever I am doing. I remember that line from A Child’s Garden of Verses: The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.