Misty Morning at Cordia's

Rainy Day Fences

p no gardening today on account of the yummy rain...


all snaps taken today, within two miles of home...

i love where i live.

Heart in the Sand...

p.s. this photo is of a natural occurrance...apparantly a sand crab dug himself into the sand and left this beautiful heart for me to capture. As all of my photos are...nothing contrived. You can't beat natural beauty! Isn't it amazing? I am so inspired..........

Oh Dear, Oh Deer

This is not the most flattering photo of these beautiful women, sorry friends, but I want to set the scene here............we are standing at the back of Abby's property........I'm snapping pics of the serenity that surrounds us........I take this picture and seconds later, as if out of nowhere, a new born baby deer appears standing right between Abby and Anna.......oh, maybe 8 feet back! I can't speak, I'm so shocked. Abby sees the expression on my face and turns to see what I'm gawking at. We can't believe it. A close encounter........ Our minds race . We worry about this scared little one. Where is the mother? We know something is wrong here.........The baby looks at us for help........he seems confused and lost........he jumps across to the other side of the creek. We feel helpless. We want to help. We decide to give him some space, hoping, longing for the mother to appear.
but she does not. We fear the mother has been hit by a car or is too afraid to show herself...we move away, back up out of respect...let nature take it's course...by now the little one has clumsily climbed the steep bank on the other side, and he is gone. We try to gather ourselves, our pulse is racing, it happened so fast. A truely unusual sight...it doesn't become clear to us until we see the next photo what may have been going on here...

We see an unusual growth and strange markings on the side of his face.............We surmize, the mother must have rejected the baby due to his abnormalities. Nature can be harsh.

FEATHERED FRIEND

Here is my most recent painting..............A Great White Heron

inspired by a birthday vacation spent in one of my favorite towns, New Orleans. This is Audubon Park in the Garden District. A beautiful place with the biggest Live Oaks I have ever seen.

did I mention big!

the park is bordered on one side with stately homes...

and on the other, a peaceful lagoon.

past the bridge,

you will find "Bird Island".

the trees are alive with birds...

goofy ones...

manly ones...

and my favorite ....... the the Great White Heron. Just gorgeous............and the inspiration for my painting.

SOME EXPLAININ..........

So, I am new to all this here bloggin world and I've been changing some things and tweaking things. I still have lots to learn. When I look back now at my past blogs, I see that the words don't always line up correctly with the photos. Darn!! Not too long ago this would have been UNACCEPTABLE to me. Today though......... being a "recovering perfectionist" I will just let it be........imperfections and all! phew! I feel better now! Thanks for hangin with me as I get better at this. I may not have much to say, but I LOVE sharing my photos.........Erin

Surprise Garden Visitor...

Last week at C's Garden, I was trimming the Espalier when...

I came across this!! By the time I went to find the Gardener next door and came back, he had slithered away..........He seemed to be about 4 feet long! I wonder where he is???