Bonsai obsession

I'm obsessed with bonsai trees and I've learned that the gnarled roots of a bonsai are called the 'nebari' - and the more lumpy and twisted the nebari are, the more desirable the tree.

Here's the nebari of a boxwood shrub in my yard that I'm thinking of turning into a bonsai. I think it qualifies as being lumpy and twisted enough to hold its own in the world of bonsai fashion.

Made for me

If it were up to me to design flowers, this is what they would look like. I found this beauty at the Garden Show. [It may look familiar - since I've already used it as the header of the blog. I think it's got to be one of the best flower photos I've ever taken.]

If you can't be at the beach...

 

You can still have sand. Here's a sand art mandala being created at the New Jersey Garden Show.

Refreshingly colorful

 

A close up of some fruit infused seltzer water.

 

Inverting the colors makes an icy abstract

Presents!

 

Christmas is long over, but this shot from the Garden Show made me a little nostalgic for the holidays.

Snow makes me blue

 

So I decided to make snow blue .

Sand castles in the sand

 

I'm always wishing I was at the beach. Would love to take a stroll through this seaside village.

Wings

 

My butterfly obsession extends to painting them, and then taking photos of the paintings.

Temari

 

For a while a few years ago I was obsessed with the Japanese art of temari. Here's one of my projects.

Psychedelic!

 

Palm leaves back lit at Bahama Breeze.

An etching

 

I think this value inverted shot of a green candle looks sort of like a tin etching.

Tropical

 

Waterfalls instantly transport you to another place.

Stacked

 

A quilt I made to show off some fancy fabrics.

Spooky guest

 

The back deck has a supernatural inhabitant.

Coral or snow?

 

Depending on which way your turn it, a tree covered with wet snow might actually be a piece of coral in a large fish tank. Which is real?