Lonely

Looks like my little gargoyle I bought on a visit to the Biltmore Castle at their giftstore looks a bit lonesome. He has one little wild violet growing from under his posterior. Won't be long an the garden will be blooming and lots of things to keep him happy.
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Added Spring Flowers

These are just some more of the pictures I took at our Central Park the other day. It rained nicely last nite, but just enough to knock off a lot of the blossoms of the the Tulip Trees to make a gorgeous ground cover today. I was on my way to an appointment and of course didn't have my camera. I have to go out later so I may take a run down the hill and take one later today.
I found there were so many different varieties of the Daffies that I gave up trying to get pics of all of them. Why do they turn their pretty heads down....I am too dang out of shape and old to get down on my hands and knees to take head on pics. I can see it now....Hey you over there....can you help an old lady up? LOL, somehow that is not a pretty picture.
I took this picture at a stop sign through our open sun roof on the car. Really made for a great picture. I had the people in the car beside us laughing when they figured out what the heck I was doing. I don't think they were impressed....LOL.
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Central Park

Spring is in its full glory of color here in Central Park. Ashland, KY is very fortunate to have such a wonderful park that every one gets to enjoy year round. My husband is a park walker, so every day he goes before 7:00am and meets up with his walking group of friends and does 4-5 laps around the park. The park is about a mile and a quarter around. There is a major medical complex across the street at one end, Kings Daughters, with expansions going constantly, then the other three sides are gorgeous older homes that are very well maintained.

Its so neat to see all the different photographers doing so much with this display of daffodils. Many take pictures of small babies surrounded by the flowers, even weddings are popular. My sister in law Jo said there was a wing back chair sitting among them yesterday as they were setting up cameras. Now that should have been an interesting site to see. Each year these flowers grow further and further out into the park grounds. Many have crossed a street to start towards the pond in the park.
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Free Basket of Craft Goodie Give Away!

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This site is giving away a Hot Wax Basket.  I have never worked with this item, but it sounds intriguing.  So go out there and sign up for this different type of art.

SPRING!!!!!!!

My Primroses are in bloom, I'll get pictures of the other bunches as they open up. I always loved these flowers as a child. I saw many of them at our local cemetery when I was a child as it was a plant that came back every spring and would show their color through the snow at Easter. Yes, snow, life in the Upper Peninsula of MI at Easter usually had a snow storm. Just enough we had to wear those darn zip up goulashes over our nice new Easter shoes.









My neighbors Forsythia is in full bloom...mine are not so nice and manicure, I have branches come out of the hedgerow at the street behind us. I like to see the long branches swaying in the breeze.











This is Mrs. Squirrel.....she must have about 4 babies she's nursing. Has a large chunk out of her ear and really getting straggly. PS....I think those babies have teeth...time to knock off the free room and board if I were her. She needs Bag Balm bad! LOL, yes there is such a product. You can buy it any where just about, great for hands, heels, anything that needs healing just about. Come in all sizes and in a beautiful green can. Hmmm wonder if pecans would coax her into posing with the can tomorrow?
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Check out this site for a great Giveaway!

You all are going to want to go to Michelle Palmer's  new Giveaway.  She has the cutest little country mouse named Mimi....so sweet.  I know you will want to sign up for her for sure.  http://michellepalmerart.blogspot.com/

I bought two of her little birds from her Etsy shop and they are so sweet.  I have two frames and can't decide if I want to put them both in one, and the get 2 more of divide them up singley.  Go out and have a look at her Etsy store too after seeing her blog an signing up for her drawing.
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This and That

Ever see a pregnant Raggedy Ann type of doll? LOL we got them in for baby showers etc. They were pretty popular for a bit, but now we still have several still looking for a good home. We had several old wood highchairs we put them in, looked cute.

This will be my next project. Its in worse shape then the slant type I just did. There is no way to dust this thing as the grain has fuzzed up so much. You can't whipe your hand across it as it will scratch you hard. So I will get busy on that after I get through with my 3 day weekend in Charleston WV for a painting seminar. We will be taking from a "big Brush".......Sharon Hamilton. I guess she is going to try to teach us old dogs new tricks. The prep work on our boards was enough to send us off screaming in the middle of the night. So I can't imagine how much color mixing there is going to be for the rest of the work. Maybe, or.....maybe not, you will see a finished or semi finished piece on here in the near future.
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