Dogwood Trees Are Blooming

Dogwood

I had a wonderful time this morning photographing the gorgeous flowers in my backyard. Thankfully I was able to take pictures of the dogwood trees before their delicate white blooms fade and fall to the ground. It seems these flowers bloom quickly and just a quickly disappear.

What a wonderful sunny cool Spring day to be outside exploring my overgrown backyard. I had so much fun grabbing close ups of every flower I could find. Creative. Happy. Relaxed. Energized.

A beach trip would have been wonderful but it was nice to stay home and appreciate the things that surround me daily.

Camellias

My yard has two hardy camellia bushes that have stood the test of unpredictable Winter/Spring cold then hot temperatures. I was afraid the frost would ruin the flowers and buds but once again these flowers set an example to me to stand strong against the harshness of life and bloom ANYWAY.


I hope you are having a happy, creative and productive day.

Thank you for reading

Thomasina

My Blog is One Year Old!

Happy Birthday to my little blog. This past March my blog turned one year old. 

I have so many ideas that I am working on to improve my blog. Very soon I will have a new laptop and new camera which will result in a more creative blog layout and design.

Please write what you would be interested in seeing on my blog in the future. 

A huge Thank you to EVERYONE who has taken the time to stop by and read my blog. 

Does anyone know what kind of flower this is? I saw it next to my parking space and was amazed by the flower's fragrance.

No idea what this is but it smelled like a perfume a "well dressed woman would wear". This is the only way I can describe it. A soft delicate but not to sweet feminine scent.

Again thank you so much for your wonderful support.

More blogs to come soon.

Thomasina

Necklace Of The Day - Daisy Chain Choker

Gold tone metal Daisy motif choker necklace

A necklace that gets better with age is always a great addition to my jewelry collection. 

I bought two of these necklaces from Limited Express or The Limited several years ago for a very good sale price of a few dollars. It is a dark toned gold tone necklace made of a slightly heavy metal. Over the years the color has become more burnished. The daisy flowers are very detailed and intricately molded.

 The short length of this necklace resulted in deciding to connect the two necklaces together to make it a longer and easier to wear piece. It's a very simple classic design. Because of the flower design it can be worn in warmer months but it's darker hue makes it nice accent necklace for a crew neck lightweight sweater.

The only downside to wearing the necklace is at a certain point in the day, I start feeling the weight of the metal around my neck. But overall I do prefer to purchase costume jewelry that has a bit of heft to it for a better quality of materials.

Another necklace of the day post is here.
 

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Time Passes By Quickly - Enjoy The Beautiful Things In Life

The back of a dogwood flower

Dogwood tree and clear blue sky

Dogwood Flower

I am so thankful I took pictures of the dogwood tree in my backyard when it was in bloom. Before I knew it the flower petals were blowing in the wind. The time for the flowers to display their beauty quickly passed and it was time for them to leave until next spring.

This made me think about how quickly beautiful things pass through our lives. Take time to enjoy all the good things and especially the beautiful things. I just happened to be looking out my bedroom window to see the petals fluttering in the wind. In past years, I had never noticed this happened so quickly.

Time passes faster than we realize.

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Enjoy The Beauty Around You - Get Outside and Walk

Camellia

Get outside and enjoy spring!

Life is too short too be sitting inside the house. Get up and Get Out! If you are feeling stressed or feeling uninspired one of the best things I like to do is to take a walk. Walking will get the blood going and fresh oxygen into the body.

I have solved or simply let go of so many of life's annoyances or problem by taking a walk to clear my head and my heart. Walking has helped me get through some very dark and sad times in my life. A change in surroundings does wonders for the mind and the soul.

Unplug! Put down the computer and the phone for just long enough to refresh your mind. Too much internet or social media will make you think the world is a lot worse off than it really is. Good news doesn't get as much attention as bad news so that is what is pushed and promoted much more often online. Good things do happen but you don't hear about them nearly enough as the latest horrible human tragedy or disrespect for human life.

Walking helps me get out of my head and look at the beautiful things created on this incredible plant. Sitting down too much in terrible for your health. It is a blessing to be able to walk  and to stand so get outside and move. The more your move around the better your body will feel.

I hope you have a wonderful healthy inspiring day today.

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The Dogwood Flower and Cosmo Watercolor Flower

I painted this watercolor fantasy flower in March before this beautiful Dogwood flower had bloomed. Until I took this picture, I didn't realize how much alike the two flowers are.

This spring, I have had a wonderful time photographing the flowers in my yard. I have always done this in past years but this year having a blog, I am taking extra care to do my best to show the world how beauty they are.

It can be a blessing a a curse to have a backyard full of trees - lots and lots of leaves to rake in the fall. But I am always awed by the intricate detailed beauty of flowers.

Many watercolor dogwood flowers will be painted. The cosmo flower maybe I will save that for my novel about mermaids. Hmmmm underwater flower.....

Do you have dogwood trees where you live?

Here is a previous post I wrote about a watercolor lesson a day calendar I use as an art exercise.

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This is a Bearded Iris or a Crinum. Or Not?

I don't know what to call this beautiful flower

This gorgeous flower bloomed a day or two ago. It is in the same bed of flowers as the crinum. I don't know if it is a crinum or a bearded iris. I looked it up in a book a while back and it looked like the flower in the picture.
It is so lovely to behold with the deep purple and rich gold. I would love to find a dress or any clothing in this glorious royal shade of purple. Being beautiful is not enough for this flower it also has a wonderful citrus but also delicate flowery fragrance. If anyone knows of a perfume that can mimic this flower's scent, please let me know.

I hope this bloom last a long time because I don't think it bloomed at all last year. Another reason this flower is so amazing.

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Have a beautiful Life. Every Moment is Precious.

Spring is here! Flowers are blooming.

These are camellias that had fallen to the ground after blooming. They are still lovely even after leaving their branches. I don't know why they have fallen but seeing them underneath the bush made me a little sad but also thoughtful about living a full life.

Everything has a season. These flowers fully blossomed then it was their time to fall and then fade away. We all only have a certain amount of time to live a beautiful full life. Do not waste time because every second of life is so valuable. You can never get tomorrow back. Let strong and positive today.

This lovely bloom lived a short time but put all it's effort into becoming something beautiful for the world to see. I loved learning this valuable lesson.

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Crinum in bloom

Crinum in bloom

Spring is here! This picture from last year shows how bushy and high the plants grew- the tallest ever. I am interested to see if they will be very tall this year. The crazy weather changes have definitely had an effect all the plants in my yard.

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Camellia is budding

Crinum

Spring is coming! I cannot wait! This is a picture I took of the Crinum in my yard last year. The flower have a kind of citrus flowery scent. Lovely to look at and to smell.

Everyday is a chance for a New Beginning

Two daffodils in my backyard

These flowers has bloomed every year since I was a little girl. I remember stepping on it while playing in my back year.But it didn't seem to mind. For decades this plant has broken through the earth again and again to rise up and live the best it can for as long as it can.

Daffodil

This year, I see this beautiful yellow flower as a survivor. It is a lot stronger than it looks. I am inspired to live my life the year this flower lives. I shouldn't let life's troubles and set backs stop me from knowing my purpose and rise to bloom again and again.

Have an amazing day everybody.