Pinks

Friendships are like flowers. They nourish your soul!

Brick street

I love a street made of bricks. A cobblestone street has a draw too, but isn't as smooth to walk across. I love how every brick was man made and is different and I love the colors of bricks like pottery clay and like the earth.

Pretty Chicken

Brenna loves her pets. 

Here is one favorite a beautiful rooster which she admires

 for his lovely "golden" feathers

 and his masterful 

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

Lone Tree

Lone oak tree spreads in the space of a cleared 

sun-drenched field

 Canebrake, Wagoner, Oklahoma.

Columns

Columns ornamented at the top line the front of Hayes House, 

an historic home in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

 The delicious design

 can be seen up close from the second story balcony.

Porch Rockers

Afternoon sun stops to rest in the rocking chairs 

on the back porch. 

Light on white. Sunshine knows 

all the best places.

Dried Rose

How fast the rose fades. 

How swift life passes. 

God teach us to number our days.

Yellow Peruvian Lily

A lily set to open. 

A dream about to unfurl. 

A season of hope. 

Expectation of joy.

Mailbox

A rural mailbox says something 

about the landowner. 

My guess is that the farmer/rancher chose 

the mailbox design and built it himself,

 while the wife chose the gate. 

What do you imagine?

Dapple Gray

Gray Dappled beauty
In the sunshine,
What do you see?
What do you feel?
Do you dream of summer?
Does the barbed wire fence you in,
Or keep you safe and secure?

Archer

Shooting at the sky. Aiming at the stars. 

Note the large hands 

and the muscles in this man's arms!

Note the curve of the bow.

Strength.

Bricks Along a Fence

 I like the lines in this afternoon shot 

and I was looking for shadow.

Tree top in Winter

One of my favorite sights

is the tree tops

against a blue winter's sky

where white clouds 

are flying.

Light Seeping in

When I waked this morning, 

I noticed light seeping around the edges 

of my window shades. 

Interesting, beautiful, 

soft, dawn

 light.

Woodpecker Type

The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 

eats fruit and insects. 

He also drills tap holes in the trunks of trees in horizontal rows 

to find sap. When when he finds it, 

the woodpecker drills horizontal rows to get more. 

The black and white bird returns repeatedly to a good tree 

and drinks from those holes and drill new ones. 

Titmice, nuthatches, and hummingbirds 

also come harvest 
sap from these holes. 

My apple tree.

They love it.

Shadows

Afternoon light on a winter's day is soft and mellow. 
 Its white turns cream colored. Its yellows look blue-grey.
It is still. You can feel it breathe.
The shadows lengthen and suddenly the light is gone.

Marbleous Sight

Marble hung on my wind chimes reflects an upside-down

 rendition of tree, snow dusted grass, and sky. 

I want to see what I might be

 missing.

Ice on Glass

Looking for texture.
Found ice blown against the glass during last night's northeaster.
The ice formed little bumps like glass beads.
Blocked the sun, but not completely. 

Lavish Roses

Sunshine on roses.What could be so beautiful? 

I love the ruffled petals, the intense colors, the unique arrangement of each blossom, 

How rich a gift are the flowers that God has freely provided.

 Each one a work of art.

Priceless

I have flowers today, but not one bloom can compare 

to this little beauty. Look into that tiny round face and see into her blue eyes. There is an eternal being in there. 

This infant will become a girl, then a youth,

 and then a young woman. She may be a mother one day. 

She may choose from many occupations. 

She will get to vote. 

She will drive a car and maybe own land. 

Her life like the flowers of the field will pass unbelievably fast and yet she is more valuable than any flower or tree, any animal, bird or creature.

 She has the breath of God in her and I hope for her that she will have happy days and blessed years and that her life will be awesome. 

She is priceless.

Birthday Girl

Granddaughter Jordyn celebrating her birthday early 

with her Marine Daddy 

before he goes back to base at Camp Pendleton in California.
 Margaret made this crown for a play costume. 

We use it for birthday girls. 

This girl is turning seven.

Farm Fresh Eggs

Farm Eggs! 
Brenna's hens have begun to lay.

 One of the hens has laid four eggs so far.
 We ate one and have three in the fridge now. 
See how different in size and 

color compared to an "All Natural" store-bought white egg?

Audra and Lilly

A family resemblance between these two 

Aunt Audra and little Lilly. 

These two are family favorites right now.

Stir-fry

Shrimp and chicken stir-fry with rice for supper. 

Served on a beautiful old white china platter. 

I love oriental food with plenty of hot spice to it; 

and though I love brown rice, I prefer steamed white rice.

A Good Book

On a sunny but cold winter day

 the best things in life are a warm quilt, 

a comfortable chair, a fireplace,

a cup of hot tea 

and a good book.

One ought every day

"One ought,every day at least, to hear a little song,read a good poem, see a fine picture,and, if it were possible,to speak a few reasonable words."
John Wolfgang von Goethe

Sleeping Baby

Sleepyhead baby Lillian 

wore her little cotton bonnet to keep her head warm. 

What an exceptionally pretty baby she is! 

Just a few more days for me 

to take pictures of her 

before the family returns to 

California.

Nuthatch

 A pair of nuthatches come to my bird feeders everyday. 

The remind me of marching band members 

with their neatly designed plumage. 

Their backs are gray-blue with white faces and tummies and black hoods and streaks. 

They walk head down on the bark of trees 

looking for snacks of insects.

Lillian Avery

This is Lillian Avery Hollis.
 She is my seventeenth grandchild. Isn't she pretty?  
Her parents both have brown eyes. She got the blue eyes from me.This is justice for a grandma's heart. It's New Years Day and we have Coleman home from Camp Pendleton 
where he serves in the Marine Corps.
San Diego is too far from Oklahoma.