Azaleas

Blue sky like the ocean,

Pink petals 

Brush strokes 

From 

God's paintbrush

On my day!

Jesus loves me this I know! 

Toy Horses

Dream horses

 Take a girl off to a world where

 She cares for horses, 

Rides horses,

Drives Horses.

 It's a real world of make believe.

 A sweet one!

Tulip pink ruffled

A ruffled pink tulip 

Like a wild rose

Surprised me.

Excited me

Delighted me 

With its uniqueness. 

Makes me realize

The awesome creativity of God 

In creating fabulous even 

the simple flower. 

Orange flowers

Bright and full of light

These are the hues that say happy to us.

A flower colored a bright orange 

Spells freedom and joy. 

Says, "Perk up and praise God." 

Life is sweet!.

Dogwood

Petals like white crosses 

Pure  and innocent as Jesus was

 Each petal tip touched through with red 

Where thorns and nails pierced Him.

 Each centered with a crown

 Fit for a king. 

Dogwood blooms at Easter 

To remind us God loves us. 

He does.

Pink Tulip

The tulips at the Honor Heights Gardens 

always remind me of Cindy. 

She and I used to go there every spring with our children. 

One year the gardeners pulled up the faded tulips 

and gave them to the visitors. 

Cindy and I took some home to plant in our yards. 

Every year since Muskogee tulips have bloomed 

in spring in my flowerbed. 

I miss my friend, 

but I remember her again every spring

At tulip time.

Free feather

Crawling through the grass and clover 

To photograph dandelions and  bluets

A feather caught my eye.

A work of art itself.

After serving a bird 

Helping him fly,

He has a season of freedom

Then goes back to the soil.

Pretty feather

I would have missed it walking!

Purple Tulip

I planted a small brown bulb. 

With sunshine and rain came this leaf and pink/green stem. 

The bud burst open to reveal all this color and beauty inside, 

opening and reaching for the sky. 

What a surprise! 

Can there be hidden in people this kind of beauty 

waiting for warmth and prompting to break out and glow?

Bloom Again

Pinks on white on green

Saintpaulias

African Violets

Gesneriaceae

What can I call you ?

You add color to winter days.

China Bowl

China bowl filled with violets

 My own little garden

 Makes me smile each time 

I pass it

Sweetness.

Redbud

Redbud blooms outside my front door.

 Red buds open into pink flowers 

Like cotton candy on dark sticks

 Waving in the sweet air, 

Attracting bees and 

Singing spring songs.

When leaves come on

They push the blossoms.

Which fall softly-

A pink ring of 

Melted strawberry ice cream

 Around the trunk on a green grass plate.

Raisin Cookies

Cinnamon, 

Oats, raisins, 

Sweet creamery butter, 

Soft wheat flour, vanilla flavoring, 

Toasted pecans.

Remind me

Of being home 

Baking cookies

With my Daddy 

Sweet treat-

Sweet man-

Sweet memories.

White Roses

White or pink? 

Both 

Blended.
Pearl.

Delicate petals

Fragile as a baby's skin,

Sweet as baby's breath.

Swirls of softness

Like a child's voice 

Singing 

In a dream.

Periwinkle

Periwinkle so blue, so soft, and bright

Held on stems with waxy heart-shaped leaves.

Like little pinwheels

Spinning in the south wind.

Faces

Pansies on a bright cold spring day

Smile at us

From their spot in the flowerbed.

Cheerful little fairy faces.

Angel

Angel in the garden

Watching fennel grow,

Do you think its yellow flowers

Come too slow?

Seated on your pretty perch,

Holding chin in hands

Gardens are the sweetest spots

In any lands.

Soaked in sunshine all the day

At night-- stars overhead,

There may be no finer sleep

Than in a flowerbed.

Dandelion

Who says a dandelion is small?

Art

Pink Magnolia touched by frost

And bright sun

 In the same day

Still graceful

Still elegant

Like art deco

By God.

Fog Morning

Fog

Like a blanket 
laid softly

Pushed back with the dawn.

Morning on the farm
Comes gently.

ranunculo

Sunshine

 like a yellow

 lollipop on a green stick.

Peach blooms

Even a rainy day under a gray sky

 is beautiful when the peach tree blooms.

It is worth a walk in the cold drizzle 

to look at the blossoms close

 and see the sprays of leaves beginning to uncurl. 

 The scent on a wind can fill an lonely heart with hopes. 

The color is the perfect pink 

of a first daughter's first Sunday dress.

Sunlight

Sunlight captured? 

No...

Still elusive,

Mine for a only a moment

Then gone.

Daffodil.

Skaters

Pear tree blooms like graceful figure skaters

 in flouncy white skirts,

  held aloft by the sleek arms of 

their handsome dance partners.

Blue Pansy

Bulbs

 sprout among 

the winter's blue pansies.

 Soon the pink 

of hyacinth will add its scent

 and the tulips will wave 

purple and red chalices 

at the sky.

Ginger Dog

Ginger is a lab/hound mix.

 She enjoyed helping me weed the flowerbed. 

She's excited about spring's arrival. 

She rolled in the dry grass and leaves I pulled free. 

Such a lot of help!

She was absolutely lit up with cheer.

Can't you tell?

White Cream

Pure joy!

Sunshine on daffodils

Like cream poured on Moonlight

.

Madison

Wrapped in red 

Wearing a bow

Gift from God.

What a treasure she is!

In a meadow of new grass,

Wildflowers and sunshine

She is one of God's 

Most beautiful creations.

Cake

Another year

Another birthday cake 

My little boy turns eighteen

Red candles, red balloons,

Friends and family,

Fun and Games

A happy day!

Purple Bloom

Today is full of promise.

When a bloom smiles at you as you pass,

 Kisses you shyly when you stop.

Blesses you with fragrance to hold on to. 

How can you not know

 That God is near?

Tree Tulip

Waking up 

To sunlight and warmth, 

Tulip tree,

Embellished with hundreds 

Of dark pink buds,

Like parasols

They unfurl

In a day

Each a masterpiece,

Each a glory.

Each a gift.