My Favourite Things: Trees

Nature is truly breathtaking.  If I had to choose a favourite thing that I love most in nature, it would be tough to pick just one.  Everything moves me and makes time stand still.  Since I have many favourites,  I begin a journal of favourite things, with trees.

I love trees that make flowers,

And trees that make homes.

Trees with red leaves,

And trees with buds soft as kittens.

I love pieces of trees found floating or beached.

I even love trees that aren't really trees, but are taller than me.

But I think most of all, I love old trees.  The ones that leaves 

have long forgotten.  

With gnarly, knotted limbs, tall and stark, majestic.

Even though life is leaving them, they do not leave us.  

They change form but stay long after they've had their last breath, 

sentinels of the forest and the wildlife within.

Spring Has Sprung...Indoors Anyways...

While the snow still falls outside, Spring has arrived in our seed trays.  We've started a few pepper and tomato plants, hoping to get a head start on the vegetable garden.  The sprouts are a welcome sight after a long winter that lingers.  At this point, I can't tell the tomatoes apart from the peppers, but the pots are marked so that we can keep track of what's what.  I enjoy watching them grow daily, and lean into the sunlight at is moves from east to west throughout the day.

Have a very Happy Easter and a wonderful Spring season :)

Sneak Peak At My New Vintage Reproduction Prints

Here's just a sampling of the latest addition to my fine art prints collection.  They are reproduction vintage French posters (circa 1890's).  These restored prints are available in a wide range of sizes.

You can see more like these on my website.