Last Day of January, 2012 - Take a Walk With Me......

.....it was sunny, and in the mid 60's - the day before February!!!!! Unbelievable!!!!
                                                    
                                                                 Gorgeous day!!!!!

Dawn................

If you look closely below (click on photo) you can see the tiny
moon still visible at noon, at the bottom center of the pic

                                                      Quince blossoms-sure signs spring is near

                                                

                                                             Proof the deer ARE still here

                                      

                                        Mosses lush, green, and sending up signs of spring

           
                            Another rusty treasure to be unearthed before nature hides it away again........

                          


                             In another couple of months, my house won't be visible from this vantage point

                              

                                                   Tree adorned with its lichen brooch......

 

River art, placed by the current, and left out to dry

                                                                 Dry riverbed's vivid greenery

                

                                  Scavenged hulls from the walnut grove- for future paint stamping

                                                                      Creek bed rock finds

 

I was searching for heart rocks, didn't find any - but these were cool - closeup below

                        Fossil or man made - not sure-I'm opting for fossil - it's a keeper either way!

                                                                  Committee meeting!

                                   

Turkey or black vultures (buzzards) are very common around here. A band of buzzards is known as a committee, volt, cast, or venue.
I tell my husband NOT to cut down some of the dead trees (known as snags) -if they are not in danger of falling on someone or something-, because not only are the tree cavities great food sources and nesting places for woodpeckers and other wildlife, the dead trees are perfect hangouts and perching places for the vultures.

When you see vultures circling above (floating, playing, searching for food, or just hanging out in the air) that is known as a kettle.  If they are feeding, that is known as a wake. Kind of resembles one, in a morbid way, a group hanging around a corpse. LOL

 
                 On that uplifting note, hope you enjoyed your walk with me today!!!!

Happy Mother's Day

I spent a relaxing day walking the dogs, watching Mr. Green Jeans rototill the vegetable garden plot,  and went out searching for moss and plants for some dish gardens.
I made this upcycled punch glass planter of wild violets for my mother for Mother's Day. I added a heart stone from the river, and tied on a pottery heart from Ruby Floy.

I had some moss left over from mom's gift, so I decided  to make my own dish garden out of a pottery bowl, and  just kept going!!! I made 3 more, including one out of a clear tea pot, similar to one I saw on Moss Acres . The teapot is lined with white beach stones collected years ago, from a beach on the north shore of LI.

The pottery bowl has a tiny Red Rose Tea Wade turtle, with a vintage ceramic mushroom, and a crystal quartz from upstate NY.
The small round pottery garden is moss and lichen with a tiny green frog perched on the rock.

The little ceramic bird with nest was just crying to have some moss in the nest!! I have to find some tiny egg shaped rocks to add to it.

I also have a small fern from the woods- have to find the right container for that one, with some more moss.Tomorrow's project.........................

I needed a spray bottle for all these little gardens- so, here we have it - recycling at its best!!!LOL

I just love the smell of the moist moss- when I close my eyes and inhale, I imagine myself walking thru the woods.