Hi Everyone!
Today is Thursday
Art Date with Rain. Every week she has a prompt for the art and this week is "Signs of Spring." Spring is really no different here than winter with the exception that the temps go from the 30's to the 50's. It is windy and rainy most of the year here. Oh, the wind never stops! That is a constant year round. NO, I do not like it. It is what it is though.
Spring in my mind is just a bit of rain, flowers blooming and the newness of life.
This morning it did stop raining and I was able to get these shots of my Hosta plants.
Each year they they come back more beautiful than the year before.
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| Hostas are suppose to like the shade but these love the sun. This is 2 weeks of coming back. |
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| The rain drops just hang onto the leaf. |
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| I love how the trail of drops, even on a slant stay in place. |
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| Creating spring with leather flowers. |
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| Close up of leather. Some of them are painted too. |
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| Leather flowers are time consuming but worth it. |
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| What is spring without a bit of fantasy? |
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| More fantasy. I would like to go into that cave. |
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| Abstract flowers. |
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| More abstract flowers |
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Thanks to Eva and Kristen for hosting.
I hope where you are the sun is shinning and the fragrance of spring is in the air.
Nicole/DVArtist
Honor and integrity
in art, in life.
Beautiful colours and textures in your art work. Enjoy your garden.
ReplyDeleteThe picture with ribbons is as colorful as spring.
ReplyDeletebeautiful your flowerpot with the water drops
wonderful and imaginative this art works!
Have a good Day, Elke
Gorgeous spring pieces Nicole, spring is all about flowers and lovely colours!
ReplyDeleteSo much beauty and colour! Hostas are one of my favourite plants.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and love the leather flowere. Have a great day, Valerie
ReplyDeleteBeautiful art and hosta.
ReplyDeleteWe have 2 seasons here🇹🇹 Dry and Rainy, however but the April blossoming of Pohi trees coincides with the Season of Spring in the northern hemisphere
Happy Thursday Nicole
Much💛love
I would love to explore that cave too ~ Maybe we would find a waterfall?! Great Hosta shots too, what fantastic plants they are..they just pop up out of the ground and grow so fast don't they?!. Blessings to you ~
ReplyDeleteYou have put together some incredible art today, Nicole. I have a friend or three in Seattle (and the Seattle area) and they warned me it rains all the time there. I spent FIVE days there one year and it never rained once. Seriously. On my way out of town, heading home, it started to sprinkle. I really lucked out, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI love your hostas. They are different from the ones I have. But your leather flowers are the pick of the day for me. I love them. I can see why they would take forever to create. Great TAD choices, dear.
Beautiful work, all around. Who knew making leather flowers is even a thing! So creative...
ReplyDeleteI love how spring drips off the leaf and your leather flowers o la la.
ReplyDelete~Moonie
Moonie, I looked before but I don't see that you have a blog. So thank you very much for your lovely comments.
DeleteNicole, Great camera shot of water on the hostas. Returning the visit.
ReplyDeleteI love all of it in different ways. Your plant are filled with raindrops. Have you ever looked at them with a magnifier? Quite cool. :) I always love your leather art and today is no different. And of course, the trees. Both of us love trees. :)
ReplyDeleteTake care, stay safe.
Leather flowers-they are amazing. Have not seen that before. The paintings are pretty. You are very good with color.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post! Those leather flowers are beautiful and I really love your fantasies (especially the cave). Happy PPF
ReplyDeleteWonderful art of different styles.
ReplyDeleteHappy PPF and healthy May❤️🥀
gorgeous photos and art Nicole. Such a happy post. Keep well, and happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole. Yes, I love Spring as well! Also, those rain drops on the leaf are simply beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHappy PPF,thanks for dropping by my blog today
ReplyDeleteMuch💛🎑💛love
Not sure which one I like best. There all great.
ReplyDeletePPF fun
I love your fantasy Spring! Happy PPF from No 23 :D
ReplyDeleteLovely signs of Spring and beautiful art Nicole! I love the leather flowers.
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
Wonderfully creative leather flowers ~ thanks ~
ReplyDeleteBe Well,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Lovely creations. I've never had much luck with hostas, the slugs and snails usually eat them.
ReplyDeletefantabulous flowers! I love hostas, BUT dagnagbit our snails and slugs do also.....cheers and have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! I especially love your abstract flowers!! SO ALIVE they are!!
ReplyDeleteYou have such wonderful colours and textures in your art here.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Love your hostas and I LOVE your art pieces! Wow, so beautiful!!! Those leather flowers are breath taking! Big Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole :) I love your leather flowers!!! And your paintings are so pretty, I especially love your cave/forest piece. I'd go in there too :) Your abstract flowers are gorgeous. I'd love to plant hostas all over the backyard, in fact, that's on the wish list. I love those plants. Oh, it's always windy here too, at first it was quite annoying but I'm learning to be grateful for it because it blows the black flies and mosquitoes off of me lol! :)
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