Pics of the Week/Critters

Kitties, Birds, Bees and Nutria! Enjoy!

Pics of the Week/Flora and Fauna

So, the other part of my blog that is dedicated to my photography will have some of my favorite recent pics, most likely with a theme... This week is Flora and Fauna! Enjoy!

Pink Fawn Lily

Oregon Grape Flowers

Trillium are some of my fav's and always great models!

Tricolor Fungi (perfect for St. Patty's day) 

I don't know what this little flower is, and I had to really tweek the light to kind of get the black spots to show up, which really brought out the dew drops on the grass blades around it, so I'm pretty happy with this one, though I'm usually fairly against using my editing tools to "fix" my pics.Would appreciate any info on this plant!

'Glowing' Crocus! Didn't even tweek this one... 

I also don't know what kind of tree this is... maybe another kind of plum? Really beautiful against a rare late winter, clear, blue sky here in OR.

Plum Blossoms

Teeny tiny mushrooms!

I ♥ bryophytes!

Glowy, moss covered, faerie forest... ♥

I ♥ Moss and Lichen! 

Freebies of the Week!

Welcome to my recently renovated blog!! So very nice to see you! Sit down and pour yourself a cup of tea! Perhaps not in that order... 

Each week, I think that I shall dedicate a portion of this blog to all the freebies I collect over time, entitling the posts my "Freebies of the Week"! Maybe they'll be freebies I've actually acquired during that given week, or maybe they'll just be one of my past freebie favorites, featured for your viewing pleasure. Please enjoy and do read on...

This week we planted some herbs and things from seeds we'd found a few months back in a free box, or that had been given away at Isabelle's school on Dr. Seuss's birthday, or had been found sprouting in our sink (garlic), in pots that had been given to us, or dug out of the trash, filled with recycled potting soil! :D 

Next, is my avocado tree that we grew from a pit, that got a new, free home this weekend, as it'd outgrown it's last pot. I think it shall be very happy, and grow, grow, grow, to be a lush and wonderful "guacamole" tree someday, in it's brand new home! Thanks Spider! :) 

Below that, is an awesome, kitschy wood painting my BFF Angela found for me at a thrift store! Not free to her, but free to me, so it counts! And it's just too cute to not include! It's my favorite! Rowrr!

Angela's daughter Grace, gave me this beautiful horse painting she'd been given by her "Big Sister", which has made a wonderful addition to our living room with his friend "Rowry" up there. Lovely, piercing eyes...

And lastly, the beautiful, stained glass star on the right, in the below shot, was made for me by my good friend Joey, that she tried to give to me for free, but I demanded to donate a bit of money for. It's important to support your local artisans folks! 

Also, not yet featured, but acquired this weekend for free, is a beautiful hunk of Salvia from Jack and Joey's garden, along with some more planters, a few succulents, and a bunch of freshly plucked rooster feathers for my hair doo-hicky's I'll be making soon!!! Thanks Jack and Joey!! And, yay free stuff!!! It's a beautiful revolution!

Update

This blog is about to undergo a serious overhaul, in order to make it a bit more streamlined and focused on some of the changes that I will be undergoing. Some of the categories this blog will soon mainly consist of will be...

• Still DIY stuff: ie. making and doing shit myself, dumpstering and freeboxing things, and general tips on making something out of nothing. I will probably gather a list of resources for single mom's in particular, as this has been one of my goals for years.
• My Herbal tutelage: I will be blogging my progress in Kiva Rose's herbal correspondence course as this is a huge, exciting thing for me, that I feel has been in the making for the past few years, but I am only just now starting to fully embrace. Lots more on that later...
• And finally, Photography: I've been taking a photography course all this term and am taking 2! next term, so I'm super excited to kind of chart my progress with that here as well!

And, you know... there will probably, occasionally be personal, ranty, and/or, political stuff every now and then as well, but far, far less, as I try and really focus on the tasks at hand. And I will probably try and figure out a way to sort of "back log" all previous entries, as this is a whole new chapter in my life! K! Thanks for reading! And stay tuned!