Art anyone?

[Devonviolet]

I can SO relate to the need for a tripod. My cellphone camera is USELESS! drat! Love your pictures. What is the blue flower?

yeah, cell phone cameras are a challenge! If I anchor my elbow on something and hold the camera with two hands, I might get a clear shot. I do delete a lot of my cell phone shots though.

Thanks, Queen Mum! The blue photo is a closeup of my favorite flower - violet. This one is about 16th generation of the first violet plant that I dug out of the lawn of my "new" 85 year old Craftsman cottage. I spotted It the first Spring I owned the house, in Rochester, MN. After carefully mowing around it and several others, I dug them up and planted then in my flower bed border. That border ended up being 15" wide and the whole front and sides of my house. When I sold the house, I took some plants with me. That was 3 houses ago.

I use this violet photo as my avatar for some of the forum sites I am on.

 

[samssimonsays]

This is my favorite shot! It is so darned cute!

Thank you @Queen Mum it is by far one of my favorites. Miss that guy more than words can describe.

 

[samssimonsays]

yeah, cell phone cameras are a challenge! If I anchor my elbow on something and hold the camera with two hands, I might get a clear shot. I do delete a lot of my cell phone shots though.

Thanks, Queen Mum! The blue photo is a closeup of my favorite flower - violet. This one is about 16th generation of the first violet plant that I dug out of the lawn of my "new" 85 year old Craftsman cottage. I spotted It the first Spring I owned the house, in Rochester, MN. After carefully mowing around it and several others, I dug them up and planted then in my flowered border. That border ended up being 15" wide and the whole front and sides of my house. When I sold the house, I took some plants with me. That was 3 houses ago.

I use this violet photo as my avatar for some of the forum sites I am on.

It is an amazing shot! and I would have taken them with me when I left too Lol! Glad to meet someone else who at least used to live in MN if you don't still

 

[Devonviolet]

Thank you, Samantha. We have moved several times (with a ten year stop in Pennsylvania) and now are living in East Texas. Sadly, my violet progeny didn't survive the move to Texas last Summer. So, I bought some seeds and am planning to start some new violet plant's to grow on our new little farm - Devonviolet Acres.

 

[samssimonsays]

Thank you, Samantha. No, we have moved several times (with a ten year stop in Pennsylvania) and now are living in East Texas. Sadly, my violet progeny didn't survive the move to Texas last Summer. So, I bought some seeds aand am planning to start some new violet plant's to grow on our new little farm - Devonviolet Acres.

Awe sad but so happy that you will get some new ones!

 

[Devonviolet]

Here are some more of my favorite violet photos:

 

[samssimonsays]

Here are some more of my favorite violet photos:

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My mom loves pansies and we had some that looked very similar to these. May be why I like them so much!

 

[Devonviolet]

We finally hung pictures on the walls, 3 months after moving into our new home. Here are some of my watercolor paintings, and one of our little (7 pound) white Persian. We rescued her when she was about five and lost her last Summer (just before our move to TX) at the age of 13. We both miss her so much and cried when we hung this on the wall.

 

[Devonviolet]

My mom loves pansies and we had some that looked very similar to these. May be why I like them so much!

That could be. I grew up with pansies, and painted them as a girl. THEN, I discovered violets and fell in love.

 

[samssimonsays]

View attachment 9063 View attachment 9064 View attachment 9065 View attachment 9066 View attachment 9067 We finally hung pictures on the walls, 3 months after moving into our new home. Here are some of my watercolor paintings, and one of our little (7 pound) white Persian. We rescued her when she was about five and lost her last Summer (just before our move to TX) at the age of 13. We both miss her so much and cried when we hung this on the wall.

WOW!!! those are outstanding! I wish I could paint half as well. I am still teaching myself. and I feel your pain with your loss, beautiful photo.