collecting little red*wings

Clearly, clearly in another life*time I was a scientist who walked beaches collecting shells for naming.

I was a scientist who harvested seeds for drawing, not for planting.

I carefully pocketed acorns & seed pods & hoped for the best as far as insects were concerned.

I tried to stay away from poison ivy & poison oak & Certain Evil Snakes.

Audubon & Darwin were Great Friends of mine but I only wanted the cast off pieces of old nature.

I did not want the need of killing things to look inside.

And to this day my desires are simple.
I want to look Close Up at the beauty of seeds & shells & left~over nature bits.

I want to share them with you.

Comments

[rochambeau]

You are a lover of Nature and of Trees and You are a ambasador for mother nature and these things make me happy to call you friend!! I am glad for red fairy wings and for the woman who wears them so well!!

xox
Constance

[rochambeau]

ps
Hope you had fun at Domino Day!!

[eb]

oh spf!
red maple wings
these
proliferate
like nobody's business
around these parts
come fall
collecting these
and
they do
make lovely stencils
too...

xox - eb.

[Stephanie]

I am right there with you
a sister in collecting bits of this and that...

these tiny red wings would go right into my cabinet of curiosity.

will you draw them on the beautiful crinkled paper I wonder...
x..x
p.s.
I am KEEN on my new shoes that you can see in today's post :)

[Stephanie]

p.p.s.
I have copied one of your images here to draw for myself today

[Chris]

I love how you link to pretty pictures even while you're showing pretty pictures!

PMS!! (pretty mussel shells) Isn't it cool how these resemble them?