This is one I made because I wasn't quite finished with cupcakes. I had the plate and cupcakes done, but I hadn't done any background. Nothing is ever quite really finished though. I intend to go over my words "You deserve a cupcake" with darker ink.
And this one is pretty different (week two of The Art of Wild Abandonment): this lesson was named "Blooms". I used tissue paper (like wrapping paper), painted parchment or tracing paper (for the petals), acrylic paint, watercolor paint, watercolor crayons. Really fun and textured. They are funky purple cone flowers...The left page needs more outlining and detailing. The next class is "layers" and promises to be pretty "wild".
Those are the things I was thinking about all day, even while on this lovely walk to the Capital Campus in Olympia...
I heard a rumor that the trees were all in bloom - this was all we found! Another week and it will be beautiful I'm sure. . .
I have known this fountain at the Capital nearly all my life, but today was the first time I noticed the "leaves" that the water fountains out of! It was turned off, of course, so I guess that is why I finally could see the beauty of the fountain, without the water!
I got a little crazy over the architecture.
You can tell it was somewhat sunny, but not really a super bright day while we were there.
We did enjoy all the beauty around the campus that we probably would not have noticed if the trees and flowers had all been in bloom.
We encountered a busload of Japanese schoolgirls, 
I wanted to share my pussy-willows! I bought them. I can't believe it. We used to pick them when I was a child, on Elliot Road. I remember we used to color them with chalk sometimes. Did you ever do that? I love the back-lighting on these.
My Hellebores. I planted this one when we first moved into our house, 25 years ago. It always blooms early. It is supposed to be a Lenten Rose, but I think it usually blooms well before Lent. You have to get down and look up to see the pretty blooms.
Today our power went off in the early afternoon. So rude! We decided to go for a walk, and I knew I wanted to go take a picture of this skunk cabbage, which I have seen growing in the ditch on the side of the road on the way home. They are so YELLOW! They do smell kind of skunky too. I think they are humorous and fun. We talked to three different neighbors on our walk, and by the time we got home, the power was back on.
I carefully stepped into our neighbor's yard to catch this photo of their crocuses. I love them! so purple and cheerful! I'm using this photo as my computer wallpaper now. 
