★
Kiana Khansmith
Three Goblin Art
2025 on Tumblr: Trends That Defined the Year
ellievsbear
🪼
Sweet Seals For You, Always
Claire Keane
Game of Thrones Daily
$LAYYYTER
No title available
❣ Chile in a Photography ❣
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸
dirt enthusiast
we're not kids anymore.
pixel skylines
almost home
No title available
shark vs the universe
No title available
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from Saudi Arabia
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
seen from India
seen from Italy
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from Saudi Arabia
seen from France
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Kosovo
seen from Japan
seen from United States
seen from United States
@nancykkphoto
Starting with Jacksonville's white sand beaches on the Atlantic coast as the perfect anchor for a couple of days exploring this beautiful northeast corner of Florida, the Casa Marina Hotel & Restaurant is the perfect place to rest and regroup. It is like no other. Its ninety-year history alone transports its visitors into a different league, a different frame of mind. Built in 1925 and now...
10 Quotes About the Importance of Mothers
10 Quotes About the Importance of Mothers
The Tulip – Bold. Demure. Sweet. Sassy. Always a Delight.
Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. – Stevie Wonder
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. – Rudyard Kipling
Anemone – I Give You My Heart
Fuschia – Like Angel Earrings
Motherhood: All love begins and…
View On WordPress
Debt of Gratitude
Often as an artist and writer myself, I produce my crafts alone. Or, at least I think I do. However, even those of us who consider ourselves to be ‘loners’ do have a rich connection with others under the tip of that proverbial iceberg. I met Lettie because of a mutual interest group of flower photographers, but until today had not met this other dimension: the writer. Thanks, Lettie, for the…
View On WordPress
15 Things on My Gardening "To Done" List
15 Things on My Gardening “To Done” List
A mix of soft and sweet alyssum, dramatic red geranium and dependable yellow pansies
With the arrival of spring I typically over-populate my “To Do” list as I emerge from the cold weather doldrums (yes, even in SE Coastal Georgia, this Michigan transplant suffers during the few cold days and nights we call winter), no longer able to excuse the neglect I’ve visited upon my small container garden.…
View On WordPress
10 Quotes About the Importance of Mothers
10 Quotes About the Importance of Mothers
Magnolia – A Southern Classic Symbol of Strength and Grace
Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. – Stevie Wonder
Hydrangea – Sweet Summer Memories
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. – Rudyard Kipling
Pink Carnations – Universal Symbol of Motherhood
Motherhood…
View On WordPress
Daffodils - Harbingers of Spring
Daffodils – Harbingers of Spring
Daffodils – Harbingers of Spring
In our coastal Southeast Georgia, the daffodils and jonquils are already pushing slim, straight blades of green through the soil. A classic harbinger of Spring, bright yellow daffodils can also be found in shades of white, orange, apricot, pink and cream. The daffodil has large single blooms with flat, strap like leaves. Jonquils are smaller and blooms are…
View On WordPress
February Roundup on The Lens and Pen
February Roundup on The Lens and Pen
Daffodils – Harbingers of Spring
It is March and already winter in Coastal Southeast Georgia is coming to an end. Our winters are short and mild and seldom keep us inside for long, but we still anticipate the return of longer daylight hours and warmer weather. The azaleas are blooming, the red buds have flowered. Daffodils are pushing up now, hyacinths, anemones and poppies blooming. The graceful…
View On WordPress
Thursday Thoughts - Color it Purple
Thursday Thoughts – Color it Purple
I’ve described myself many times over the years as a “color person”. I live in color. Breath in color. Dream in color. Maybe it’s the artist in me or it’s one of the things that make me an artist – it’s a “what came first, the chicken or the egg?” question, so I don’t spend any time musing over that. I just know it’s true about me. I’ve always liked color theory and the color wheel. I see…
View On WordPress
8 French Love Phrases for Valentine's Day
8 French Love Phrases for Valentine’s Day
Everything Smiles on Me
La vie est une fleur dont l’amour est le miel. Life is a flower of which love is the honey. – Victor Hugo
Vivre sans aimer n’est pas proprement vivre. To live without loving is to not really live. – Molière
Sweet violets and columbine
Il n’y a qu’un bonheur dans la vie, c’est d’aimer et d’être aimé. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. – George Sand
E…
View On WordPress
Language of Love - 8 French Phrases About Love
Language of Love – 8 French Phrases About Love
Everything Smiles on Me
La vie est une fleur dont l’amour est le miel. Life is a flower of which love is the honey. – Victor Hugo
Vivre sans aimer n’est pas proprement vivre. To live without loving is to not really live. – Molière
Sweet violets and columbine
Il n’y a qu’un bonheur dans la vie, c’est d’aimer et d’être aimé. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. – George Sand
E…
View On WordPress
Dining out in Chinese restaurants as a kid, there were always paper placemats with the Chinese Zodiac printed on them, the twelve signs represented by one of 12 animals. In order, they are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey (2016), Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Waiting for our dinner, we would figure out which sign was ours and what... #asianculture #astrology #celebrations
2016 - An Unlucky Year for Monkeys
2016 – An Unlucky Year for Monkeys
Chinese Zodiac Animals
Dining out in Chinese restaurants as a kid, there were always paper placemats with the Chinese Zodiac printed on them, the twelve signs represented by one of 12 animals. In order, they are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey (2016), Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Waiting for our dinner, we would figure out which sign was ours and what that meant in terms…
View On WordPress
January Roundup on The Lens and Pen
January Roundup on The Lens and Pen
Carnations – January’s Flower
Typically in January I feel fresh and new and have come to enjoy certain rituals to mark this passage of time. Some years I am relieved to kiss a particularly difficult year goodbye, while other years seem to end on a high note. The reality is usually somewhere in between since I tend (like most people) to recall the last happenings first. One year – 2009 – was…
View On WordPress
February - The Faithful Violet and The Primrose
February – The Faithful Violet and The Primrose
The word ‘Violet’ comes from the Latin name ‘Viola’
February’s birth month flower is the violet. I’ve been acquainted with the wild flower variety since childhood. Growing up in Michigan, I loved looking for them in the spring. These tiny, sweet violets peeked out from their nest of dark green, heart shaped leaves under the base of trees and anywhere the grasses weren’t suburban-shorn. But they…
View On WordPress
Groundhog Day - A Winter Milestone
Groundhog Day – A Winter Milestone
Groundhog Day, February 2nd
A Quick Look at February 2nd Celebrations
1) According to an old English song:
If Candlemas be fair and bright, Come, Winter, have another flight; If Candlemas brings clouds and rain, Go Winter, and come not again
2) According to an old Scotch couplet:
If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, There’ll be twa (two) winters in the year.
Another variation of the Scottish…
View On WordPress
Jekyll Island, Georgia - Treasures You'll Love
Jekyll Island, Georgia – Treasures You’ll Love
Treasures at the Jekyll Island Visitors Center
Beginning New Year’s Day and continuing through the months of January and February the Jekyll Island Authority hosts “Island Treasures on Jekyll Island,” a unique treasure hunting experience on Jekyll Island. The treasures are handcrafted glass floats sought after by Jekyll Island guests since 2002. Each unique design is stamped with the year of the…
View On WordPress
We hear and read so much about traveling to discover the hidden gems of the world - getting off the beaten path - that sometimes the treasures in our own back yards are overlooked. Or, at least put off for bigger, more elaborate plans. But exploring the beaten path may indeed be rewarding, especially when it is the city of St Augustine, Florida, the oldest... #architectural #architecture #art