Blossoms in Spring

The flowering plum tree in my garden.


















Enjoying a quiet, restful Sunday. :-)

Have a beautiful week. 

Becca 

Comments

lilylovekin said…
How lovely you captured your plum blossoms, I was taking photos of my fruit trees but it was raining. Have a good week at work.
March 6, 2011 at 4:15 PM
Susan said…
Beautiful! I love fruit blossoms, they are such a welcome sign of spring.
March 6, 2011 at 4:26 PM
A Garden of Threads said…
Stunning pictures. I wait to see them in my garden. Have a wonderful week.
March 6, 2011 at 5:09 PM
Pamela said…
Beautiful Becca!!! This tree takes me back to my childhood home! We have four of these framing the house and in the spring all you see is pink!!! So pretty!
Happy Sunday!

Pamela xo
March 6, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Lisa @ Fern Creek Cottage said…
So pretty!
Mine is blooming too. :)
March 6, 2011 at 6:51 PM
Karen Mae said…
Beautiful blossoms - something to look forward too here in Ontario! Thanks for sharing.
<3 K
March 6, 2011 at 7:34 PM
Judy S. said…
Plum blossoms already? Wow, we just have teeny tiny buds. Now if it would just warm up.....
March 6, 2011 at 9:26 PM
Catherine@AGardenerinProgress said…
It's so pretty! No plums blooming here yet, I'll have to start looking to see how close they are. I did notice that my cherry tree looks pretty close to blooming though.
March 6, 2011 at 9:46 PM
sarah-jane down the lane said…
Gosh Becca your blossom photos are amazing - love them all, the detail is fantastic. What camera are you using?
Love the header too!

Sarah x
March 6, 2011 at 11:06 PM
Justine said…
so beautifully captured, we don't have anything in our garden yet
March 7, 2011 at 1:17 AM
Unknown said…
Ou you happy happy women, you get to enjoy these beauty all ready, we still have SO winter. The shot are great and give hope for spring...maybe after two months.
Lovely
March 7, 2011 at 1:44 AM
Catherine said…
Look at your beautiful blossoms! Oh you lucky lucky girl!

Happy Monday Becca!
xo Catherine
March 7, 2011 at 4:17 AM
Unknown said…
Your blooms look beautiful.. Great shots.. Hope you have a great day my friend.

Hugs, Linda
March 7, 2011 at 6:43 AM
Anonymous said…
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful & I'm so jealous... I want Spring to be sprung around here, too!
Such gorgeous blooms!!! =)
March 7, 2011 at 7:50 AM
Becca's Dirt said…
Beautiful flower and photography.
March 7, 2011 at 8:23 AM
Rosie Grey said…
This is so beautiful, Becca! We are far from that so I absolutely enjoy looking at your photos, waiting in anticipation :-)
March 7, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Lisa Gordon said…
These are gorgeous Becca!
A beautiful reminder of what s to come (soon, I hope)!!!
March 7, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Olga said…
Great photographs! They are full expression of Spring!
March 9, 2011 at 6:18 PM
Donna said…
Your photography is Gorgeous!
March 10, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Folhetim Cultural said…
Olá gostaria que visita se meu blog que é dedicado a cultura. Espero que goste nele tenho uma coluna poética aos sábados ás 09 da manhã espero poder contar com sua visita.

Sucesso em seu espaço.

Magno Oliveira
Twitter: @oliveirasmagno ou twitter/oliveirasmagno
Telefone: 55 11 61903992
E-mail oliveira_m_silva@hotmail.com
March 11, 2011 at 7:08 AM
ELK said…
i am so happy to see the blooms and even a visitor..pink and purple together is one of my favorite combos!!
March 12, 2011 at 5:12 AM
christina said…
i SO love these... i would love to feel the weather on my skin, that has helped these bloom.
xo
March 12, 2011 at 6:16 PM
Halle said…
Amazing photos! I'm getting very jealous of the flower photos popping up! We still have a couple feet of snow on the ground! Although it's melting..... Yea Spring!
March 13, 2011 at 1:55 PM
Anonymous said…
Beautiful!
Greetings.
March 15, 2011 at 8:57 AM
oldgreymare said…
I've just been wandering all over and enjoying all your photography! So lovely! It was a very nice start to my day. I am playing about a two month catch up around here and I am so glad I was able to spend the morning hanging right here on your blog.

Have a great week - 70's on Thursday WOOT!

xx
z
March 21, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Watercolor on Tea Bags

Image
Hello Friends! 
Hope you are enjoying your weekend, especially 
if this is a long weekend for you! 

It seems like I've been drinking a lot of tea lately, so I 
thought it was time to get out my tea bags 
and get creative! 





This is a mixed-media piece on watercolor paper.



First, I tore pieces of the tea bags and glued them to the 
watercolor paper to start my background.




This is another piece I started just today where I decided to use
a rubber stamp before applying the tea bags for added interest. 



I love the color and texture the tea bags create.



 After the background was dry, I started to sketch out my design.  
The dragonfly is a rubber stamp.
Finally, a little simple hand stitching on linen for added texture.



The light was so beautiful and inviting on my desk today.

Oh, and don't you just love my new pencil box I got at the 
second-hand store for 97 cents?  




What creative things have you been doing? 

***


Remembering the men and women who died while serving in the 
United …
Read more

Star Garland

Image
It's been raining...and raining...
and raining some more today.  
You know how much I love it!
I still laugh at myself for thinking it'll rain hard for 10 minutes then 
stop for another 8 months like it did in Las Vegas.  
(even though I know better here in Seattle.)
  It's funny what you become accustomed to over the years. 



So I sat, drinking hot tea by the fireplace,
(a loose leaf blend called "Seattle Sunset" from 
Savrika Tea in Kirkland )
 listening to the rain against the window. 




I started crocheting star garland with my favorite,  linen yarn.



Star garland...for the holidays, or everyday.



You can make them any size, or any color.
I'm using a 3.50mm steel crochet hook with linen yarn.

Step 1:   Ch 5, join with a slip st to form a ring.
Step 2:   Ch 3.  14 dc into the ring.  Slip st to 3rd ch of ch3 to form a circle.
Step 3:   *Ch 5.  1 sc in 2nd ch, 1 hdc in next ch, 1 dc in next ch,  1 tr in next ch.Skip 2 dc, slip st in next dc. *  Repeat from * to *…
Read more

Birds and the Bees

Image
One of my favorite springtime activities is watching all the little Chickadees 
that frequent our bird feeder.  
So inspired by all the little Chickadees here, I made this cute little 
felt version. 




I was as happy as the Chickadees when I discovered that the little Lilac 
tree I've had in a container on the deck for 4 years started blooming
this spring!  



Of course, they are too small to cut and I am sure the whole 
plant could use some TLC since it just wintered over as is, 



but this little Lilac tree has given me hope that wherever it 
might end up this summer will continue to thrive and bloom
in the future. 


For those of you that follow me on Instagram
you might have seen that I am working on a new pattern called 
The Hotel of Bees Shawl.



The pattern consists of sections that resemble honeycomb, and little 
bees like in the photo below.  
It's such a fun pattern to work.  If you'd like more information about the 
pattern, crochet along, or the pattern designer you can…
Read more