Consider all the White

Silverado Iris - reblooming

Lily - white, giant

Cosmos


Springtime whites of tulips.....

Crystal whites of snow......

5AM Moon Shadows on Snow

Took Toodles out to the covered back patio at 5 am. Was amazed at the brillance of the winter moon, and the snow on the green grass. Shadows from the trees and fence were like awesomely beautiful.

Sad

Virgil is tending to our son's grave at Xmas time, in Utah. Virgil's grave is just a few feet away from Nick's. I don't think I can bear the horrible pain that resides in my old feeble heart. It won't go away..... memories don't seem to ease it any. I'm still hoping time will heal me.
Nick's grave. He was a top notch architect with a prestigous firm in SLC. So kind and fun and funny. He played golf, rode horses, traveled, I miss him so very much..... A mother's true joy in life.
Katie's grave. I decorated it for Xmas yesterday, agan. She gave me a nightmareish existence, but I love her so very much. I'd do it again.... all the tears, money, raising her precious children, hiding from her in my closet when she was high on drugs... (sigh)

A Xmas card from a relative made me relive old memories. I have less than half my family left, and thinking about the loved ones that are gone, makes me very sad. Very, very sad. I cry a lot. I slouch further down in my old chair. I feel very very alone. It is hard to face the world when I realise the truth. I wish folks who still have all their families, wouldn't gloat.

4 am Winter Wonderland

When it snows in Boise all night, it stays light as daytime. I got up at 4AM and took these pics. It was breathtakingly beautiful and so quiet.

Feel like I live in the Forest

Took this pic out the window in my laundry room. Love the snow on the pines.

Cold White Winter

How about vibrant yellow

Fall and Yellow.....go together nicely.

Rosa single-petals

Pastels on black. I love the "old" roses. My mother had several on the homestead farm and I remember how fragrant and colorful they were.

Big Bad Bull Trout (yummmmmm)

Bull Trout. Idaho is famous for them. Sketch - pastels on black.

Heaven on Earth

The rose, Heaven on Earth, is blooming so beautifully now. I finally gave it some fertilizer and it seems to like that.

Gorgeous Boise Sunrise

Went out to get the newspaper on the front porch and saw this gorgeous sunrise! It changes so fast as it comes up, so I dropped the newspaper and grabbed my old camera.

Fun Little Mushrooms

Lots of little mushrooms growing in the yard this year. Especially now that it is cooler at night. Just had to take pictures of them.

Two Botanical Sketches

I saw this horse in a magazine and wanted to try it with pastels on black. The magnolia bud was fun to do last eve as I sat in bed and watched tv. Love to sketch.

Relaxin' Boots

Picked up a cowboy/rancher magazine at Walmart. Looking for something new to sketch. Found this picture. Graphite and carbon.

Smallest Bird Sketch

There is a little hummingbird that is only an inch (or a bit more) big. After seeing a picture in the local newspaper of him, I decided to sketch it.

Art on Black

Messing around with pastels on black paper.

Mums and Critters

Found this adorable green critter sitting on one of the mums on my patio this afternoon. He wasn't a bit afraid of me as I got very close to him to take his picture. Love his coloring.

Rain here in the high desert has cooled us down. Nice! Been sketching and walking. Missing Virgil very very very much. Seems my whole life was about him. Read in the paper today about a doctor I used to work with who died yesterday, just two days after his wife did. What a wonderful thing for him. Being left behind is awful.... lonely..... dull..... I want to be where my husband is, also. Waiting..... that is the hard part.

Sittin' and sketchin'

It's too hot to work outside in the yard, and too nice outside to be inside.... so I've taken to sittin' on my old patio in the shade and sketchin'.

How about Burgandy Red?

Pretty in Pink

I love the vibrant, yet gentleness of pink flowers. These were grown in my gardens.

Back in Beautiful Boise

Now that I'm back in my Beautiful Boise, and very comfortable in my new home, I'm spending more time sketching and taking pictures of my roses, etc. Using PS Elements I've enhanced a couple of roses. It is fun to find new things in this software to use in photography.

Heaven in Beautiful Boise

It's been awhile..... I don't cry as much..... Some days are wonderful...... like when I'm in my garden tending to the flowers or talking with my best friend, Gae. She gardens, also. With the purchase of this adorable mobile home, I inherited some spring flowers. What a welcome site to my old eyes! Red tulips, blue muscari, white star-like flowers, miniature rose bushes, a floridunda rose bush (that must be 50 years old), a covered patio, lots of green lawn, a towering pine tree that sways and whispers in the Idaho gentle winds. I love all of it.