Street Art

Every year our city has a "Street Art Festival". Artists paint murals on many buildings in town. And there are activities, tours, music groups, and markets. And it is this weekend! But one mural had to be started early, so here is a sneak peek!

The mural is only partially done, to be finished this weekend. See where the rest of it is penciled in on the upper part of the wall? This one is called "The Little Things".

“A mural of flowers turns a wall into a wandering meadow.”

Chickens Impossible

 The local quilt museum has a showing called Chicken Impossible. It is a display of the work of quilters creating whimsical chickens. I saw a preview online.

The one is called Gogh Van Cluck

“Cluck softly and carry on.”

The Lantern

My Mother's Day gift was this solar lantern!

It has a stained-glass dragonfly. It has both a solar panel and a battery. And it even came with the long crook to hang it from outside.

Here it is when it is lit up for the night.

I had always wanted one of these outside solar lights, and was so surprised!

“Even the fireflies pause for a lantern.”

Mother's Day 2026

 Our son and granddaughters came over today. Here I am with Mike.

Here are our two youngest granddaughters.

They brought me this pretty bouquet of flowers.

And Jazz put together these Lego flowers for me.

But that's not all. They gave me an amazing gift. But I cannot post it until I charge it up. Stay tuned...

“Mothers turn ordinary days into home.”

Sunday Sunset

 

"I find it incredibly amazing how, at every sunset, the sky is a different shade. No cloud is ever in the same place. Each day is a new masterpiece. A new wonder. A new memory."

Sanober Khan

Peonies

 The Peonies at the house down the street have bloomed. they are beautiful.

These tiny flowers under them are apparently Columbine.

These are some other Peonies I saw awhile back. Different from the others, but just as pretty.

“A peony is a blossom dreaming in layers.”

The Iris

 I bought this Iris kit from Amazon. I thought it was so pretty, and our Jazz is very talented at making things. It is made from very thin sheets of wood.

You can imagine my surprise when we opened it and took a good look. Oy!

But she proceeded to build it, saying she had made things much harder. I was kind of amazed; I could never do it myself!

Amazon has a lot of different flowers like this,but I think this will be the only one I will buy. 

“Irises: little flags of magic. Petals shaped like quiet wings.”