Doodles...

Since the weather was not co-opperating, the laundry was completed, the house was clean and everything else was finished. I decided to work on some doodles. I could work on these forever. The size of these doodles are 3 by 5 for the black and white and the one with color is 1 1/2 by 1 1/2.

Very relaxing. Please let me know what you think.

Butterflies are Free

It seems like summer is coming to an end here in Michigan, the days are getting shorter with the sun setting earlier, and the warm days are turning into cool waking hours however I still see butterflies and moths fluttering through the air.

Here are some from butterflies from our trip Up North.

Hens and Chicks-the plant type

I was surprised this summer to see stalks sprouting from my hens and chicks. I did some reserch and discovered that they do this every four years. Then, the stalk dies and new offshoots grow from the remaining plants.

Point of Interest

Owner for more that 30 years

Molding Room........

Painted Dragon

Many Gnomes ........

On Us 131 north towards Mancelona, Michigan. There is a shop by the side of the road who's business is selling molded concrete lawn ornaments and such. As far as you could see, there were statues.

Art Inside Today..

Since our Michigan weather is not co-operating I had to move my art inside. Today I am working on making new brooches for my etsy site. They will appear later today. They are approximantly 2 and 3/4 inches in length by 1 and 3/4 at their widest point. The black one is made with genuine turquoise and coral nuggets, also added are glass silver beads. The red one is made with genuine turquoinse nuggets and glass beads. Both have metal pin backs which are wired on. Please check out my Etsy site:

www.artfulexpressions.etsy.com

Shadows

I couldn't resist this shadow. While at Sleeping Bear Dunes taking a break for lunch I snapped this image of Sylvia's legs under the table. Looks like she is wearing textured leggings.

More Up North...

Mr. Lew at the summit

Sylvia at the summitView from the bottem.

View from the summit.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Northwest coast of lower Michigan. On the shores of Lake Michigan near Traverse City. This is a view from the top of the dune to the parking lot below.