If You Create Art, You're an Artist

 I'm an artist - Others try to show what I've done. 

My art is, it exists, if only for a short time.

Clicking on photos enlarges them.

Bluebird

Bluebird

Grandma loved us differently 

because we each needed different things.

Tryggur

As a youngster you can't see yourself 

unless you can see other people like you.

Flicker

I feel like I'm fading. Like there's a darkness 

at the edge of the light slowly creeping in. - Endeavour

Doorwall

Doorwall

Doorwall

Waterlilies

You've got to put the past behind you 

before you can move on. - Forest Gump

Waterlilies

You don't want to be the supporting player 

in your own life.

Rugosa

Rugosa

There is no greater need for a child than the love and acceptance 

of a parent and perhaps that child is inside of all of us still. 

Wild Rose

Disappointment is finite.

Hope is infinite. - M. L. King

Mock Orange

Mock Orange

Mock Orange

If you know better, do better. - Terry Crews

Mock Orange

Mock Orange

It's time to move forward. 

That's not easy when everyone you've loved lies in the past. 

- Jewish Kids in England after WWII

Weigela Volunteer

Weigela

Life can only be understood backwards.

Unfortunately it must be lived forewards.

 - Kierkegaard

Iris

The purpose of a will is not to decide who gets what - - - 

It's to validate your life, to prove you were here.

An Early Frost

Evening Primrose

Belief is often the end of reason.

Peony

You are the result of love of thousands.

-  Helena Bonham-Carter

Campanula

It's my last chance for a new adventure before I'm done.

 - Mrs. Crawley

Mixed Bouquet

Mixed Bouquet

Mixed Bouquet

Family trees are arranged by who you're most closely related to; by birth lines. Wouldn't it be wonderful if they were arranged by who you have the most in common with, who you're most like in the family.