HandmadeJewelry with Shells

A bracelet I made with a clear kind of thread-not fireline just somethin I bought at Ben Franklins before it closed-how I miss that store, with EVERY kind of yarn RIGHT THERE, no need to but it online.

The materials are: a bag of mixed beads in the same color range(Blue Moon I think). Size 11 iridescent lite pink beads(not Miyuki). A toggle clasp I picked up in Joann's, it was a mix of closures: toggle, barrel, & lobster, all in pale lavender, wth?

I stupidly forgot to mention the SHELL beads that have pinkish parts-got those too in the beading section of Joann. Rhodocrosite(with the white stripes) & rose quartz 6mm. I also made it with VERY little slack, it stretches.

Lillies & Roses

Madonna Lillies in an ebony bowl on the left. Mini lavender roses in a black hobnail vase. This 'bouquet' is 1 branch, I just cut it a little further down-almost like long-stemmed rose.

Another Madonna Lilly & Random Pic of a Plane

2 pics of this very old lilly, it is thousands of years older than any rose I have in my garden, it's AMAZING that it has survived mostly unchanged, I think. It has an 'Easter Lilly' scent, I'll have to figure out how to bring them in without cutting the whole stem; maybe some glass floral beads.

The pic of some random plane happened just because I was turning to go back inside & I heard the plane & so I snapped a pic. It looks red to me, but who knows? I'm curious if my camera could actually get it in focus; yeah I'm putting it up before taking a look for myself.

Madonna Lily Blooming Now

The first pic is of the younger peach tree & I can see that they've gotten bigger. The second pic I took by shoving the camera under the older peach tree, they ARE smaller because these ripen later than the younger tree. Peach trees have long willowish leaves, & they are both dwarves so I am always parting the leaves to gauge the peaches.

The white lily with a yellow "throat" is 1 of 2 Madonna Lillies that are opening NOW. I thought they were supposed to open in August! Maybe I just remembered it wrong.

The last pic-those are baby grapes! THEY are rudely crawling & piling over the fence into my neighbor's yard, I still haven't found a handyman to get an estimate; I've been considering the 'Y' version instead of the older traditional 'T' like my Great Aunt Anner had..

Prayer Plant

I haven't seen a Prayer Plant blooming & I was so surprised to see this. I took it out of the window to water it, I left it in the tub overnight. Then when I saw it I thought it was another plant-but no!

It is a minor thing to see in life, but it is my life, & I would rather focus on this than the fires in the hills or the smoking crater of the economy that the Right always seems to leave behind. These were the same guys that bought hammers for $500 in the 80s, they did it again, I don't know how anyone can take them seriously, they always do this. They think throwing money at the military & police equals victory & being 'tough on crime'. Yeah, whatever.

Baby Peaches & Buds

Those ovular things are velvety baby peaches, on a young dwarf tree-peach trees can bear fruit reliably for about 20-23 years, or so. They are small now but will get bigger & they start to turn color & blush. This variety ripens in mid-late July.

Those pod-like things with the ladybug on 1 of them are Madonna Lillies, they say not to grow these lillies next to other kinds, so I'll have to move the pot of stargazer lillies. Madonnas open in August. I just fed these with some bonemeal, that helps the flowers to form & strengthens the roots.

The last pic is of grape flowers, they're starting to come out & they lay on the vine in clumps, just like when they're ripe, except now they look like tiny green beads. These are the seedless purple grapes mentioned earlier.

Most pics I post can be clicked on & supersized, I just use a Lumix digital camera, nothing fancy.