Artichokes have been on my mind. Maybe because here on the east coast they are so hard to get fresh.…
A sumi tulip, a haiku, and a flower, from Kasia in Poland
A lovely pair of etegami from Kasia in Poland. Her sumi-e tulip card features what she says is one of…
All gone pear-shaped
I have finally had time for painting again, after some time away… but little time to write posts or actually…
Dog-eared Dogwood
Flowers of DC Spring, episode 3: Dogwood Collection, National Arboretum, Washington DC. This etegami is of a dogwood blossom, found…
Freckled Green Azalea
Flowers of DC Spring, episode 2: Azalea Collection, National Arboretum, Washington DC. Here’s an etegami of an unusual azalea I…
If you wait, all that happens is you get older
Flowers of DC Spring, episode 1: Lafayette Park, White House, Washington DC. An etegami of a tulip, viewed from the…
delicate creatures and insomnia
Ending the week* as I started it, on a cat note. Here are Joxter and Moomin, in a typical pose.…
Scattered blossoms
The cherry blossoms in DC have finally shed their petals… a weekend walk around the neighborhood had us walking along…
My Inbox: Iris from Fumiko
A lovely spring etegami of an iris, by Fumiko in Japan. My rough translation of her words: “How many seeds…
Sink cat
A little etegami of a cat in a sink, inspired by this image and poem from the blog Stories with…
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