Audubon's Tea by Kevin Sloan

An amazing and extremely imaginative work of art entitled Audubon's Tea by Kevin Sloan. The artist was recently featured in American Art Collector ~ read and see more.  

Owls Celebrating Valentine's Weekend

This happy owl couple is getting a jump on Valentine's Day weekend. Hope you are too. 

A Busy Mother Bird and Her Triplets

This busy mother bird needs help keeping the little ones fed, doesn't she? I love this photo.

Cottage Love

I magically woke up here this morning because I dreamed about England last night. Have a wonderful weekend. via 

Baby Goat in Snow with Sled

Hey, I'm just a kid. You should find a big goat to pull me in this sled. via Pixdaus

Designing a Winter Garden

I have always cut my echinacea down to the ground in the fall but now I see the beauty of leaving them untouched for the winter.

Piet Oudolf on Designing a Winter Garden Gardens in winter are typically deemed dormant, but Piet Oudolf believes that they shouldn’t be. Mr. Oudolf, who is Dutch, is the leading exemplar of the new Perennials Landscape Movement, which holds that plants should be chosen for shape and texture more than for color. See his SlideShow via NYTimes

One of Mr. Oudolf’s ideas is that a garden should be designed to have a life throughout the year, not just in the spring and summer. “The garden in winter is an emotional experience,” he said. “You think in terms of decay and disappearing and coming back. You feel the life cycle of nature."

"If you make a four-season garden you have to learn to accept decay and see the beauty of it. It’s about the texture and shape, the seed heads and the skeletons. So instead of using the scissors you use your eyes," said Mr. Oudolf.

Happy Friday

There is still plenty of time left in the day to try and get everything done all by yourself so you can have a great weekend.

Antique Milk Glass Hen on a Nest

This is a miniature Hen on a Nest that sits on my windowsill over the sink. Did you know that genuine milk glass has an orange peel color when you hold it up to the light? The sun was shining through this piece when I took the photograph. 

I am a good war chicken

I eat little and produce a lot

Je suis une brave poule de guerre

Je mange peu et produis beaucoup

Artist: G. Douanne, 1917 or 1918

Paris: Union Française; Comité National de Prévoyance et d'Economies. I saved this poster from World War I to go with my own little chicken.