' Bling ' .. Orbs .. and More ..

flurries .. there was a hint of some .. but nothing like this .. after all, if the fluffies aren't falling .. create some .. -- EXPLORE -- © All Rights Reserved

decorative plate of hand-hammered brass - becomes an orb - with some tweaks to bring colors - of intricate tiles in the Middle East into it - © All Rights Reserved -- EXPLORE --

Christmas wreath on the front door .. now a memory of layers of ribbons .. red - gold - green .. textures of silk .. © All Rights Reserved 2016 - 1 note - -- EXPLORE --

gazing out the kitchen window - hordes [ know birds are not called that ] - but Robins all across the backyard - in the yards of neighbors - those 'leaves still in the grass' ? if they move, it is a Robin - then another influx- smaller feathered folk - through binoculars looked like Cedar Waxings - saw a few perched in the White Ash - of course the photos are blurry - CWs don't tend to stay still very long - Juncos - House Finches - Cardinals - Blue Jays - Mockingbirds - somebody left the door open ! it always amazes me that they don't fly into each other - or into the deck railings - especially when they do U-Turns in mid-air -- now that is a sight to see ! this is my interpretation of what it looked like out the kitchen window - © All Rights Reserved

from January to December - 2015 Orbs of every sort - from the mountains to my back yard - done is PS E 6 - Thank you, Pam J - my mentor, friend and SAB - © All Rights Reserved -- EXPLORE - video --

- look up -the venue has all kinds of shapes -lines -then, color is added by TSO -what once was structural lines in the Coliseum -has become an Orb of color ** 2 notes ** - 21November2015 - part of the light show -TSO Trans-Siberian Orchestra - '' Ghosts of Christmas Eve '' © All Rights Reserved en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenner_Children 's_Hospital $ 1.00 from every ticket sold goes to Brenner Children's Hospital (opened in 1986 by the Brenner Family) - affiliated with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina -- EXPLORE --

colors of gold, orange, green, bronze .. spinning around as the breeze catches them .. into the air they soar .. only to drift slowly to the Earth ... * 1 note * (c) All Rights Reserved

.. original photo is an overlay .. the semi-orb was created using PSE 6 .. imagination running wild ! (c) All Rights Reserved - EXPLORE -

one can do with a wildflower - even Mother Nature might not know her now ! (c) All Rights Reserved - Down the Road - Not My Garden -