St Patrick's Day Musical Greeting Card

"May your blessings outnumber
The Shamrocks that grow,
May trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.

- Irish Blessing

Birthday Cards

ANOTHER YEAR
I'm wishing you another year of laughter, joy and fun,Surprises, love and happiness, and when your birthday's done, I hope you feel deep in your heart, As your birthdays come and go, How much you mean to me, More than you can know. By Joanna Fuchs

Happy Valentine's Day musical e-cards

A bell is no bell until you ring it,
A song is no song until you sing it,
And love in your heart
wasn't put there to stay -
Love isn't love
'Til you give it away

Oscar Hammerstein,
Sound of Music

Happy Kwanzaa Greeting Cards

Merry Christmas Greeting Cards

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old famliar carols play,
And wild and sweet
the words repeat
Of peace on earth and good-will-to-men!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Father's Day Steam Punk eCard



Send Him a Steam Punk Father's Day Ecard


Send him a great steam punk greeting card this Sunday June 19th for Father's Day.

Fathers, brothers, uncles, grandfathers, friends, they will all appreciate your thoughtfulness when they receive your Father's Day animated musical greeting ecard.

Click on the image and watch the clock tick a Happy Father's Day greeting.  Send him a Father's Day  greeting ecard for only $1.50 to as many fathers as you wish!

June Birthday Flower

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June Birth Flower

The rose is the June birthflower. Rose is known as the flower of passion as the ancient Greeks believed that Aphrodite the goddess of love gave a rose to Eros the god of love. Roses have many flower meanings according to their color and number of roses in a bouquet. All roses symbolize love and appreciation though.

No other flower is a recognizable as the rose. No other flower conveys love and passion like the rose either. In Victorian times each flower had its own secret meaning. Red roses meant you love the receiver. Pink roses mean you have not the passion of red, but still have feelings of love. Dark pink roses mean you have gratitude. Light pink roses mean admiration or sympathy. White roses mean innocence, purity, secrecy and friendship. Yellow roses mean dying love or platonic love. In German speaking countries though yellow roses mean jealousy and infidelity. Yellow roses with red tips mean friendship or falling in love. Burgandy roses mean beauty. Blue roses mean mystery. Green roses mean calm. Purple roses mean protection and maternal or paternal love.

Tulips Are My Favorite Flower For Mother's Day

Tulip Setup



Tulips have to be my favorite flower, if it is even possible to pick only one! They are so curvaceous and so baroque when they are finally opened to the point of the petals falling off of the stem. I have always been inspired by the Dutch floral painters of the 17th and 18th centuries, and fascinated by the "Tulip mania" that took place at that time. Imagine one tulip bulb more expensive than a house at that time!



Tulip Sketch



I like planting tulips with two varieties that are close in color range; for example: a pink next to a deep magenta. The one color plays off against the other and makes the color "dance" when viewed at a distance. Another nice combination are a striped variety with a solid. In my garden they usually forget-me-knots at their feet. The small blue and pink flowerettes are a nice compliment to the grand stately tulip. I plant a variety of species so that I can extend the blooming (and viewing and painting!) time as long as possible. I'm going to go and collect some now!

Spring Daffodils

"Finally, finally SPRING!



The beginning sketches of Daffodils




The daffodils are in full bloom in my garden here in Pennsylvania. The bright yellow color is so welcoming.  I love to pick a bouquet of daffies and bring them into the house. It's a sign that the garden season has really started! I took the vase into my studio and enjoyed drawing them and adding the color - yellows, greens and creams.

 

Spring Daffodils



They are  blooming at the same time as the grape hyacinths, primroses, forget-me-knots, and early tulips. The combination of the classic blue and yellow is stunning in the garden, especially when planted "en masse". Many of these different daffodil varieties were gifts from other gardeners. It is a nice reminder of them. It is always fun to share plants."