#alphabetchallenge #weekJforJuxtaposition
Brilliant red, tropical hibiscus flower with a sprig of Norfolk Island pine, against a white backdrop of freshly fallen, Wisconsin winter snow.
#earthscape #hibiscus #gardening #flowers

Up close look at this lovely pink edged amaryllis. The interior bloom parts are on display. Veining ribbons of flamingo pink with one white central stripe on each petal. Background is various green foliage.

#alphabetchallenge #weekIforInteriors
The interior of a currently blooming amaryllis. She’s a stunner to be sure.
#earthscape #blooms #amaryllis

A small, speckled heart shaped stone in a tabletop zen garden, with an overall pinkish hue.

#alphabetchallenge #weekHforHs
Sometimes one finds an interesting little stone. This one has heart, which is why it has become part of my tiny, freshly raked, zen garden.
#earthscape #heart #stone

Flowing golds and yellow tones with a touch of white slowly swirl and pulse around bands of purple, mauve and burgundy, sometimes becoming a very deep hued, orange tinged rust. The wall is a gorgeous, deep velvet blue.

#alphabetchallenge #weekFforFramed
A large abstract that found the perfect home. That blue wall is a most wonderful frame!
#earthscape #abstractart #openacrylics

Closeup of a 3 pink schlumbergera blooms. They appear to be floating downward against a black backdrop.

#alphabetchallenge #weekEforEponymous
Schlumbergera, named after Frédéric Schlumberger, a French collector of cacti and succulents.
#earthscape #flowers #plants

Looking through the in focus, closeup of a Norfolk pines glass icicles into a room filled with out of focus circular, multi colored holiday lights.

#alphabetchallenge #weekDforDramatic
Peeking through the icicles
#earthscape #lights #icicles

Green gold foliage in the background, surround one pleated, circular bloom. The white pistil center is a stark contrast to the flowers deep purple which fades outwards to white, with tell tale veining of creamy purple in the depth of each crease.

#alphabetchallenge #weekCforCloseup
Not a morning glory bloom, it’s a flower on a sweet potato vine.
#earthscape #flower #nature

A small, sculpted from snow, sitting cat. It appears to have turned a bit icy. Seen on a hiking trail last winter.

#alphabetchallenge #weekBforbooks
Winter Cats, a children’s book by Janet Lawler.
#earthscape #cat #snowsculpture

Abstract acrylic painting in shades of green, yellows, burgundy and pale orange, flowing, layered and blended across the canvas. Small circles of contrasting colors appear in the lower, mostly green shaded section. One sweeping burgundy swirl comes down from the top and gently encircles a large faded orange circle.

#alphabetchallenge #weekAforAbstract
Abstracted acrylic painting
#earthscape #art #painting

The word ‘zero’ in balloon lettering, using shades of blue Crayola, with icicles covering letter tops,with the appearance of being set in snow. A play on the word, referencing a temperature of 0°.

#alphabetchallenge #weekZforZero
What do you call a row of Z’s?
A … Z row🤣 (I’m so funny)
#earthscape #winter #crayola

View from top of stairs looking out onto a circular labyrinth whose cedar mulch path is a tenth of a mile long. Bordering the paths as one winds inward and then unwinds out the the other side are perennials. Golden creeping sedum is abundant and for height along the trail there are daylily and irises. Blooming color scheme is yellow & peach, followed by blues & whites. The perimeter is filled with lilies, iris, rudbeckia, yucca, yarrow, tall sedum, echinacea, ribbon grass, smoke bush, red twig dogwood, forsythia, birch, eastern redbud and in spring, over 3500 bulbs. As this photo was taken during fall, colors of green, gold and bronze are putting on a dazzle of a show. A few benches along the lower side offer a place for sitting and breathing in the zen.

#alphabetchallenge #weekYforYearpast
#labyrinth #earthscape
Actually began this project in 2024.
The Labyrinth.
Photo taken November, 2025.

3 multicolor lighted live Christmas trees, on the left, 8ft tall potted Norfolk. (I’ve had her since she was a baby).Center, is a 4ft tall Frazier fir with assorted glass ornaments (mostly mushrooms). On the right, another fir tree with my 40+ years worth of glass ornament collection. Both firs are also embellished with a finishing touch of tinsel. Behind the firs are warm white lights adorning a couple palm trees.A few fuzzy snow people are in the foreground. I guess I got me some holiday spirit!

#alphabetchallenge #weekXforXmas
Current living room situation in my apartment
#earthscape #christmas #holidaydecorations

A grey car with about three ft. worth of pine tree crown sticking out the open, rear, passenger side window. I’m sure I looked rather silly driving down the road. But she’s now happily rooted in her new home.

#alphabetchallenge #weekWforWindows
My car identifies as a truck.
So when I need to move a 6ft. pine with a really heavy root ball, the windows gotta be open🤪
#earthscape #tree #hondacivic

Photo taken after round 3 of shoveling. I thought the shrub illuminated beautifully against the night and snowy conditions. It looks sort of like an underwater, iridescent blue coral. Nothing like letting the mind wander after shoveling a foot of heavy snow.

#alphabetchallenge #weekVforVowels
Incredibly Intense Indigo
#earthscape #lights
#exteriorillumination

A cluster of 3 lovely purple coneflowers with a backdrop of summer greenery.

#alphabetchallenge #weekVforVowels
Enchantingly Elegant, Echinacea
#earthscape #coneflower

Acrylic painting of an orange toned flower abstraction. Green accents render the illusion of foliage. Background is hues of purples and blues. A circular object in the sky could be a some sort of light source.

#alphabetchallenge #weekVforVowels
Abstract Acrylic Art
#earthscape #painting

A few curling, brown, dried fern fronds. Shadows on the wall of the fern cluster and a flamingo head make up the backdrop

Last minute entry for
#alphabetchallenge #weekUforUnloved
Dried up fern fronds
#earthscape #photography

Silhouette of a deer watching me from the shadows, under a canopy of green forest trees. Seen while hiking at a nearby state park.

#alphabetchallenge #weekSforShadows
I’m watching you…
#earthscape #wildlife #hiking

A room filled with about 100 tropical and desert plants of all sizes. Some are blooming in shades of yellow and orange. The foliage has lots of different texture and color. Most of the pots have a terracotta appearance.

#alphabetchallenge #weekSforShadows
Grow lights casting shadows above, below and on the walls as my apt transforms into a life size fairy garden for winter.
#earthscape #gardening #fairygarden #crazyplantlady

A labyrinth with pinkish toned, basketball sized rocks, spiraling out to a large enough to sit on, dark grey boulder. (I couldn’t budge it, so it became part of the design).Small multicolored stones make up the remainder of the ground area.

#alphabetchallenge #weekRforRock
Rockdesign labyrinth
#earthscape #gardening #rockon

Monarch sipping nectar from orange cosmos in a garden filled with orange, yellow and two toned cosmos.

#alphabetchallenge #weekQforQuiet
A very quiet monarch,
butterflying around
some bright cosmos.
#earthscape #bloomscrolling #butterfly #gardening

Close up of a double pink poppy bloom. Someday I hope to find the saved seeds and plant them again.

#alphabetchallenge #weekPforPink
Pretty Pink Poppy.
#bloomscrolling #earthscape #gardening #flowers

#Alphabetchallenge #weekOforOpulent
Saw my 1st Thomas Dambo troll in person. Had to snap a pick of the Opulent behind.😉
#earthscape #dambotroll #mamarosa #upcycle

Evening summertime flowerbed with impatiens, hostas and silvery annual foliage.moon glow in the distance between trees

#alphabetchallenge #weekNforNights
Nighttime entry for nights.
#earthscape #moon #gardening

#alphabetchallenge #weekMforMemories
evolving summer of a 3rd season flowerbed.
June 24 and August 11.
#earthscape #flowerbed #bloomscrolling

#alphabetchallenge #weekLforLines
Blending, flowing lines drifting through an abstract.
#earthscape #acrylic

#alphabetchallenge #weekJforJetblack
Some jet black wing details on this beauty.
#earthscape #butterfly

#alphabetchallenge #weekHforHats
Hand woven custom hat for my gourd nosed gnome, who’s hiding in my garden.
#earthscape #gardening

#alphabetchallenge #weekGforGlass
Glass icicles glistening on my Norfolk.
#earthscape #pine #holidays

#alphabetchallenge #weekFforFire
Cave on fire. An acrylic painting I did a while ago.
#earthscape #fire #acrylics