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A colorful Marigold

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I haven’t planted any marigolds yet, but I have purchased some. They’re sitting in their little seedling containers just waiting for me to plant them. This marigold is my neighbors.

On mother’s day her family actually did some work in the yard and they planted some flowers for her. A few days later I was out taking photos of my flowers and she insisted that I take pictures of her flowers too. Funny thing is that once I started she wanted me to stop because she decided she didn’t want me to waste my film. Try explaining to a lady that’s almost 90 what a digital camera is!

I truly must be on some kind of orange kick. I have flowers of many colors but I keep wanting to post flowers with orange in them. Even this new theme that I picked out and modified for As the Garden Grows has a lot of orange in it.

Orange is not my favorite color, but for some reason I seem to be very attracted to it in the last while. Odd. I haven’t purchased all my annuals for the garden beds yet … I wonder how many of them will have shades of orange this year?






Tulips on last legs

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White Tulip

It’s funny, with the summer like heat we’ve had this week the tulips that were still blooming grew even more. Some of the tulip blooms are sitting on stems that are easily 2.5 feet in height! Those stems were only a foot to a foot and a half tall a week ago. They look kind of strange.

The tulip that I’ve shown you in the above picture is no more. Time and the heat took it out of the picture. Now it’s leaves are wilting and turning yellow.

A tip for those of you who are new to gardening. Once your tulips have finished blooming cut off the stems but don’t do anything that will damage the leaves. You want the green leaves to stay as long as possible because they are gathering nutrients and energy for the tulip bulb. You will have a strong healthy looking flower next year if you let the green tulip leaves wilt and die down naturally.

Yes, once the tulip leaves are more than 50% yellowed I do go around and cut them down, but I don’t do it any earlier than that as I love my strong and healthy tulips each spring.

BeautifulRealArt.com sells only original artwork

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Do you enjoy original artwork, or collect artwork as a form of investment? If you do, you might be interested in visiting www.BeautifulRealArt.com. This is a site that specializes in, and prides itself in selling original one of a kind pieces of art. Unlike most art galleries, Beautiful Real Art own and stock all of the original art pieces that they sell. If you’re interested in purchasing a piece of art from the site you’ll deal directly with the company.

I’ve spent some time looking over the website and I must say that there are some beautiful and amazing pieces of artwork for sale. There are photographs, drawings, oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings, as well as sculptures and pottery. The artwork styles range from abstract to landscape, still life, wildlife, fantasy, floral, expressionist, impressionist, contemporary, to digital and real mixed media.

Beautiful Real Art only sells original works. They do not sell prints, copies, giclees or serigraphs. So you know that when you make a purchase that you are the only one that has that particular pieces of artwork.

My personal favorites, when visiting the site, are the sculptures, pottery and hand crafted glass pieces. I have a particular affection for pottery and there’s an orchid planter on the second page of the “all other Art” section that I just adore.

Beautiful Real Art also offers gift certificates that you might think of give as a birthday gift to another art lover. As someone who enjoys the works of talented artists I know I’d appreciate getting a gift certificate that would allow me to purchase a piece of original artwork over a gift certificate for a department store.

If you do decide to purchase a piece of art from the online store you’ll be pleased to know that the site is encrypted for your safety and protection. Once you’ve made a purchase you’ll receive your new artwork quickly as Beautiful Real Art is now offering free 2-day express shipping on all purchases.

I’ve bookmarked this site as I might make a purchase sometime in the near future. I plan on keeping an eye on this site and when a piece of art is available that suites my style, home, and perhaps decor I’ll be sure to purchase it.

Visit the site yourself and see the fine artwork they are selling.

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