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  2. While I have plenty of windows – only a few are good for plants. Mostly greens, but I’ve got some African Violets that bloom all year round. 🙂

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    1. donegallizdoyle – Cruit Island, County Donegal, Ireland – painter and seedling poet represented by Mark Borghi Fine Art in USA and Hambly&Hambly everywhere else living and working in County Donegal, Ireland e. liz-doyle@live.com Instagram @lizdoyleartist
      donegallizdoyle says:

      we have lots of deep windowsills especially for geraniums. We live in a very windy part of the North West of Ireland, so flowers get a tough time. We also use our glazed balcony for starting off seedlings in the spring

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  5. PatriseArts – Southern Maryland – Eccentric, creative, courageous connector seeks new paths, beautiful vistas and friends to play with.
    PatriseArts says:

    I owe my artistic success to this plant. Hgh school art teacher Jack Summers made us paint big watercolors of this plant, OVER & OVER until we could handle the flow of competing colors. LOVE the coleus.

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  8. Tracey – Mother of four daughters, homemaker, married 27 years to the same faithful man, blessed with love for the Lord and words.
    Tracey says:

    love the lighting coming through the leaves . . . so lovely.

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  10. Gretchen Del Rio – Crestline, California, USA – I first discovered the magic of water based colors when many years ago I began to paint with procion dyes on silk. I loved the unexpected quality of the process. It was so exciting to never be sure what the colors and water would combine to produce. It seemed as though the medium had its own passion. Painting with watercolors and paper is much the same. I love the color combinations and separations that occur spontaneously as the color floats on the water. You can never totally predict what effect will result. If you try to control the medium too much, your painting will be very tight losing its aliveness. The artist must be bold and decisive or the work will not be clear and fresh. It is really like a dance. It becomes a controlled folly in knowing when to let go and when to take charge of the direction that the painting is taking. The images that I paint reflect my emotions and are expression of my life experience. They are not extensively planned, but rather evolve as the painting progresses. I am always surprised by the end result since it comes into being because of what the medium and emotion has suggested. The paintings are from my heart and I always fall in love with the subject. I believe that we are all connected and, if an image touches you, it is because we all have the same heart even though our paths may be different. Most of all, painting what I paint makes me happy. The paintings are my own path unfolding. They are an opening door for me and contain my own passion for life.
    Gretchen Del Rio says:

    I have some of these on my deck. They will not survive for long due to the dropping temperatures. My house is too small to accomodate all of them so I sadly watch their demise. I will plant more next summer. They love my deck.

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  12. donegallizdoyle – Cruit Island, County Donegal, Ireland – painter and seedling poet represented by Mark Borghi Fine Art in USA and Hambly&Hambly everywhere else living and working in County Donegal, Ireland e. liz-doyle@live.com Instagram @lizdoyleartist
    donegallizdoyle says:

    lovely photo

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  17. Beautiful photo of a lovely autumnal looking houseplant.

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  18. Pam – Illinois – All my life, I've been drawn to nature. It's been my solace, my retreat, and my spiritual advisor. From it, I have developed a body of work as a visual artist and writer, found friends, and learned about God at work in the world. Animals, fireflies, cedar trees, seedpods, hawks - these things have a language that fills me with joy and peace. I'm hoping to share that love with you through my own photographs, and poetry. They are gifts given to me, and I pass them on to you. I hope you find something in them that speaks to you.
    Pam says:

    such rich colors!

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  19. Rene Yoshi – Just a transplanted Okinawan-French Southern girl with a wee bit o' Irish, sharing photography and what I'm learning about spiritual things, including putting off legalism and religious traditions, and embracing God's matchless love, tender mercy, and amazing grace!
    Rene Yoshi says:

    Love the back lighting and composition.

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  20. LB – I'm a woman who loves spending time on the motorcycle and in, or on, any body of water. I love traveling and reading, baking and cooking, taking way too many pictures, and enjoying my family and friends. Life is an adventure, and I want to remember and express my joy for it! This is a journal for me ... so I'll never forget the good times and to remind me of them on more challenging days.
    LB says:

    gorgeous!

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  21. reocochran – I am experiencing crazy and hapless adventures in dating that may interest people over fifty. I am now 65 this year (2017) and enjoy taking photographs, incorporating stories or poetry on my blog. I have many old posts which are informative and written like essays. I have several love stories collected from family and friends. Even strangers spill their stories, since I am a grown version of the girl next door. I have been trying to live a healthy lifestyle with better food selections and active hiking and walking. I have written four children's books and illustrated them. They are not published but a battered women's shelter used one about neglect and abuse for their children's program and a 4H group used my "Kissing a Bunny is like saying a Prayer" as a coloring book. Please comment or respond so I may get a chance to know you. Sincerely, Robin
    reocochran says:

    I would like to say you are wonderful in your choices of subject matter!

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  22. Son of Sharecroppers – I'm an attorney, but far more important to me than my work are my family and my hobbies: in particular, writing, photography, fishing, and guitar. I'm an amateur at all of these things; indeed, I am an amateur at all things important. But I keep trying to learn.
    Son of Sharecroppers says:

    Very fine!

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  23. George Weaver – Progressive old woman with an opinion. "She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot." ...Mark Twain
    George Weaver says:

    What a creative composition for a coleus. I never appreciated them until I saw this image.

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