Imagine yourself laying in a field of Texas wildflowers, the blooms waving in the breeze over your face as you gaze into the sky above. Winecups - those red wine-colored delicate blooms - were a favored wildflower of my loving, affectionate longtime friend Colleen. When she passed unexpectedly earlier this year, I put all of… Continue reading The Winecups
Tag: wildflowers
Clover
Clover blooms, the experts say, are an important food source for our honeybees. They are humble little blooms we take for granted. We walk on them without thought, except perhaps to absently note that maybe we should mow the grass. They are hardy and sweet, full of the sugary stuff bees crave. Such an important… Continue reading Clover
Coneflowers on the Parkway
I am incredibly blessed to live within a couple of miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway as it passes through Asheville, North Carolina. Up here, the mountains provide some breathtaking vistas, and the parkway provides access to some choice locations to sit and ponder. It is a spiritual, calming experience for me. In parts, the… Continue reading Coneflowers on the Parkway
Ethereal
I want to be a dandelion. They are resilient, sunny, strong, and bloom in all sorts of impossible conditions. Please don't make me a delicate rose. Make me a dandelion instead. 5x7 Acrylic on canvas panel. Original in private collection. Prints available. *signed JBray
Texas Bluebonnets
Bluebonnets are the state flower of Texas, my home state. While I was still living there, I took the reference photo near Fredericksburg, Texas, on State Highway 16 just going north out of town. It was a spectacular year for wildflowers; it had been a wet fall and winter, and when the blues bloomed, it… Continue reading Texas Bluebonnets
