Hi everyone: Thank you for all your wonderful compliments, especially about my sweet dog "Shylo".
One thing I see we all have in common is our love for animals and plants. I will try to make it over to garden art. Most of the old stumps are actually from an elderly friends woods. Wonderful times searching for those stumps. Many days searching for trilliums, jack-in-the-pulpits, mayapples, virginai bluebells, solomon seals, bloodroot and so many more woodland plants which have all contributed to my shade gardens. I created my own "woodland venue" since I am not fortunate to have my own woods. I garden on only 1 acre including my house.
We had to take down a 150 year old maple tree from our front yard a couple years ago and I have saved many unique pieces, that when I finish with them, I will add when I get to garden art. Unfortuantely, a lot of our animal friends lost their home when that old tree came down. So many memories in that tree.
I have included a couple pictures that have been created in a glass globe photo editing program, while I am trying to locate originals. Meanwhile, here is a couple fun pictures created using Dumpr. Do not know if they actually fit here, but we all understand the connection we have with our love of nature, and of course-crafts. .
Keep the pictures coming. I'll try to add more shade pictures later. Great thread.
