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This fall as I was sending my kids out to the school bus in the dark hours of the morning, I felt compelled to snap this photo of my neighbors flag –as seen from my front porch. It seems they leave it up in all weather, day , night sleet, rain, snow (yeah I KNOW). Anyway as the rain came down and the flag was waving in the wind, I was struck by how the streetlight lit it up against the darkness of the sky and the rain glistened and sparkled as it fell.
Than a month or 2 ago as I was thinking of all the people who are down on our country and who take for granted the freedoms which our forefathers fought, bled and died — as well as our brave soldiers today who continue to do so, I thought of a slogan: “Every day this flag flies free is Memorial Day and Veterans Day to me!” the past several weeks I have been thinking, “EVERY day this flag flies free is Independence Day to me!” is also appropriate.
So, I got on Zazzle.com and posted both slogans along with this photo on cards , shirts, bumper stickers, stickers, magnets, buttons, postcards, mouse pads, purses and just about every other item they have for sale. My favorite is the card that says “EVERY day this flag flies free is Independence Day to me!” on the upper flap–and on the lower it says,”Happy Independence Day!” I think it would be great to send any day of the year, why wait till the 4th of July!
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Independence Day Flag by dlmtleArt
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Gallery of Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, and T-shirts at RedBubble 
Gallery of Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, and T-shirts at RedBubble 
Dawna’s Zazzle Gallery of items featuring her Art and Photography
Visit Dawna’s fan page and become a fan on facebook!
see Dawna’s art & photography with the poetry of Glennis Roper
http://PoemsProseAndArtistry.imagekind.com/
http://www.zazzle.com/poemsproseartistry*
http://www.redbubble.com/people/poemsproseart
You can also find Dawna on flickr
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Aeriel’s Gift by dlmtleArt
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Digital composition by Dawna Morton, 2009. All Rights Reserved.
In the twilight, abstracted silhouettes of trees shapes, back lit with pink and lavender fog, create images of tree nymphs. A dryad sits atop the tree canopy holding a fairy in her hand. The wood nymphs and the sky spirit look on as she opens hear heart and offers her love as a gift to her creator. Glowing with light, her love ascends, circling up through the misty clouds and beyond the moon like smoke of incense from an alter.
Images and content on this blog are the intellectual property of Dawna Morton.
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Dawna’s Gallery of Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, and T-shirts at RedBubble
Gallery of Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, and T-shirts at RedBubble Dawna’s Zazzle Gallery of items featuring her Art and Photography
Visit Dawna’s fan page and become a fan on facebook!
see Dawna’s art & photography with the poetry of Glennis Roper
http://PoemsProseAndArtistry.imagekind.com/
http://www.zazzle.com/poemsproseartistry*
http://www.redbubble.com/people/poemsproseart
You can also find Dawna on flickr
Last month I was on my way to pick my son up from an after school activity, and the moon was so beautiful I stopped and took some pictures on the way. It seemed to loom larger than usual in the sky, full with visible craters. The sky was just beginning to change colors for sunset, and the clouds were an array of soft lavender and pink. Unfortunately, even with my zoom lens it was not possible to catch the size and scale of the moon in the sky. In most of the shots The moon ended up appearing as a bright orb–rather than showing all the craters as it had when seen with a naked eye; however, I was able to go back in and edit the shadows in some of the photos to bring it them back out. Below is one of my favorites of the ones I took that evening:
The moon lights up misty clouds with translucent white light in a stormy looking purplish sky above Longview, Washington. Surrounded by mountain ranges which disappearing into distant haze, the city lights blaze like dots of fire along the banks of the Columbia River. Seen through the forest on the hills of Rainier, Oregon the river flows thought the Columbia River Gorge towards the sea as the dusk begins to deepen into night.
In this digitally altered photograph, a dryad appears like an apparition of peripheral vision raising twig-like hands towards the moon through the purple clouds in the pink twilight sky.
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Dawna’s Gallery of Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, and T-shirts at RedBubble
Gallery of Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, and T-shirts at RedBubble Dawna’s Zazzle Gallery of items featuring her Art and Photography
Visit Dawna’s fan page and become a fan on facebook!
see Dawna’s art & photography with the poetry of Glennis Roper
http://PoemsProseAndArtistry.imagekind.com/
http://www.zazzle.com/poemsproseartistry*
http://www.redbubble.com/people/poemsproseart
You can also find Dawna on flickr
One morning when I was dropping my son off for school late (AGAIN), I saw these unusual looking mushrooms growing in the grass under some conifers by the parking lot. They were HUGE –at least 3-5 inches across and reminded me of something out of Alice in Wonderland. Some of them were deep red, others deep yellowish-orange, and one was a silvery white. All of them had these big warty light colored patches all over them. I was really glad I had my camera on me ; ) The yellower ones even reminded me a bit of a sesame seed hamburger bun LOL. Intrigued, I decided to check on wikipedia to see if I could figure out what they were. Right at the top of their article about mushroom was a picture of one Amanita muscaria just like what I had photographed. I was astonished to find what I was looking for so easily. It turns out they are quite poisonous and get their common name (fly agaric or fly Amanita) from an ancient practice of using them to attract and kill flies.
Amanita muscaria var. formosa. or possibly var. guessowii ? Globe shaped, immature yellowish orange mushroom speckled with warts ALL over the cap. Resembling a sesame seed hamburger bun, this poisonous mushroom is surrounded by grass covered in beads of morning dew.
A mature reddish brown Amanita Muscaria mushroom, with tan warts which has become concave– exposing the open gills below, stands on dew covered grass strewn with pine needles.
Immature red amanita muscaria mushroom (possibly var. flavivolvata ?) with tan warts on a lawn of brown and green dew drop covered grass mixed with clover.
A large red amanita muscaria var. flavivolvata mushroom stands on a lawn bejeweled with drops of morning dew. When seen at full resolution, even the shadows of each wart on it are visible, showing each facet of it’s 3 dimensions.Almost hidden behind it is a newly forming amanita muscaria. Beyond is a lighter colored, and oddly shaped, amanita muscaria var. formosa which is fully open, exposing the gills to view.
Two amanita muscaria (probably var. guessowii) mushrooms of different sizes and maturity on a dew covered field of grass and clover strewn with pine needles. On the very large one, one of the warts reminds me of the spaceship Enterprise.
Two amanita muscaria var. guessowii mushrooms cuddle up together lovingly, surrounded by dew covered grass.
Two amanita muscaria var. guessowii stand on field of dew covered grass. One is mature and open–but partially eaten by pests, the other immature and sheltered under cover of the older one. Both have characteristic light colored, bumpy warts and yellowish orange coloring which is a deeper, redder color in the center.
Images and content on this blog are the intellectual property of Dawna Morton.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Do not copy.
Dawna’s Gallery of Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, and T-shirts at RedBubble
Gallery of Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, and T-shirts at RedBubble Dawna’s Zazzle Gallery of items featuring her Art and Photography
Visit Dawna’s fan page and become a fan on facebook!
see Dawna’s art & photography with the poetry of Glennis Roper
http://PoemsProseAndArtistry.imagekind.com/
http://www.zazzle.com/poemsproseartistry*
http://www.redbubble.com/people/poemsproseart
You can also find Dawna on flickr
