Always Awestruck

I absolutely love looking for signs of spring and watching Mother Nature coming back to life. Even though most of it is familiar...every year it's as if I'm seeing everything for the first time....and I am always awestruck.

Paul and I visited Bessie on our morning walk....and just as expected she in full spring sprout mode.

The tiny needles of Bessie, the hackmatack tree, are as soft as a baby brush...and at this point they look like little tassels on the branches. 

How lovely the silence of growing things. Evan Dicken

And aren't these baby pink pinecones just precious. Did I say awestruck!

I know I said that I was going to keep most of my art journal projects a secret...but I can't help but share this simple little two page spread in Brenda's altered journal. It reminded me of spring and is a nod back to Bessie's branch with the pink baby pinecones.

I found this calla lily greeting card in Brenda's pack of papers...and I cut around it on just the right side and stitched it into the journal on a page I tore down. 

I paired/layered it with a scrumptious hand painted paper on the next page. The paint treatment is thick...and looks like white fudge frosting with sprinkles. (I'll have to ask her how she did it.) I'm a bit awestruck how simply beautiful this little moment is.