A few days ago, my husband and I went on our first date of the year to a local orchid grower. Or maybe I dragged him there and called it a "date." ;) It's the dead of winter, it's the midwest...yet there was still an impressive display of blooms.
My head was swiveling in every direction.
Can you tell how giddy I am??
aaggghhh, look at all those lady slippers!
Here's a closer look:
Even closer, because I could stare at them all day:
Exquisite.
Not everyone was happy. This was the grumpiest flower I've ever seen -- look at that dour expression!
Hah!
These ones were like dangling fruit, waiting to be plucked off and enjoyed...
Don't worry, I resisted touching them.
Delicate beauty, a shock of color...layered on dirt and grime.
More delicacy! That graceful arch kills me.
And this guy...!
I was crazy for the patterns:
The colors!
The patterns and the colors!
Inspired by all these beautiful blooms, I set pen...er, brush to paper.
I'm sure you can tell which flowers inspired my pattern-making.
After staring at those yellow blobs for a bit, they started resembling flamingos.
So, I did the next obvious step:
It's funny how inspiration leaps from one lilypad to the next so seamlessly.
Bet you would have never guessed I'd end an orchid post with flamingos, but there you go. A few of these will be available in the shop as this week's postcards. :)
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