Spring and silly fun in my backyard...

I don't have that great of a camera, but it's okay on a good day, and it takes great close-ups.  The other day the sun was shining brightly through the spring leaves, so I took some pictures.  I love the bright green color of spring leaves!  In my spare time I've been working on a book cover for a fantasy novel that I wrote.  The manuscript is now being copy-edited, so I won't share the finished cover until it's uploaded to the Amazon Kindle.  It'll be a while, but here are some pictures of weird vines and roots that I took and manipulated, and of course a sword...  I was after a mysterious and slightly creepy look....

Vines

Old potato vine pod and lots of twisted dead leaves

Fairy abode....

Dead potato vine smothering a group of bushes.

                                                            Roots from a fallen giant...

Goddess or Angel of Creativity....

You choose the name for my latest painting!  She doesn't have wings, but she is an angel ... or goddess.
36X24" acrylic painting on canvas.  It evolved intuitively as I had an abstract that I'd thrown paint at before.  The face and the symbols came out of the initial spatters.  A fun way to create.... :)  Of course there are lots of dots!