Scanner art by Craig Cramer, gardening & more
My monthly efforts with plants and a cheap scanner.
The customary hat tip and thanks to Carol at May Dreams Garden for hosting.
I’ve got Eranthis and snowdrops flowering outside (crocus are a little behind), but not enough to fill the scanner bed. So I’m going with forced tulips and pussy willows.
Above is a detail from this image:
And here’s a sweet potato from the kitchen window sill:
They’re almost as pretty when they fall off. Will have to try individual petals as a PhotoShopped background when I have more time.
I couldn’t bear to do another somber ‘seeds and twigs’ scan. Needed some color instead. So I went with the African violets and some late-forced bulbs.
I really wasn’t all that excited about the bulb scans. But you can bet that sometime this summer I’ll plop some yellow flowers down on the background.
An alternate take.
As always, thanks for Carol at May Dreams Garden for hosting.
Many thanks for Carol at May Dreams Garden for organizing the bloom day.
Still not happy with winter scans. But may still do a calendar for 2010.
Larger image | supersized
Or fun with poinsettias. I need some good winter-month scans if I’m ever going to do that calendar. Click on images for larger view (except the blingee at the end).
The pieces: Three poinsettia ‘blossoms’ (tough to fit on the scanner bed) and a page of scraps. Yeah, latex on the scanner bed was an issue.
Thought about stopping at this point:
Couldn’t help myself, I had to try at least a little blingee.
