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#alphabetchallenge #weekBforbooks
Winter Cats, a children’s book by Janet Lawler.
#earthscape #cat #snowsculpture

A small, sculpted from snow, sitting cat. It appears to have turned a bit icy. Seen on a hiking trail last winter.

January 17, 2026 at 8:47 PM

willows

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WOW! She’s beautiful! I was lucky to find this amaryllis bulb on sale. It looks even better than the tag showed her to appear. And she’s sending a third stalk😊!

Double flower and blooming on two stalks. A red to pinkish to white striped extra large flower head. Planted in a 6” clay pot.
A third stalk is emerging between the first two. Info tag said she’s called amaryllis doublet’.

January 13, 2026 at 1:14 PM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekAforAbstract
Abstracted acrylic painting
#earthscape #art #painting

Abstract acrylic painting in shades of green, yellows, burgundy and pale orange, flowing, layered and blended across the canvas. Small circles of contrasting colors appear in the lower, mostly green shaded section. One sweeping burgundy swirl comes down from the top and gently encircles a large faded orange circle.

January 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekZforZero
What do you call a row of Z’s?
A … Z row🤣 (I’m so funny)
#earthscape #winter #crayola

The word ‘zero’ in balloon lettering, using shades of blue Crayola, with icicles covering letter tops,with the appearance of being set in snow. A play on the word, referencing a temperature of 0°.

December 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM

willows

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🏝️🌴Mele 🌴🏝️
🎄Kalikimaka🎄
#merrychristmas #melekalikimaka

December 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM

willows

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Your tree room is beautiful. And TGIF right back at you.
(I went full 🎄Clark Griswold 🎄in my living room)

Three decorated trees. On the left, a potted Norfolk, middle; a 4ft fresh cut Fraser fir, then a non sheared, 8ft Fraser fir. Both firs are adorned with 40 years worth of glass ornament collection, and a sparkling of tinsel. All 3 trees have multicolored lights.
A few fuzzy snow people are on the ground in front of the trees. A few warm white lighted, in for the winter, palm trees are in the background.

December 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM

willows

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It’s pretty cozy till they all move back outdoors when spring decides to arrive 😁.

Living room, (holiday edition). 2 ceiling brushing, lighted Norfolks that need a new home with higher vertical. Lit assorted palms and foreground 25yr old hibiscus tree, along with birds of paradise, succulents, monstera and a few fiddle leaf fig. Also 2 egg chairs with a wicker like coffee table.

The plant room. Over 100 assorted succulents and tropicals, some blooming in yellows and orange. Spanish moss hanging in a banana leaf ficus. Grow lights to make sure they all hang on till moving back outside in the spring .

December 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM

willows

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I gave this much thought.
My final answer?…
…all of them!

Looking out my patio onto the potted tropical plant bordered path, and into the sunlit garden filled with brightly colored annual and perennial blooms along with foliage of assorted texture, size, and shapes. Ohmmmm…

December 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekYforYearpast
#labyrinth #earthscape
Actually began this project in 2024.
The Labyrinth.
Photo taken November, 2025.

View from top of stairs looking out onto a circular labyrinth whose cedar mulch path is a tenth of a mile long. Bordering the paths as one winds inward and then unwinds out the the other side are perennials. Golden creeping sedum is abundant and for height along the trail there are daylily and irises. Blooming color scheme is yellow & peach, followed by blues & whites. The perimeter is filled with lilies, iris, rudbeckia, yucca, yarrow, tall sedum, echinacea, ribbon grass, smoke bush, red twig dogwood, forsythia, birch, eastern redbud and in spring, over 3500 bulbs. As this photo was taken during fall, colors of green, gold and bronze are putting on a dazzle of a show. A few benches along the lower side offer a place for sitting and breathing in the zen.

December 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekXforXmas
Current living room situation in my apartment
#earthscape #christmas #holidaydecorations

3 multicolor lighted live Christmas trees, on the left, 8ft tall potted Norfolk. (I’ve had her since she was a baby).Center, is a 4ft tall Frazier fir with assorted glass ornaments (mostly mushrooms). On the right, another fir tree with my 40+ years worth of glass ornament collection. Both firs are also embellished with a finishing touch of tinsel. Behind the firs are warm white lights adorning a couple palm trees.A few fuzzy snow people are in the foreground.
I guess I got me some holiday spirit!

December 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM

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And that’s just one of the winter plant rooms. Here’s part of the ‘living’ 😉room.

Wish my ceiling was higher. I’ve had the Norfolk since she was in a 4” pot. She’s now 8 ft. tall. Some fiddle leaf figs, several palms, birds of paradise, blooming zygo cactus, and assorted others round out the coziness for my egg chair seating area.

December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekWforWindows
My car identifies as a truck.
So when I need to move a 6ft. pine with a really heavy root ball, the windows gotta be open🤪
#earthscape #tree #hondacivic

A grey car with about three ft. worth of pine tree crown sticking out the open, rear, passenger side window. I’m sure I looked rather silly driving down the road. But she’s now happily rooted in her new home.

December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekVforVowels
Incredibly Intense Indigo
#earthscape #lights
#exteriorillumination

Photo taken after round 3 of shoveling. I thought the shrub illuminated beautifully against the night and snowy conditions. It looks sort of like an underwater, iridescent blue coral. Nothing like letting the mind wander after shoveling a foot of heavy snow.

November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekVforVowels
Enchantingly Elegant, Echinacea
#earthscape #coneflower

A cluster of 3 lovely purple coneflowers with a backdrop of summer greenery.

November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekVforVowels
Abstract Acrylic Art
#earthscape #painting

Acrylic painting of an orange toned
flower abstraction. Green accents render the illusion of foliage. Background is hues of purples and blues. A circular object in the sky could be a some sort of light source.

November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM

willows

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Last minute entry for
#alphabetchallenge #weekUforUnloved
Dried up fern fronds
#earthscape #photography

A few curling, brown, dried fern fronds. Shadows on the wall of the fern cluster and a flamingo head make up the backdrop

November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekTforTelevision
‘ Friends ‘
And they’re even on a couch!
#dogsofbluesky

Dog friends. A springer spaniel and a golden retriever hanging out on a green couch with assorted pillows

November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekSforShadows
I’m watching you…
#earthscape #wildlife #hiking

Silhouette of a deer watching me from the shadows, under a canopy of green forest trees. Seen while hiking at a nearby state park.

November 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM

willows

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#alphabetchallenge #weekSforShadows
Grow lights casting shadows above, below and on the walls as my apt transforms into a life size fairy garden for winter.
#earthscape #gardening #fairygarden #crazyplantlady