Happy Solstice!

Happy Solstice!

Charlotte View

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An Artist's Creations

My friend Gudrun is an amazing artist of many mediums. Here are some of her latest creations. She makes these wool capes, with wool crewel work embroidery, that you will never see anything else like. I adore her whimsical style. The cape is an ode to the evolution of Birds which includes the flying dinosaur (dragon) and the dino-chicken. 

 Her sculptures are of paper mache. I hope you enjoy her creations as much as I do.

Evolution Of Birds

Evolution Of Birds

Dino-chicken

Flying Dinosaur (dragon)

Evolution Of Birds

Evolution Of Birds

The Faces Of Flowers

The Blue Dragon sculpture has sea shells for teeth and ears.

The octopus is tangled in seaweed.

Paper Mache Sculptures

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Vermont Fall Foliage 2019

Fall On A Charlotte, Vermont Country Road

Lainey Leaf Peeping in Cambridge, Vermont

Captivating Shapes Of Ancient Trunks & Branches

Autumn View From Overlook 

Fall Colors Of Stowe Before The Snow

Fall Color Through Branches In Shelburne.

Reminds me of looking through lace curtains.

Monarch Butterfly Enjoying The Fall Foliage

Autumn Blooms, Sunflower Maxamillion & A Bee

A Glimpse Of Lincoln Brook

Me On A Fall Foliage Run. Leaf peeping in Cambridge, Vt.

Photographed by Lainey Rappaport

Nature's Art Grasses With Unusual Seed Heads Northern River Oats Also known as wood oats, inland sea oats, northern sea oats, river oats, Indian Wood Oats, Wild Oats, Flathead Oats, Upland Oats, Upland Sea Oats. Chasmanthium latifolium

You can see more of my creations at:

 linktr.ee/elisecreations

or

https://elisecreate.wixsite.com/mysiteEliseCreations.net

Thanks for your visits, favs and comments. As always, appreciated very much!

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Silver Spotted Skipper Butterflies

Silver Spotted Skipper Butterflies on Sedum
Epargyreus Clarus
The Silver-spotted Skipper shows a clear preference for blue, red, pink, and purple flowers and rarely visit yellow flower.

Silver Spotted Skipper Butterfly on Echinacea

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New Family Member

 New Family Member at my Sister's home, today! Meet Tessra. Isn't she cute?

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Resinous Polypore Mushrooms

Resinous Polypore Mushrooms

Ischnoderma resinosum. Late Fall Polypore.

This is a very common edible-when-young fungus.

Resinous Polypore Mushrooms

Even as they age, these mushrooms remain beautiful, especially with deepening colors and

lines that make them even more interesting. Can the same be said about us?

There are more than 100,000 colors of synthetic dyes produced commercially, mainly for use in textile, paper, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food industries. Many of these dyes  are toxic and carcinogenic to living organisms, including humans. Shockingly, around 280,000 tons of textile dyes are discharged every year worldwide.

The resinous polypore, is a white rot fungus capable of degrading organic pollutants… including synthetic dyes. It's effectiveness has been shown to be even greater than the degradation efficiency of oyster and turkey tail mushrooms, which are also powerful bio-remediators.

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