looking up and out...

'more varied than any landscape

was the landscape in the sky,

with islands of gold and silver,

peninsulas of apricot and rose

against a background

of many shades of turquoise and azure.'

~ cecil beaton

whether the bright blue of day or the deepest dusky violet before night extinguishes all light...

transitioning into spring

clouds filled with spring rain approaching - their beautiful texture overlaying the bright blue sky behind them...

'earth laughs in flowers.'

e.e.cummings

playful lampwork glass from mika at pinocean contrasted against the pearly sheen and natural look of mica... soft earth and colorful flowers... 

** a note:
my last post received a comment in chinese... 'how cool!' i thought... so em and i ran it through google translator... NOT so cool - it was spam for an adult chat room... i reported the blogger but found the means to be a little lacking... you check off what the 'offense' is - so i had to check spam... there was nowhere for me to mention the adult content... hmmm...