Black And White Goes Green!

I really enjoyed watching Howard clear masses of snow ten days ago,
while I sat cozily in the conservatory and cheered him on.

After making this collage, I decided to see how it looked in Black & White:

Not much of a metamorphosis, is it?
I think the only change is you can't see a pink tint on the orchid at the bottom of the mosaic.
We pretty much had a black and white landscape for days.

But now?
Change you can believe in!

This is the scene out my sunroom windows this morning:


And look! Cozied up next to the back of the house, new life.
Green shoots of daylilies popping thru the mulch.

Look close!


And inside, at the edge of my kitchen counter, more renewal.

A Christmas Cactus, one of the descendants of my Grandmother's massive plant,
has always had a bit of an identity crisis, and blooms like mad at Thanksgiving, and did so in 2009.

Now, apparently, it has decided it wants in on Easter as well.

It's loaded with buds, simply busting its little cactii guts
to put on a grand display for the Easter Bunny.

How odd.
Welcome, but odd.


I suspect it, too, is just tired of snow and a black and white landscape,
and is doing its patriotic bit to bring color back to New Jersey!
Or, it likes chocolate and black jelly beans.

Thanks to Susan of Between Naps On The Porch, for hosting Metamorphosis Monday. Visit!


Thanks also to Mary, for her hosting of Mosaic Monday. Click here to visit Mary's beautiful Little Red House blog, and see what other mosaic makers are up to.

A bright, sunny, mild Monday -- and my father is being released from the hospital today! Happy Monday, all -- Cass