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Serendipity …is a happy-dance!

May 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Creating art is often a happy situation, but it requires a certain stance.

One of pushing the envelope of serendipity, with a bit of photographic memory…
it will reach that imaginative image. And then (maybe) see a little story.

I wish that it could be as simple as that, but usually,
it takes, even more pushing and nudging, to make that magic happen!

Here is an example of setting forth:

Start with forcing a branch… tis a Dogwood!

…so lovely, look at their lines + shadows.

It’s an ever flow of song and dance…

..and a bit of “solo” in the umbras!

Now let that imagination fly, it will see all kinds of activity!

All that pertinacity spotted…

…exalting shapes into view!

…this got ever so very complicated!

Almost Puzzle-Like…

Now for even more considerate scrutiny, finding them stanzas…

The Tip © Lisa Rivas
Is located in the upper left hand corner.

What secret? © Lisa Rivas
Is spotted towards the middle left-hand side.

Did you know? © Lisa Rivas
Sits on the bottom left corner.

“What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.“ ~Jose Manuel Barroso

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…happy spent bulbs!

February 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment

…among discards and rejects there are treasures,
tiny trees, small stars, dots of color,
…when recovered and loved,
they turn into gems of hope!

Spent bulbs for the garden, hidden gifts.

Product Highlight

Now in my shop!

Pied á Coudre means sewing foot in French

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Almost discarded paperwhites… stopping waste!

February 6, 2018 · 1 Comment

…but not so discarded after all!

Upon the emergence of Social Media with FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram, personal blog posts, have fallen to the wayside like these discarded paperwhites. Today, most blogs feature posts that are very commercial, lacking authentic substance, words that are about selling.

My “part-time” job at a “high-end” floral shop in a grocery store is almost the same story. The amount of flowers and plants that go through that shop is mind boggling. Very few get to a home or even last, so many are discarded! It’s more than an impermanence thing.

Discarded paperwhites & a blue chair, both get a second chance.

Paperwhites transferred to a planter for overwinter holding.

Within the chaos of replanting comes to light a certain beauty.

I personally drag home all kinds of discards. Here’s a bag of spent paperwhites that were trying to entice customers with there fragrance and lovely freshness. But these bagged ones never made it anywhere, they came to live with me.

Paperwhites repotted in a holding bed for the winter.

Madison, my dear kitty being undercover in the bag.

A little clean up is a good thing.

I purchased a few window boxes to use as holding beds for these sweet plants. If they make it inside through the winter, they will be planted outside again, returning to the earth. With hope they may bloom again, but in 2 years. All because someone cared.

Hidden within my home exists the Paperwhite Angel

..and there are hearts and crowns in there, somewhere!

NEW! Lisa Rivas SHOP!

January 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Now, I have my own LISA RIVAS – SHOP,
there are no mystery links to make you wander around,
just view and buy! All work available is archival, of museum quality.