At Boerner Botanical Garden, we spotted this unusual specimen. It is a color variegated conifer with curly blue and green needles. July 4, 2024, Milwaukee, WI.

Really beautiful!

I'm honored! Thanks so much for the shout-out in the O Newsletter!

Your background really caught my eye in the gallery, and I had to take a closer look. Super interesting the way you parsed the layers. Did you give the rectangles a bit of colored shadow or stained edges? I am sitting here trying to figure it out, LOL. Anyway, I love it. Really beautiful image...

Wowza! That is a stunning annual container! I've been doing more of this style of gardening for the past few years, and this one is so vibrant and cheery right on your front porch! I am always looking for ideas. Your blending and embellishments are just perfect for a front porch photo. Treasured...

Amy, this is a beautiful and truly courageous page! I missed it when we were visiting our son. I know that caretaking was a struggle and an honor, and it was clear your mother was a beautiful person - inside and out - even though ALZ was affecting her. We are entering these struggles now with a...

OOhh. So pretty. I love the way you layered the matte green masks over the black and white map BG and then superimposed the extraction and other elements. Really gorgeous!

At first I did not recognize this in the gallery as one of your LOs, Tracy! It is so different from your usual style. You mention in the notes that you are still learning, but I think you have done a LOVELY job with this new creative style! Really impressive with the layering, blending and...

This is such an impactful layout, Belle. Really touching with the journaling and the shadow. I am so glad for you and your family that Rian's original diagnosis was inaccurate.

Just stunning! Sweet photo and lovely palette and clusters!

This looks like an incredible space and it is nice to see it here. Wonderful use of quotes in the various word strips and the background blending is masterful! You have highlighted some truly sweet photos; your MIL looks very happy!

Oh my - you are having a drought and here roads are still closed from when the flooding Mississippi River crested on Friday! The United States is might big and mighty different in all its climates! The way you used the newspaper is really neat, and then mixing it with the summer peaches! It...

Simply gorgeous! Your use of the stitching and the dimension added by the centrally located embellishments is really nice. I like the painterly look to the bird and how the Van Gogh quote sort of matches the brush effect.

You promised a party hat for Ike, and here it is! Fifteen is quite the accomplishment for such a big boy. Love the white face and that happy smile. I can't quite tell if this is an extraction of the hat is placed on top of the photo, but really, really cool use of dimension and color. Congrats...

I just love the cheeriness of this LO!

Really beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration!

I was inspired by the vertical orientation, the curvy frame and the element layering in @Madi (Diane's) layout 52-challenge-july (#1 in the scraplift examples.) Thanks for the fun challenge!

She is such a cutie! Truly adorable and she seems happy on the day you brought her home. Love the palette and your clusters as well.

Wow, thanks so much Tracy. I was pretty surprised myself at how well the red, white and blue flowers coordinated with the Use It All Freebie kit offered by Karen Schulz in her July challenge!