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• Excited about Sales!!!!
  by Karin Taylor

  Hi fellow bubble-dweller-inos! How excited I was last night! Just before bedtime i had a special treat (after the chocolates lol) / ...

  Hi fellow bubble-dweller-inos! How excited I was last night! Just before bedtime i had a special treat (after the chocolates lol) / as I discovered that I had sold no less than nine, yes folks, NINE cards to wonderful / friend and photographer extraordinaire Belinda C / who is known for her wonderful images of green froggies, plants and dragonflies, etc through her work in the Botanical Garden!!!!, it is truly inspiring :) Belinda C bought the following cards: / Purple Patch / Rajah the Elephant / Surf Nymph / Cat Nap / Daisy Daze / Spare Tyres / Wintersun Thank you so much Belinda / I hope you will enjoy them all :) Hugs, / Karin xo

• My first sale!
  by Elana Bailey

  I would like to thank very much, who ever purchased ‘Up the Garden Path’ as a card, today. It is my first sale! Last night I had food poi…

  I would like to thank very much, who ever purchased ‘Up the Garden Path’ as a card, today. It is my first sale! Last night I had food poisoning, so to wake up and find that I have had my first sale today, was a well-earned and fabulous surprise. Please let me know if it was you, as I would like to personally thank you. That shot is one of my favs, too. Many thanks indeed Elana

• Sold a card ........."STRECH"
  by Arthur Chambers

  thank you to the person who bought one of my cards…........

  thank you to the person who bought one of my cards…........

• *THE FALLING GARDEN* (breathtaking!)
  by Mariam Muradian

  View THE FALLING GARDEN / By Gerda Steiner & Jorg Lenzlinger Falling Garden / San Staë church on the Canale Grande / 50th Biennia…

  View THE FALLING GARDEN / By Gerda Steiner & Jorg Lenzlinger Falling Garden / San Staë church on the Canale Grande / 50th Biennial of Venice, 2003 The Doge (Mocenigo) needed a church so as to be able to have a monumental tomb built for himself, the church (San Staë) needed a saint so as to be able to be built, the saint (San Eustachio) needed a miracle so as to be pronounced a saint, the miracle needed a stag in order to be seen, and we built the garden for the reindeer. / The visitors lie on the bed above the doge’s gravestone, and the garden thinks for them. Components: Plastic berries (India), cow pads (Jura), waste paper (Venice), baobab seeds (Australia), beech, elder and magnolia branches (Uster), thorns (Almeria), nylon blossoms (one-dollar-shop), pigs’ teeth (Indonesia), seaweed (Seoul), orange peel (Migros shop), fertilizer crystals (home grown), pigeons’ bones (San Staë), silk buds (Stockholm), cattail (Ettiswil), cats’ tails (China), celery roots (Montreal), virility rind (Caribbean), wild bore quills (zoo), banana leaves (Murten), rubber snakes (Cincinnati).

• Backyard...
  by Suzanne German

  It’s been too long / Don’t think I’ve seen you smile at me for quite a while / And we’re too busy doing things / We haven’t noticed what’s m…

  It’s been too long / Don’t think I’ve seen you smile at me for quite a while / And we’re too busy doing things / We haven’t noticed what’s missing / Where’s the fun we used to have? / My childish ways and your sarcasm / Silly jokes and fairy tales / Where did we leave them? / Lost in the backyard / Your lasso my tiara / My wand, your plastic bazooka / Why can’t we be how we were / In the backyard Your cowboy hat, my tutu / You hide and seek, I catch you / Why can’t we be how we were in the backyard / Simple days of hand in hand / And drawing our names in the sand / Somehow life just complicates / Our buried treasure it just waits / Lost in the backyard / You can still meet me in the garden / You and I and hide behind the rosebed / You and I / You and I / Lost in the backyard again NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

• will be away
  by susan davies

  im off to the caravan for a few days, so may or may not get internet there, so will comment as and when I can, needed rest after the l…

  im off to the caravan for a few days, so may or may not get internet there, so will comment as and when I can, needed rest after the last few days on redbubble , anyways hope if anyone can make the meet on the 28th june you will as its a great day, it will be my fourth and ive loved each one, dont worry bout weather it doesnt dampen our spirits. ITS AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS, NR CARMARTHEN, WEST WALES, 10 am dont forget your red balloon to those who cant make it hope to maybe see you on the next one thanks everyone, see you all soon hugs suexxxxx

• Photo published in magazine
  by Lorraine Deroon

  Hello to you all! If any of you are keen gardeners you may be interested to know that this image ‘Daisy Dreaming’ has been published…

  Hello to you all! If any of you are keen gardeners you may be interested to know that this image ‘Daisy Dreaming’ has been published in the August 2008 edition of ‘ABC Gardening Australia’ Magazine, p.64. Happy bubbling and thanks for your encouragement! / Lorraine

• All UK Nature & Wildlife Photographers.
  by Richard Veal

  Hi all. Is it me, or this year, there is a lack of Starlings and Sparrows ?? In the Terrace where I live, (9 Cottages) not one of u…

  Hi all. Is it me, or this year, there is a lack of Starlings and Sparrows ?? In the Terrace where I live, (9 Cottages) not one of us has had any Sparrows nesting this year, and walking through the parks, Sparrows and Starlings are conspicuous by their absence. Have any more of you noticed this decline ?? Thanks. Richard.

• Featured GARDEN OF PEACE AND DELIGHT
  by webbie

  I want to thank Country Bumpkin for featureing my art GARDEN OF PEACE AND DELIGHT….even thou it never listed in my featured space,,,Sti…

  I want to thank Country Bumpkin for featureing my art GARDEN OF PEACE AND DELIGHT….even thou it never listed in my featured space,,,Still happy that you’ll liked it that much…hugggz

• MY FAVOURITES - "Japanese Windflowers" by Tiffany Dryburgh
  by Adriana Glackin

  Not all images in “My Favourites” necess…

  Not all images in “My Favourites” necessarily illicit images or memories from childhood. “Japanese Windflowers” by Tiffany Dryburgh caught my imagination and everytime I look at this image, the same story unfolds… Helena is 83 and has lived in her inner city cottage all her life. The cottage, originally a worker’s cottage had been in her family since 1910. She was born in that simple home, as had all her children. Always a happy home, Helena simply delighted in tending the small garden. How times had changed, the neighbours had come and gone, apartment blocks now stood where a lot of the workers’ cottages once stood. But still, Helena maintained her sanctuary. The japanese windflowers were her pride and joy, temperamental things they can be, but this year’s blooms were the finest yet. Helena was looking forward to saturday, that was the day her children would be visiting and wouldn’t they be surprised at the many blooms filling Helena’s garden! ps. apologies to those who are perhaps expecting great pieces of writing – sorry – I’m definitely not a writer in any way, shape or form, I’m simply unleashing the images I see in my head when I view the favourites I have chosen. I feel very brave in doing this because I don’t know any of you, nor you know me – so it’s safe (except I have a friend or two on here but they probably will see this as my latest fad ; > ).

• Family of Photographers
  by Stephen Mitchell

  SaharaBelle is a new member to RB, but not much of a writer. Because I like her work (_both…

  SaharaBelle is a new member to RB, but not much of a writer. Because I like her work (both in the kitchen :D and with a camera), I’m showing you some her amazing photography. Thankfully SaharaBelle made a few comments during the upload process – so I’ll divulge these with you. Basically, this post serves as an easy way for our family and friends to quickly see all the cards of her amazing photography. There will be more soon. In fact, some of my collection will moving across. Yes, I took credit for her work … with her permission! But now she is a member, she wants them back. Anyway, here are all the cards of our recent visit to the Wittunga National Park. I encourage people to leave nice comments on her work. Or critique’s. We’re always looking for extra help on how to take a better photograph! You might recognise this photograph! I cropped this one to a square image to make her avatar. I love this photograph … it’s so vibrant and almost blinding! What do you think?! / “This one will make a great Christmas card!”. Her words after this uploaded. / I suggested this shot – because she had the Macro-lens. It turned out a lot better than I ever expected. It helps that SaharaBelle made sure the blue sky was in the background of these shots, thereby allowing a lot more light to come through the ‘field of focus’. / Nice shadows in this one. The yellow stamen look like antenna … don’t they? / Hehe, nature’s feather duster! I suspect it would leave more pollen than it would remove! / I just love how this is the colours of the Australian flag! / This little bee is getting his money’s worth of nectar… / It took a while to think of a suitable title. But this choice works well. / Sometimes the title’s are just so apt. Yet come out of nowhere. / I originally suggested “Toilet Brush”, but apparently my humor was NOT appropriate. / I’m sure you can see why this title was chosen. This little bee probably wasn’t imprisoned at all, but they do look like bars around his face! / This is a flower in the process of blooming. When we return next weekend, I hope to capture these in full bloom! / Hehe, this little guy was filling up like a car at the petrol-pump! I’m sure he saw the camera coming toward him, but just had to get that nectar! / This amazing shot was incredibly lucky. With a dedicated macro lens, she was going to shoot just the flower … but found the little black bug inside. / This amazing little bee was sticking his face straight into the flower, digging all the nectar out. / We think this was an ant, but not real sure! He was swimming around the nectar, presumably doing the anty-paddle (doggy paddle, get it?!). / Here is that bee again. This was the last time we saw this guy before he flew back to the hive… / SaharaBelle tells me this is her favourite shot, and I agree. The detail in those wings is outstanding! / But this is not the end! SaharaBelle and I have plans for more day-trips, even with the SA Central group later this year! SaharaBelle and I hope you all (wink wink at friends and family!) like these cards enough to purchase a few.

• Garden tiger Moth 2 ........ my first laminated print sale
  by Sharon Perrett

  Wow I nodded off at the keyboard as I was uploading my last image ahead. When I woke up a few minutes ago and finished uploading I disc…

  Wow I nodded off at the keyboard as I was uploading my last image ahead. When I woke up a few minutes ago and finished uploading I discovered I sold my first laminated print :))))))) YIPEEEEEE!!!!!!!, thank you to the person that purchased the Garden Tiger Moth 2 image….... I can go to bed very happy now LOL…...... Night Bubblers and hope you have lots of sales!!!!!

• redbubble catch up in sydney
  by Samantha Van Stralendorff

  hey red bubblers. I was thinking it’d be fun to have a sydney catch up. Take photos, do our own creative venture. meet say, at the bo…

  hey red bubblers. I was thinking it’d be fun to have a sydney catch up. Take photos, do our own creative venture. meet say, at the botanic gardens-it’s a bit safe, but there’s plenty of nature and monuments and it could always change, or be somewhere else next time. the big question: weekday or weekend? I venture wednesday week, 10am because I have to earn a living later in the day. What say you?

• Fun Guys
  by georgiegirl

  I took a ‘couple’ of photos today. Thought I’d share my faves with you all! Why don’t you pop over and let me know what you think!! I’ll …

  I took a ‘couple’ of photos today. Thought I’d share my faves with you all! Why don’t you pop over and let me know what you think!! I’ll put the kettle on so you can have a cuppa while you browse (... your imagination will be required to actually drink your brew).

• I'VE HAD BETTER DAYS
  by Sharon Perrett

  This morning I awoke at about 5-50am. Got up went to the bathroom and then sat at my computer to sort a couple of photos before the mad r…

  This morning I awoke at about 5-50am. Got up went to the bathroom and then sat at my computer to sort a couple of photos before the mad rush of the day began. Anyway while sitting there I also had my tv on as a lot of the schools were closed today because of the teachers strike and I wanted to listen out for any last minute closures as some children like Katie still had school as they are sitting their SATs soon. The weather forecast came on, band of rain coming, wet and windy day, lots of showers clearing in the afternoon…..... sighhhhhhh, so I decided to look out my bedroom window and see if it was raining but to my surprise no rain but a beautiful big rainbow so I grabbed my camera and managed a couple of shots before it faded …...........now I know why I take my camera to bed with me LOL. After dropping Katie off at Breakfast Club at school, by which time it was raining cats and dogs I went to Mum’s to check on her and have coffee and toast, I had Grahame with me this morning as he had day release college through his job but I had to take Katie’s cat to the vets as she had an eye infection gone very bad and I needed his help. We managed to get her from her hiding place eventually and got her in a portabox. It was bad news at the vets her eye is so bad that tomorrow they are going to put her out and remove the eye, I should explain here that Louisa the cat, had gone walkabout and we thought run over but she turned up out of the blue a couple of days ago looking a bit worse for wear. To cut a long story short, they gave us a quote for her eye surgery and aftercare £350-00 approx plus the cost of any medication or further treatment that she might need. We don’t have pet insurance but they have kindly said once everything is done they will work out a payment plan with us and to possibly expect the total bill to be around £450-00. Feeling rotten and worrying about Louisa we decided to have a drive around with our cameras and see if anything was happening at any of our haunts. By about 11-30am the showers had eased up although it was quite windy and overcast. I suggested going to Stansted House Gardens as it was free, not far from home and after uploading some summer shots over the last few days I was eager to see how it looked at springtime. The heavens smiled on us and the sun came out and went in and came out LOL….. it didn’t rain, was still a bit windy but we had sun on and off and blue sky. We wandered around for a few hours taking pics of flowers and trees and I was excited to see all the plants in bud ready to spill their beautiful flowers soon, I can’t wait to go back in a few weeks and see. At about 2-30pm we got back to the car after getting some great shots. Just as we got in the car the sky darkened and it hammered down with rain again. So now I am just about to sort through the pictures taken today and hopefully have some beautiful flowers and foliage images to upload soon…....... sooooooooooo how was YOUR day today…...........??

• When is a garden snail not a garden snail?
  by georgiegirl

  When it’s too cute to be classed a garden snail. I’ve just uploaded a couple of photos I took last year, just after I got my groovy camer…

  When it’s too cute to be classed a garden snail. I’ve just uploaded a couple of photos I took last year, just after I got my groovy camera, before I worked out how it really worked!! / These tiny snails are only 4-5mm long and have wonderful spiral shells with the most beautiful markings. I haven’t seen them since as I moved house so am glad that I took these pics. The ants, millipedes and snails were all working together, crawling all over the birdbath bowl that was sitting on the ground. They snails’ shells actually wobble from side to side as they are crawling! I was so amazed by these tiny creatures. / It would be great to find out where else these snail are. Has anyone seen them?

• Attack of the garden Gnomes...
  by Kevin Kroeker

  The fog slowly saturates the battlefield… an eerie silence envelopes the garden. Then suddenly a blood curdling cry is heard from the d…

  The fog slowly saturates the battlefield… an eerie silence envelopes the garden. Then suddenly a blood curdling cry is heard from the direction of the bird bath!!! Then a twig snaps from behind the garden hose… did something just move beyond the shed? The troops are tense, there nerves; once iron strong are now failing them, they now tremble with fear as their imaginations run wild with the rumors from around the neighbourhood… could it be true? Are the wild tales of ancient and bloodthirsty garden gnomes really true? Do these mythical creatures really exist? Then as if summoned from the dead the gnomes arise and strike without fear or mercy. All that stands in their way of total garden domination are these last three brave and foolish souls. / /

• About "The Garden"
  by MtnMan

  Some kind people have asked about my garden. It is not very big but has been designed to look very large. The entirety of the garden is i…

  Some kind people have asked about my garden. It is not very big but has been designed to look very large. The entirety of the garden is impossible to see in any one location. In person it is intimate and everything is close by and touchable. There is no one time of year when the garden is at it’s best but my wife and I do enjoy it when the wild California poppies bloom. The rocks have been collected over a period of twenty years and most of them carried in the back of my hatchbacks, a Tercel, Civic, and Mazda 3. I have never owned a pickup truck. Most of the rocks have been found near roads in the mountains or just empty fields. Finding beautiful rocks is getting harder as I’m not the only one looking for them. The look of this garden can only be arrived at with the passage of time. / Wabi sabi and whimsy have guided efforts in it’s conception. The cats love the garden as do birds of all kinds, plus snakes and lizards. I hope to retain possession of it until I die and most of my retirement will involve recording it in creative ways. I’d like to capture in paint someday as well.

• Local Events
  by Deri Dority

  For everyone in the Portland/Vancouver area, you might be interested in a local group that hosts photoshoots. Meetup.com....

  For everyone in the Portland/Vancouver area, you might be interested in a local group that hosts photoshoots. Meetup.com has an upcoming photoshoot at the Japanese Gardens on March 22. Check it out. This is quite the active group. / Also Pro Photo has a number of workshops/photoshoots for our area. Coming up is the Canon Macro Photography class at the Tulip Festival (April 11th and 12th). I am signed up for the 12th. This is a free class and it fills up really quickly. / Also, check out the Zoo photography classes. I have taken some of these and they are quite well done. / If anyone is attending any of these workshops, please post a note under this journal and we will try to meet up. Four of us went to the Japanese Garden last weekend for a Workshop. The trees are just starting to bloom.

• Today's Botanical Gardens Meet
  by Brian Beckett

  Today’s Wales Rich In Beauty Meet I would like to begin by thanking everyone who turned out today to attend the Botanical Gardens M…

  Today’s Wales Rich In Beauty Meet I would like to begin by thanking everyone who turned out today to attend the Botanical Gardens Meet. It was lovely to meet up with old friends and also to make new friends. I have uploaded a few images of today’s meet and would like to urge all who attended today’s meet to add to these by uploading some of your own. Mini Showcase / I would also like to ask you to upload two of your best images of today and tag them with BOT1 you have until Wednesday evening to upload them and then Thursday and Friday to vote on which of the images you like best. The author of the image voted the most popular will receive the set of close-up lenses that I have donated for this prize. One other item The Tenby Meet is on the 5th August and so far I have no meets scheduled in July so I will try my best to get one of the boat trips organised in July. More details on this as I get them. That’s it for now Thanks again to all for a wonderful day. Brian

• My first week on RedBubble Sept 14 - 21 2007
  by Anni Morris

  Never blogged or journaled online before so here goes… / In this little corner of the world on the eastern coast…of the South Island o…

  Never blogged or journaled online before so here goes… / In this little corner of the world on the eastern coast…of the South Island of New Zealand spring has finally sprung after a long and cold winter. The little cottage garden outside is waking up after its long hibernation and exploding with blossom and colour. The old plum tree looks like a canopy of white confetti and loud pink blousy blooms of camellias are now smoothering themselves over the 12 foot high bushes/trees. / On Monday the first ducklings of the season appeared in the garden…mother duck proudly showing me she had 11 fluffy followers. These numbers have already started to drop sadly, as neighbourhood cats, mine included are very attracted to them. I did successfully retrieve one from the jaws of my tabby Sam…and even managed after some searching to reunite it with a distraught mum. / Tulips, bluebells and daffodils pop up here and there and the sun has been shining this week a little more than normal. / I’ve been raising seeds assorted herbs and tomatoes on the indoor window sills..it is still too risky to put anything outside, as the fear of frosts is not over. / I completed two small paintings this week. It was an experiment in using a limited palette. Both paintings were of feet…ballet dancers feet. The colours I used were Titanium white and Raw Umber…quite surprising how just two colours can create so many tones. / I sold 6 paintings over the last 6 weeks…at two large annual exhibitions, one in Auckland and the other in Wellington. I sometimes wonder where mypaintings end up..the kind of homes they go to. Imagine if you could tag them to find out! / I have really enjoyed my first week on RedBubble, found lots of supportive, creative people out there and look forward to seeing and sharing my work with you all. / There is a cloud of waxeyes outside my window as I type this, greenfinches/goldfinches busily eating seed from the feeders in the garden…and this morning I was woken up my the a very impressive song from a grey warbler…so happy spring is here. Enjoy your week.

• Thanks so much Colly... Jack01
  by ginnymac

  Email from RedBubble says … You’ve recently made a sale on RedBubble. Congratulations! !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/...

  Email from RedBubble says … You’ve recently made a sale on RedBubble. Congratulations! —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—

• The Sexiest Little Garden in the Whole Of Scottland... And I don't give a shit if Scottland only has one fucking 'T'!!! :-P
  by JenniferB

  NSFW

• "Wild Flower Garden" Featured!
  by stephaniek

  I guess I’m on a roll too! My “Wild Flower Garden” is Featured in the Scenery Group! Whoo Hoo!

  I guess I’m on a roll too! My “Wild Flower Garden” is Featured in the Scenery Group! Whoo Hoo!