Keepsake Christmas Tree Ornaments

We have pretty ceramic ornaments with two customizable sides. The same design often works fine for both sides but Pariseau's Market has something special for you.
It started with this Praying Mantis. Two shots from the same shoot. The back side is freaky. This female has been in the plant nursery for months getting stronger and more confident.

Intent Mantis ~ ornaments by Andy2302

Then there is this Snowy Emerald moth on a glass door. The front is the top view shot from outside and the back is from inside at it's under side. Fascinating

Snowy Emerald moth ~ ornament by Andy2302

A pretty Mourning Cloak butterfly seen from above and beside.

Mourning Cloak butterfly ~ ornaments by Andy2302

Daily Pics and Zazzle

Daily Pics members with a Zazzle store get one FREE listing posted on every page.
All it takes is to be an active Daily Pics member in good standing, your Zazzle store should also be active and you have to request the posting (it's not automatic).
Photographers should fit right into DPs social photo sharing community.

The Year of the Butterfly

Anyone with a camera who loves Nature appreciates pretty butterflies. I try to add new varieties to my gallery when ever possible. This has been a bonanza season. I've improved on species I already have and shot new ones I didn't know existed around here, southern New England.
Let me show you a few on products offered at Pariseau's Market
My first ever Buckeye butterfly on a Mug.

Buckeye butterfly ~ mug by Andy2302

A Mourning Cloak butterfly framed on a Mouse pad.

Mourning Cloak butterfly ~ mousepad by Andy2302

Two shots of different Red Spotted Purple butterflies combined into one image on a Tote.

Mr & Mrs Butterfly ~ bag by Andy2302

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on a calendar print / poster.

Yellow Butterfly calendar ~ print by Andy2302

There are many more cool bugs & buds that I'll try to post in the coming days.

WPA Murals

Every city and town has hidden gems. This is about the Brockton, Massachusetts public library rotunda murals commissioned by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) in 1940-41. The theme is the history of books and printing from Egyptian hieroglyphics to modern (as of 1940) lithograph.
The works were carefully restored a few years ago as part of a library upgrade and expansion. I had the opportunity to photograph them for the library web site a while back. I recently added the images to Pariseau's Market on a wide variety of products from prints, mugs, magnets and even a neck tie.
Take a look.

Time for photo editing

I get back to photo editing in winter. Here are some recent works available on products from mouse pads to mugs, shown here as prints.
Three pics in one.

Celestial Portal ~ print by Andy2302

One crab apple multiplied, reflected and placed on a new background.

Crabapple Chorus Line ~ print by Andy2302

The rare Jewel weed wildflower

Jewel Weed 2 ~ print by Andy2302

Pariseau's Market continues to grow with over 3300 carefully prepared items.

It's Calendar Time

Calendars are great Holiday gifts and nobody has anything like these.
You may have never seen some of these Wildflowers.

Wildflowers 2010 by Andy2302

Garden Preadtors is scary. Well, not really, lol.

Garden Predators 2010 by Andy2302

There are nine other great calendars @ Pariseau's Market.

Testimonial

Anyone looking for special greeting cards or albums as keepsakes should visit Viv's Card Creations
I saw these beauties up close and personal today. They are so nice! ! !

New Gift Store

Pariseau's Market is a great place to find gifts for the hard to please on your list, including yourself.
T-Shirts, mugs, Greeting cards, Mouse Pads, real U.S. Postage stamps, hats, prints, key chanes, magnets, tote bags and more.
You can customize any product.
Please visit. Pariseau's Market

What's New.

Nothing on Bugs N Buds but my Daily Pics has grown into a nice, friendly community of photographers.
Thank you.
Andy P

Great Golden Digger wasp

A very large wasp seen at the Garden in the Woods Park in Framingham Massachusetts last September.

See this and many other bugs and buds on my DailyPics photo site.

Chionodoxa 'Glory in the Snow'

Very early Spring bulbs.
I started with 25 marble size bulbs 15 years ago.
Now there are thousands all over the place.
To see more of these and even a "Life Cycle" series visit Andy P's Daily Pics .
We are growing with active members, a fabulous Slide Show of 100 pics and much more.
Join us there.
Andy P

My new site

Just a quick note to announce my new site, Andy P's Daily Pics. The link is on the right.
This new site will allow you to join in and add your own pics as well as comment. It's a full fledged site that you can participate in. Upload your pics, post in the Forums etc.
See you there.
Andy P

20 Year Old Amaryllis

This is my oldest Amaryllis, it may be 25 years old, I forget.
An old 'Red Lion' variety I got at the super market for $5.
This year it has 2 flower stalks, each with 4 flowers. Usually the flower stalks come up one after the other, this year they are together.
People ask how I get it to live so long, I tell them Maximum Sun.
The second pic shows it where it grows, in a very sunny window, until it goes out for the Summer.

First signs of Spring

These little beauties survived single digit temps this past week to greet me this morning.

Don't you just love Spring?

Snails

Early Summer of 2006 was very wet here.
They were everywhere.

Flash Frozen

While much of the country got snow on Wednesday, we got rain. Lots of rain after 2 inches of snow/sleet over frozen ground. Then the temperature dropped very fast. So fast that the runoff was frozen in place.
This is not flowing water, it is all ice.
I shot these the next day near sunset, it was 17 degrees at the time and very windy. The wind chill was below zero, too cold to worry much about camera settings.

First Amaryllis Flowers

This is the first time this baby 'Apple Blossom' bulb has flowered.

It was a little sprout on the original bulb, 4 years ago. It bloomed exactly 4 weeks after being planted. They usually take 6 weeks or more. I have a big 20 year old red one slowly waking up.

Insect Collage

I got the idea for this last night.

January Shots

A couple recent shots. The last of the Milkweed seeds as they are captured by the wind.
A very early Vinca / Periwinkle.

Winter Color

One of 5 Hibiscus flowers gracing my living room, yesterday.