Poinsettia Stress

Anxiety even in the plants. Whatever we feel everything around us feels too.

Christmas Dread

It's almost more work to opt out of Christmas than it is to just go buy the presents. Either way I have come to dread what I used to love.

Orange Poinsettia

I like it when it seems the ink is burned into the paper. An orange engraving.

Leering Poinsettia

I'm not really sure why this Poinsettia is so confrontational. I think he is scoffing at our Christmas insanity. Anyway I hope that's it.

Anxiety

I'm not sure this is exactly the feeling but it must be close. I have to drop off my computer today so right now I am not sure if I will be able to post for a few days. Going back to a busy mall in the middle of the Christmas season is not an appealing prospect. I feel some anxiety even if the Poinsettia doesn't.

Tilted Poinsettia

The Poinsettias are playing with me. They do whatever they want in my imagination. Maybe they think I'm too serious. I am not sure I can last until Christmas.

Fade Christmas

My computer will be down for a few days. I will try to find another way to post but in case I don't I will be back on line with a week.

I feel Christmas unraveling around me. No one this year seems very happy about it.

Christmas Fade

I had to venture out of the house today. The traffic was bad, the stores crowded and all I wanted was to be on the porch. I have become a Christmas porch sitter. I really recommend it.

Florida Poinsettia

Its been damp all day and I've been thoughtful. This Poinsettia looks like a palm tree in soft rain. There is smoke hanging in the air from brush fires.

Chinese Poinsettia

The Chinese paint the world as a living force, not dead matter. I would love to paint like that. But to paint like that you would have to live believing that.