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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Mosaic Flowering Tree No. 3

I made a series of matching mosaic stepping stones featuring flowering trees. Today I'm sharing the third tree in the series, my pink blossoms tree. While a flowering tree's spring flowers last for a week or so, this tree's flowers stay in bloom year round.

Image 1: Flowering Tree #3 Mosaic close-up

In mosaic tree #3 I used pink floral mosaic pieces for the flowers. Pink floral china patterns are a favorite of mine, and I was able to reuse multiple tea saucers without matching teacups.

I tried to add dimension to this tree by using more dark florals in the bottom half of the tree (to mimic more shadowing on the lower part of the tree), but I think that effect turned out too subtle to be noticed.

Image 2: Flowering Tree #3 Mosaic Stepping Stone

This tree (#3) has brown branches showing, which is the improvement I tried in tree #2, but the brown branches don't stand out as much here as they do in the more pastel tree #2. Still, I like the result, and this is possibly my favorite in the series.

(Maybe it's like children, can you say you have a favorite?)

Below is tree #2 in the series, (post here).

Mosaic Flowering tree no 2 by Jeanne Selep

Image 3: Mosaic Tree #2 Stepping Stone

And below is tree #1 in the series (post here).

Mosaic Flowering tree no 1 by Jeanne Selep

Image 4: Flowering Tree #1 Mosaic

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Mosaic Notes:

Mosiac work using broken china is sometimes called Pique Assiette, or picassiette. It's my favorite style, and the one I work in the most.

Here is a nice getting started tutorial on creating mosaics
using china - at Apple Street Cottage.

Click on the images to see them enlarged.

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Enjoy Summer days, and Summer vacations, and Summer flowers !

Here is a Floral Mirror I created...

Click here for my Flower Mirror Post

Comments encourage me, and I like encouragement. Please leave a comment if you have time!

I have three large categories of posts:
Travel, China and China hutches, and Mosaics.

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Sunday, June 28, 2026

Poppies and Paintings

I love the joyful exuberance of poppy flowers, so I was thrilled to see this field of poppies in Italy on May 19, 2025. I pulled over in the car and stopped to admire the view.

Field of Poppies in Tuscany Italy by Jeanne Selep

Image 1: Field of Poppies somewhere in Tuscany, Italy

There weren't many breaks in the roadside foliage for me to photograph through. I am standing on my tip-toes to hold the camera over the weeds at the edge of the road. The road I was on had a shoulder and then a steep drop off at the edge; and the grasses were thick and tall. I wanted to descend down into the field, and get a better angle with my camera, but I couldn't even see where the ground was and how steep the drop off was.

Image 2: Poppies Landscape somewhere in Tuscany, Italy

As a visitor in a foreign country, I didn't want to trespass; and I also didn't want to twist an ankle, or fall and break bones or my camera. I pictured tumbling down and/or falling into some watery ditch I could not see, so I opted to stay safely by the side of the road for my photos. You should believe me when I tell you I wanted to get close enough to touch the poppies.
But these photos were the best I was willing to attempt that day.

Image 3: Field of Poppies somewhere in Tuscany, Italy

I also love the image of the field alone, the pattern of grasses and flowers.

Image 4: Over exposed Field of Poppies , Italy

I accidentally over-exposed the photo above, but I like the ethereal enchanted look it has, so I decided to include it here.

I'm not the only person who has loved poppies in a field. Some of my favorite artists have painted poppy fields.

Claude Monet painted poppy fields more than 12 times.

Image 5: Claude Monet Poppy Field Paintings

Sometimes Monet's paintings were nearly identical with minor coloration and cloud changes.

Image 6: Claude Monet Poppy Field Paintings

Considering poppy fields are only in bloom for a week or two a year, Monet obviously enjoyed poppy fields as well.

Image 7: Claude Monet Poppy Field Paintings

Mary Cassatt painted the lovely poppy field painting below.

Image 8: Mary Cassatt Poppy field painting

John Singer Sargent concentrated more on the poppy flowers.

Image 9: John Singer Sargent Poppies

And I'll end this artist tangent with two poppy fields and a beautiful bouquet of poppies painted by Van Gogh.

Image 10: Van Gogh Poppy Paintings

Spring and Summer are busy months for me. The weather is great - I go outside more instead of posting. This year I've gardened more than in most years!

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