Oranges not Plums

 Happy Saturday everyone. Today I have some art to share.

At  Art Journal Journey this month Valerie and I are hosting with a theme of Poetry. One of my favorite poems is by William Carlos Williams, and it is about plums.

This Is Just To Say

BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

I have eaten

the plums

that were in

the icebox

and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

Forgive me

they were delicious

so sweet

and so cold

     Inspired by this poem, (which I didn't exactly take literally), I made a page about oranges. I like plums, but I really like eating oranges. Peeling the skin, pulling off the white pith, getting a whiff of what's to come,  getting my fingers juicy, breaking it into sections. The whole act of peeling and getting an orange ready to eat is exciting because you know once you get through the work of prepping it, you'll have some sweet juicy sections in your mouth in no time.  I usually keep a bag of some type of orange in the frig, and so today, my page celebrates that fruit.

I made my page by gluing down a well used piece of deli wrap onto some water color paper. I often use the deli wrap as scrap paper because it holds up really well to lots of uses. Plus I can then use it as a background or for cutting out pieces. 😏 

Once dry, I did a bit of stamping and stenciled the word Post with acrylic paint. I have a very large sheet of paper with oranges on it that I bought almost 20 years ago in Italy, and I fussy cut an orange from that sheet. I glued that down on my page, glued down the die cut heart border, and then also added a die cut ticket.

I am also linking up to Creative Artiste Mixed Media Blog. It is challenge #104, and the theme is anything Goes as long as you use at least 3 types of media. 

I will also be linking up to Gillena's Sunday Smiles on Sunday. 

And when in Greece, I saw lots of trees with oranges on them.

As well as lemon trees with lemons and lime trees with limes too.

And don't these oranges look fresh and delicious? (As do the other fruits too?)

This was a new fruit for me, not the name but the actual fruit. Here are kumquats on the tree.

Corfu is known for its kumquat liquor as well as kumquat cakes. 

We sampled the liquor and the cakes when we were there, and I even brought a small bottle of the liquor home that I'm saving for the right moment. 

Have a great weekend!