Flower Paintings for Floral Friday

Happy floral Friday! Today's post features flower paintings displayed by talented local artists at the Montgomery County Fair. I love the dogwood blooms in the above photo.

If I remember correctly, the photo above was one of the best in show winners for teen entrants. With the black eyed Susans, monarch butterflies, yellow-orange moth and vibrant green foliage it was even more striking in person.

 This painting may not have won any fair ribbons but I'd award it a cheerfulness ribbon.

I loved how all the little dots came together for a bright and fun scene in the above painting.

This (presumably watercolor) poppy painting drew my eye and reminded me of the gorgeous poppy displays at the U.S. National Arboretum.

Happy weekend and may God bless you!

Toilet Decorating Contest Photos: Wild Wednesday

Welcome to wild Wednesday! Usually I post animal photos but this week I'm giving you a different kind of wild in the form of toilet decorating contest photos. I've mostly included individual toilet photos but there's an overview photo of the whole contest at the end of the post. I took these photos at the Montgomery County Fair and hope you get a laugh out of them.

Looks like this decorator was going for a riding in style theme. I'd guess that this was the most expensively decorated toilet.

Flushing tribute to the Caps.

 I'd award this toilet most likely to scare off non pirate users.

 Can you tell that there's a toilet under that giant chicken?

Surprised to see two jackpot toilets and no crackpot toilets.

An olympic themed toilet also surprised me. Of course, just the idea of a toilet decorating contest is kind of surprising.

Here's the overview of the toilet decorating contest.

Hope you're having a wonderful wild Wednesday! May God bless you!