lilac bushes
with fading leaves
in fall sun

beautiful today

with no worries
about whether or not
they will bloom

again

Perhaps a meditation on creativity over many years . . . as I have experienced both the fallow and fruitful years.

Ellen Grace Olinger

Poem from October 2014

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These are some images from the recent Dover Design Sampler, courtesy of Dover Publications.

From Full-Color Decorative Repeat Patterns CD-ROM and Book

From Floral Ornament CD-ROM and Book