Illustrated Haiku #2

I have been working on the Haiku for this for several days but couldn't get it to feel right. This morning I went outside to commune with Nature for a bit and while sitting there watching the bees on the clover the words just flowed right into my mind. So I rushed in and began this. 7 hours later here is the completed piece!
First I painted the background using acrylics on a 9x12" gallery wrapped (staples in the back) canvas,,which means the painting goes all along the sides too, so no frame is needed, most of the sides are blue, but the flower stems also continue on the bottom side.
Next I picked flowers for my field and sewed them to the canvas with buttons for
the centers. This took quite some time, finding the right flowers and buttons, deciding on placement and the sewing.
Then I painted on the leaves and stems.
Then very lightly in pencil I wrote the Haiku and then traced it twice with a
very fine Sharpie. Even though I made sure all the words were right, I was convinced I had
spelled one wrong and wrecked the whole thing..LOL
Next I made the bee and ladybug from felt and sewed them on.
Last signed and dated it.
I am VERY happy with this piece!
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