tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157104252024-03-13T15:33:28.079-04:00A WRITER'S GARDENWhere Creative Ideas Bloomjournalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-90377197744353291092015-03-08T21:45:00.001-04:002015-03-08T21:45:59.963-04:00Spring Dip Symphony<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Ecw83ft78k" width="459"></iframe>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-39408847224321683292013-07-13T08:48:00.001-04:002013-07-13T09:18:06.077-04:00U R MY TYPE, she quilted<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/9263825039/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2858/9263825039_f070b9e56b_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/9263825039/">U R MY TYPE, she quilted</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Please hop over to flickr and read all about it!<br />Inspiration struck after noticing a sewing challenge for "Quilting Arts Magazine" with an irresistible theme entitled 'Text Me' . . .</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaWXD9d_6OB2XKW2ImrLoejUw2w4j5ggKLzMrDxqwztj92Bs6WbnNUxIRoN17v3DDbrUvvgiSI5Fn4TZnrLEflQtn2u2svBONC7FnsmfbG7krgviFZg9mvRNlgPFovl06HDjv/s1600/QuiltingArtsMagCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaWXD9d_6OB2XKW2ImrLoejUw2w4j5ggKLzMrDxqwztj92Bs6WbnNUxIRoN17v3DDbrUvvgiSI5Fn4TZnrLEflQtn2u2svBONC7FnsmfbG7krgviFZg9mvRNlgPFovl06HDjv/s320/QuiltingArtsMagCover.jpg" /></a>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-62649539433041242982012-09-13T09:46:00.001-04:002012-09-13T09:46:44.175-04:00on a wing and a prayer<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/7981453582/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8309/7981453582_e5e859b20e_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/7981453582/">on a wing and a prayer</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>"Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings." ~ Victor Hugo ~</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-32352935832856110432012-02-17T22:47:00.006-05:002012-02-20T12:33:20.405-05:00dance like it's heaven on earth<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6893901821/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6893901821_6256fd59ae_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6893901821/">dance like it's heaven on earth</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p>My *blog* is concentrated on flickr where I network with fellow photographers and artists. Click on *dance* <br />and join our party!journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-14389006861067300492012-02-15T16:23:00.001-05:002012-02-15T16:23:21.086-05:00in love, hearts melt as one<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6873480381/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6873480381_9ca0441745_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6873480381/">in love, hearts melt as one</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-85607068250935644612012-01-29T21:15:00.001-05:002012-01-29T21:15:33.616-05:00chance, rather than contemplation, illuminated thought<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6786275437/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6786275437_aedf66e387_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6786275437/">chance, rather than contemplation, illuminated thought</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Have been delving into the amazing world of art quilts and still in the design phase. A magnificent book, entitled "Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge" has been my inspiration. Hopefully I'll become a quilt blogger within the month!</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-56067012564827575312011-09-18T23:42:00.001-04:002011-09-18T23:42:44.511-04:00the darkness shall be the light<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6160996617/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6180/6160996617_fcbf334a68_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6160996617/">the darkness shall be the light</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-31994662056304720332011-08-23T12:12:00.001-04:002011-08-23T12:12:40.970-04:00never take more than you give<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6073610420/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6073610420_1ffa3586d4_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6073610420/">never take more than you give</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>"From the day we arrive on the planet<br />And blinking, step into the sun<br />There's more to be seen than can ever be seen<br />More to do than can ever be done<br /> <br />Some say eat or be eaten<br />Some say live and let live<br />But all are agreed as they join the stampede<br />You should never take more than you give<br /> <br />(Chorus)<br />In the Circle of Life<br />It's the wheel of fortune<br />It's the leap of faith<br />It's the band of hope<br />Till we find our place<br />On the path unwinding<br />In the Circle, the Circle of Life<br /> <br />Some of us fall by the wayside<br />And some of us soar to the stars<br />And some of us sail through our troubles<br />And some have to live with the scars<br /> <br />There's far too much to take in here<br />More to find than can ever be found<br />But the sun rolling high<br />Through the sapphire sky<br />Keeps the great and small on the endless round<br /> <br />On the path unwinding<br />In the Circle, the Circle of Life."<br /><br />~ Music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice ~</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-91388378418281178552011-08-19T21:52:00.002-04:002011-08-21T21:47:12.184-04:00just a doodle from his noodle<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6014729094/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6014729094_f4b0c9cc7f_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/6014729094/">just a doodle from his noodle</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p></p>
<br />“I know only two tunes:
<br />One of them is 'Yankee Doodle' and the other isn't.”
<br />~ Ulysses S. Grant ~journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-65192182606620161922011-01-05T12:32:00.001-05:002011-01-05T12:32:55.429-05:00she sends airmail in V formation<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/5323941408/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5083/5323941408_4e4ecb950d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/5323941408/">she sends airmail in V formation</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>"How do geese know when to fly to the sun?<br />Who tells them the seasons?<br />How do we humans know when it is time to move on?<br />As with migrant birds, <br />so surely with us,<br />there is a voice within<br />if only we would listen to it,<br />that tells us certainly when to go forth<br />into the unknown." ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ~</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-63569245361574997632010-11-15T13:36:00.003-05:002011-01-23T15:19:35.356-05:00she was brushed by angel wings<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/2574880784/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/2574880784_2fc4a81d74_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/2574880784/">she was brushed by angel wings</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Currently for sale at our studio, "A Writer's Garden" in Stonington, CT.<br /><br />"When we are touched by something,<br />it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings."<br />~ Rita Dove ~</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-32388951643683158592010-09-14T11:17:00.005-04:002010-09-14T11:31:03.286-04:00sea and soul merge as one<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRa8wv2UShEuu03pSuO2bARHdf0mDAMXIAX0Bn90EULFBhsZVeOOCQWvkvirOlRgV1a8Rfc4R35kplXSFXH9oV0jqwGO4ImpxB7GuPAswuVxjtJgHg2C2GvGeMbsHRviKOGcvY/s1600/4985242814_d534d3d06b_b.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 173px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRa8wv2UShEuu03pSuO2bARHdf0mDAMXIAX0Bn90EULFBhsZVeOOCQWvkvirOlRgV1a8Rfc4R35kplXSFXH9oV0jqwGO4ImpxB7GuPAswuVxjtJgHg2C2GvGeMbsHRviKOGcvY/s400/4985242814_d534d3d06b_b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516789650765417234" /></a><br /><blockquote>I have found a place,<br />deep within,<br />where art and healing connect.<br />When we trust in divine order,<br />and allow God's spirit to enter,<br />the miracle of transformation occurs.</blockquote><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Antoinette Ledzian</span>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-55641913526156637342010-09-13T23:56:00.001-04:002010-09-13T23:56:16.485-04:00his fragmented past flashes its love<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/4972013617/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/4972013617_0e748ff4da_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/4972013617/">his fragmented past flashes its love</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>"We are told to let our light shine,<br />and if it does,<br />we won't need to tell anybody it does.<br />Lighthouses don't fire cannons<br />to call attention to their shining<br />they just shine."<br />~ Dwight L. Moody ~</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-3066369113676163592010-07-05T21:49:00.007-04:002010-07-05T22:14:59.299-04:00it longed to see the sea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMifrWq2zDdtIo8NhmPx1pflr2-tmuEsHOYYjxVgA30OjCdGywKKsknW7lkTo4nhEBTRJK_C3VXNpAelYgIfUkeWIlZ1f9Sdgf2Zw1oxuhYEGb_o7uJfGH_GkJ2F7s1ALxQ9F/s1600/4765730581_d38c68ed91_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMifrWq2zDdtIo8NhmPx1pflr2-tmuEsHOYYjxVgA30OjCdGywKKsknW7lkTo4nhEBTRJK_C3VXNpAelYgIfUkeWIlZ1f9Sdgf2Zw1oxuhYEGb_o7uJfGH_GkJ2F7s1ALxQ9F/s400/4765730581_d38c68ed91_b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490606291334386866" /></a><br /><br />“To put meaning in one's life may end in madness,<br />But life without meaning is the torture<br />Of restlessness and vague desire--<br />It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.”<br />~ Edgar Lee Masters ~journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-67905829861309497972010-04-12T23:49:00.006-04:002010-04-13T00:07:52.275-04:00with spring sprang her hidden beauty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydOF8si3Fkx3lMBXeHBYq_wRxy4I3sFN6dozRtd359vrpOU9RNiGxF3PaFNrUgH3TF816__1HRyrjyPAewdZ1p2oEH8nr3JqLGYBcW2SVi-mGA5aKedRJOI_sTFABZzjP_Owe/s1600/4514657650_4fb49eb3d2_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydOF8si3Fkx3lMBXeHBYq_wRxy4I3sFN6dozRtd359vrpOU9RNiGxF3PaFNrUgH3TF816__1HRyrjyPAewdZ1p2oEH8nr3JqLGYBcW2SVi-mGA5aKedRJOI_sTFABZzjP_Owe/s400/4514657650_4fb49eb3d2_o.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459464747396732914" /></a><br /><br />“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” <br />~ Jalal ad-Din Rumi ~journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-29675156179993924042010-03-28T10:07:00.004-04:002010-04-12T23:08:36.326-04:00They were camouflaged by self-surprise!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xuWRM-92TKfEy3azmckDuevbXGV2OnenzU6Xfxkor0PJ5BIqMbAk1z0V99oF1aiEH1QglT-xkftQypzupFjATlQRK_yPNwZkuT4fUtm8UPUR-Rocs54VG4jysi_JTWE4UymF/s1600/4464134077_7f6b70f086_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xuWRM-92TKfEy3azmckDuevbXGV2OnenzU6Xfxkor0PJ5BIqMbAk1z0V99oF1aiEH1QglT-xkftQypzupFjATlQRK_yPNwZkuT4fUtm8UPUR-Rocs54VG4jysi_JTWE4UymF/s400/4464134077_7f6b70f086_o.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459453657242707090" /></a><br /><br /><br />Please visit my images on flickr which I really consider my up-to-date, photographic website! <br /><br />These words are so reflective of my artistic beliefs:<br /><br />"The Artist's Secret"<br /><br />"I don't understand ambition.<br />When you paint a picture and you have a definite aim in view,<br />I have the strange feeling that nothing much is going to come of it.<br />I don't understand definite goals, anyway,<br />toward anything.<br />One ought to be absolutely surprised of whatever finally happens,<br />almost against one's own aims.<br />The greatest singing birds generally stop in the midst<br />of the most daring trills and roulades,<br />cock their head sideways,<br />as if utterly amazed at the fabulous sounds they have just given off.<br />They are astonished by their own performance,<br />as if it had been perpetrated by someone else,<br />and this is, indeed,<br />the highest delight in life<br />TO DISCOVER<br />that you have capabilities that surprise even you.<br />So ambition seems like a little side alley.<br />an error in judgment, or a substitution of something trivial<br />for what ought to be your real goal,<br />SELF-SURPRISE!"<br />~ anon ~</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-20201658659660153942010-01-25T12:18:00.002-05:002010-04-12T23:13:09.447-04:00paint and lens interfaced quite wholeheartedly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifq82ygdRoD6j6kOXq9hJh3Kp3bqo7j-Fs15xu5Jj0hQ2EXPNG-GL3Qz_f_julQCpM9P3PnoyaK2-So6pyMgdYVIiBbdDRWt-AIoCj8ZgPl6pNuOiokdvk6uztxJTJSy4MLCa/s1600/4280548136_bf58f0e60f_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifq82ygdRoD6j6kOXq9hJh3Kp3bqo7j-Fs15xu5Jj0hQ2EXPNG-GL3Qz_f_julQCpM9P3PnoyaK2-So6pyMgdYVIiBbdDRWt-AIoCj8ZgPl6pNuOiokdvk6uztxJTJSy4MLCa/s400/4280548136_bf58f0e60f_o.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459454835593131394" /></a><br /><br /><br />This was a totally new experiment for me (no, not working out of the right side of my brain...that's pretty normal!).<br />I began painting on watercolor paper with gold, silver and copper acrylics.<br />Next I handed the piece to my husband who was sitting in front of our living room window with all the colored glass bottles and hanging prisms.<br />As our heart-shaped prism caught the sunlight, I shot with my camera.<br />I downloaded the image into photoshop and used many filters for various effects.<br />Finally I uploaded to flickr and played more in picnik because I love their fonts and mirrored image capabilities!<br />I took about 50 shots in front of the window, but loved the "face" that appeared in this image.<br />Enjoy ~ I sure did!<br /><br />“Who sees the human face correctly:<br />the photographer,<br />the mirror,<br />or the painter?”<br />“Are we to paint what's on the face,<br />what's inside the face, or what's behind it?”<br />~ Pablo Picasso ~<br /><br />“Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails<br />facing<br />difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well.<br />Sometimes your greatest asset<br />is simply your ability to stay with it<br />longer than anyone else.”<br />~ Brian Tracy ~<br /><br />“Spread love everywhere you go:<br />First of all in your own house ...<br />let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.<br />Be the living expression of God's kindness;<br />kindness in your face,<br />kindness in your eyes,<br />kindness in your smile,<br />kindness.”<br />~ Mother Teresa ~</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-41088925620922592042009-08-03T21:44:00.001-04:002009-08-03T21:44:16.656-04:00a soft, SUNshiney week was predicted<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/3784260585/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/3784260585_0c58868026.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/3784260585/">a soft, SUNshiney week was predicted</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a>.</span></div><p>visit me on flickr . . . an international, photographic blog!</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-11473319736652174892009-04-29T20:51:00.001-04:002009-04-29T21:18:51.364-04:00be glad today<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/3481317719/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3404/3481317719_126cbb1cc1_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/colorfulexpressions/">colorfulexpressions</a></span></div>"Nothing is worth more than this day." ~Goethe~<br clear="all" />journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-22387277706403452452009-04-29T11:39:00.000-04:002009-04-29T11:42:40.499-04:00She Strolled Beside the Evening Sea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlSAhzB7yGsrURxkkd_mOv9WwMJD6KHvud6jdhyphenhyphengAGCNHPX7i7kdqOY75UE0QfFta8Dk59r77Qusmlr7oyxIdB9LekBbZii6H2yBF9P8AyO9cYLpqBH_QjODOp5OCm36EHnsi/s1600-h/NAPATREE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlSAhzB7yGsrURxkkd_mOv9WwMJD6KHvud6jdhyphenhyphengAGCNHPX7i7kdqOY75UE0QfFta8Dk59r77Qusmlr7oyxIdB9LekBbZii6H2yBF9P8AyO9cYLpqBH_QjODOp5OCm36EHnsi/s400/NAPATREE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330138519343346898" /></a>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-57233931322679729172009-04-08T22:19:00.000-04:002009-04-08T22:26:42.296-04:00she cherished the oddities of creation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRswldJuP6jdB-VAEhryvNs7-2ao2M9XLaCu-Z1QDrSHtH1d23fTWn55GeTaktk7s6g5a8O3agU3UI4xhnjUoZhVje7EOOWIuNsuj3EP1F-uKX1vAoMsbW_LdDl9iBFpNeF1h1/s1600-h/paperweave.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRswldJuP6jdB-VAEhryvNs7-2ao2M9XLaCu-Z1QDrSHtH1d23fTWn55GeTaktk7s6g5a8O3agU3UI4xhnjUoZhVje7EOOWIuNsuj3EP1F-uKX1vAoMsbW_LdDl9iBFpNeF1h1/s400/paperweave.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322512184782688434" /></a><br />“Who wants to become a writer? <br />And why? <br />Because it's the answer to everything. <br />To ''Why am I here?'' <br />To uselessness. <br />It's the streaming reason for living. <br />To note, <br />to pin down, <br />to build up, <br />to create, <br />to be astonished at nothing, <br />to cherish the oddities, <br />to let nothing go down the drain, <br />to make something, <br />to make a great flower out of life,<br />even if it's a cactus.” <br />~ Enid Bagnold ~<br /><br />“What pursuit is more elegant than that of collecting the ignominies of our nature and transfixing them for show, each on the bright pin of a polished phrase?” <br />~ Logan Pearsall Smith ~<br /><br />note: much to my amazement, after completing this piece with gold threads and one strand of burlap, I came across this quotation!<br /><br />“Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.” ~ anon ~journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-32305898659128193822009-03-19T22:06:00.001-04:002009-03-20T21:50:21.264-04:00YOU are your own WORK OF ART!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghgZopZF9grU3sdE4EmrguiG1rasiUAEUXwY5M9eQV0LMFYv4Vw_oxbhag5BBMo08UU03NO9VPd3CicF1d69MOA4lMfQ6U1y1K7gfDA7hh-2nNxIYrZi_lgkvkRDusrpDo2Yos/s1600-h/ABCBLOGblack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghgZopZF9grU3sdE4EmrguiG1rasiUAEUXwY5M9eQV0LMFYv4Vw_oxbhag5BBMo08UU03NO9VPd3CicF1d69MOA4lMfQ6U1y1K7gfDA7hh-2nNxIYrZi_lgkvkRDusrpDo2Yos/s400/ABCBLOGblack.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315091919210518098" /></a><br /><br />Please take a few minutes to click on the title to visit our Art Bound Camp sessions from previous years. After our 10th year anniversary, we skipped two years while The Journal Lady® was renovating AND writing her first children's book,<a href="http://thecatwholostitsmeow.com"></a><span style="font-style:italic;">"The Cat Who Lost Its meOW."</span> <br />We're ready to return to our very popular summer camp! Weekly sessions are limited in size to ensure individual attention.journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-12656999853295919842008-10-19T15:03:00.000-04:002008-10-21T18:03:09.376-04:00the Cat who lost its meOW<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDbQMJWxiDV7KzWV-sBGyWQvFdzA-dJkBHX3PKNRUVGAZqZjlfOXvHVr9vqkfHv932lRXl_fatrOO6Bs7R-BYvLFT8ECNAtXhfDKHrlKcexGRjEo3HpJ9LZnOhojTTQa7sFWg/s1600-h/MilkforcatMOO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDbQMJWxiDV7KzWV-sBGyWQvFdzA-dJkBHX3PKNRUVGAZqZjlfOXvHVr9vqkfHv932lRXl_fatrOO6Bs7R-BYvLFT8ECNAtXhfDKHrlKcexGRjEo3HpJ9LZnOhojTTQa7sFWg/s320/MilkforcatMOO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259731096336751730" /></a><br />Our newly published book is now for sale! Click title for a review and ordering options!</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-73316127052638294822008-10-11T12:30:00.000-04:002008-10-11T12:49:12.351-04:00She painted memories of the sea<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorfulexpressions/2921668047/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2921668047_b332377af0_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/colorfulexpressions/"></a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Hear Ye Hear Ye!<br />Our NEW Book and Website are ABOUT to become available to the world!<br />The books are being bound now! As soon as they are in our hands, <br />we will release the Website for ordering details!</p>journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15710425.post-74150814585843150572008-09-14T12:49:00.000-04:002008-10-11T12:42:59.585-04:00Publishing Pending : Partial Proceeds to PROTECT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKq7yHfs365Oc7OeIzGmcr2otabE3bTQPi-zS2Kp_CaTuA5sauCT8HruX3OXXUFX-1U75X4RN9W06RmDlBHOJ2E_DRgnSeJ2GguT9S-0nf11_mjh4PotJK7Eo-b7MCzkMhSCXj/s1600-h/meowcover1000pix.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKq7yHfs365Oc7OeIzGmcr2otabE3bTQPi-zS2Kp_CaTuA5sauCT8HruX3OXXUFX-1U75X4RN9W06RmDlBHOJ2E_DRgnSeJ2GguT9S-0nf11_mjh4PotJK7Eo-b7MCzkMhSCXj/s320/meowcover1000pix.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255937453759526114" /></a><br /><br />The excitement builds as our first children's book is about to be published. Stay tuned!<br /><br />Partial proceeds from meOW will benefit the PROTECT National Association, which appears in a unique way throughout our story (click on PROTECT above to learn more about this critically important child-protection organization). <br /><br />PROTECT is to be featured on Oprah Winfrey September 15, 2008.journalady®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03130309437024948614noreply@blogger.com0