tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49663377088033950982024-03-13T23:01:43.429-04:00PRAISE PATCH PRODUCTIONSWELCOME TO MY THINKING, SHARING PLACE. THIS IS ABOUT WHO I AM, WHAT I DO, AND SOME OF MY CREATIVE PROJECTS. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE ART, PHOTO's, MY POETRY and IDEAS. THANKS FOR VISITING. BLESSINGS!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger929125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-59487422388528798942023-06-05T13:43:00.000-04:002023-06-05T13:43:16.938-04:00More Spring Flowers<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love Spring flowers. Can't wait until</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">my GIANT SUNFLOWERS</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">blossom! (Just planted seeds-</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">in for a long wait...)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnwYxswRoEUgmF3PiyLMzwRt-fpiL-MOsIK7_6wG-5baBD1X2imIrn73xIwm8MlQrm4_72SpJRQMZnwYi_sJ4FYqqa0M3JsamG2P2SvlN5L7PHJYNyXFzbgxyQAfi4iGq5PRevtITnNIjEHicJK6MvjnoSj3aJ_W1Uw1_iiFZDNVM5YNP5U2uZ1IH4Q/s2003/Iris%202023a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="1697" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnwYxswRoEUgmF3PiyLMzwRt-fpiL-MOsIK7_6wG-5baBD1X2imIrn73xIwm8MlQrm4_72SpJRQMZnwYi_sJ4FYqqa0M3JsamG2P2SvlN5L7PHJYNyXFzbgxyQAfi4iGq5PRevtITnNIjEHicJK6MvjnoSj3aJ_W1Uw1_iiFZDNVM5YNP5U2uZ1IH4Q/s320/Iris%202023a.JPG" width="271" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PURPLE IRIS</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAa-2OFeBjUCnIlN5qQ6dGbAWgwFvumTxxMbAUh1Dx6qRB6svcyon24bZRSbBZvph9lgvY0z3FKkCuqNifNXYB65CUMTL7hM0aofaGYx9-EZignn_vXPXfcmPofQhOJh44vhoSLW5-XtiiqoeysI7Xw2dtZq1x7oN-AMgxsXtcup9Ad_LDDGLJDepWPA/s2547/BLeeding%20Hearts%202023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="1453" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAa-2OFeBjUCnIlN5qQ6dGbAWgwFvumTxxMbAUh1Dx6qRB6svcyon24bZRSbBZvph9lgvY0z3FKkCuqNifNXYB65CUMTL7hM0aofaGYx9-EZignn_vXPXfcmPofQhOJh44vhoSLW5-XtiiqoeysI7Xw2dtZq1x7oN-AMgxsXtcup9Ad_LDDGLJDepWPA/s320/BLeeding%20Hearts%202023.JPG" width="183" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">BLEEDING HEARTS</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ICuD0BJ3RTTWko8cVFKFqSPnogVeUYZzd0lTqB6P77LJNmF-fDVTnzovXw08XwiXShRI-pVzi5fFg2tPgAT07f4Nte5TX_dJPjR_0Y1fyezuNzA7V1RRZD5WchBlX3uuzL30QhD4848TYuMOwsW9QIjsyPCmjDCLNS2p2yOStqJ9cqmV2mYlFogSUA/s2112/Lupine%202023b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="1781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ICuD0BJ3RTTWko8cVFKFqSPnogVeUYZzd0lTqB6P77LJNmF-fDVTnzovXw08XwiXShRI-pVzi5fFg2tPgAT07f4Nte5TX_dJPjR_0Y1fyezuNzA7V1RRZD5WchBlX3uuzL30QhD4848TYuMOwsW9QIjsyPCmjDCLNS2p2yOStqJ9cqmV2mYlFogSUA/s320/Lupine%202023b.JPG" width="270" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">LUPINE</p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-74215625332499104612023-05-14T20:49:00.000-04:002023-05-14T20:49:17.597-04:00Crab Apple Delight<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3O78p4CG4DZ1yHfUbCn-SosibNQS8_XGIQ4vCFGZUqnjvl7uijTSfT_c2E4LWI9TSREThZyULBGCeCsCr2k6gFQUgrudo9tzB_NVjeRv0xb3KDvJ9ukvWInPeVUceNFoj-ZfZ8ZKVHMNkpVIrgyVEPBtQ9lIT7q1z_8QuloIKa-lhqLQ2du1gMUyBA/s2816/DSC05585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3O78p4CG4DZ1yHfUbCn-SosibNQS8_XGIQ4vCFGZUqnjvl7uijTSfT_c2E4LWI9TSREThZyULBGCeCsCr2k6gFQUgrudo9tzB_NVjeRv0xb3KDvJ9ukvWInPeVUceNFoj-ZfZ8ZKVHMNkpVIrgyVEPBtQ9lIT7q1z_8QuloIKa-lhqLQ2du1gMUyBA/w400-h300/DSC05585.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Crab Apple Tree is generous </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">with its gorgeous blossoms this year.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkL--JqgLheLfx9gXuWe7lLz4qPgb49LQdHFJWyI5U5LQtFnDIHsIcndgBOQx-Lcn5Q6KKyhEXFuEvWu2J-RLDU4JvpoBTwfSRtwZQXuuxabAXOjMuSjrizk9v1AZUal4yxWy9WoHOSQc30Wrl075hR9avEwLyygiXo7V3AjWn1hMPz-1gsdCH57EvKw/s2816/DSC05587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkL--JqgLheLfx9gXuWe7lLz4qPgb49LQdHFJWyI5U5LQtFnDIHsIcndgBOQx-Lcn5Q6KKyhEXFuEvWu2J-RLDU4JvpoBTwfSRtwZQXuuxabAXOjMuSjrizk9v1AZUal4yxWy9WoHOSQc30Wrl075hR9avEwLyygiXo7V3AjWn1hMPz-1gsdCH57EvKw/w400-h300/DSC05587.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I can't stop gazing at it </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and wishing the flowers would last longer.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOK9mBNjK-IUOBOvYKtW0vMfvLJzaecfFfx70yLX-qZ8oldnaDH4gtee-CafIgTKieeHsUUOZfgdRh__zTFo7fm3XhYK3C3aoTV0zY-f_YJ1VspNcbgGJH1XwQ3AJbd9PpNdeESJ4eytsQ-XDPUQMReun2Sq1VnEJO27Y9nN_N-uMH5pe_VFMrZpcuVg/s2268/DSC05591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="2268" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOK9mBNjK-IUOBOvYKtW0vMfvLJzaecfFfx70yLX-qZ8oldnaDH4gtee-CafIgTKieeHsUUOZfgdRh__zTFo7fm3XhYK3C3aoTV0zY-f_YJ1VspNcbgGJH1XwQ3AJbd9PpNdeESJ4eytsQ-XDPUQMReun2Sq1VnEJO27Y9nN_N-uMH5pe_VFMrZpcuVg/w400-h272/DSC05591.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Dusk pictures with flash</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-34408831518888359912023-04-01T19:11:00.003-04:002023-04-01T19:11:38.503-04:00Spring's First Crocus<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBnq2pQ-eoOjAW5RuWh8PWswoe7oqASzW0jGAJei3tzP3moz6NsaYDC5xbi8KjPsq8fs2vKGv6kIKBbeSOmwwS53xzQz9AvNK-xLqZGqZ2bGSLY0CHUR5JsEEq-KXu-1ugMPbTkA6Y07VJWg6g0ZSKQ7zSgTA5eM0jmf2IHCVIy-7sNEnsq_m8FOmdA/s1859/1st%20SPRIING%20Crocus%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="1859" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBnq2pQ-eoOjAW5RuWh8PWswoe7oqASzW0jGAJei3tzP3moz6NsaYDC5xbi8KjPsq8fs2vKGv6kIKBbeSOmwwS53xzQz9AvNK-xLqZGqZ2bGSLY0CHUR5JsEEq-KXu-1ugMPbTkA6Y07VJWg6g0ZSKQ7zSgTA5eM0jmf2IHCVIy-7sNEnsq_m8FOmdA/w400-h399/1st%20SPRIING%20Crocus%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjc8BPTaUBIVkNAUYpit_eT9DblL8vvnw4CUhJAdu27IGusSWr2m0bTrU0tfDLAUsEKP3pSIfmpZvfXoKAONWm-wZrBWjFXeOHcYWzlfgZUnEioo61_eNiJcyn6pIbMZ9eolzuIA4I2KSeCuIFlzcZcdbxvpdVsyYdceGG0d44Mnme6sdHhHiSvocVow/s1851/1st%20Spring%20Crocus%201%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="1851" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjc8BPTaUBIVkNAUYpit_eT9DblL8vvnw4CUhJAdu27IGusSWr2m0bTrU0tfDLAUsEKP3pSIfmpZvfXoKAONWm-wZrBWjFXeOHcYWzlfgZUnEioo61_eNiJcyn6pIbMZ9eolzuIA4I2KSeCuIFlzcZcdbxvpdVsyYdceGG0d44Mnme6sdHhHiSvocVow/w400-h343/1st%20Spring%20Crocus%201%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This beauty, with or without bug, was a bright spot today in the wintered-over garden.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And of course, here comes some more snow tonight...</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-42923294864702188732023-03-25T12:48:00.002-04:002023-03-25T12:50:07.797-04:00WEATHER or NOT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xpTwBsMR9gF9hIdpQWG5gFIxhKih9f2PU7gU-ZBqUuxA_HMwGk42gzDZBYO6ZjicWmFxfUNbOYUrX0qf_93aU9OI5t_QCZflkEHEO2BsQuRtdi0l-jCG9r5dkpdwGVTYI7l52ZKQOyfwaW2D9Woh_Jdze2st7_SPk_VE9SZa06HnU1GlurqLIMxJUA/s2816/Storm%20brewing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xpTwBsMR9gF9hIdpQWG5gFIxhKih9f2PU7gU-ZBqUuxA_HMwGk42gzDZBYO6ZjicWmFxfUNbOYUrX0qf_93aU9OI5t_QCZflkEHEO2BsQuRtdi0l-jCG9r5dkpdwGVTYI7l52ZKQOyfwaW2D9Woh_Jdze2st7_SPk_VE9SZa06HnU1GlurqLIMxJUA/w400-h300/Storm%20brewing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">High winds today- Prayers going up for the people in Mississippi...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WmjK9HBxVwFhdm8Mdul0t1aQWs_OLCGgGa1SU6jj7UEjTVXqkXawGDfk4xLjqUJlJoJ2JXC-D1d5SoHePfNTrzgfznwVKlqM2XFxukU_iaE7ad_pkz0O-Wf-2dMh60DkvSKwODPP9bN7j46tB29kajk9JXKN2hTJqW3pHUH4Z9GHyUVjGYmtU8ZxMA/s2605/Snowy%20Trees%20b%20%20March%202023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2605" data-original-width="2001" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WmjK9HBxVwFhdm8Mdul0t1aQWs_OLCGgGa1SU6jj7UEjTVXqkXawGDfk4xLjqUJlJoJ2JXC-D1d5SoHePfNTrzgfznwVKlqM2XFxukU_iaE7ad_pkz0O-Wf-2dMh60DkvSKwODPP9bN7j46tB29kajk9JXKN2hTJqW3pHUH4Z9GHyUVjGYmtU8ZxMA/w308-h400/Snowy%20Trees%20b%20%20March%202023.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These critters decided to get their snacks at the bird feeder. I'm doing what I can to discourage their foraging tendencies without having to take down the feeders.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfybNyAAxes3tbtxeoWZRjONDsHPhmAXyCsWQ1_Vu-t4Lro7YANBcklxJK0eCCkeLi0LyyGOhZI-mXPxNfPsBO9fqLLpeZRaHH5uWhFmHgF2u05xvjJaUHPqpntX9yXMVfnPcdsLZ5j2QJTKfUpQmHo6jVPchZ7X71bkE7DldJ37RO1eO_puCI4CZUyg/s1665/DEER%202023%201%20of%203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1665" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfybNyAAxes3tbtxeoWZRjONDsHPhmAXyCsWQ1_Vu-t4Lro7YANBcklxJK0eCCkeLi0LyyGOhZI-mXPxNfPsBO9fqLLpeZRaHH5uWhFmHgF2u05xvjJaUHPqpntX9yXMVfnPcdsLZ5j2QJTKfUpQmHo6jVPchZ7X71bkE7DldJ37RO1eO_puCI4CZUyg/w400-h274/DEER%202023%201%20of%203.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RLvfqI5iMdlMk4BfPG9HtCckfV-SfiX_3UvxuVulJfUEMaEjTmGqfICSYSwRiDmzgi72L_VNlWDIgdl2xkEarjesvKcVAIv4kbZHwosptz-QdW7XTsffY7cdzHS2hVtJgXN50c8v80cBVvexIsbnFiM19tDtK4ZliTay8zWg3RobEyO1Qs2M0uKrog/s2140/DEER%202023%203%20of%203%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="2140" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RLvfqI5iMdlMk4BfPG9HtCckfV-SfiX_3UvxuVulJfUEMaEjTmGqfICSYSwRiDmzgi72L_VNlWDIgdl2xkEarjesvKcVAIv4kbZHwosptz-QdW7XTsffY7cdzHS2hVtJgXN50c8v80cBVvexIsbnFiM19tDtK4ZliTay8zWg3RobEyO1Qs2M0uKrog/w400-h280/DEER%202023%203%20of%203%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-43944074824352885062023-03-23T19:07:00.001-04:002023-03-25T12:49:36.316-04:00SNOW PATTERNS<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-wBXcOg9h9hORh7XxiRgPeCVwOlFNm7EYDAirdXxG_F35QwfbnnnNUVMUzZs4iM0cI-pd9A-1_UY_8OCpI1KXCQKyKQb28t2l-km-Buy0VSXI9_s1TqHbP5XFD8Rj6t1yGcIS2lDUt2aojtHieJ73-F7rn8tv_d9hmcdzradximPqsL8Yc_qQJ6dQw/s2816/Blue%20Snow%20Shadows%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-wBXcOg9h9hORh7XxiRgPeCVwOlFNm7EYDAirdXxG_F35QwfbnnnNUVMUzZs4iM0cI-pd9A-1_UY_8OCpI1KXCQKyKQb28t2l-km-Buy0VSXI9_s1TqHbP5XFD8Rj6t1yGcIS2lDUt2aojtHieJ73-F7rn8tv_d9hmcdzradximPqsL8Yc_qQJ6dQw/w400-h300/Blue%20Snow%20Shadows%202.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This picture was taken in the afternoon when tree shadows stretched out across a snow-covered hill. They reminded me of strands of blue hair.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys40DlUxDlk9MIlgrd75jkGj9iDj2Ox9ZjiUhWiBCdAFk9UhPG_3lwyTzkaVmntgNhX8mtFw52vG0m-yu9DswJWn-P7iMJUl2ox0_ceHgaBgh8lMRUo21sYjCm8-TaOQdtnijLW0DgCKxpvbSQK65UOlS3DqeqVybSKhs0KRPyUT_uQn9nRPyxxu-Iw/s1665/DEER%202023%201%20of%203.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1665" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys40DlUxDlk9MIlgrd75jkGj9iDj2Ox9ZjiUhWiBCdAFk9UhPG_3lwyTzkaVmntgNhX8mtFw52vG0m-yu9DswJWn-P7iMJUl2ox0_ceHgaBgh8lMRUo21sYjCm8-TaOQdtnijLW0DgCKxpvbSQK65UOlS3DqeqVybSKhs0KRPyUT_uQn9nRPyxxu-Iw/w400-h274/DEER%202023%201%20of%203.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are some critters that came to the bird feeders at night. I'm doing my best to discourage their foraging attempts without taking down the feeders.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TW0eO7N9N_c9NtOBCU_tjgjj8Bk0lY_T7pCkmFrUysrTCmvN4xi8QLpSuIWd7TA1Nd-KUGUQAk3qwQ3pOJh0AcW8g5vo-lSqtp2oYQjkd6igCSQpKg-PQdF89-1O82ZmV77QMlpTdT9q84JCUwcUW7szn_izlnfy4IC9PhTm9S3JqdZd9ejHZ_nmWQ/s2140/DEER%202023%203%20of%203%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="2140" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TW0eO7N9N_c9NtOBCU_tjgjj8Bk0lY_T7pCkmFrUysrTCmvN4xi8QLpSuIWd7TA1Nd-KUGUQAk3qwQ3pOJh0AcW8g5vo-lSqtp2oYQjkd6igCSQpKg-PQdF89-1O82ZmV77QMlpTdT9q84JCUwcUW7szn_izlnfy4IC9PhTm9S3JqdZd9ejHZ_nmWQ/w400-h280/DEER%202023%203%20of%203%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-18774510709743827852023-01-05T16:03:00.001-05:002023-01-05T16:03:40.696-05:00Can't Get Enough of Those ARTISTS' TRADING CARDS :)<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This afternoon's art session was quite productive:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVmYC4HlpvhjIs0N5K3tTp-NV6cSzO3cRBgsOTeLnjDMizYA_-XlrdmS_jgxeuv8FYxsZGAQ0KlDzgOwPxt6Ooc8SSbHCCjw4bMoCSntfQyH-dl4U1F4uhlVXuZi7eOmNp4aMEp7v25xwZ6fS8o8YOn_ZjK1bNdzlgjJPisTR5vtaDjnlSv06yvWWXw/s2448/Honi%20ATCs%20Jan%202023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="2448" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVmYC4HlpvhjIs0N5K3tTp-NV6cSzO3cRBgsOTeLnjDMizYA_-XlrdmS_jgxeuv8FYxsZGAQ0KlDzgOwPxt6Ooc8SSbHCCjw4bMoCSntfQyH-dl4U1F4uhlVXuZi7eOmNp4aMEp7v25xwZ6fS8o8YOn_ZjK1bNdzlgjJPisTR5vtaDjnlSv06yvWWXw/w400-h119/Honi%20ATCs%20Jan%202023.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun with embellishments!!!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-30583305466989691252022-12-30T19:21:00.000-05:002022-12-30T19:21:21.894-05:00Fun With Four by Four's<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YiT3de53TqcWjMAxgMvItCFdBIwZSUiw6Dwt_dWaDN9LVDNUBkB4Bg0Bvo6hOP_2mFfhnc2_DQftXetuVJjO3PzMEUZCj1z3IDI7HrxDlpIzx5ORWg2j1zsNgDPtKFU70hMm_UVVcLH5jbNkQ8ZA4AEjeA1PsEy-VYm6miARdnsFPZsGd9Sk0WbJ2g/s1551/Honi%204%20inch%20pages%20Group%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="1551" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YiT3de53TqcWjMAxgMvItCFdBIwZSUiw6Dwt_dWaDN9LVDNUBkB4Bg0Bvo6hOP_2mFfhnc2_DQftXetuVJjO3PzMEUZCj1z3IDI7HrxDlpIzx5ORWg2j1zsNgDPtKFU70hMm_UVVcLH5jbNkQ8ZA4AEjeA1PsEy-VYm6miARdnsFPZsGd9Sk0WbJ2g/w400-h196/Honi%204%20inch%20pages%20Group%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are twenty 4-inch square collaged pages made up from one full-sized sheet of Poster Board. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">First I covered it with two acrylic paint colors: turquoise and pink. Then I added rubber stamped images. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">After cutting the full sheet into 4" squares, I added some collage. So much fun, so easy to do! The pages can stand alone, be made into a booklet or be made into note cards.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlQne87WPgEpOlFKsU6nPVxBpSwpEqK_SW919QYinBokd9JVoQKMeIqgnCO7n5nveWgUwkVyxb2LZOEaAAEAqVGVgBbmPxV-Y-5coYWYSkWBZlLFP3yQKhdHXp7I-CoDnzdl8xtZRYLnKvWRqdzaGsBmY_A3iJ63UB7Jr74gvNmSFTFAza9De6jxkpg/s1739/Honi%204%20inch%20pages%20Group%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="1661" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlQne87WPgEpOlFKsU6nPVxBpSwpEqK_SW919QYinBokd9JVoQKMeIqgnCO7n5nveWgUwkVyxb2LZOEaAAEAqVGVgBbmPxV-Y-5coYWYSkWBZlLFP3yQKhdHXp7I-CoDnzdl8xtZRYLnKvWRqdzaGsBmY_A3iJ63UB7Jr74gvNmSFTFAza9De6jxkpg/w383-h400/Honi%204%20inch%20pages%20Group%202.jpg" width="383" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGIZ2OLzpI3ar2aUQ77NVHN-7zqHoynr9j4PgZhSh6Y2OkmB5Ob4m2c3vgn-PFO4lZn1wiy75hcUh-ZtkvN6fKd1QKrgvgi1Z76YwlTsC3tILswFJGIOubuM1r1EY597jxBuA_hcZ0qktiaTGjpLUB-1WAW1rWWqNIELdQIfvWrf2FOTtYGK55XoWoQ/s1856/Honi%204%20inch%20pages%20Group%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1810" data-original-width="1856" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGIZ2OLzpI3ar2aUQ77NVHN-7zqHoynr9j4PgZhSh6Y2OkmB5Ob4m2c3vgn-PFO4lZn1wiy75hcUh-ZtkvN6fKd1QKrgvgi1Z76YwlTsC3tILswFJGIOubuM1r1EY597jxBuA_hcZ0qktiaTGjpLUB-1WAW1rWWqNIELdQIfvWrf2FOTtYGK55XoWoQ/w400-h390/Honi%204%20inch%20pages%20Group%201.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-32308464600753009452022-12-25T18:27:00.003-05:002022-12-26T18:39:41.161-05:00Not A Creature Was Stirring except for...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFTgITKavHQ2zthBR679aDGIga5W-PK9-6NhUBC-CehA5gO76eFePcs7EbsONcPHy_l-prWWeXSUtrgsP7pxqBkxJzSKjk4y2bxefODB3YyZ_Y551hpxnWUsqCCUOgh0lG_NoYsuv8Huvip_CNfoKr1o5Iue0b35Uq7oNEF1hQBx2PTNgp06zSyQWkw/s518/AMISH%20BUGGY%20CHRISTMAS%202022%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="389" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFTgITKavHQ2zthBR679aDGIga5W-PK9-6NhUBC-CehA5gO76eFePcs7EbsONcPHy_l-prWWeXSUtrgsP7pxqBkxJzSKjk4y2bxefODB3YyZ_Y551hpxnWUsqCCUOgh0lG_NoYsuv8Huvip_CNfoKr1o5Iue0b35Uq7oNEF1hQBx2PTNgp06zSyQWkw/w300-h400/AMISH%20BUGGY%20CHRISTMAS%202022%20a.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dec. 25, 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today the highway was a white snowy path with ruts where the few cars dared to drive. But- along came a buggy, and I'm guessing the horse had better traction than the cars.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-9516960267559756052022-12-16T21:02:00.001-05:002022-12-16T21:02:44.593-05:00STRIPS of COLOR<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Almost Christmas. Almost the end of this year and the beginning of the New one.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some collages I made with trimmings from photo's I took at a quilt show. I used some photo matt scraps for backgrounds, and this is what I ended up with:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZQY7mRhRN82-rRQRatNGA3bmU-xTOI4opQNXTivCru7ShCmQieMCN8mEL_oYQ16-kCIQFeqnmKDfOoePFE92zqK_JVtBsNplqRpXiI4VxWTtg0F_qHQlBBnzcjulPQNQ9FDrMopQTzPIgsTLhQaj13A8g736joRZR8XGKNhvbwpGLNQfYymiQ4rJtA/s1746/Strips%201%20of%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1746" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZQY7mRhRN82-rRQRatNGA3bmU-xTOI4opQNXTivCru7ShCmQieMCN8mEL_oYQ16-kCIQFeqnmKDfOoePFE92zqK_JVtBsNplqRpXiI4VxWTtg0F_qHQlBBnzcjulPQNQ9FDrMopQTzPIgsTLhQaj13A8g736joRZR8XGKNhvbwpGLNQfYymiQ4rJtA/w400-h154/Strips%201%20of%205.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1ujQmTKpD9ZlfAHWw_gFXpwrHPtmk_CoDTClWFL6dOKkilDtdFnZnBK9jm0Pm5czJROogYXi6E2wtKtnPbov2_Ot-Tgr4XYIpNHht_zA8hepf2b_E-XKVmry4sTpkRD8xYghOTGpzAblGrrUcYQW105cP3NDTpdPFCzJ78pmHWcSjx40dgTEHsYaYA/s1559/Strips%202%20of%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1559" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1ujQmTKpD9ZlfAHWw_gFXpwrHPtmk_CoDTClWFL6dOKkilDtdFnZnBK9jm0Pm5czJROogYXi6E2wtKtnPbov2_Ot-Tgr4XYIpNHht_zA8hepf2b_E-XKVmry4sTpkRD8xYghOTGpzAblGrrUcYQW105cP3NDTpdPFCzJ78pmHWcSjx40dgTEHsYaYA/w400-h173/Strips%202%20of%205.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IFeZyCJaGdCbBvW5qG6McgmFMj6P0HUnMysXokcoYwPvQHOYWZdSJcolc0vwoxUY_PQ5mhQopMRU8SyHBALBWYCfzk_axr1Hc-IB1FPCgGJ7y7aFeR_mbXv6eV53ptGEkmuCTB23zI7xRmd-kxgzuBS_xMqQ9V-rIy8hnU7tynk_MeYluI-wU5XcVg/s1741/Strips%203%20of%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1741" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IFeZyCJaGdCbBvW5qG6McgmFMj6P0HUnMysXokcoYwPvQHOYWZdSJcolc0vwoxUY_PQ5mhQopMRU8SyHBALBWYCfzk_axr1Hc-IB1FPCgGJ7y7aFeR_mbXv6eV53ptGEkmuCTB23zI7xRmd-kxgzuBS_xMqQ9V-rIy8hnU7tynk_MeYluI-wU5XcVg/w400-h158/Strips%203%20of%205.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWEMLxYgCPE7CZD32dLIjH1gSTP4nMJ7CsqRWoe32Idb3XNClQQ7n7Klhn2IGSUHngjigfcpMoogJ9kw0-b5RloySh-rWOHokwDdlh8QmaRYXpuo770fcB4LOr7OyKvXe4UA_3RQP84kKPzCqsTzI2jCa4Nlxh-j5p97NUyJ0uAGwWq9oxI1wDqRLxQ/s1354/Strips%204%20of%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1354" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWEMLxYgCPE7CZD32dLIjH1gSTP4nMJ7CsqRWoe32Idb3XNClQQ7n7Klhn2IGSUHngjigfcpMoogJ9kw0-b5RloySh-rWOHokwDdlh8QmaRYXpuo770fcB4LOr7OyKvXe4UA_3RQP84kKPzCqsTzI2jCa4Nlxh-j5p97NUyJ0uAGwWq9oxI1wDqRLxQ/w400-h223/Strips%204%20of%205.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdpegDApuTo7yKLjIRqeIUxGB7m3f4sEkgo-Eip2t0b6gdWmy8dtQqArvrchKGwgWb04EovP5XhSComOT1sUA9tQeXxyu1m7aGPhZpR-hrq5oEs7qe1LfdmKoM2xWJEN-CM92K31bDvBg6-D9sCqg0ZYMDb2wI6mjO5XLdy1SqpGCyJOKWZW7KIToTg/s1576/Strips%205a%20of%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1576" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdpegDApuTo7yKLjIRqeIUxGB7m3f4sEkgo-Eip2t0b6gdWmy8dtQqArvrchKGwgWb04EovP5XhSComOT1sUA9tQeXxyu1m7aGPhZpR-hrq5oEs7qe1LfdmKoM2xWJEN-CM92K31bDvBg6-D9sCqg0ZYMDb2wI6mjO5XLdy1SqpGCyJOKWZW7KIToTg/w400-h193/Strips%205a%20of%205.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The colorful parts are glimpses of the high ceiling in the large gymnasium where a wonderful quilt show was being exhibited. The lighting so high above created unexpected results.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-90069969626286925702022-12-01T19:29:00.002-05:002022-12-01T21:53:26.219-05:00Time for Purple art<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_2wdhgm595ZQNvkjJqblTlD2TsLeTBUYFipaNv7zDXWiXEfWKbw0L-c43GNr7InvLxZiW4Zwp3zEhkY2YF5rJRxVkjnmcA9wo7PJ7Ar6AbX0lU_oZU8WA55U1Y7wUt2umfZ_A-4HOe-V6kKk2yWTQaSds1vLmhZu6zQvMPrrjBnx2oRghbqmiRK5yA/s1670/DSC04244.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1670" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_2wdhgm595ZQNvkjJqblTlD2TsLeTBUYFipaNv7zDXWiXEfWKbw0L-c43GNr7InvLxZiW4Zwp3zEhkY2YF5rJRxVkjnmcA9wo7PJ7Ar6AbX0lU_oZU8WA55U1Y7wUt2umfZ_A-4HOe-V6kKk2yWTQaSds1vLmhZu6zQvMPrrjBnx2oRghbqmiRK5yA/w400-h276/DSC04244.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">I hardly ever make purple art. The backgrounds were made months ago (I think it was with ink) and I set them aside. But these three pieces are finally finished.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMe2iPFBdDiYSHob50vosIsPJd08l5Yz1QEkz8BrRPEETB8vAW_tfnsBv-EOvyfda3sJ_UQ91K3QqLEhnzpjZM4kKtqSj2xWIp37fBMEUQpUXFwHQJ-vNrCZH0sqDkkTQyfWFOuZfYXuRSy8uZMtzNuUKKy96tOqO16dCL3iL7ei9RZlXhUCjNDx2Mfg/s1701/DSC04245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1701" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMe2iPFBdDiYSHob50vosIsPJd08l5Yz1QEkz8BrRPEETB8vAW_tfnsBv-EOvyfda3sJ_UQ91K3QqLEhnzpjZM4kKtqSj2xWIp37fBMEUQpUXFwHQJ-vNrCZH0sqDkkTQyfWFOuZfYXuRSy8uZMtzNuUKKy96tOqO16dCL3iL7ei9RZlXhUCjNDx2Mfg/w400-h280/DSC04245.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5Odwg6z5S3bj6HwNuV5pUHBJZCWZ3SSudmI9nnVmWL--FioQHikhRZrhdVRlPFStE6sWtL7LT7DK6Rde1kVVulYpa_mqZ7gujoPRUt0Wc5tV3XApbhVWu6XNVUWAKQ47xSzLEfZ6BRcRzJglaHw6m88IrU6nY2vm3FQl-qhbKplAsIZW8C3PkOMgBg/s1653/DSC04246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1653" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5Odwg6z5S3bj6HwNuV5pUHBJZCWZ3SSudmI9nnVmWL--FioQHikhRZrhdVRlPFStE6sWtL7LT7DK6Rde1kVVulYpa_mqZ7gujoPRUt0Wc5tV3XApbhVWu6XNVUWAKQ47xSzLEfZ6BRcRzJglaHw6m88IrU6nY2vm3FQl-qhbKplAsIZW8C3PkOMgBg/w400-h280/DSC04246.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-283645757896051502022-10-27T13:09:00.001-04:002022-10-27T13:09:53.694-04:00ID this flower????<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfQVO8UEuSZtjfzQVwuRCe4t9p0Dc3WmhMkU-rA4bLz0mTy-nxw82jSFeHoZOAFGzP8QJ8v2TplXqrUVTG1_zdytXISID2nGFiQenjE8tYh2sNOeBhza5QruD1hQxZQEYXkcVeal9XEB7SunzArM47jDQEX-T1kF8BVXoTDW3xkcMbLfgQuB8b0QS7A/s2816/Autumn%20FLower%20Leaves%202022%20D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfQVO8UEuSZtjfzQVwuRCe4t9p0Dc3WmhMkU-rA4bLz0mTy-nxw82jSFeHoZOAFGzP8QJ8v2TplXqrUVTG1_zdytXISID2nGFiQenjE8tYh2sNOeBhza5QruD1hQxZQEYXkcVeal9XEB7SunzArM47jDQEX-T1kF8BVXoTDW3xkcMbLfgQuB8b0QS7A/w400-h300/Autumn%20FLower%20Leaves%202022%20D.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Anyone know what this plant is called? It basically took over my flower garden. The foliage is especially stunning this Autumn...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPAVvGk9Apl4bZcH2awDKQdbL_Ei0q35o8ngoCO14jzH2shbDg-vAmu5fKbdOipzUev2YPXSP_T6VSGs0loYzJEh3FNgUGdGsM4ewrp1CTtSePKpDWRUOPslkMc_i1sP0XtMh8khKCoLUgHhdD-TbUcm7Semg_qrjAhK0Kku9Nl24AaOqvgryqcLwxw/s2816/Autumn%20Flower%20Leaves%202022%20A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZPAVvGk9Apl4bZcH2awDKQdbL_Ei0q35o8ngoCO14jzH2shbDg-vAmu5fKbdOipzUev2YPXSP_T6VSGs0loYzJEh3FNgUGdGsM4ewrp1CTtSePKpDWRUOPslkMc_i1sP0XtMh8khKCoLUgHhdD-TbUcm7Semg_qrjAhK0Kku9Nl24AaOqvgryqcLwxw/w400-h300/Autumn%20Flower%20Leaves%202022%20A.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURu1ey2AQLweCIzgyU7djLUXS8VBD_I4HnIolvT-5sTdzA2Auo4CwiJB6J59lOzS69TPlmww82LhXhSDFlxBbny62zs9mLXxgJFYRG12JXjs_DmLWUCuEWg1RjAiG7iA-Xs4EEBGF6SKohRnHO4E8eg-2YTIzElXLvhMQiUiJHbCZjx0Eu2JYiiaJqA/s2816/Autumn%20Flower%20Leaves%202022%20B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="2112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2g-IKzUZPbfW31kCE7xC8z-bIvCrRY_L2qXpTJVfcphqlojumvZbGPrvptE9k4d4uCJD__upVIu322PSFxGcReWvAGqvaCC-ckWxZTVu9bNKIIRvrdY7nBBGtqgkYoGNxeT9jSSoLhi0w4MXaoRkNP5sXAJZiV3WxNtdINZCeSWLzFj6v647msTWISA/w300-h400/Sunlit%20ferns.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">by hhc</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">During these challenging times, it helps to be able to have a measure of peace and tranquility. This picture, taken somewhere near here, says both to me. It's a real place. Just green ferns, trees, and sunlight. And if you wait long enough, you might see some deer! Of course I was just passing through, so couldn't linger. But, I have the picture :)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-37460680516090905792022-10-02T17:02:00.000-04:002022-10-02T17:02:02.197-04:00FOOD IS ART?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym7WwRr1f_vtJ5g0v3hZww3Ny_1wu5BuqJL1HUWXgodgpqjUOLwVp0a-ZiFIKNnrI53CjZEc4zzZOtQO3XIsbdY4oyLjG8iOe-gXmpj90vU9ToLjQuSyFlg29Q4CffhSAUKgoS1cfaOCic8Ao-3RRr2v5wrUMJEpPPMIO7YMwfuGDF8NS5g67V1gpbA/s2091/Beet%20Flower%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="2091" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym7WwRr1f_vtJ5g0v3hZww3Ny_1wu5BuqJL1HUWXgodgpqjUOLwVp0a-ZiFIKNnrI53CjZEc4zzZOtQO3XIsbdY4oyLjG8iOe-gXmpj90vU9ToLjQuSyFlg29Q4CffhSAUKgoS1cfaOCic8Ao-3RRr2v5wrUMJEpPPMIO7YMwfuGDF8NS5g67V1gpbA/w400-h323/Beet%20Flower%202022.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beet Flower</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Sometimes food prompts me to grab my camera. This beet became a flower as I peeled back the outer skin... and then it became part of a salad.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2Vv8e9rLHsCW3wKX1IlZVW184jSHK2KyL-nuqi1ZXq8_JOvpUgqGtrkEC9zUFaxKsq_f8tVV0qg70ntl1LPVSoEiVDtIe0fXnTb0bZPke47WeLGL5BXQNGRwGBNulw7VGY_NHQBdh-Destndmw97YRQFaz3RPeyMG4jdFUzBic4YdXVO2C4vCE2RsA/s1939/DSC03777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="1939" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2Vv8e9rLHsCW3wKX1IlZVW184jSHK2KyL-nuqi1ZXq8_JOvpUgqGtrkEC9zUFaxKsq_f8tVV0qg70ntl1LPVSoEiVDtIe0fXnTb0bZPke47WeLGL5BXQNGRwGBNulw7VGY_NHQBdh-Destndmw97YRQFaz3RPeyMG4jdFUzBic4YdXVO2C4vCE2RsA/w400-h394/DSC03777.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beets, carrot greens, kale</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And this lovely leaf lettuce, picked today before our second frost hits, was the ONLY seed to grow out of what were essentially three rows planted. Happy supper!</span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXBeRA2YbcvY9zHKO-q1jrCMnZuoO7YKWfRQlfN6T71QNkGTv8cYSxT214N1K3C1RZwQs2UZBuM6-STM6A1LNjzu4rCbetGsByOitTi2FcC9nQODTWxWldkvJSebQgHnOYGIoe3j9stumnQa82OvSUj2HfyVGH6mEylU6gGFTtJH4-EiT7oujU-m7Rg/s1782/Lettuce%2010%202%2022%20%20DSC03843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="1782" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXBeRA2YbcvY9zHKO-q1jrCMnZuoO7YKWfRQlfN6T71QNkGTv8cYSxT214N1K3C1RZwQs2UZBuM6-STM6A1LNjzu4rCbetGsByOitTi2FcC9nQODTWxWldkvJSebQgHnOYGIoe3j9stumnQa82OvSUj2HfyVGH6mEylU6gGFTtJH4-EiT7oujU-m7Rg/w400-h380/Lettuce%2010%202%2022%20%20DSC03843.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lesson learned: </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">throw out unused seeds, even if packets are unopened. </span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-85333868504794396652022-09-15T13:27:00.001-04:002022-09-26T21:35:15.826-04:00Abstract Art with Drip & Drag Paint Technique Fun<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0HH16kolhhaZ0ybpq_tteCb_RJSZZkEFuEd9qECyEpdujtG4k9AeOu3TUMzlO79D7hyL1VpTxq-zdVAO1kI4ozZFfy07twYuKjtI_jbJgOcdllgL4qzxRjpWeutt7MNFAhAQ75WiiG7-CM0wjuWxa_DbuxBs-ObhQ5BPZHSI9-4NrgdhBxGV0d5cKw/s1490/DISTRAUGHT%20WOMAN%20HANGING%20UP%20CLOTHES.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="1490" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0HH16kolhhaZ0ybpq_tteCb_RJSZZkEFuEd9qECyEpdujtG4k9AeOu3TUMzlO79D7hyL1VpTxq-zdVAO1kI4ozZFfy07twYuKjtI_jbJgOcdllgL4qzxRjpWeutt7MNFAhAQ75WiiG7-CM0wjuWxa_DbuxBs-ObhQ5BPZHSI9-4NrgdhBxGV0d5cKw/w400-h369/DISTRAUGHT%20WOMAN%20HANGING%20UP%20CLOTHES.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drip & Drag Paint Project - by hhc</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I seem to have more fun making art when I'm not trying so hard. The paint pushing method was SO delightful, it was easy to create art with that technique.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This larger piece designed itself. I just added collage layers and drew a few lines, Easy Fun!!! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Each person sees something different in art, but I "saw" a weary laundry woman hanging up towels...with a blue Big Bird watching over her shoulder...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-85028309708526845512022-09-11T10:17:00.000-04:002022-09-11T10:17:32.506-04:00September 11, 2022<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">One Nation, under God...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioa6MszT-6tBV5avrIhbrxneUElpOn5XeZqfXWwgutD2fogOFvMxbBbaIksQnZ3-td44dQNiLfSQAOPQ-B3qYFiMXIypvT5b3KOjKhmS2mqi1TYTxnFvZyq-4nBLzvUtT-L4BO0_6TyBZWZyZ9XzLktpQQgRwVGYipVRUnHBPqk1AATsHevfoF6XBJ8g/s2816/Tattered%20Flag%202%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="2112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioa6MszT-6tBV5avrIhbrxneUElpOn5XeZqfXWwgutD2fogOFvMxbBbaIksQnZ3-td44dQNiLfSQAOPQ-B3qYFiMXIypvT5b3KOjKhmS2mqi1TYTxnFvZyq-4nBLzvUtT-L4BO0_6TyBZWZyZ9XzLktpQQgRwVGYipVRUnHBPqk1AATsHevfoF6XBJ8g/w300-h400/Tattered%20Flag%202%20(2).JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What a terrible day it was, 21 years ago. Most of us remember where we were when the networks broke the story. Disbelief and shock. Destruction in slow motion. And our hearts broke...</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W_wqEn6L1r4/YTpWG3Lo_lI/AAAAAAAAbBY/IzelFQkc3UQKK4NP0DwO--ijZW6AuCzGACLcBGAsYHQ/s2716/DSC01088.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2716" height="170" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W_wqEn6L1r4/YTpWG3Lo_lI/AAAAAAAAbBY/IzelFQkc3UQKK4NP0DwO--ijZW6AuCzGACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h170/DSC01088.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hhc</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Our hearts, our nation, will never be the same. Difficult to think about, impossible to forget.</div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-13977522963469340492022-08-22T19:44:00.000-04:002022-08-22T19:44:17.472-04:00More recent nature pictures... <p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmA_I_Yk5bIV4V3fyNwIkMe9OUhXdy24spLFEEUPX_8c9RJTd3_IWCLYt4qM6TbRynE9SFJMcnrI-IWGj7XelgpOGkfHOj8PyTSw31_LCokOA-vGoPtaNTyb-Y6KyASdI6qh4_Tbp2L2ZbyxyzGEOh8-YI_MaEBrbwP4ooZ8YSvFLnrqmwz80xQhjguw/s2035/GLADs%20pink%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2035" data-original-width="1282" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmA_I_Yk5bIV4V3fyNwIkMe9OUhXdy24spLFEEUPX_8c9RJTd3_IWCLYt4qM6TbRynE9SFJMcnrI-IWGj7XelgpOGkfHOj8PyTSw31_LCokOA-vGoPtaNTyb-Y6KyASdI6qh4_Tbp2L2ZbyxyzGEOh8-YI_MaEBrbwP4ooZ8YSvFLnrqmwz80xQhjguw/w253-h400/GLADs%20pink%202022.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzTe7PvkSnicVKHCXeQARyvPHa1zbamb0toT7BmPMS3UPAj0zoPtv3irevR2ALCC4vWlczU0zoFP4BXnCJb78UiKEso1eW8ZyXtNPLS2WGnUo7BPO2P-6fNG7_HCew87QtWtdLUXOMR5Wo247hiIQ_Xq97RtAHlhp0Xix-FOexzd60cGPz-cOExQXjA/s2816/DSC03564.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzTe7PvkSnicVKHCXeQARyvPHa1zbamb0toT7BmPMS3UPAj0zoPtv3irevR2ALCC4vWlczU0zoFP4BXnCJb78UiKEso1eW8ZyXtNPLS2WGnUo7BPO2P-6fNG7_HCew87QtWtdLUXOMR5Wo247hiIQ_Xq97RtAHlhp0Xix-FOexzd60cGPz-cOExQXjA/w400-h300/DSC03564.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9SAtQyl7Oo1kzZNN6-jAFqH9WQvHnSGimo9sCXOVZrSG-Kdu1IRAD_ctT39jU771LqYJlJJbET-8wyLUBH0dhJLjq5fGlRJcmJsl0Ls_dlZ63RVIhGhMMqh-MWB6ZpPMnef6gaSiqVwQBrZ4odep2Wf8UH9OS8AJ92X-0xh03KajnNi_MIW8acJxZA/s2047/DSC03552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="2047" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9SAtQyl7Oo1kzZNN6-jAFqH9WQvHnSGimo9sCXOVZrSG-Kdu1IRAD_ctT39jU771LqYJlJJbET-8wyLUBH0dhJLjq5fGlRJcmJsl0Ls_dlZ63RVIhGhMMqh-MWB6ZpPMnef6gaSiqVwQBrZ4odep2Wf8UH9OS8AJ92X-0xh03KajnNi_MIW8acJxZA/w400-h290/DSC03552.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAiWZ6tll79ksO6Z6IyVAw7X0BT7Y1E-8cOd22ViDb-bHFIYXDAtr4L52a3UJ1c9G1LJHEvK_0Q7B6ZIc9IiE7F4tuq-ZXBlyMmgDn57rn3exxqjjAHcbLkUlx28bRf04gx5Srd6FxpqJL7K49E5NsucMDlOxYvBZwQuy94weBay4JFGlsUUKMWTOIFw/s2816/DSC03555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAiWZ6tll79ksO6Z6IyVAw7X0BT7Y1E-8cOd22ViDb-bHFIYXDAtr4L52a3UJ1c9G1LJHEvK_0Q7B6ZIc9IiE7F4tuq-ZXBlyMmgDn57rn3exxqjjAHcbLkUlx28bRf04gx5Srd6FxpqJL7K49E5NsucMDlOxYvBZwQuy94weBay4JFGlsUUKMWTOIFw/w400-h300/DSC03555.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-77273186800593065672022-07-19T08:53:00.001-04:002022-07-19T08:53:15.632-04:00Tuesday Morning Photo Op<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYpvZ8QuLUEmkQYPVECn4MbDKmm6R292MwT0H_ubWUcvHSJ5bcSkXji61ezdJxdg6z_WxXJNn6ufKTyNApM_WS-d2nOOBPMtuP7Af1PmhMtcrYrHdWnW8tX2SRTdoZryp4Kk2nYucZLUo8-wUGxOMxM0KyLBIp6bJad53M_uB9Hwt_5NKFZJiuNMXuQ/s842/Snail%20on%20Hand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="842" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYpvZ8QuLUEmkQYPVECn4MbDKmm6R292MwT0H_ubWUcvHSJ5bcSkXji61ezdJxdg6z_WxXJNn6ufKTyNApM_WS-d2nOOBPMtuP7Af1PmhMtcrYrHdWnW8tX2SRTdoZryp4Kk2nYucZLUo8-wUGxOMxM0KyLBIp6bJad53M_uB9Hwt_5NKFZJiuNMXuQ/s320/Snail%20on%20Hand.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> During my early morning walkabout I saw a snail on the sidewalk. Then found a Bluejay feather. They both were good subjects for a little picture-taking session.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeurDiryAAIbWUdDIfdydYGWe42SKsYx8eMAonzoSXhuZCvLt5MZ5xJWClRz9mRdoDx_Mkevj4x8n6GDTJ3GZPfna4oFYTIRb4o1FbwKF0mLzbXmE-tAn3sIW8gz5gKEOC1xMxV9hoMZK2oJFF0xv1rmFSmlCXM0y5yLHeri-gcl-81w7nWO9x3702sQ/s1063/DSC03399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="790" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeurDiryAAIbWUdDIfdydYGWe42SKsYx8eMAonzoSXhuZCvLt5MZ5xJWClRz9mRdoDx_Mkevj4x8n6GDTJ3GZPfna4oFYTIRb4o1FbwKF0mLzbXmE-tAn3sIW8gz5gKEOC1xMxV9hoMZK2oJFF0xv1rmFSmlCXM0y5yLHeri-gcl-81w7nWO9x3702sQ/s320/DSC03399.JPG" width="238" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTuIbZn6t7kreC68fuuUjfG1CVgu3WYASNX5TLO6nigBbte2IFVrIhCxU9FAkWn9i0YhxtTv2qN7492QN9UdpM6dCDoCIGjkN38_plcKLAGfp54VSnl6lxDi9llE5Y8a86W0RgtnnVt_qec8kwgugwzOJVF7Fez7kS7S0iiYgctzU-KAGR5rorx4Qmw/s884/DSC03400a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="661" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTuIbZn6t7kreC68fuuUjfG1CVgu3WYASNX5TLO6nigBbte2IFVrIhCxU9FAkWn9i0YhxtTv2qN7492QN9UdpM6dCDoCIGjkN38_plcKLAGfp54VSnl6lxDi9llE5Y8a86W0RgtnnVt_qec8kwgugwzOJVF7Fez7kS7S0iiYgctzU-KAGR5rorx4Qmw/s320/DSC03400a.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1oljr5Zp3QEd_gVcoq2KkwIOq46fz__21xBwpETsVzEoXqiVt7ttVDkDnP6y_25JMSKAtZJUTzGt2rXlk_8L2KUPUk87NQ7E_ELaIYFyF6kdu0EpP090LTS6lphai4AJaKZ3ARcUFvMod41PwInpH5Oqaz60qT17SlDCVmiUHPnbyHeso3qTFnfASSw/s2797/DSC03402.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2797" data-original-width="2112" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1oljr5Zp3QEd_gVcoq2KkwIOq46fz__21xBwpETsVzEoXqiVt7ttVDkDnP6y_25JMSKAtZJUTzGt2rXlk_8L2KUPUk87NQ7E_ELaIYFyF6kdu0EpP090LTS6lphai4AJaKZ3ARcUFvMod41PwInpH5Oqaz60qT17SlDCVmiUHPnbyHeso3qTFnfASSw/s320/DSC03402.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-39934180055787262442022-07-12T19:07:00.001-04:002022-07-12T19:07:43.640-04:00July Sky at Sunset<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Pv3rtuwG98Y8UXrrnxStGUg0LXgX6Wb_hSm8Iy_xgn9Ub-4emUgTYq5jVcl_hUC36B9tw9aetQ6Trmsa68Tvt-nILew7weEPv_oQG8ps7nHKwoaUKpTQTshE61fk30vjO2NRMoAspvj7Fa7psKk9ZRae0Eb-bTV3OwIA6L-ppkqb9QHvDYlH7B95dA/s2816/DSC03353.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Pv3rtuwG98Y8UXrrnxStGUg0LXgX6Wb_hSm8Iy_xgn9Ub-4emUgTYq5jVcl_hUC36B9tw9aetQ6Trmsa68Tvt-nILew7weEPv_oQG8ps7nHKwoaUKpTQTshE61fk30vjO2NRMoAspvj7Fa7psKk9ZRae0Eb-bTV3OwIA6L-ppkqb9QHvDYlH7B95dA/w400-h300/DSC03353.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">I just love these dreamy sky colors!!! Of course it was much more dramatic in person.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwCDnybgbL40k9DaW1e3jWDAkRwyabUlBVMbMJpACOzaSDqa13Mc098mkT7wbg3DjWDwaGXc11mwEPusYiEGUnv1BQ58SmEPexZTBB8OSvmvCxIx1HFlljisw2sExz8B76ujalrBVOSqeqYp40L9E4hpxov01GlTgZ61hse4127XzKT2MxuQA3AoNzg/s2816/DSC03351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwCDnybgbL40k9DaW1e3jWDAkRwyabUlBVMbMJpACOzaSDqa13Mc098mkT7wbg3DjWDwaGXc11mwEPusYiEGUnv1BQ58SmEPexZTBB8OSvmvCxIx1HFlljisw2sExz8B76ujalrBVOSqeqYp40L9E4hpxov01GlTgZ61hse4127XzKT2MxuQA3AoNzg/w400-h300/DSC03351.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTV_MjhsdBVyWUzyMYVbjsCWzvdrX3THu5HqKGZEvSGk9TcRFu6vam2osscKSrb1yx9HTLJH5pigiU6R8coXu1u3gpxJuE-sMbCrOEfRJpVXWlxsmP0wz_eRZ88QlcYnThQ-152u_879fcpsL2zk4vAR6RZKyys1y--Tza4Ns8RkjlrYmFHHNj_4fvzA/s2816/DSC03352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="1482" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_KDtnhClLodsYujNQbgpLM36k19U69vc9AOJ7nuV_5j58ZH5WD4PL4cqEbMYyBIIwtL136orQhjOMstyC_ngsba8l1IgctARWKGhXrmv1gwZnl0FeDll2kxLP4uIIJFKVlCRe12geozeazBpi418PfFaAi11Y-PkWTsr5xb2APVUaxsQoN6h78RqCg/w400-h343/Honi%20Ink%20Prints%206%2027%2022c.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> I just can't stop being fascinated by the vivid colors of different types of inks:</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmANnCcqrO6eRLUfZNDh-wx6g0b4VWGRr3a48ApTfJN_lib10T5MxVdwX1IB2cV_OYDN_7X2O_eVt8ysc8BDHrzgNXmwa7IClXS0K-l_BKc0yQZGq146dGJ0IOKBXI-PnpbQ-QDdlCXM45ER5QShJT5wdLtJVLMmcoKoCwy7wZ0XRWAEKjt-mrFZFLw/s1510/Honi%20Ink%20Prints%206%2027%2022a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1510" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmANnCcqrO6eRLUfZNDh-wx6g0b4VWGRr3a48ApTfJN_lib10T5MxVdwX1IB2cV_OYDN_7X2O_eVt8ysc8BDHrzgNXmwa7IClXS0K-l_BKc0yQZGq146dGJ0IOKBXI-PnpbQ-QDdlCXM45ER5QShJT5wdLtJVLMmcoKoCwy7wZ0XRWAEKjt-mrFZFLw/w400-h321/Honi%20Ink%20Prints%206%2027%2022a.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">These will probably be used as folded mailers, unless I decide to make ATC's or Post Cards with them. So much fun!!!</div></span><div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-60030111282439798462022-06-17T16:20:00.003-04:002022-06-17T16:21:01.367-04:00GROWTH???<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYWirPzxzICcKpRvzQAonzr6Lhf-IeCRwc1PaUe0VLOvhzJpjJvNGUG7kHQH0sXdCYUNKSX4s8sCWouAo2SoXWEPGWfuRMGlyC9vlpAobbE__oxdIoRCbRHJX2kxOu_kHBdq3jBdr23L44rbkXcD5kIqAZ4mjF5gy0JRqOleVfHYibpjH-KZz7U2DtQ/s2816/DSC03267.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYWirPzxzICcKpRvzQAonzr6Lhf-IeCRwc1PaUe0VLOvhzJpjJvNGUG7kHQH0sXdCYUNKSX4s8sCWouAo2SoXWEPGWfuRMGlyC9vlpAobbE__oxdIoRCbRHJX2kxOu_kHBdq3jBdr23L44rbkXcD5kIqAZ4mjF5gy0JRqOleVfHYibpjH-KZz7U2DtQ/w400-h300/DSC03267.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Who says you have to have dirt to grow?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This one was hidden under a newer package of carrots in the 'fridge...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wherever you are, put down roots???</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-70121237005047429562022-06-07T14:02:00.000-04:002022-06-07T14:02:04.659-04:00Rhododendron Blossoms - Close-up<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">I love Rhododendron Blossoms.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJ99hG5slbCxxxHnpqjoSPO4s2lGS8AdNTYdm5CSgjSTmLdZ0wRS5ZNKqK8lzL5F7FmcRBLv01BSCo0v69vxbdcQu83j-wtALeks2NsnbbyBYs-HR6gluHAfMmKSibDfkvsyGZC8odFedjXWWbIFGHTzKCVzQok3bXrOeZpKgcggHj9PXXmCDNzfyeg/s1751/DSC03146.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1751" data-original-width="1692" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJ99hG5slbCxxxHnpqjoSPO4s2lGS8AdNTYdm5CSgjSTmLdZ0wRS5ZNKqK8lzL5F7FmcRBLv01BSCo0v69vxbdcQu83j-wtALeks2NsnbbyBYs-HR6gluHAfMmKSibDfkvsyGZC8odFedjXWWbIFGHTzKCVzQok3bXrOeZpKgcggHj9PXXmCDNzfyeg/w386-h400/DSC03146.JPG" width="386" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTf9IyabSMbGurPsAz93G88hNc7Y_zY3WD58ycZDsb6GWaZG7KQpj-GygRRjKvJ3XZ9WFM0MkR1LfksaW86lts4hZFuw-G1bKidmYzZ4PkPwTvLFSuRQ-_zYb8ZgPz5TMVXEWFHQwUVHXOqjn6TyJFcVdDn4Txn0wpxBKxdIVgWichGsCYtJV8xx5WVQ/s1944/DSC03140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1489" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTf9IyabSMbGurPsAz93G88hNc7Y_zY3WD58ycZDsb6GWaZG7KQpj-GygRRjKvJ3XZ9WFM0MkR1LfksaW86lts4hZFuw-G1bKidmYzZ4PkPwTvLFSuRQ-_zYb8ZgPz5TMVXEWFHQwUVHXOqjn6TyJFcVdDn4Txn0wpxBKxdIVgWichGsCYtJV8xx5WVQ/w306-h400/DSC03140.JPG" width="306" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIedeHaNlLb340SMmv0AQ-C17pBhMzQTPG2Hvm_Wjkc9KUdnKDp3F5E5On56EMjIc7MAOV_1Ryu2e0HTCvvdR2mF0J6P7Yj5a3LYnlR7qaUISB-Vpq2FGnUH65Gtlb1vLfjCb6ofnZqSLyxSpEWxwMuqKzJDDckUA1519Vx0E9n3ZzfIy8R_f4u1cFA/s1529/DSC03149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="1312" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIedeHaNlLb340SMmv0AQ-C17pBhMzQTPG2Hvm_Wjkc9KUdnKDp3F5E5On56EMjIc7MAOV_1Ryu2e0HTCvvdR2mF0J6P7Yj5a3LYnlR7qaUISB-Vpq2FGnUH65Gtlb1vLfjCb6ofnZqSLyxSpEWxwMuqKzJDDckUA1519Vx0E9n3ZzfIy8R_f4u1cFA/w344-h400/DSC03149.JPG" width="344" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I guess that's why I take so many pictures of them each Spring and Summer.<br /></span><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-17663461078171991202022-05-28T11:20:00.001-04:002022-05-28T11:20:45.627-04:00Garden Walkabout<p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cgpMpmFpp6W8DvNDutTowkpJgX2pIY67zRQEUZp1maf4c3UxhsGkRKaRG4e0CM4OZeVO4cLAzDPDSsGrI-E2RkU7uLX-9WO5R3X5iojzh8o-6QZtGTUzZI0GI7_z6Gy3wiBXwV03CHAOVdcIZkNTMM8nvzMcLI-y6gS80Y4rQ-ip9TqqAVxFX44DAQ/s2816/Iris%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cgpMpmFpp6W8DvNDutTowkpJgX2pIY67zRQEUZp1maf4c3UxhsGkRKaRG4e0CM4OZeVO4cLAzDPDSsGrI-E2RkU7uLX-9WO5R3X5iojzh8o-6QZtGTUzZI0GI7_z6Gy3wiBXwV03CHAOVdcIZkNTMM8nvzMcLI-y6gS80Y4rQ-ip9TqqAVxFX44DAQ/s320/Iris%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IRIS</td></tr></tbody></table> <span style="font-size: large;">Every Spring, every year I marvel at how beautiful the flowers are after a long cold white winter. Here are some early-blooming favorites on a rainy Spring day:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FldCx14jZNm2qz660Qno73AbekrMuv_mo7FLFAlcpA_ghyBNTdqA6bLK4VlyiA4T2FIVMhV1oGkWFj129kD_eP_ppsRZktriQYXP_G01uUL3R0jt1E_tYAZ21Tij0zKQkfHr7tzqrxekdvhbTANM-YXKeb_c9jHn3kxLNrEKZ-NT_rWSkI_EGxGSug/s2816/Ferns%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FldCx14jZNm2qz660Qno73AbekrMuv_mo7FLFAlcpA_ghyBNTdqA6bLK4VlyiA4T2FIVMhV1oGkWFj129kD_eP_ppsRZktriQYXP_G01uUL3R0jt1E_tYAZ21Tij0zKQkfHr7tzqrxekdvhbTANM-YXKeb_c9jHn3kxLNrEKZ-NT_rWSkI_EGxGSug/s320/Ferns%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FERNS</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAC93k767feFBpT3vySUKqfj--pOUmXuA95i6yzd5ixPvSGV3p5un7DUPMYyfClS9cVnfH7qgFfBdXWnsu1veiZoxwtq7xTA2dgZbPbjMowukZL_YtxHwc--SzAIS91WK3KnmBldmOZ7gPwmJhKvEFHiYheGPRbDh2j7bLA8BkzqF0ThFyrXl7r61GA/s2324/Iris%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1655" data-original-width="2324" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAC93k767feFBpT3vySUKqfj--pOUmXuA95i6yzd5ixPvSGV3p5un7DUPMYyfClS9cVnfH7qgFfBdXWnsu1veiZoxwtq7xTA2dgZbPbjMowukZL_YtxHwc--SzAIS91WK3KnmBldmOZ7gPwmJhKvEFHiYheGPRbDh2j7bLA8BkzqF0ThFyrXl7r61GA/s320/Iris%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IRIS</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASb-woFa5OhjHgz8-YCQLWQrKZw2wwnWp0waY9FTYMHS624LfuOzMMoiACMTuoKWQ7qBfpsQkvABRTjI5omKu0bX8_tbGoVxAAJvJn4D5IDxY6glEpDGYHVR9ry9ALSk0fJYMs44o5g3FdVbJhLA91KEyvqGX-uEcoPVuGQxVEViD8nwsDJXYBkSDcw/s2816/DSC03075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="2112" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASb-woFa5OhjHgz8-YCQLWQrKZw2wwnWp0waY9FTYMHS624LfuOzMMoiACMTuoKWQ7qBfpsQkvABRTjI5omKu0bX8_tbGoVxAAJvJn4D5IDxY6glEpDGYHVR9ry9ALSk0fJYMs44o5g3FdVbJhLA91KEyvqGX-uEcoPVuGQxVEViD8nwsDJXYBkSDcw/s320/DSC03075.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LUPINE</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxQoD0x2SeYegByRsEFBJ8oRGm4y6KaVUzKgIowSGzUwvByOQfB1W4tJtWJF9R7xYvqaXogcL9pAt9hGOykuqiqSnPpqwt_pTBcyRAzJrDNw85M7MufK-ftP9Io8zbTJ-3StpVFAloLTHY7O8T0OUoA1rogwIdzu5OCz7ZeJMgUrLqTjTVMEmerjbiQ/s1663/Allium%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1663" data-original-width="1502" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxQoD0x2SeYegByRsEFBJ8oRGm4y6KaVUzKgIowSGzUwvByOQfB1W4tJtWJF9R7xYvqaXogcL9pAt9hGOykuqiqSnPpqwt_pTBcyRAzJrDNw85M7MufK-ftP9Io8zbTJ-3StpVFAloLTHY7O8T0OUoA1rogwIdzu5OCz7ZeJMgUrLqTjTVMEmerjbiQ/s320/Allium%202.jpg" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ALLIUM</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinokF3U4niiHUCgZ-eMp6Tr5FxI2QFy_uJrWsmy5pKgOmcl9MSMJrzYCRSwmsUEXB1zBERSFUvvE0bK_OKbV43xKdDXdJCM74xuICyUKnJmK2DNrCaYAwi60QzY7UZ75w9910mUbWHJDypZ2Zno4EgHkTK-L1t3KrHUR55LxFgfER_V550E_QLNVdgSA/s2816/Iris%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinokF3U4niiHUCgZ-eMp6Tr5FxI2QFy_uJrWsmy5pKgOmcl9MSMJrzYCRSwmsUEXB1zBERSFUvvE0bK_OKbV43xKdDXdJCM74xuICyUKnJmK2DNrCaYAwi60QzY7UZ75w9910mUbWHJDypZ2Zno4EgHkTK-L1t3KrHUR55LxFgfER_V550E_QLNVdgSA/s320/Iris%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IRIS</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966337708803395098.post-73413690311893469602022-05-28T09:34:00.002-04:002022-05-28T09:35:37.964-04:00MAIL ME SOME ART TO CELEBRATE TEN (10) YEARS!!! YAY!!!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79HQ9tOwoFO327_R-rFFsCTsYDqzVDFtShu4EloxWxll4fyaQcFMcgX_1tCZOShVEqfZzoVCMsxYyJfWl0gu2x85VgtbysGVLKiVuSKCXv6wwE7K44a2eOv20vYnJW_Ab--HMhJaqMWI9sXghIVvLdRHy3K_vpPSRM1wrJOxFLEd4e8kAmEVO5-HM9A/s640/pink%20drizzle%20birthday%20cake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79HQ9tOwoFO327_R-rFFsCTsYDqzVDFtShu4EloxWxll4fyaQcFMcgX_1tCZOShVEqfZzoVCMsxYyJfWl0gu2x85VgtbysGVLKiVuSKCXv6wwE7K44a2eOv20vYnJW_Ab--HMhJaqMWI9sXghIVvLdRHy3K_vpPSRM1wrJOxFLEd4e8kAmEVO5-HM9A/w400-h268/pink%20drizzle%20birthday%20cake.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Almost ten years ago, the founder, Karen Isaacson, was inspired to start this mail art exchange group/blogsite. I'm SO glad she did! The very first swap theme, "SUMMER POSTCARDS," was listed on June 15, 2012.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>It is a privilege to have been "handed the mantle" six years ago and I am very honored and blessed to be able to facilitate this wonderful group site. </span><span>I'm very, very glad that we are still making and sharing art and finding friendships. Yay!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0