tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22377022350264756592024-03-12T18:16:49.495-05:00Inkspillers AtticINKSPILLERS ATTICYvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-57648330569206429652013-11-04T13:26:00.001-06:002013-11-04T13:26:37.138-06:00Many stones and breathing blue light<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've got stepping stones in my garden paths now!</div>
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Now I just have to wait for the grass to spread </div>
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into the paths and it will look pretty good.</div>
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The seedlings are peaking through, and </div>
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around Thanksgiving I will be harvesting fresh</div>
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mesclun. A while after that the other veggies will be ready</div>
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to harvest. It will be nice to have fresh food </div>
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on the table for the holidays.</div>
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I love mesclun with</div>
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olive oil and sherry wine vinegar and</div>
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blue cheese and fried shallots on top.</div>
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My mention of other small stones</div>
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is about paying attention to a single moment.</div>
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My other blog has some I have written...</div>
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I am usually inspired by a photograph</div>
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that I have taken.</div>
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A small stone is short </div>
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like a haiku</div>
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and very descriptive.</div>
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Breathing blue light</div>
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in November sun</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-964013027903617382013-11-01T10:08:00.000-05:002013-11-01T10:08:00.298-05:00 Happiness in the Accident<div style="text-align: center;">
My small collection of pottery just grew by one more.</div>
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My friend Karen brought me a beautiful little Raku pot</div>
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from her trip to Seattle....</div>
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and also a handful of perfect tiny pinecones.</div>
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Raku means</div>
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"happiness in the accident".</div>
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It is a type of firing process</div>
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that dates back to early 16th century Japan.</div>
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Don Nibert, a famous late Raku potter,</div>
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"What is it about the dynamics of this particular discipline that makes Raku so vital. Raku exemplifies....a complex relationship of material, human activity, and qualities of the natural world...Raku implies freshness and simplicity; it also defines an accidental or happenstance element, maybe even a imperfection which lends elegance and uniqueness to the whole. Raku has a beauty that stems from age. It stresses the appreciation of transient things and of the cycles of life that give rise to change. It can also refer to the quality of unpretentiousness or a kind of primitive naturalness."</div>
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The little Raku pot has a metal lid</div>
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with a Kokopelli engraved on it.</div>
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I love it!</div>
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The tiny pine cones are now in my potpourri bowl.</div>
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I love pinecones, big and small.</div>
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Sometimes when I go to my cousins,</div>
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she gives me lots of pinecones from her yard.</div>
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"Between every two pines is a doorway</div>
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to a new world."</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-42900721359447891482013-10-26T16:27:00.001-05:002013-10-26T16:27:36.357-05:00October garden progress...<div style="text-align: center;">
Gardening time is prime in October,</div>
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here in south Texas.</div>
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I've been so busy that I just now filled my beds</div>
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and planted seeds etc.</div>
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The raised beds are filled with great stuff</div>
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like different kinds of compost,</div>
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peat moss, vermiculite, top soil,</div>
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and other good stuff.</div>
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John Dromgoole, a gardener from Austin, Texas</div>
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created a wonderful garden blend.</div>
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He is known as the Natural Gardener</div>
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and has the longest running garden radio talk show in America.</div>
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Visit his site here</div>
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Here is my garden today....</div>
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I planted herbs in the center bed where the sun dial is.</div>
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Where the cages are I planted pea vines.</div>
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fall/winter veggie seeds.</div>
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In about 60 days it will be harvest time.</div>
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This is La Mancha, the cat.</div>
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He loves the garden,</div>
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and likes to lie down under my hibiscus.</div>
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Here he is coming up onto our patio.</div>
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He is still very shy.</div>
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He basically lives in the lot next door,</div>
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He is a wild cat, but we hope to catch him</div>
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A friend of mine told me her father was growing</div>
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a lot of Papaya trees from seed. </div>
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I was thrilled to take three.</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-4177146180163576272013-10-25T09:37:00.000-05:002013-10-25T09:37:27.923-05:00Watercolor still life....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For homework this week,</div>
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using some loose,</div>
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Shirley Trevena style techniques.</div>
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in Italy a few years ago.</div>
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Here is my finished still life painting.</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-40946674832174562062013-10-23T08:41:00.001-05:002013-10-23T08:41:30.380-05:00New watercolors<div style="text-align: center;">
I am blessed to be able to take</div>
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watercolor classes from a wonderful</div>
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local artist,</div>
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Dolores Price.</div>
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This year we are studying an artist</div>
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Shirley Trevena,</div>
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who is very abstract in style.</div>
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For homework this last week</div>
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we were to do studies of her demos,</div>
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from any of her books.</div>
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The book I am working out of is called</div>
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Breaking the Rules,</div>
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Watercolor Unleashed</div>
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by Julie Pollard.</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-27329484584658121972013-10-20T14:05:00.001-05:002013-10-20T14:05:38.414-05:00In my yard this week.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hummingbirds stopping for a drink,</div>
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on their way south. There are dozens at my feeders.</div>
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Lots of four winged moths around my flower beds.</div>
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My new raised garden beds are getting filled</div>
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compost of several kinds,</div>
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peat moss, vermiculite</div>
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October is the time to plant the fall garden here in zone 9.</div>
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Today it was 56 this morning, 68 this afternoon.</div>
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My four o'clocks are blooming.</div>
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First thing planted in my new beds</div>
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They smell so good!</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-27125531823986343982013-10-18T07:51:00.002-05:002013-10-18T07:51:22.447-05:00Let go, Hear, Understand, Know, Listen<div style="text-align: center;">
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There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth."</div>
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My visit to Asheville, North Carolina could not have been complete</div>
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This was behind a church, right along a creek.</div>
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It was quiet all except the sound of the running water behind me</div>
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I feel like each of our lives are on a sacred journey.</div>
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The labyrinth is a model for that journey.</div>
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The Hopi called the labyrinth the symbol for mother earth.</div>
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This one was in Asheville also, near some</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-7884900714625338202013-10-14T09:35:00.002-05:002013-10-14T09:35:51.249-05:00Cairns...messengers in stone<div style="text-align: center;">
Cairns, rock piles that are man made,</div>
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While visiting Looking Glass Falls in North Carolina,</div>
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It was standing there,</div>
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put together like children's building blocks.</div>
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About 6-8 ft. tall, it stood there,</div>
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a silent sentinal for my imagination.</div>
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One person, or many,</div>
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may have contributed to this flat rock pile.</div>
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David Williams, acclained nature writer,</div>
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has a book called....</div>
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Cairns, Messengers in Stone.</div>
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Cairns usually have some sort of purpose,</div>
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but some are just there for beauty and artistic reasons.</div>
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A few years back, I saw the very large cairn at</div>
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Henry David Thoreau's home site at Waldon Pond.</div>
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I contributed my stone, as I have to many other cairns.</div>
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Cairns have an ancient history,</div>
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at one time being built for protective energy.</div>
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There is a traditional </div>
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Scottish blessing, Cuiridh mi clach air do charn,</div>
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which means....</div>
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I will put a stone on your cairn.</div>
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Savor the Day!</div>
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Yvonne</div>
Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-78243357764477136532013-10-01T09:20:00.001-05:002013-10-01T09:20:27.541-05:00Asheville...art, mountains, trees<div style="text-align: center;">
I just got home from visiting</div>
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a lovely place.....</div>
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Asheville, North Carolina.</div>
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Yes, I think of art, mountains and trees</div>
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when I think of Asheville.</div>
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Many lovely things, but those are</div>
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ingrained in my memory forever.</div>
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When I returned home I had to do some art of my own,</div>
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so I painted this.....</div>
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...to remember my trip.</div>
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Yvonne</div>
Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-13555065994475915292013-09-06T15:05:00.001-05:002013-10-01T08:55:09.916-05:00The most tangible of all visible mysteries...FIRE --poet Leigh Hunt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Lost Pines in central Texas, near Bastrop, were actually 'lost'<br />
two years ago. There was a fire that was the worst in Texas history<br />
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that burned many homes and old growth pine forests. This is one that survived.</div>
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Much of the fire area was high intensity, so most trees did not survive. The root balls of many trees would catch fire weeks after the fire was put out. Now that is HOT!</div>
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New little pines are growing and in a few generations</div>
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there will be wonderful recovery of nature.</div>
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Yes, fires can be good if controlled burns are done,</div>
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but fires seem to be more common these days,</div>
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and get huge and out of control.</div>
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(below picture) Beauty among the ashes...</div>
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It's amazing what beauty (the American beautyberry bush)</div>
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is coming up</div>
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all around the burnt and fallen trees.</div>
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Poem by Colleen Reed called</div>
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FOREST FIRE</div>
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Started by the smallest spark</div>
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On the driest day</div>
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Kindled by the wind</div>
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The starting of a flame</div>
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Consuming the tree bark</div>
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Burning viciously they say</div>
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Spreading by the wind</div>
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Only looking to maim</div>
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The land eventually goes dark</div>
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The fire burned where it may</div>
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Pushed away by the wind</div>
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The land now tamed</div>
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Life grows back under the scars and marks</div>
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Dark giving way to the day</div>
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Dies does the wind</div>
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It is not always a shame.</div>
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Is our lives not the same?</div>
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Moods changing like the winds</div>
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What all the people say</div>
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Our lives ar not always dark</div>
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We can learn from what is broken</div>
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I love big old trees, don't you!</div>
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I came across this one up in the sand hills of central Texas.</div>
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It's an oak and at least 8 feet in diameter, maybe more.</div>
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Big old trees like this one can talk,</div>
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but you have to know how to listen.</div>
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Advice from a Tree...</div>
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Sink your roots deeply into the Earth</div>
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Reflect the light of a greater source<br />
Think long term</div>
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Go out on a limb</div>
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Remember your place among all living beings</div>
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Embrace with joy the changing seasons</div>
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For each yields its own abundance</div>
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The Energy and Birth of Spring</div>
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The Growth and Contentment of Summer</div>
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The wisdom to let go of leaves in the Fall</div>
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The Rest and Quiet Renewal of Winter.</div>
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---Ilan Shamir</div>
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Below is an old building crying out to be painted in a picture.</div>
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I may try this one in watercolor</div>
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for my upcoming new classes with Dolores Price.</div>
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This building was originally a school house in a little Texas</div>
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German community</div>
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Later on it was many other things,</div>
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My cousin Paula gave me a wonderful recipe</div>
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to use on fabric when you are ironing.</div>
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Quilters love this pressing spray,</div>
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and it's so economical to make.</div>
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Pressing Spray Recipe---</div>
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2 Tablespoons Potato Vodka</div>
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2 cups distilled water</div>
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8-10 drops of essential oil</div>
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bottle to store it in or</div>
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spray bottle to use it right away</div>
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Some potato vodka brands are....</div>
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Blue Ice, in the blue bottle</div>
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Smirnoff</div>
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DiVine</div>
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Cold River</div>
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Cayman Blue</div>
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etc.</div>
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Just ask or look on the bottle,</div>
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as it must be potato vodka.</div>
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I didn't even know there was potato vodka,</div>
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so I learned something new.</div>
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I used some of the vodka to make my own vanilla extract.</div>
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I put some vodka in a decorative jar,</div>
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and I'm soaking vanilla beans in it.</div>
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It makes wonderful vanilla, as I've used my own vanilla</div>
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for many years.</div>
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I don't drink, so if anyone has more recipes for me to use</div>
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up the rest of that vodka,</div>
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I would appreciate it. </div>
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Savor the Day!</div>
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Yvonne</div>
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My cousin Paula makes the most beautiful quilts. While visiting her recently<br />
she showed me some of her quilt tops and recently finished quilts. This one looks like stained glass and I just love the colors. Here is a close up of one of the blocks.<br />
Lots of handwork went into this, but the results are just amazing!<br />
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This one is made with old ladies handkerchiefs. Remember using those? Some of the hankies have memories for Paula as they belonged to family members.<br />
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I love scrap quilts, and I can tell you Paula has lots of fabric and lots of great scraps!<br />
Her sewing room is a quilters dream. LOL<br />
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This one is a Christmas Row Quilt. It has snowmen, reindeer, penquins, winter gloves, Santas and of course trees. Very fun quilt! I have never made a Christmas quilt,<br />
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Look at these wonderful bold colors in this chevron quilt. Love the colors together in this one.<br />
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This Wedding Ring quilt is one she made for her daughter Misty. The vintage fabrics and colors make it very special. I know Misty will treasure this.<br />
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Here is another view. I hear these are very difficult to make, as there are so many curves. So whoever has one should realize just how much work goes into something like this. It's a beautiful quilt to say the least.<br />
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Paula and I sewed while I visited. I am working on an</div>
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Photos coming later when I get back up there to visit.</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-53330921275905989612013-08-28T07:40:00.000-05:002013-08-28T07:40:00.428-05:00Gifts from a friend...<div style="text-align: center;">
Tammy, over at T's Daily Treasures,</div>
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It was such a surprise,</div>
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but that is just like her,</div>
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always doing special little things for people.</div>
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You can visit her at her blog</div>
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The silk painting is from India, the handmade card is from Nepal and the crocheted items were done by Tammy herself. I love them all.<br />
Thanks so much Tammy!<br />
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Here is a close up of the painting.</div>
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It's amazing how you get attached with this</div>
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Wishing you all the best Tammy,</div>
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and thank you again.</div>
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good or bad.</div>
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I want to feel good, so I choose good over bad</div>
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enjoying every moment.</div>
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I was out early this morning,</div>
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listening to the birdsong.</div>
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Sounds like they got up in a good mood! :)</div>
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Mornings here are still quite warm, but to my surprise, this morning we actually got some rain. It will sure help my garden, no matter how little, it's better than nothing.<br />
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-29047235007350604952013-08-24T11:32:00.000-05:002013-08-24T11:32:00.548-05:00Blue Moon...<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm a few days late posting this, </div>
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as the blue moon showed it's pretty face</div>
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on the 20th of August this year.</div>
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I was out taking photos,</div>
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but the skies were a bit foggy.</div>
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.<br />
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Mahatma Gandhi <br />
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Savor the Day,<br />
and the night!<br />
YvonneYvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-86458033967113870802013-08-23T17:10:00.000-05:002013-08-23T17:10:00.198-05:00From destruction to art...a hurricane and a fire<div style="text-align: center;">
Hurricane Ike came through and hit Galveston in 2008.</div>
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Over 4000 trees were broken and/or completely destroyed,</div>
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But the stumps of many of the trees</div>
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were soon turned into art.</div>
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Leave it to artists to bring out beauty from</div>
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just about anything.</div>
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<a href="http://creativesculpture.com/blog/2010/05/here-is-some-wonderful-galveston-art-created-from-devastation.html">http://creativesculpture.com/blog/2010/05/here-is-some-wonderful-galveston-art-created-from-devastation.html</a></div>
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Here are a few stump art photos that my daughter Amy took.</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-65304738758901031202013-08-22T16:44:00.000-05:002013-08-23T11:07:28.209-05:00Exploring...<div style="text-align: center;">
Do you like to explore?</div>
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I sure do.</div>
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When in Galveston we had the Gulf of Mexico in front of us,</div>
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and the Bay in back of us.</div>
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Very different beaches, birds and environment.</div>
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The bay side is wetlands,</div>
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but we found some little trails to follow in the Jeep.</div>
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My favorite bird was this white Ibis (about 2 ft. tall)</div>
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with his long curved beak.</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-57784591382419052332013-08-21T16:17:00.000-05:002013-08-21T16:17:01.644-05:00Family time in G town...<div style="text-align: center;">
Spent a few days in Galveston</div>
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with my family.</div>
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Had a wonderful time!</div>
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Youngest was my grandson who is five, and the oldest was my Aunt sissy, who is 90.<br />
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We went to the beach, went swimming in the pool,</div>
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flew kites, made homemade bubbles (huge ones),</div>
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made smores on the firepit,</div>
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explored the bay beach, went fishing,</div>
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went birding, played with a frisbee and water pistols,</div>
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played cards and monopoly,</div>
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and more...lots of fun and laughter.</div>
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The weather was a bit cooler than expected...Yay!!!</div>
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All in all, a good time to remember.</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-40918063665686343982013-06-28T13:25:00.000-05:002013-06-28T13:55:53.461-05:00Santos Cage Doll class<div style="text-align: center;">
The Santos Cage Dolls history </div>
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goes back to the 17th and 18th centuries.</div>
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You can learn how to make them,</div>
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just like I did,</div>
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by taking Jennifer Rizzo's online class </div>
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through Jennifer Oliver's ning site.</div>
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<a href="http://jeanneoliver.ning.com/">http://jeanneoliver.ning.com</a></div>
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She also offers many more classes,</div>
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of a wide variety,</div>
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and all are very affordable.</div>
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The doll class was only 19 dollars.</div>
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Some other classes are as little as ten dollars,</div>
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so go check them out.</div>
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Here are two of the Santos dolls I have made so far.</div>
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They stand about 21 inches tall.</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-33986900810042714352013-06-06T13:34:00.001-05:002013-08-03T08:34:07.599-05:00Lily's new beginning...<div style="text-align: center;">
For the past few weeks I have been watching</div>
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a caterpillar to a butterfly.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(You can read more and see more photos in previous posts)</span></div>
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Most of us do these type things as a kid,</div>
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or for our own kids or grandkids, </div>
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but rarely do them</div>
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for ourselves when we get to a certain age</div>
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(I'm 60 yo).</div>
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So, I thought I would start doing <strong>more</strong> things like this</div>
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to remind me</div>
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of that easily lost <strong><em>sense of wonder</em></strong>.</div>
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The kind of wonder that every child has.</div>
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The kind of wonder that keeps you young,</div>
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makes you have joy,</div>
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helps you to savor the day,</div>
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and awakens your soul.</div>
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<strong>The Story of Lily the Butterfly</strong></div>
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Lily began her life in my garden</div>
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as a tiny little yellow egg</div>
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laid gently on a passion vine tendril, </div>
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by a Gulf Fritillary Butterfly.</div>
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Later out popped a tiny caterpillar with legs.</div>
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She ate and ate in the sunshine,</div>
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kept growing and...</div>
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Then after while she formed this crysalis</div>
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and hung upside down for a couple of weeks.</div>
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Magic was happening inside that leaf like crysalis.</div>
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Then one morning,</div>
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there she was.</div>
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Lily (new beginning)</div>
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was motionless and still wet with a life giving black liquid.</div>
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Her wings were not yet stretched out or separated.</div>
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She had touches of orange on her black and white delicate wings.</div>
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Then Lily stretched her wings and flew.</div>
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gracing my garden.</div>
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Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584848020504689004noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237702235026475659.post-33948718130379228072013-06-04T08:09:00.003-05:002013-06-04T08:09:38.593-05:00 Awake your soul ...<div align="center">
Wow...What a variety of things to talk about....</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>( the little things in life are exciting too!! )</em></span></div>
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I have not posted in awhile,</div>
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due to unexpected migraines off and on</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(a nine day storm),</span></div>
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but I think I'm gonna live, :) SOOO.....</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Hope all of you are enjoying the first days of June.</span></div>
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This is the month of the <strong>Super Moon</strong>!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(largest for year 2013)</span></div>
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coincides with perigee</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(when the moon is closest to the Earth),</span></div>
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the moon will appear much larger and brighter.</div>
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So, think about getting your cameras ready</div>
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in a spot where you can see the moon rise above the horizon,</div>
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My DH has been busy,</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(as he always seems to be).</span></div>
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This weekend he built a new bed frame</div>
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and headboard for the guest room.</div>
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We used some plywood we had left over,</div>
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and then bought a few more boards</div>
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to build this simple design that I designed.</div>
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so I design around those materials.</div>
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Here it is drying in the shop.</div>
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He stained the wood using an oak stain,</div>
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then before putting on the clear coat of poly,</div>
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Here is a close up.</div>
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Nothing fancy, but I like it.</div>
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It will go in the bedroom this evening after it's good and dry.</div>
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I think my guests will enjoy it.</div>
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Oh yes, cost was less than 50 dollars.</div>
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Many of you may know by now</div>
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I love words!</div>
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Naming a pet is difficult at times,</div>
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especially when that pet is a <strong>caterpillar</strong>. </div>
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Yes, a caterpillar.</div>
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A few weeks back</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Lily</strong></span>,<em> my pet caterpillar you see below,</em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(still an orange caterpillar with black spiky things)</span></em></div>
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got her name from Kimmie</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">( of </span><a href="http://artinredwagons.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Art in Red Wagons</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> )</span></div>
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Lily is now in the crysalis stage.</div>
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Lily decided to attach herself to the jar lid,</div>
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She worked most of the day.</div>
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Here is the finished hard crysalis.</div>
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<em>You don't have to do big things, go to exotic places,</em></div>
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<strong>or to Awake your soul!</strong></div>
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My 'pet' caterpillar</div>
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Eating ferociously on the passion vine leaves.</div>
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I guess I should give him (or her) a name.</div>
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Walking around my garden this morning</div>
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They are home to little creatures,</div>
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I think I will make planters out of the stumps.</div>
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He'll just get out his trusty chain saw and hollow out the middle,</div>
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enough to put soil in, and then I can plant</div>
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Maybe it's because of it's spiral form.</div>
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I love my blue bottle tree</div>
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I need to get busy <em>acquiring</em> more blue bottles</div>
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for another one!!!!!!</div>
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Well, thanks to you fellow nature lovers out there,</div>
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I learned what the little caterpillar,</div>
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A beautiful <strong>Gulf Fritillary</strong> butterfly.</div>
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Most of the other caterpillars</div>
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were lunch for the birds I believe,</div>
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but I did see and capture one</div>
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and now have it in a jar</div>
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with it's food,</div>
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the passion vine.</div>
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I want to see it turn from caterpillar,</div>
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to crysalis, to butterfly.</div>
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Have you ever done that?</div>
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<em>Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, </em></div>
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<strong>SEA GLASS or</strong></div>
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<strong>Mermaid Tears</strong></div>
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Barbara of <a href="http://pinelandstreasures.blogspot.com/">http://pinelandstreasures.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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sent me some New Jersey shore sea glass.</div>
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Thanks Barbara, I love it!</div>
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Just a little something with wire, beads</div>
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I have it hanging on the lamp in my office.</div>
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The other pieces she sent me,</div>
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I have in a hand blown glass bowl,</div>
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with some other little treasures.</div>
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This is to remind me that</div>
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intriquing and with a </div>
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National Seaglass Association</div>
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If you love collecting seaglass,</div>
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