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Gorgeous Floral Prints
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This n That
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Delightful Art by Karin de Haas
I found the work of Karin de Haas yesterday on Pinterest, and I’m simply fascinated. Her subjects exude absolute joy and make me feel happy, hopeful – even joyful – looking at them. How can you be sad looking at this wonderful lady and her cat? I want to hug them both.
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Beautiful Birds
‘”‘Why do birds sing in the morning? It’s the triumphant shout: “We got through another night!”‘ ~ Enid Bagnold
“Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.”
~ Dilbert
“The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.” ~ John Berry
“I don’t ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.” ~ Pete Hamill
“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” ~ Langston Hughes
“I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.” ~ e. e. cummings
“A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.” ~ Chinese Proverb
“My heart is like a singing bird.” ~ Christina Rossetti
“Use the talents you possess – for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best.” ~ Henry Van Dyke
“How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird?” ~ Boyle Roche
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“Sunrise, Sunset…”
“Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears”
Source: Musixmatch, Songwriters: Jerrold Lewis Bock / Sheldon M Harnick,Sunrise, Sunset lyrics © Jerry Bock Enterprises, Bock Ip Llc, Times Square Music Publications Company, Trio Music Co., Inc.
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Art is Emotion
I appreciate art work of all types. I can look at a painting and appreciate the expertise that went into it, its inherent beauty – but unless it SPEAKS to me – makes me FEEL something, it isn’t really ‘art’ to me.
I want to REACT when I see a photo, a painting, a sculpture. I might want to TOUCH it to fully appreciate the 3-D-ness or texture. I might tear up. I might smirk or laugh. I might be so touched I feel as if I melted into a puddle. I might wish I could BE there. I want to BE different because I saw it.
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Three Things
THING ONE –
@David J Salter on X
THING TWO –
Bob – @blueeyedegret on X
THING THREE –
James McGairy – Swale Evening – @JamesMcgairyart on X
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Definition of “Ethereal”
“Ethereal” – adjective – extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
M Bakatselou
M Bakatselou
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Delightful ‘Finds’
As I travel around on the net, I gather things I love. Sometimes I end up with enough from one artist to feature him or her in a post. Other times I only find one thing and just enjoy them awhile and then share them with you.
David Salter – @Daviidjsalter on X
dekor-salon.ru
Design7777-Pinterest
Dory R-Belted Kingfisher-ink and wc-Dory R Artified
dragonfly-fabricsquare-Saphies Paws-Etsy
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Flower ‘Fix’
Many times I just need to see some beautiful flowers to lift my spirits and remind me there are still wonderful things in our world. I hope these photos and paintings help YOU, too –
Tatsiana_Kashtalyan-via Oksana Ivanik Art-@ivanik_oksana on X
Malgorzaty Kruk
Malgorzaty Kruk-kruckart.com
winterberryirises.com
“Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower.” ~ John Harrigan – Bloomaker.com
Ahhhhhhhhh!
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Ethereal
Susan – Pinterest
Somehow I just needed to be “eased-into” today with something soft, fragile, and beautiful. I don’t know for sure if these are paintings or photos, but I think they’re exquisite.
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Bits and Pieces
“When I offer to wash your back in the shower, all you have to say is ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Not all this “Who are you and how did you get in here?” nonsense.”
Pinterest – I love this. I wish I knew who the artist is. I almost expect these sweet little girls to move!
I’m going to go upstairs in a bit and work on the glassware project. I received the kit of diamond bits for the Dremel. My husband confirmed that I’m SUPPOSED to be able to simply pull the current bit out of the Dremel and push the new one in. Time will tell…
String Art is another area that is evolving beyond belief. I love the whole idea of this art form, and I’m amazed at the creativity shown by the artists. Here is the latest one I’ve found. It simply knocks my socks off.
StringArtByOlesia-Etsy
Ian Bourne Art – @IanBourneArt on X
Lil Ol Couple – Hippopottermiss on DeviantArt.com
Mozaico
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Ethereal
Headbanger Deb-pinterest
Delicate and ethereal. Mesmerizing.
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Beautiful Things I’ve Found Lately
Anna Pokrzywnicka
Christine Cummings Ceramics
fineartamerica.com
carved canteen vase – welburngourdfarm.com
Holly Storlie-dailypaintworks.com
Twilight in the Wilderness-Frederick Church
saatchiart.com
The First Snow-Andrey Tutunov-urgetocreate.tumblr.com
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Heart-Warming Stories 2
Great Schools
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Teacher Debbie Moon’s first graders were
discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different hair color than the other members. One of her students suggested that he was adopted.
A little girl said, ‘I know all about
Adoption, I was adopted.’
‘What does it mean to be adopted?’, asked
another child.
‘It means’, said the girl, ‘that you grew
in your mommy’s heart instead of her tummy!’
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Thanks to my friend Marsha for this story.
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Favorite Thursday
Today is my favorite Thursday of the month – the Thursday I get a massage. Ahhhhhhh!
My sore muscles, stiff places, pops and crackles all wait impatiently each month for Lynn’s attention. The stars align and it’s my morning to go enjoy her healing hands.
If I won the lottery, I would probably ask her for more, but I’m very grateful for the one Thursday I feel totally relaxed each month.
Each time when she gets finished, I tell her ‘thank you,’ and ‘good night,’ hoping she could simply leave me there…
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More 3-D
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Art Cement
I want this!!!!! And if I had won the Mega Millions yesterday, I could probably afford it. :0(
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The Joy of Bubbles
Blowing bubbles has always been one of my favorite things. I don’t know why, but I can’t stop smiling when I’m around them – whether I’m doing the blowing or others are.
Bubbles are a happy-maker. You can’t be UNhappy and blow bubbles at the same time. I always have some bubble juice stashed somewhere, just in case – kind of like the things on the wall in buildings that tell you to ‘break glass in case of fire.’ “Break out the bubbles in case of sadness.”
And creative people have come up with new and different ways for people to enjoy blowing bubbles!
This looks like the one I’ll be using tomorrow. Mine is called, “Peppa Pig Giant Bubble Wand.” It cost $1.99 plus tax and I scooped it up at the grocery store Friday. I can’t wait to use it sitting on the deck, and maybe even running out in the back yard (being careful not to fall in the soft spots created by moles, voles and other “ole’s” as I do.)
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I Really Like These
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Stuff I Like – Odds n Ends
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A Bit of Spring
My husband brought in one of our fancier yellow iris yesterday. We’ll have several days to enjoy it, while the various buds open up and smile at us.
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For the Love of a Cat
This is our cat, Abby. She was advertised as a ‘lap cat’ in the paper years ago – an apt description. She has been a part of our family for years now. She tolerates Amber, our yellow lab, allowing her to use her dog beds if she isn’t in the middle of them, taunting her by stretching and yawning and looking as comfortable as only a cat can look. She doesn’t have an audible purr, but if you leave your hand on her, you can FEEL it. :0)
“Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.” ~ Jeff Valdez
“In a cat’s eye, all things belong to cats.” ~ English Proverb
“Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.” ~ Mary Bly
“Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well.” ~ Missy Dizick
“I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.” ~ Anonymous
“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.” ~ Cleveland Amory
“What greater gift than the love of a cat?” – Charles Dickens
MP3 Player
I use this to play some of my favorite songs when I’m on my elliptical trainer. I have earphones attached and can ‘zone out,’ lost in the wonderful world of music, transported, singing along while I try to do good things for my body.
This is a very old player. Almost everything we own nowadays is ancient when we try to get parts, get things fixed, try to find another one like it to replace what we love – when we’re forced to.
I’ve done two 10-minute sessions on the elliptical trainer recently. I got out my mp3 player and started on the elliptical, only to find my player wasn’t working. After the first session, I came in, plugged it in to recharge it (it had been a LOOOOOONG time since I used it). A day or so later, I did the 2nd session on the elliptical, but the player wasn’t working. I plugged it in AGAIN, this time leaving it ‘on’ while recharging.
This morning my husband told me to order another one. I went to check it to make sure it was, indeed, unchargeable, and found IT WAS PLAYING!
So, like ME, it seems to have some life in it yet. I’ll be using it later today when I have another session on the elliptical scheduled. Fingers crossed both it – and I – are working.
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Sharing the Purple
Deep purple is my favorite color. Whenever I see it, my soul reacts, with happiness welling up inside and spilling over. Spring is one time of the year where our yard reflects my love of the color.
They are blooming almost all the way down one side of the driveway now. When they are finished, yellow ones take over.
You can see my heart is really full this time of year. There is much to do in the yard, and little time right now to do it between severe weather. Soon things will tame down (hopefully) and I can get our planters weeded and cleared out, tomato plants in, and buy some purple petunias for the deck. :0)
Stay warm and dry!
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Thoughts on a Tuesday 4-12-2022
It’s due to be rainy again today. I’m still breathing a sigh of relief that the warning, with tornadoes imminent and on the ground went JUST to the north of Greenwood. I was watching the experts on our local weather station monitor the tornado warning and the line of the bad stuff was JUST above our town on their map. Hopefully, we’ll have the same luck today.
Lynn, my massage miracle worker, contacted me to change my massage from Thursday this week to today. I’m delighted that I didn’t have to just miss my massage this month, so my body is already singing in anticipation of her good work. I’ll put the trash out and get our mail when I go.
Other than that, I’m planning for DAY 2 of the month-long program by my ‘weights for seniors’ video guy. He has a stretching video, and then ‘physical activity’ (of my choice) for 10 minutes. I’m going to do my elliptical trainer in the garage. In addition, I’ll do one of the weights videos, and then my normal half hour of yoga stretches. These will be spread out throughout the day.
My husband is still trying to get his computer working as he would like. I’m helping only when he asks – with this exception. He and our son were trying to use the conference call program so they could actually SEE each other and talk real time. Lately my husband hasn’t shown any interest in wanting to do that, so I was delighted that he was trying to talk. They were having trouble getting things set up right on our end so that our son could hear my husband. I went over, looked at things, and saw that his microphone button was off. I pushed it, waiting to hear him yell at me for interfering, but was pleased to see it worked! Instead of yelling, my husband told our son, “She fixes stuff for me all the time now.” I was relieved and melted into my computer chair on the other side of the room.
When they were finished, our son wrote ME, asking if I wanted to talk, so we each had a wonderful catch up time with him. Absolutely beyond price. :0)
I hope your Tuesday is a good one.
Did I Tell You I Love Elephants?
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Magnificent
I found this yesterday and wanted to share it with you. I don’t even know what I’m looking at – whether it’s an actual waterfall, a painting, a photoshop – but whatever it is, I LOVE it.
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Virtual Trip to the Beach
I feel really lucky to have someone who cares. This way I can take a virtual, instant trip to the beach whenever I need it. :0)
THANK YOU, ML.
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