Welcome to my newest blog. My goal is to complete a 365 project even though I am starting a little late this year. I failed in my attempt before...but with a new camera and faster laptop I am renewed in my efforts to post successfully...wish me luck!



Monday, May 31, 2010

Remembrance....

 
"Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored."-Daniel Webster (Flags honoring the soldiers in Farmington)
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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Purple Haze..

 
"Excuse me while I kiss the sky"-Jimi Hendrix....this has been a fabulous day..so excuse me while I just take note of it!!
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Wasted away again in Margaritaville...

 
It's the official start of the summer and to christen our new patio we made a pitcher of Presidente Margaritas tonight...they were "mucho excellente"...(maybe a little tooo good ;)
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Listen to the Silence...

 
"I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching."-Ralph Waldo Emerson...a hidden side entrance to St. Patrick's Church
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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Follow your direction...

 
"Our thoughts create our reality-where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go." Peter McWillimas - I hope I have chosen the right direction!
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

On the road to recovery...

 
We visited our friend, Pat at McLean's Rehab. Center tonight just a week after she had double knee replacement surgury....she is doing amazingly well and up and walking already...hard to keep a good woman down!!
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Serenity...

 
"There is nothing, absolutely nothing,half so much worth doing as simply messing about in a boat."..Kenneth Grahame...My husband would agree..he's spends more time in his boat,whether fishing on a lake or fixing it up in the driveway...(I guess you could call it his "studio".)
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Monday, May 24, 2010

Exit, stage right....

 
"Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets her hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."-William Shakespeare
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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Sit down and listen.....

 
"There's something to be learned by listening and absorbing and watching before you start telling the people who have been there before you, how to rearrange the chairs."
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

All who wander are not lost...

 
Kathy, Janet, Linda and moi walked the trail in Collinsville today. A beautiful place for photographers, bikers, joggers and walkers alike. Liked it so much might just do it again tomorrow!
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Oh the tangled web...

 
Using my macro lense along the Trail, I caught up with my favorite thing...a lovely spider spinning it's web.
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Friday, May 21, 2010

One man's junk....

 
...is another woman's treasure! I love finding old metal barrels,buckets,and wash basins at tag sales and flea markets. They make for great container gardens. These are just a few from my collection.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010

the results...

 
After 6 weeks of back breaking work...(mostly Dave's)...and countless shopping trips (mostly me)..our patio is just about finished...just in time for summer...bring on the margeritas!
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Card for a friend...

 
One of my good friends is in the hospital recovering from major surgury...thought she could use a little cheering up so painted a card for her...hope she's back on her feet again real soon.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Jasper Jolt

 
A Jasper Johns Painting chock full of color....I laminated this huge print for a friend at school today...but before handing it back to him I had to snap some angles. I do love it's saturated colors.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

I got nothin'

 
An uneventful rainy Tuesday...no great inspiration today...so all I can do is ponder...cause I got nothin'...I will get inspired again manana
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Monday, May 17, 2010

Brick by brick...

 
"They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time; take one step at a time." -Dorothy Day...building anything is a process that must be done step by step, and with alot of patience....but the result is always worth it!
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Sunday, May 16, 2010

planting some color

 
We spent the day in the garden centers and in the yard beginning to plant color everywhere. You gotta love flowers...such little things make me soo happy!
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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Pick your poison...

 
Who needs Coke or Pepsi when you can have Kitty Piddle or Bug Barf...ahhhh...that will wet your whistle!
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Friday, May 14, 2010

Going to pot....

 
...that is my goal this weekend..if I can just decide what planters to buy for my new patio...decisions, decisions...just have to make one!
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Nine Inch Nails

 
"Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas." -Georges Braque
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Table for two...

 
"I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by some knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness."
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Unopened doors...

 
"Footfalls echo in the memory, down the passage which we did not take...towards the door we never opened."-T.S. Eliot An interesting door in Greenwich Village
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Monday, May 10, 2010

A Bold Step

 
I am a fanatic for bold graphic colors...especially when they play off black. So when I looked down at the rug I was standing on in a Collinsville gallery, I just had to snap it!
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Happy Mother's Day

 
"Before I was a mom I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body." Happy Mother's Day...and to Lauren and Leah who make it all such a worthwhile ride!
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