tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52964912071398792332024-03-19T01:11:00.741-07:00Art & Life InterwovenThe Nature of Art and LifeLynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-51195197107141361302012-03-20T09:35:00.001-07:002012-03-20T09:35:52.866-07:00My Heart<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a>My heart is so full these days. Life presents so much richness all mixed up with joy and sorrow.<br />
This heart is mine.<br />
It is a gift from my cousin who wrote such a precious note with it saying when I looked in the<br />
mirror on the other side I'd see the face of love looking back at me.<br />
It is hard to speak of this without tears because her time here is getting very short.<br />
This heart is mine.<br />
My sister's son and his wife are expecting their first baby, my great niece or nephew. So I<br />
will become a great auntie, to my delight.<br />
Life starting again and bringing its wonders to us all.<br />
This heart is mine.<br />
And now I can share it with someone who knows what to do with it.<br />
It is hard to speak of this without tears because I have waited so long.<br />
Life is starting again and bringing its wonders to me.<br />
This heart is mine and it is for sharing and I do<br />
I DO.</div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-63551370296124555202012-01-21T07:17:00.000-08:002012-01-21T07:17:27.461-08:00Command Post!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the high point in my art studio. All can be surveyed from this step!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are the basics of life....time, color and a fantastic pet!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic;">some </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the basics!</span></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-16475158609896477692012-01-02T10:10:00.000-08:002012-01-02T10:14:09.351-08:00The art of food presentation<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The holidays certainly present us with much that pleases the eye AND the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">palette. This was the dessert my son and I shared just before we</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">went to a marvelous play at the Kennedy Center - my Christmas gift</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to him (and myself as well!).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharing is also what this time of year is about and so here you have</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my symbolic photo of sharing and a treat that is beautiful to look at</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and eat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shortbread crust ! Yum!</span></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-91883189297096189162011-12-10T16:55:00.000-08:002011-12-10T16:58:46.589-08:00Moonlight at Christmas<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A full moon is working to outshine the Christmas decorations</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and doing a very good job, I'd say!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something rather enchanting about the dark cold nights</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the lights of many colors all through the streets</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of my town.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then to top it off is the big white moon in</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">her majesty.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Delicious.</span></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-58498648680889859702011-11-15T10:55:00.000-08:002011-11-22T08:27:44.077-08:00Form and color<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvJ0Sy8Ar6mq1L8nBVaxj5zEW8q6ZDgugAz-GTLLBqKmBXioJ3aXmOgApCmyURJjWbtu7BT3jizrxYF-NeS4oPLrqk9Tu66sIDWV6YbSqwlk9pA9ei_2OKTpKOYWwSBPsING44eyvV2w/s1600/P1010194.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvJ0Sy8Ar6mq1L8nBVaxj5zEW8q6ZDgugAz-GTLLBqKmBXioJ3aXmOgApCmyURJjWbtu7BT3jizrxYF-NeS4oPLrqk9Tu66sIDWV6YbSqwlk9pA9ei_2OKTpKOYWwSBPsING44eyvV2w/s400/P1010194.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">It was an overcast day and somehow it made the golden colors</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">of this tree even richer.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">The mist adds to the dreamlike quality of it.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">When the colors are gone we have to learn to love the</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">subtleties of greys and browns.</div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-92080261208995779852011-11-01T10:57:00.000-07:002011-11-01T11:02:49.883-07:00Can it be?<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHB0DvDq44r_YOkfFlYbWdU89C002FH4qBYWP3xJMTAh7Vr3THVSFJ4Mja66cIRU5dqOJov0imdCJqOc9_86jx7R1of3i7q2_gpk00Ye4xcKpB8KxvqyZbASSZmr_6xR32UPvC3EbccBU/s1600/P1010174.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHB0DvDq44r_YOkfFlYbWdU89C002FH4qBYWP3xJMTAh7Vr3THVSFJ4Mja66cIRU5dqOJov0imdCJqOc9_86jx7R1of3i7q2_gpk00Ye4xcKpB8KxvqyZbASSZmr_6xR32UPvC3EbccBU/s400/P1010174.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaB2rFJnXr8TF4orGUwRJe76utlXXmR4rnezN4EeHDmfOJSEaMSnPq4l4ueVbbA6wtkyHaT94KObJ9fpFw9ppgRR6o5oVnJedKyflgAb76RBrz36KfL3D3k6QfMylPsry2EwVpt3ZKpQ/s1600/P1010175.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaB2rFJnXr8TF4orGUwRJe76utlXXmR4rnezN4EeHDmfOJSEaMSnPq4l4ueVbbA6wtkyHaT94KObJ9fpFw9ppgRR6o5oVnJedKyflgAb76RBrz36KfL3D3k6QfMylPsry2EwVpt3ZKpQ/s400/P1010175.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViENs4-fI8dU0tRxkOUJyeq6pIJR5R9XPoKY5nU4EXvSl5ltVhyphenhyphenvbkaWB4ULenCYlLwm-Wtjo-AOo2DE7cLez0Q2cnbuI27bYdTZGRV55w44W9Ki6k0uhyphenhyphen5-skcwfWQuCbqgdDTCqFyE/s1600/P1010176.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViENs4-fI8dU0tRxkOUJyeq6pIJR5R9XPoKY5nU4EXvSl5ltVhyphenhyphenvbkaWB4ULenCYlLwm-Wtjo-AOo2DE7cLez0Q2cnbuI27bYdTZGRV55w44W9Ki6k0uhyphenhyphen5-skcwfWQuCbqgdDTCqFyE/s400/P1010176.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a>Oh my.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">What you find when you go through old family papers.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">These are from a stack of letters I wrote my parents while I was</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">1000 miles away at the State University of Iowa.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">I loved it there.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">But I missed my family terribly. We were very close.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">If these had been emails, I wouldn't be photographing them today.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Nor would I have the chance to revisit evidence of how close we were</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">and how happy I was.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">I think it is a very sad state of affairs.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><br /></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-56994895846975974982011-10-30T16:08:00.000-07:002011-11-01T10:59:41.503-07:00Snow in October?<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkS7jRB3H_rt3rlmMh9kUjjmmJWZFNgHXaKsqSils3-VEfv1kSw-fPYE4ADMNSVIqG7Ja9596oKkW-5_zIawQc4VMvlY_s4f-0ynxckS1zk_r_4UOWwWo5VWTF25oeFNre1DgmSnqH1Cs/s1600/P1010165.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkS7jRB3H_rt3rlmMh9kUjjmmJWZFNgHXaKsqSils3-VEfv1kSw-fPYE4ADMNSVIqG7Ja9596oKkW-5_zIawQc4VMvlY_s4f-0ynxckS1zk_r_4UOWwWo5VWTF25oeFNre1DgmSnqH1Cs/s400/P1010165.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a>Yet another shot of the remarkable October snow here.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Poor mums are weighed down. But they bounced back!</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Nature is resilient.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">We're part of Nature!</div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-81764705131654585912011-10-22T19:40:00.000-07:002011-10-22T19:44:18.924-07:00The past, the past and the present!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX84Et-HmqlAFeD-gGC7qpmo-Zr9_4si8DiekEyNluIoxFgbrf4qXK7OS7Qg4Io3ZrUbu3_bgkJ21yo5nOpRLWG_Hto2cWrtKM2ic4wSW0pylzM-cVnWFBPHOZ0pG5LCXA254WQG0fUsk/s1600/pa210012.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX84Et-HmqlAFeD-gGC7qpmo-Zr9_4si8DiekEyNluIoxFgbrf4qXK7OS7Qg4Io3ZrUbu3_bgkJ21yo5nOpRLWG_Hto2cWrtKM2ic4wSW0pylzM-cVnWFBPHOZ0pG5LCXA254WQG0fUsk/s400/pa210012.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">The subject line for this post is full of layered meaning.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">We have here an absolutely beautiful pastel done by an old friend</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">who is very dear to me.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">This is Lillian Russell (no, she was not my friend!).</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">The artist once was my babysitter. Has to have been well over</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">sixty years ago, too long ago to count.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">I just received this image in an email and HAD to print it out</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">and put it on my studio bulletin board.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">There you have it.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Someone from the past drawn by someone from my past who is</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">now in my present.<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-39839343055671445082011-09-21T20:25:00.000-07:002011-09-21T20:30:40.029-07:00This vase is loved<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI50K22BJEjSLmFJolm3ycIKA7oj-3PN0QS6JHerr-QMA5W3qMjWn8M9NbY7THsFfSzJNxMl2PGL6xoSajn-rM3StrJ1m6oTv6zND-d3hQ0gQNRADG5NY3XcMlOAcCpBaqfGlQDbm-aCM/s1600/p9190163.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI50K22BJEjSLmFJolm3ycIKA7oj-3PN0QS6JHerr-QMA5W3qMjWn8M9NbY7THsFfSzJNxMl2PGL6xoSajn-rM3StrJ1m6oTv6zND-d3hQ0gQNRADG5NY3XcMlOAcCpBaqfGlQDbm-aCM/s400/p9190163.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a>This lovely iridescent vase has been in my</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">family for many years. </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">I use it often and every time that I do, </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">I think of my Father carefully and </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">lovingly washing it after</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">the flowers that had faded away </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">were gone.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">I can see him at the sink with his</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">hand down inside its narrow length.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Washing it oh so carefully so all the</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">spots of residue were gone</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">and no quick moves were made that</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">might break it.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Now I wash it with the same care.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">And here it is for you to see.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">It is about 14" tall and has such lovely</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">colors that play over its surface.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><br /></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Behind it</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">on the wall</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">is another memory of </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">love.</div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-11986302309372306702011-09-12T07:16:00.000-07:002011-09-12T07:17:52.563-07:00All of a kind<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYZb4CvQCimrBn_IOfO3CDneV3GEHh-FnCfXHlrPbJOu9gF0NAUuFzZOrDGy_3Zxm3F8-t05BIGWFr9Gl6QUHY8lZoleSZ1T3U8p0bLmmhkshAkkrwat8CnLuRXI4cQliz9jbxSfIltQ/s1600/P8180140.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYZb4CvQCimrBn_IOfO3CDneV3GEHh-FnCfXHlrPbJOu9gF0NAUuFzZOrDGy_3Zxm3F8-t05BIGWFr9Gl6QUHY8lZoleSZ1T3U8p0bLmmhkshAkkrwat8CnLuRXI4cQliz9jbxSfIltQ/s400/P8180140.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><br />Recently, when I decided to group all my stuffed animals and figurines of animals on one shelf in my studio, I had no idea that my Lucy was paying so much attention to my plan. She was!Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-44620353561600668872011-09-04T11:26:00.000-07:002011-09-04T11:27:26.057-07:00Juxtaposition<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFbIqiVrc_kXQhACM1D4-ybVxep6UfkMZ_MV4C5-PqtLkaXoNHvVy8F0OvAr9Hcfo-XVENT7uMakRcA134LeuWN3Ja9ffIdWFmpg9nb7fptPhim-sbyUy0aN40asZmr-afbVRuH72D9I/s1600/P1010369.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFbIqiVrc_kXQhACM1D4-ybVxep6UfkMZ_MV4C5-PqtLkaXoNHvVy8F0OvAr9Hcfo-XVENT7uMakRcA134LeuWN3Ja9ffIdWFmpg9nb7fptPhim-sbyUy0aN40asZmr-afbVRuH72D9I/s400/P1010369.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div>
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<br />Sometimes things present themselves unexpectedly. I was having lunch with a friend and was looking around as I always do....for compositions that might make a good painting. How's this!Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-51122008661753029012011-08-08T15:44:00.000-07:002011-08-08T15:45:25.290-07:00Love Potion recipes<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8AUUHMVDyn_k_M6YP5Af2Vlr3ZEYWtX2tFKmDyCDN07WkxE5NTtNuzPfozMTsrhdvTcC4jqE1TkJ4aSiKGkEELZbJGKE5XMNE9HtjiO43iu1GLGA_d5FOMa_KkWnHNJsFsI5z6nLj3s/s1600/p1010284.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8AUUHMVDyn_k_M6YP5Af2Vlr3ZEYWtX2tFKmDyCDN07WkxE5NTtNuzPfozMTsrhdvTcC4jqE1TkJ4aSiKGkEELZbJGKE5XMNE9HtjiO43iu1GLGA_d5FOMa_KkWnHNJsFsI5z6nLj3s/s400/p1010284.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div>
<br /><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div> I can't see my photograph as I type this. I hope it is there! Just wanted to know if anyone has some recipes that WORK! Found this in Frederick Maryland.Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-52061155275917182052011-07-20T20:32:00.000-07:002011-07-20T20:32:52.781-07:00Clouds Part Two!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3PNEpI_GwR-KUpubKNaTdUGrZj4IP-3cA_VuGHgOzc16Lh6hhU31X2NcQBjiaKEIZUTo7Oe2J-IawgwbKFl2vqxeTGNTdrTyuZ9bc4TKq2BUvUze_5r-Nwc9nb7lIlXiQeahlhzZGbE/s1600/P1010240.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3PNEpI_GwR-KUpubKNaTdUGrZj4IP-3cA_VuGHgOzc16Lh6hhU31X2NcQBjiaKEIZUTo7Oe2J-IawgwbKFl2vqxeTGNTdrTyuZ9bc4TKq2BUvUze_5r-Nwc9nb7lIlXiQeahlhzZGbE/s400/P1010240.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Now you're talking! </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">See them galloping across the sky?</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><br /></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-22351266800177534132011-07-20T20:19:00.000-07:002011-07-20T20:25:32.634-07:00Cloud Pictures<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwJOufNDCr1OdGxPqrpkmHyYsn8pWCoQr9q75gY5gbjuWrM9AgheI4itjZdJpKMLB5H7OXsUZkIMO_bjmpUih_hukhGAgmr-ZIM2FX_MqmyeU9CirGJio1e9pVdrr6sYVY89m4IKyUN0/s1600/P1010239.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwJOufNDCr1OdGxPqrpkmHyYsn8pWCoQr9q75gY5gbjuWrM9AgheI4itjZdJpKMLB5H7OXsUZkIMO_bjmpUih_hukhGAgmr-ZIM2FX_MqmyeU9CirGJio1e9pVdrr6sYVY89m4IKyUN0/s400/P1010239.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7L6RSCMqGuErwyEvwRcpEPTJC0CdAlO25VXbOxuymFxIOr_MCJSqzg6tkEFKc11K-DPYaeUp33wlM9l77CRN8EHE2zCCvOom9Js3sN2S02wzD-7PQCoFqYkmQAzf-alzQCcw9SWg4Jo/s1600/P1010241.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7L6RSCMqGuErwyEvwRcpEPTJC0CdAlO25VXbOxuymFxIOr_MCJSqzg6tkEFKc11K-DPYaeUp33wlM9l77CRN8EHE2zCCvOom9Js3sN2S02wzD-7PQCoFqYkmQAzf-alzQCcw9SWg4Jo/s400/P1010241.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I remember my Dad telling me that he loved his Grandma Wiggins very much.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >He told me that she would hunt for cloud pictures with him when he was a little boy.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >And so in these lovely summertime days, I think of my Dad and his Grandma as I </span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >look up at the fantastic clouds all around me today.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >What can you see in these?</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >A fat lady with a topknot beckoning?</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >A baby seahorse cavorting?</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Look up.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Find the pictures in the clouds.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >If you know a little child, show him how to do it, or</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >maybe he'll show you!</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-19375861888333158652011-07-16T09:43:00.000-07:002011-07-16T09:48:31.385-07:00Summer glories<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdjDcesHJ1YIZTZ0MVyr1i-9Zi-kaDOjPJaJJkMOUJfv4RLf_5qR2R4sL2xn5DP7LdhgnWxdhyphenhyphen6LCt9hlPKUHCMKAFVF0ZY9YCVRitLk21YB1q5-HzIgJKlYWybRIQPIWIKI5xmmoGVg/s1600/P1010216.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdjDcesHJ1YIZTZ0MVyr1i-9Zi-kaDOjPJaJJkMOUJfv4RLf_5qR2R4sL2xn5DP7LdhgnWxdhyphenhyphen6LCt9hlPKUHCMKAFVF0ZY9YCVRitLk21YB1q5-HzIgJKlYWybRIQPIWIKI5xmmoGVg/s400/P1010216.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Ahhhhhhhhh the hydrangeas reign supreme on this early July day.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I am grateful for my zoom lens giving me this look into the intricacies of the center of</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >my beloved Lacecap hydrangea.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >This started out in a pot as a Mother's Day gift to my wonderful mom.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Now it is huge and glorious.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Everyday I receive the greatest pleasure from its beauty.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Here' a little look for you!</span></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-21399135041557911112011-07-14T09:21:00.001-07:002011-07-14T09:34:33.088-07:00Washing Machine Rant SagaOK, first of all I don't have any beautiful photograph to show you this time. I just want to say that some days you have to run as fast as you can across the flat but shaky rocks in a fast moving body of water so you don't fall in. That is what I've been doing these past three days.<br /><br />I've had all my 'spare' time taken up and then some, trying to get just what I need in order to replace my defunct washing machine. I went to Sears to buy a new one and they didn't have ANYTHING that would work in the space I have. The one I got from them is 'out of stock' and the salesperson didn't get me any information as to how long would that be the case and said she thought it had actually been discontinued.<br /><br />No one wants to read all this nonsense. So I will do my best to not prolong all this annoyance I have had to contend with. Good thing, and VERY good thing indeed, is that with one exception, ALL the people (a LOT of them) that I have contacted (repairmen, store personnel, knowledgeable friends and family) have been so very very helpful.<br /><br />My task is to try to keep all the long lists of data straight on the myriad post-it notes I have on my desk and then decide on a sequence of action. I may just have to spring for a dryer too, even though mine is working just fine thank you. The thing is, there are no guarantees that the old dryer will fit a kit that secures it to the new washer. AND will the men bringing the new washer even TOUCH the old dryer. I'm serious. Touch it. Much less take it off the old washer, and put it back on top of the new washer secured. Crazy.<br /><br />But at the very least I finally found a top recommended brand that is the size I need to fit in my space. That was a big deal. Only it will take two weeks to get here from Michigan!<br /><br />OK, before I just end in a huff, let me say that Tom at Lowe's in Gaithersburg rocks! He has been fantastically helpful and patient and funny and I am grateful for him today!Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-76511683963771437612011-06-28T15:35:00.000-07:002011-07-01T12:03:11.649-07:00Family<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBC5y8kUAqtqV28bNxFHJnIEgTu_tNA1yogMPc3N7iGWHeF7PWqd3S6NRFSvvyZeiDt1XDj7JyO21-f7ceXLgv6guggynAzhYI6vwn0rG9mnXm3Kl_VySWLyHQbaQXoCQinQzHbRobEw/s1600/loakes1-R3-E034.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBC5y8kUAqtqV28bNxFHJnIEgTu_tNA1yogMPc3N7iGWHeF7PWqd3S6NRFSvvyZeiDt1XDj7JyO21-f7ceXLgv6guggynAzhYI6vwn0rG9mnXm3Kl_VySWLyHQbaQXoCQinQzHbRobEw/s400/loakes1-R3-E034.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">My sister and my cousins at my 16th birthday party! </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Such a long time ago and yet so sweet to see all of us in party clothes honoring the natal day of one of us. We did this for each one, but of course this is the one my Dad recorded and therefore I have the photo.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">I'm feeling the presence of the older generation around me these days as I have delved into</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">many files of letters and photos.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">We just held a small get together of some of us. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">It was so precious.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Nothing else can substitute for family.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">I would wish that everyone had the amazing one I grew up in.</div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-89449384133490175392011-06-25T06:44:00.000-07:002011-06-28T15:38:32.080-07:00Great Foundations!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zDDDL6vGKbo0V91T54yKB-4jwREH6pwz_esSd3SgHSqOQtxEnZy_p6ynMyIiplHH040biI4hI3r5pHT8k29IrW08bVJvMsxskDzpXrr7fV3M6nIG76rjRD6K8oEw6jSe6kt0YKwq71Q/s1600/loakes1-R1-E005.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zDDDL6vGKbo0V91T54yKB-4jwREH6pwz_esSd3SgHSqOQtxEnZy_p6ynMyIiplHH040biI4hI3r5pHT8k29IrW08bVJvMsxskDzpXrr7fV3M6nIG76rjRD6K8oEw6jSe6kt0YKwq71Q/s400/loakes1-R1-E005.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">My Mother and Father!</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Full of mischief and good humor!</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Lucky me and lucky sister!</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">It is a joy to me to see their smiling faces and how much this reminds me of the</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">best childhood ever.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">I'm doing all I can to carry on what they did for me and how huge a difference it makes in </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">this world to see the fun in things and the pleasure of living.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><br /></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-73313381182785403502011-06-21T12:00:00.000-07:002011-06-25T20:33:29.638-07:00Look Up (did I say this before?!)<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzQQHucCe2pWZK043hlecFqX6FLSppvCQvjLahKR9QjVS0Vhia5Y2zEr_T738ZkCUI_xn89VbRnPrfIAXPQi3aGIEUEulYOyn3A1J3bggvmVZchhuAr8q0oqJcjAZ4yShxPxTkCXrbNM/s1600/P1010127.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzQQHucCe2pWZK043hlecFqX6FLSppvCQvjLahKR9QjVS0Vhia5Y2zEr_T738ZkCUI_xn89VbRnPrfIAXPQi3aGIEUEulYOyn3A1J3bggvmVZchhuAr8q0oqJcjAZ4yShxPxTkCXrbNM/s400/P1010127.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >We miss a great deal when we don't look up. </span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I found this out recently when visiting a museum presenting a retrospective of a </span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >famous artist.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I was intent on the paintings until my son said to me,</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Look up!</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >When I did, I saw marvelous quotes by the artist that had been put on the walls.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >They were actually quite far up the tall walls, and without his nudge to look up,</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I would have missed some great deep thoughts!</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Here's one of my latest cloud shots from looking up.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >It's a good summer here for fabulous clouds.</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >So start doing it!</span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Look Up!</span></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-43412374697288077092011-06-16T07:51:00.000-07:002011-06-21T12:03:04.331-07:00The company of a cat<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwl3p0yNz3s_YvMT7uxmJlNQuwYxHhgOKUp1ww9lX6l01Rb8N8HwJs8ZO4P2TykljjsSfwl46-N2tJivtIr7LIJORvcDj5uMQA3853qK3vkypSQA3Pg-J8DKoPrm40Co17tGtMgaAuBc/s1600/p5020097.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwl3p0yNz3s_YvMT7uxmJlNQuwYxHhgOKUp1ww9lX6l01Rb8N8HwJs8ZO4P2TykljjsSfwl46-N2tJivtIr7LIJORvcDj5uMQA3853qK3vkypSQA3Pg-J8DKoPrm40Co17tGtMgaAuBc/s400/p5020097.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">As I sit at my desk there is this window to one side of me.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Last year I got a carpeted shelf for my companion to watch the world go by.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Here she is, no doubt having spotted a bird in that luxurious tree.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">She likes it and I love seeing her enjoyment.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Art and Life interwoven.<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-85617295765783245872011-05-23T09:46:00.000-07:002011-06-16T08:24:59.624-07:00Lucky me, a garden!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQXp9rDz-3NAf_iKnwinfZwI6OGGTHdBT7rYNiT75b4KbebP3ZLdONkRXRPBKsAqF84JkIkSKZ1WichWBT-8fDsLCTe546yYYAEzKHZq3pVEHVgs_DZtOPmSAFySJdA7AIDElYY18JB0/s1600/P1010415.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQXp9rDz-3NAf_iKnwinfZwI6OGGTHdBT7rYNiT75b4KbebP3ZLdONkRXRPBKsAqF84JkIkSKZ1WichWBT-8fDsLCTe546yYYAEzKHZq3pVEHVgs_DZtOPmSAFySJdA7AIDElYY18JB0/s400/P1010415.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a>Here is the beginning of something wonderful. Next door there is a gardener, someone who last year started a garden where previously there had been three huge pine trees which we had taken down. Now, on this side of the property line, this wonderful neighbor and his son have put in even more garden. We will have pumpkins, watermelon and lots of other cool stuff to share!</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Last week his young son came over with the first lettuce crop of the season!</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Life is a team effort, folks!</div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-50384223517151785432011-05-23T08:04:00.000-07:002011-05-23T09:48:53.962-07:00Surround yourself with beautyI have no idea why the text is appearing at the top above my photos now. But anyway, here is a gorgeous new glass bowl I found for $10.00! WOWEE, doesn't it look great? Put the irridescent balls and shell on it and voila! Cobalt blue is my new 'go-to' color this season. <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0HOx5qcenEtsxi_WZogFp2z6U0O97DI1wXP0m7-7SE6YEH7r5y-3U80p8TbCjQZ93Idfs5xv9wfaPXId__FppGmZ9cHllYht9k1n9MxGxteIgQnoEXg4LdYscqqaZIHB8gpL00w8Hik/s1600/P1010449.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0HOx5qcenEtsxi_WZogFp2z6U0O97DI1wXP0m7-7SE6YEH7r5y-3U80p8TbCjQZ93Idfs5xv9wfaPXId__FppGmZ9cHllYht9k1n9MxGxteIgQnoEXg4LdYscqqaZIHB8gpL00w8Hik/s400/P1010449.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-74487119650621735012011-04-19T13:03:00.000-07:002011-04-19T13:18:59.016-07:00My friend flies free now<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsxh5rSK_vxRB-bhVPHK2Q0YHRKXpIpa6W833otLt4nmrqe1AmCo0R-9rlYa4ZLQ1drQ3nZ0j3IZJt99pD3547LqXO0AUKCt2WF7xB7MPP0tnc6mWXZnKVXp0TuM3fKOau0K6E-xa97s/s1600/RidiculousObsession012.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsxh5rSK_vxRB-bhVPHK2Q0YHRKXpIpa6W833otLt4nmrqe1AmCo0R-9rlYa4ZLQ1drQ3nZ0j3IZJt99pD3547LqXO0AUKCt2WF7xB7MPP0tnc6mWXZnKVXp0TuM3fKOau0K6E-xa97s/s400/RidiculousObsession012.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">My dear friend has left this life and now flies free of its cares and difficulties.</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">As I thought about what to post to share what I feel about him, I imagined a heart.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">I began looking through a few of my thousands of photographs and within a few seconds,</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">there it was. A picture of a heart.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Just what I wanted.</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Somehow I know that he is around me just now and helped me find the heart.</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">He was and is very dear to me.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Someone who was a teacher of mine many years ago.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">A man full of passion for life and for people.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">A man with GREAT interest in life and all it has to offer.</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">A man who did really wonderful art and who wrote me </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">wonderful long newsy letters, always with photos or pictures in them.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">A man who cared about other people and often spoke of his children with that</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">care, concern and love. </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">I remember that he always wished he knew how to help them better if they were having some difficulty.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Oh how he LOVED to talk and yet he truly listened as well.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Over the years I don't know how many times I saw him because he didn't live</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">where I lived. But when he came to town to visit an elderly aunt of his, he</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">would always stop to see me, see how I was doing, share the doings of his trip.</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">He had the greatest laugh.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">I LOVED hearing him laugh and he did it so easily!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">He knows how to play and joke and I know for certain</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">that he is playing and laughing.</div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">I can hear him.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">My heart glows with admiration and affinity for this amazing spirit.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">You made my life richer for knowing you.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Bon Voyage til we meet again.</div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"></div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-72007626806534239252011-04-17T16:30:00.000-07:002011-04-17T16:33:30.329-07:00Seeing what is right in front of us<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9CHMwncC2MQ8Y8iaMpMsXXIR_Ob4CWgInfOTsnh6J0AA4NycQS8Zyj2Y45Bqt2AESOv7waVZv978rA0tZd34CQUOQIQfMHBnNKzX5DEfHTZrvCiYK7cylw3zH2rDH7TJR_LynBo3-ko/s1600/P9070267.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9CHMwncC2MQ8Y8iaMpMsXXIR_Ob4CWgInfOTsnh6J0AA4NycQS8Zyj2Y45Bqt2AESOv7waVZv978rA0tZd34CQUOQIQfMHBnNKzX5DEfHTZrvCiYK7cylw3zH2rDH7TJR_LynBo3-ko/s400/P9070267.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Sometimes beauty just comes together in the simple things</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">that we use everyday.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Look for that beauty where you are.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">It is there.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">It is up to you to behold it and to perhaps make a bit of an arrangement</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">out of</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">such beauteous elements as present themselves to you.</div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296491207139879233.post-46345284394806919672011-03-13T17:08:00.000-07:002011-03-13T17:13:07.503-07:00Related....<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGXvJkBifcDw5iB66tHIiDFcdV5tUNj5U-klsH2Vjaznc5crZc6jNwLSUoONb_SqAEDt0n0Rq0v_AvDxbZ2Dy2YLt1grRs-sezXZ71OxTCHWB3kRR58QmFMoC3mEMpN_T-XSqH1pXmw4/s1600/P1010497.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGXvJkBifcDw5iB66tHIiDFcdV5tUNj5U-klsH2Vjaznc5crZc6jNwLSUoONb_SqAEDt0n0Rq0v_AvDxbZ2Dy2YLt1grRs-sezXZ71OxTCHWB3kRR58QmFMoC3mEMpN_T-XSqH1pXmw4/s400/P1010497.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Mother on the left and me on the right. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">We're about the same age in these two very different presentations.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Mom is holding her favorite doll, one that had a bisque head and was lovingly outfitted by friends of her mother's who gave it to her one Christmas.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Mrs. Wiley cut out the silhouettes of all of us that were in her first grade class.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">I look pretty grown up, I'd say. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Do click on the image so that you can see how sweet my Mother looked.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">You will see, however, that the paper of my profile is pretty tattered.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">I just decided to frame it last year before it disintegrated.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">I'm not planning to do the same thing...</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both">Disintegrate, that is!</div>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645534249290468831noreply@blogger.com0