'Neath this
Saturday, October 30, 2010
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
'Neath this
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Autumn Embrace
When I am no longer lovely and bright,
Will you still be there?
As my glorious colors fade
Will you, too?
Oh no, for life is more than a just season,
But rather the joy of one passing to another.
And as they do,
I shall hold you close
And finally, we will melt into the twilight~~
Dimming slowly,
But forever as
One.
Pax….
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Happy Birthday To My Dear Hubby!!!
Monday, October 25, 2010
The Blog-Mistress Is Semi-Sane Again……
Okay Kiddies; I am still up to my yaya in work here, but I recovered from my fit of *Pique* the other day, and I actually did some tinkering with one of the new templates, discovering I can strip it to nothing and reinsert all my gawdies and goodies.
So! When I go to do this (and it will not be this week, or maybe even next) I will temporarily take the blog off-line so I can do it slowly, with ease, (or freaking out, running in circles and screaming…..much more likely!) and I do anticipate it taking me a couple of days. I want to get it how I want it all at once before I put it back live. You know I have control issues….LOL!!!!
Being less than a Mental Ninja in this area, SOME of you may get pleas of desperation for HELP!!! Just be prepared, and have your nerve tonic handy~~whatever form you prefer. ;-)
I really do not handle change well. Obviously. OMG.
This should be interesting……..
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Perhaps The Last Flit......UPDATE
And it's thanks to Blogger and all their *improvements*.
I also have a friend who was in the process of moving her works to Word Press, which evidently that is what Blogger wants to be.....and she is stuck with HOURS of time invested and nothing working right.
I do not know if there has been something built into the code to not allow certain migrating--both sides would deny that I'm sure, both say everything is sooooo easy. But she knows code, and it's not easy.
I do NOT know code and don't have the time to learn.
I am disgusted for being pushed into a corner that I did not ask for, I am angry that a very good, simple platform has turned into the *System From Hell*, I am just plain PISSED that I have no idea from one day to the next if my blog as I built it will be here or if it will be one of the butt-ugly new templates that are W.P. ripoffs.
So maybe it is just time to quit.
Maybe it is time to send virtual hugs and kisses to my dear friends I have made through this piece of cyberspace. And special thanks to Susie Jefferson of 1st Floor Flat for making my wonderful header and helping freely to tweak things to improve the overall finnesse of something as simple as my signature. She is a saint and a gem. Please follow her blog, whether here or on Word Press or where ever she finds a good home for all her generous tutorials.
And in case I decide this is my final flit with Blogger, thanks go out to all who felt I was worthy of awards. I've enjoyed giving you fun or serious or utterly rambling posts. I feel honored that you thought they were something more.
At any rate, I am still undecided to a certain point, but each day pushes me closer to being out the Blogger door. There are no real people to contact about problems and I am sure Google is making enough money that this little piece of our bloggosphere means nothing.
The blog will stay up, one way or the other, with perhaps an occasional update--I'll make sure the Jazz is here for all to enjoy (including the blog mistress). But........maybe it is just time to fly........
You all are worthy of a *Faithfulness Award*, and I wish I had one to give. So until I decide how much headache I need on a daily basis, and where this little sanctuary is going...... I give you my heart instead...♥♥♥♥
Pax.....and much much love,
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Three Photos For Those Of The Quercus Persuasion.....
Yes, I said I was on a blog break and I still am, with my head up in the clouds but I found these lovely leaves yesterday and could not wait to put them out there into blogland!
This is my pin oak, in the north part of the yard, and even in bad years it puts on a color show all it’s own. Words can’t describe the colors that this tree produces, and frequently all on one leaf. With the sun bright, it glows in ways other trees don’t.
Greens, yellows , rusts and reds all combine into an amazing and slightly surrealistic combination. It generally is a tough choice on what to post……
But sometimes, you get something almost perfect, and it is obvious it needs to be seen by more than my eyes.
Enjoy this taste of Quercus Autumn!
Pax….
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Off With My Head In The Clouds Again....
Friday, October 15, 2010
The Glorious Glow of "After-Storm"
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
End Of Day…..
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The *REAL* Studio~~or~~What It Looks Like With Fiber Art In Process
I have hesitated posting any photos of what my studio currently looks like while working on this commission for the church because, well, (oh say it ANNE!)…….it is an utter disaster!
It has been a long time since I worked with Fiber Art—which is what this is—as opposed to liturgical hangings, which are a different type of sewing all together. They basically consist of a small amount of fabric choices, but in large pieces.
This is painting with fabric, and I have bits and pieces absolutely everywhere! Because for every shade, nuance, tone, or shadow, you need a separate fabric. And you have to pull a copious amount of fabric, some that are never used, to have everything out in visual range to make it easier to work.
So I am coming clean and posting some photos…..just so you can appreciate the bedlam I create in every day. I’m not trying to make you feel the need to come help clean up….hee hee! But if you should be so inclined……. ;-D So here we go!
This is just part of the greens pulled for the leaves……some have migrated elsewhere…..they seem to migrate all over…..
My little corner of the world, for some time now…..
Wall miscellaneous….used patterns, sketch, pearls, etc. Patterns are kept until every piece is finished. If anything does not work, the pattern is still there to replace with another piece of fabric.
A close up of some of the *goodies*…….ahem……
Important STUFF. Everything handy, even if it makes sense to no one other than me!
Felt leaves and *nuts* that I cannot wait to start working with!And the fringe? That is what the little balls came from, and it has a good chance of becoming tufts of grass….
The last part of the leaves, sectioned down into workable pattern pieces, in progress. Constant checking for contrast, etc. This was the hardest piece to put together.
And the final pattern sections pinned up. Ladies and Gentlemen, for the most part---We have A TREE!!!
Fiber Art, as I now recall, when done properly, is slow. But I cannot imagine doing this in any other way. It has to live and breathe. It has to have a life of it’s own. To sway in the breeze—to reflect the sun—to be real.
I think I’m getting there.
Pax….
Monday, October 11, 2010
Racing Before The Rain…..A Farmer’s Life
No different here; usually I miss the acreage being cut, but had the opportunity to get a few shots. Those big JD’s move fast!
A glimpse of the trees beyond the corn, in their festive colors. They will be bare fast, I fear---the color seems to change before my eyes. Leaves crunched beneath my feet and gently swirled down in the warm breezes.
And the behemoth comes chugging around the corner, filled with the crop from the field. Swift passes, stalks cut, seed separated…..
Hissing and spewing chaff all about…….oh yes….I would LOVE to drive one of these! (think Milo and the small John Deere….uh huh….not good!)
And finally, this green giant depositing beautiful, golden corn into the waiting semis.
I romanticize---this is a hard life that requires relentless faith and constant upkeep of what it takes to put the crop in, keep the land healthy, feed and nourish the plants and pray for rain….and then dry for harvest.
My grandfather farmed, and I am sure, if he were alive, it would amaze him as it does me, how the process has become so LARGE. But I thank the families who still do this, one acre at a time, in the proper manner. They are our food source, our health, and our ability to step away from corporate farming and the illness and scars it brings to the land.
To all the family farmers; THANK YOU. A THOUSAND TIMES.
Pax….
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Who Might THIS be???
Okay, I am such a *sucker*. Not in a bad way~~I just get things in the skull and cannot remove them.
Like Milo. I had a ball with that ornery little bug. So I foolishly did an internet search and naturally did not find the small, yellow guy.
But, I did find someone who must be his first cousin, is a little more colorful and quite a bit LARGER. (does this mean more mischief? I don’t know….)
Allow me to introduce, Melvin. I think he will fit in just fine here. JUST FINE…….
And he’s photogenic too……but they both sure liked the computer area. Hmmmmmm……you think it’s cause for alarm???
Pax….
Saturday, October 9, 2010
To *Press* or Not To *Press* (Yes, This Is A RANT!)
1. Ease of use from set up to live blog. Bingo-bango, you have your blog going!
2. Easy to customize. I'm sorry, I don't WANT my blog to be this blank space that looks like tens of thousands of others. I want my art, my clutter, my voice.
3. Simplicity in using custom backgrounds. So what's your beef? Yeah, the ones you have are okay for people who don't want to do anything but write.....however, there are a lot (and I do mean A LOT) of people who want something more.
4. Lack of problems in blog hopping. (well, that one has gone down the tubes fast, now that I am having to sign in to some of the newer templates, even though I am already signed in to Blogger; way to GO guys!)
So what is it you want to be? WordPress? Because that is where you are pushing loyal users of this service. To the bland, non colorful world of another competitor.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Early Morning Quiet
The birds are still sleeping, both inside and out.
Perfect calm.
Time to think....or not, as you wish.
I don't believe any of us have enough moments like this anymore.
We are stuck in fast-forward; go, go, go. Noise always. No escaping to a place for meditation, thought, and the peace to empty the soul of all stressors and refill with the inspiration to feel comfortable in our skins. To withdraw and relax, then re-emerge and go about our daily tasks.
I have been reading about religious contemplatives; those who turn from the world and look IN. And those who have done this and found that in doing so, the voice told them to re-engage in the world.
I wonder, when the day is still slumbering, and I am void of worry or thought, if it is close to what they experience.
Does it ready an artist for their work.
Can anything purchased compete with these moments available for free if we take the time.
So simple....so restful.....so necessary to recharge.
May you find a moment.
Pax....
Thursday, October 7, 2010
New Morning.....Light Through The Fog
Monday, October 4, 2010
Just Peeking In.......And Thanks!
I'll return when I can breathe, think, and be acerbic and amusing.
Or at least when I can breathe.....
Oh Pfffft!!!
Oct 4th: I am now beginning to sound like Darth Vader with asthma, trying to make an obscene phone call.....rather amusing. The aches are subsiding some.
Thank you for all the *medical* suggestions; any one of them sounds fairly appealing at this point! hee hee! Naturally, I am sans the proper *spirits* to whip up the cure........
Miss you all!!!