Chunky Fabric Page

I did it! I finally figure out how to get out of Draft Blogger..geez! Now I can upload a picture. Appearantly something is wrong with draft blogger.

The Little Seamstress

Well anyway here is a one page that I just finish and sent off to the Host of "A Charm, Beads, Fabric & Fiber Swap.

These are 4x4 fabric pages.

Really had a lot of fun making these up. I printed off on fabric the poem and the picture of a child sewing on her doll.

STILL UNABLE

My Friends I am still unable to upload pictures.

I have join the Bloggers HELP Groupnot getting anywhere there much.

I can find now way of contacting Blogger Tech for help either.

So until I can post pictures for a time I'll share my poems, quotes once in a while.

I don't know what I'll do if this does not get fix.

Guess I shall wait and see.

Well I don't know,

For some reason I an unable to upload any pictures.

I have search for the last 2 hours trying to fix this.

I am very disappointed with Bogger right now.

...sigh...

I don't want to join a group to asked question?

I want to let Blogger know that I am unable to upload pictures!

MY EARLY HOME

Here sparrows build upon the trees,

And stock-dove hides her nest;

The leaves are winnowed by the breeze

Into a calmer rest:

The blackcap's song was very sweet,

That used the rose to kiss;

It made the paradise complete:

My early home was this.

***

The redbreast from the sweetbrier bush

Dropt down to pick the worm;

On the horse-chestnut sang the thrush,

O'er the house where I was born;

The moonlight, like a shower of pearls,

Fell o'er this "bower of blis,"

And on the bench sat boys and girls:

My early home was this.

***

The old house stooped just like a cave,

Thatched o'er with mosses greens;

Winter around the walls would rave,

But all was calm within;

The trees are here all green agen,

Here bees the flowers still kiss,

But flowers and trees seemed sweeter then:

My early home was this.

John Clare

And they say....

And they say, those that keep busy stay out of trouble. Well you can say this for Tom Blackburn I don't know how he could get into trouble with all the work he has put into this trike. I can't wait to see what this will look like completely finish. Nice trike Tom!

My Day Sunday

Wow! What a wonderful day. We decided that a group of us was going to go for a motorycycle ride on Sunday. As the plans got underway I realized that I needed to go to our 1st Art Showing at the Hayfork Enchanted Florist and Tea House to view my friend Diane Glass art. So I politely informed all the riders they needed to meet us at the Florist shop and we all had to go in and look at Diane art. Oh by the way she has a beautiful blog site Artstanding Stranger she is also known as Glitter Crow in different art groups. We have the cutest little Florist Shoppe the owner Jan Rafferty she also serves tea too and she likes to display Art from our little town. Jan is such a beautiful wonderful person. The shop was full of Diane art and beaded jewerly, not to say the little 4x4 chunky pages and ATCs so much more.

Chatty and Glitter Crow aka Artstanding Stranger

Between us is a face of one of her pieces of Art. Diane like to take pictures of her relatives does like an abstract art with them. She gives them different types of bodies and emebellishments. They turn out really nice and the table beside us is full of her beautiful beaded jewerly.

Some more of Diane Art and jewerly.

Very nice indeed.

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Then off we went on our ride. There were 4 motorcycles or trikes in our group which included 6 individuals. We had a blast we took off to Mad River to a little hamburger stand and had lunch. I wasn't to happy with my lunch I had a Turkey Melt, very bland and dry. I won't try that sandwich again. From there we took off to Wildroad we stop at the little store there picked up something to drink for us it was lemon Lime Gaterade, big drinkers we are ..giggle.. then we came on back to Hayfork, got gas, we are now ready to go on our next little skirting. Hey, tomorrow I will share with you all the trike that Tom Blackburn is building boy is it amazing. Right now he is driving it with just a frame body, he will be working on the fiberglass body soon. Till we meet again everyone, have a great day!

MYSTERY

As Mike and I was coming home, along the way we would stop taking pictures of interest. On this one, we found a beautiful rock chimney standing all alone. As we were walking around it, you couldn't but wonder what story this chimney could recall.

Rock Chimney

Standing all alone it had a air of mystery.

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Now as I was taking pictures Mike kept teasing me that I might fall into a septic tank the lid of the tank was off of the septic now were is that septic I don't know! He was so concern about it that when I turn around to take a shot at him I caught him

Mike Yawns

yawning, boy does he have a BIG mouth! He should be tired we drove over 180 miles this day. Did we both sleep good that night.

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Now isn't that a beautiful Trike we just love it.

Digger Pine Cone

This past weekend, Mike and I spent riding on our Boss Hoss Trike. We road over 200 miles practically in a  circle. What I mean on Saturday we left for Redding, from there we went to Red Bluff from there we went to Wild Road back to Hayfork and home. Then On Sunday we took off to Weaverville drove around the lake and back home. The days were beautiful up in the 90's a bit warm but oh so lovely. You know we have Spring Fever bad! Coming down Wild Road we stop by Hayfork Creek to rest and to admire the sites. I happen to see a Digger Pinecone ..giggle.. I had Mike take a picture of me with it. This pine cone was as large as my head if not larger....

Digger Pine Cone

Can you imagine one of these falling on your head!

Photograph using my Nikon Coolpix P4 Camera.

TURKEY CHASE

As most of you know I live up in the mountains in Northern California. Up here we have wild turkey's. We just love them, you will see them out in the field every now and then, mostly lately though they have been near a neighbor of ours. The Old Tom, must be lonely, for his ladies are nesting right now. ..giggle.. For some reason this fella chases white vehicles and we happen to be one of those white vehicles. So this one morning I took the camera and and took a few pictures here is one for you.

Old Tom

Isn't he handsome!

Well, it is back to working in the yard for now.

Picture taken with my Nikon Coolpix P4 Camera.

Juanita Iris

I was delighted this week to notice that my first little miniature iris has bloomed. I am hopping to that I will get more these little iris are so special to me.You know you never know what you really have till you loose someone close to you. For me that was Juanita Irvine. Now let me tell you she was a character she was a bit hard to get to know, but, once you did, well, she was special. Before she died a vew years back she gave me some of her prize minature iris. Now whenever they bloom, I say, Hello Juanita how have you been and in my mind that little iris says back to me: "It's about time you got out here working in your yard!" now that is exactly what Juanita would say. ..*smile*..

Juanita Minature Iris

So far I have not seen any of these little iris in any of my flowers catalogs...If I ever find them I'm going to snag them I just love them. This picture was taken with my Nikon Coolpix P4 a delightful little camera!

Mushroom House

While my Computer was down I have been working on some swaps. I have gotten into making these Chunky 4x4 pages so far mine have all been fabric.

I just love it!

I made several, I will show two here and the rest will be in my Flickr Site soon.

Mushroom House

The two I am sharing here I kept for myself. Eventually I am going to have a book just of mine own fabric pages that I created.

All hand stitched and designed and signed by the Artist.

I HEARD A BIRD SING

I heard a bird sing

In the dark of December

A magical thing

And sweet to remember.

***

"We are nearer to Spring

Than we were in September,"

I heard a bird sing

In the dark of December.

Oliver Hereford

NEARER TO THEE

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee!

E'en though it be a cross

That raiseth me;

Still all my song shall be,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee!

***

Though like the wanderer,

Then sun gone down,

darkness be over me,

My rest a stone;

Yet in my dreams I'd be

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee!

***

There let the way appear

Steps unto heaven;

All that Thou send'st to me

In mercy given;

Angels to beckon me

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

***

Then, with my waking thoughts

Bright with Thy praise,

Out of my stony griefs

Bethel I'll raise;

So by my woes to be

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee!

***

Or if on joyful wing

Cleaving the sky,

Sun, moon, and stars forgot,

Upward I fly,

Still all my song shall be,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee!

Sarah Flower Adams

FALL BACK

Spring is here! So what do I do, take pictures of my minature iris started transplanting some candlesticks I have then today I got to looking back on some photographs that I took last year. I love Fall, the colors here changes to orange n yellow to brown so pretty. We have a huge Oak Tree down in our lower field that every year I try to take a picture of. When that ole Oak Tree started to change colors it is so beautiful we take so many things for granite every time I see this Oak Tree I smile quietly saying to myself have a good year my friend.

Photography by Ranie Patridis

Yahoooo I'm Back!

Yahooooooo! I'm back!

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Can you believe it, my computer is fix and I love it.

Wow, does it run nice!

Did I say I love it..

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While I was down I had the opportunity to go with Mike for a ride out into the country side. Of course you know that I am going to bring a camera with me. The weather has been so unusal here, one day maybe a week it will be very warm so spring light it is hard not to get Spring Fever then the next day or week it will be freezing. This weather has just been amazing.

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Here is a picture that I took early in the morning, from Hayfork Summit looking Eastwards title:

Sunrise

This was taken with my Nikon Coolpix P4 a great little camera!

Still Here

I feel so lost, being without my computer I am unable to upload my art to share with you all. Hopefully I will have my computer soon. In the meantime I must be patient hopefully I will be back online soon. Now you are wondering, how is she writing this if she is not on the computer, well, I have borrow a laptop from my friend I can surf the Interent and communicate in my Art groups but unable to share my art. What have I've been doing, getting caught up in all my swaps and trade and doing a lot of deep cleaning house work. Doesn't that sound like fun ..giggle.. well my friends, my thoughts are with you all, for now I must go.

O WORLD

O world, thou choosest not the better part!
It is not wisdom to be only wise,
And on the inward vision close the eyes,
But it is wisdom to believe the heart.
Columbus found a world, and had no chart,
Save one that faith deciphered in the skies;
To trust the soul's invincible surmise
Was all his science and his only art.
Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine
That lights the pathway but one step ahead
Across a void of mystery and dread.
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine
By which alone the mortal heart is led
Unto the thinking of the thought divine.
George Santayana

COMPUTER in the HOSPITAL

Aw I bet you all are wanting to know what happen to me. Well, since the 24th of March I have been without a computer. My good friend Homer was kind enough to loan me his lap top computer. Boy is it nice! I would love to have one, one day...Mike are you reading this, hint, hint ..giggle.. I am not able to upload my Art or Photographs...guess I could share with you more of my favorite Poems and Quotes and maybe just chat a little bit. Well, till we meet again ..*smile*.. have a lovely day/evening.

C is for.....

Cat

A kitty cat that is

A pussy cat too

Nothing like a cat they are

Love able

Mischievous

Full of Curiosity

Can be sweet and cuddly
when they choose to be!

THESE SHOES ARE MADE FOR WALKING

Imagine!

Walking in these shoes
DAY
n
NIGHT
I can't
guess I'm a bit of a tomboy
I would rather have tennis shoes on something
very comfortable
and
enjoyable!

Tomorrow: THE FUTURE

We're Not Supposed
To
See Too Far Ahead
***

It is a mistake to look too far ahead.
Only one link in the chain of
destiny
can be handled at a time.
Sir Winston Churchill

TWO TEMPLES

A Builder builded a temple,
He wrought it with grace and skill;
Pillars and groins and arches
All fashioned to work his will.
Men said, as they saw its beauty,
"It shall never know decay;
Great is the skill, O Builder!
They fame shall endure for aye."
***
A Mother builded a temple
With loving infinite care
Planning each arch with patience,
Laying each stone with prayer.
None praised her unceasing efforts,
None knew of her wondrous plan,
For the temple the Mother builded
Was unseen by the eyes of man.
***
Gone is the Builder's temple,
Crumpled into the dust;
Low lies each stately pillar,
Food for consuming rust.
But the temple the Mother builded
Will last while the ages roll,
For that beautiful unseen temple
Was a child's immortal soul.
Hattie Vose Hall

These Shoes are for Walking Zentangles

As the song goes....

These
shoes
are
made
for
walking
Zentangle Style!

QUEEN for a DAY!

Do you want to be Queen
for
a
Day?




Will this lady
did
not!

B is for....

B is for boy,

oh boy what would we do with them?
***

Can't live with them,

Can't live with out them!
***
So as the saying goes
What do we do with them?
***
Love'm

SELF ACCEPTANCE

How we feel about ourselves

Is more important

than how

others feel about us

****

I care not so much

what I am to others

as what I am to myself.

***

I will be rich by  myself,

and not by borrowing.

***

Michel de Montaigne

A PRAYER

Lord, Let me live like a Regular Man,

With Regular friends and true;

Let me play the game on a Regular plan

And play it that way all through;

***

Let me win or lose with a Regular smile

And never be known to whine,

For that is a Regular Fellow's style

And I want to make it mine!

***

Oh, give me a Regular chance in life,

The same as the rest, I pray,

And give me a Regular girl for wife

To help me along the way;

Let us know the lot of humanity,

Its regular woes and joys,

And raise a Regular family

Of Regular girls and boys!

***

Let me live to a Regular good old age,

With Regular snow-white hair,

Having done my labor and earned my wage

And played my game for fair;

And so at last when the people scan

My face on its peaceful bier,

They'll say, "Well, he was a Regular Man!"

And drop a Regular tear!

***

Berton Braley

A is for....

One of our challenges was to zentanlge an letter. Eventually I want to do the whole alphabet from time to time you will be seeing letters popping up here n there.

A

Hand Drawn

Medium: Ink

Altered CDs

Yellow Flowers

Hand Drawn

Medium: Ink and Watercolor

ZENTANGLE HAND

This last week over at Zentangle with a Twist Social Group that I host the challenge was to zentanlge a hand. You had two option, draw a hand or trace around your own hand. With time being so short so many things all going on at the same time I trace my hands all three of them infact. I am only showing one here now, in a few days you will see the other two. Each one different and special.

Zentangle Hand

Hand Drawn

Medium: Ink

Altered CDs

I believe that this one is one of my favorite Zentanlge CD

Hand Drawn

Medium: Ink

Man of Iron

Participated in a Challenge over in a group at Flickr. That week challenge was to draw our interpretation of Iron of Man by Leonardo DeVinci.  Well before I show it to you I got to playing around on my computer took my drawing of Man of Iron digitally changed it completely.

Pretty Cool!

Now here is the actual picture

Hand Drawn

Medium: Ink and Watercolor

DIFFICULT DAYS

Everyone gets their rough day.

No one gets a free ride.

Today so far,

I had a good day.

I got a dial tone.

Rodney Dangerfield

HAPPINESS

Happiness is like a crystal,

Fair and exquisite and clear,

Broken in million pieces,

Shattered, scattered far and near.

Now and then along life's pathway,

Lo! some shining fragments fall;

But there are so many pieces

No one ever finds them all.

***

You may find a bit of beauty,

Or an honest share of wealth,

While another just beside you

Gathers honor, love or health.

Vain to choose or graps unduly,

Broken is the perfect ball;

And there are so many pieces

No one ever finds them all.

***

Yet the wise as on they journey

Treasure every fragment clear,

Fit them as they may together,

Imaging the shattered sphere,

Learning ever to be thankful,

Though their share of it is small;

For it has so many pieces

No one ever finds them all.

Priscilla Leonard

CHERRIES n FIGS

In this world of insecurity

at times

one

needs to get away from it all.

Cherries n Figs

COUNTRY LIVING

There is no better joy than to be able to work on one's art.

Letting inspiration flow through ones vain

County Living

FIGS

Having fun painting in watercolor paints.

Hand Drawn

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VALLEY OF GRAPES

Another day of relaxing

Valley of Grapes

Hand Drawn

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HEARTS

Digitally Enhance

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SYMBOL OF LOVE 1

I really got into these Zentangle of Symbol of Love.

Digitally Enhance

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BE STRONG

Be Strong!

We are not here to play, to dream, to drift;

We have hard work to do and loads to lift;

Shun not the struggle-face it" 'tis God's gift.

***

Be Strong!

Say not, "the days are evil. Who's to blame?"

And fold the hands and acquiesce-oh, shame!

Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God's name.

***

Be Strong!

It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong,

How hard the battle goes, the day how long'

Faint not-fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.

~Maltbie Davenport Babcock

SYMBOL OF LOVE Zentangle

One of our Challenges over at Zetangle with a Twist Social Group over at ATCsfor all.

This is what I came up with.

Symbol of Love

Digitally Enhance

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ZENTANGLE ALTERED CD

Medium: Ink and Watercolor

Hand Drawn

Altered CDs

Such a simple thing when it comes to art.

Why not decorate one home with their own art.

Here is one of my Zentangle Altered CD

Medium: Ink

Hand Drawn

Altered Dominoes

This week over at ATCsforALL in the Zentangle Social group our challenge is altering a Domino. I made 3 turning them into magnets.

First  I started by sanding the back of the domino

Then I apply gesso to the sanded domino applying layers which I sand

making it smooth

Then I draw my design. Some use felt pens, some paint

since I was experimenting I tried using Micron Pens they worked great!

Once I am done and satisfy then I sealed mine with Diamond Glaze.

And, others use other sealers too, you just have to experiment, see

what works for you.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: It's Up to Us to Defeat Boredom

The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity,

self-sufficiency,

and

resourcefulness.

***

People who wait around for life to supply their satisfaction usually find boredome instead.

~Dr. William Menninger

Zentangle Spring

Over at the MAD on Flickr we are to make a paper doll that represents Spring. The body Template is by Tottieu who graciously gave us all permission to use. Well here is my little Spring done in the Zentangle Style!

Lets start with the face.

The hair is zentangle flowers

Now the body here includes the arms all done

in the Zentangle style

Now here are the shoes also done in the zentangle flowers

Now here is the beauty all in one piece.

Medium: Ink and Watercolor

Hand Drawn

THE PRESENT AGE

We are living, we are dwelling,

In a grand and awful time,

In an age on ages telling

To be living is sublime.

***

Hark! the waking up of nations,

Gog and Magog to the fray.

Hark! what soundeth is creation

Groaning for its latter day.

***

Will ye play then, will ye dally

With your music and your wine?

Up! it is Jehovah's rally!

God's own arm hath need of thine.

Hark! the onset! will ye fold your

Faith-clad arms in lazy lock?

Up, oh up, thou drowsy soldier!

Worlds are charging to the shock.

***

Worlds are charging-heaven beholdiing;

Thou hast but an hour to fight;

Now the blazoned cross unfolding,

On-right onward for the right.

On! let all the soul within you

for the truth's sake go abroad!

Strike! let every nerve and sinew

tell on ages-tell for God.

***

~Arthur Cleveland Coxe

Lets Get Stitching

I participate in a swap over at ATCsforALL where we were to make a fabric card using stitchings. I came up with the idea of hand embroidering the Sun Bonnet Sue and Sam and I also hand sew the edges.

Sun Bonnet Sue

 

Sun Bonnet Sam

Sun Bonnet Sue

 Sun Bonnet Sam

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QUOTE FOR THE DAY: Difficult Days

Everyone gets their rough day.

No one gets a free ride.

Today, 

so far,

I got a dial tone.

***

~Rodney Dangerfield 

Masquerade Zentangle

A couple of weeks ago we did a Masquerade Zentangle over at Zentangle with a Twist Social Group over at ATCsforALL. This was a lot of fun there were some very interesting mask drawn.

Masquerade

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Zentangle Tree

Here is a little tree that I zentangle the other day.

Zentangle Tree

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Zentangle Love

Valentine Day has come and gone. Lately over at the Zentangle with a Twist at ATCsforALL we have been drawing hearts. We have been having a lot of fun doing this here is one of mine I'll be sharing others later.

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ART DECO CARDS

Back in December CattyCat Hosted a Art Deco Swap she gave us 9 cards that were printed with an Deco Designed then we were to fill in the blank pages. If memory serves me correctly I showed the cards I did for her swap.Now here are the cards I received back each one unique and special.