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;

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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

Digital enhance to view the orginal art please visit my flickr site to the left of the screen click on GO TO:

VALLEY OF GRAPES

Another day of relaxing

Valley of Grapes

Hand Drawn

Digitally enhance to view the orginal drawing visit my Flickr site to the left of the screen click on GO TO:

HEARTS

Digitally Enhance

To view the original click on the Flickr Link to the left of the screen on GO TO:

SYMBOL OF LOVE 1

I really got into these Zentangle of Symbol of Love.

Digitally Enhance

To see the original one please click on the flickr link GO TO:

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.

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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.

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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

Now to see the original you gotta click on the Flickr link to the left of the screen on GO TO:

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.

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

~Dr. William Menninger