Category : Creativity

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Beauty of nature
I was inspired to pull out the book I used for my friend Elizabeth’s AB 101 class I took several years ago.
I never did complete the class. I figure I can join back in where I left off since she’s currently reteaching the class for free on her blog.
My altered book theme is Nature.
It was so fun to play in paint and glue again. I have to keep at it since it makes me feel so carefree.

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Card crazy

This summer I have been so “not creative”. Yes, I have done a few things but they were more utilitarian that artsy. More on those in later post. I’ve missed it and I think a bit of that creative energy just had to come out.

I made 7 cards in short order mostly from scraps.

Hopefully the creative energy will continue…or at least kick in big time after Labor Day when the kids are back in school. Until then I’m still trying to soak up as much “mom time” as I can with them.

  

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Spreading some joy

Isn’t it fun to get an actual card in the mail? 
With email, FB, texting, and numerous other electronic media blasting at us 
from here and there….
a simple hand written note can bring 
a bit of peace and serenity 
to an otherwise hectic day. 
At least that is the hope. 

 

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Graduation card
For an future engineering student. 
Thought the math page would work quite nicely.

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
~Abraham Lincoln

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Tea with the birds
As I sip my yummy iced tea (from the bargain bin, $0.75 baby) and make my Target list, 
I hear a curious sound. 
Rustling in the serviceberry tree. 
The Cedar Waxwings have returned….
They come every year to pick it clean. 
I think they are so beautiful. 
What I don’t think is so beautiful are the messes they leave everywhere. Apparently those berries go right through them. Sorry…TMI.

Gracie is very entertained. 
What more could a cat want….warm sun to lay in while watching dozens of birds right outside the window.
What are you doing today?
Obviously Target is on my list…as well as stopping by my friends Tea Tuesday blogs.

 

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Busy, busy end of school

Ever have one of those weeks that you have all planned out way a head of time…then when the week begins you completely forgot that you had a zillion things to do?? That’s been my week. I think the 3 day Memorial Day holiday weekend was what started me off on the wrong foot. Monday turned into Tuesday in the blink of an eye. 
 Tuesday I was a bit under the weather…allergies and such.
Wednesday was filled by inventory at the school library.
Yesterday I got to go to the Arboretum as a chaperon for Little J’s class. I really love it there. We should really get a membership…but I digress.
The girls enjoyed the Japanese garden…
especially the koi.
I enjoyed a moment of quiet serenity myself. 
But we can’t forget about the flowers…
So many beauties. 
It was hard to choose which to share.
This was my favorite floral photo of the day.
Soft and dreamy…and pink!
Today will be my “catch-up” day. 
The team of fairies I wished for at the fountain never showed. A girl’s got to dream, right?!?!
How are you preparing for summer?

 

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Spring is in the air

We’ve got a pair of chickadees busy preparing a nest in the bird house I plucked out of a FREE pile at the curb while on a walk last year. Those birdies have it stuffed so full that the nest is trailing out. 
I’m not sure how they plan on raising babies in there.

 

We are finally getting some moisture. It’s been so dry that grass was crunchy.
The crab apple blossoms love it.
I’ll be cutting some off in a bit to bring inside. Too bad the blossom stage is so short lived.
My neighbor’s tree is further ahead than ours…at least I get to enjoy it from afar.

 

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