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A Delightful Thanks
“All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel the roughness of a carpet under smooth soles, a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving easily under the flesh.” ~ Doris Lessing
“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight.” ~ Jack Gilbert.
“The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacitybicycles….
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Edzactly
The hiding of the eggs. It’s an Easter tradition. I was actually looking forward to doing it this year, what with having a youngster in the house, one Eddie Pierre….now a whole one year old.
Excited until….
“I tell you Phyllis you have to pull out all the stops when it comes to hiding these things….its eggsactly what I told you. He’s EATING LIKE A HORSE!!!”
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Spring Break
Spring is in the air…can you feel it??
Hmmm, me neither!!! After an crazy warm March last year, this March has turned out to be CRAZY COLD!
So…..I took an unexpected, uncalled for, unplanned , HIGHLY enjoyed….
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A Light Dance in the Garden
There are many things to love. Fresh laundry drying in the breeze
moss providing a soft green seat on low stone walls
Sister pots hugging favored flowers under the arms of younger….
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Step Inside
Inviting, eh?
A bramble of roses cascading outward,
turquoise gate ajar just enough to allow entry,
sunshine heating up slabs of stone.
A special place for you.
A respite from the day, from weariness, from sorrows.
Step inside
For inside you
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My France, My Heart
Ample shade under French blue skies.
That’s what I’m talkin’ about;)!
Carmel, Indiana Workshop II
What’s a little cold weather and snow outside when there are paintings to be done???
Here’s living proof that you can’t keep good artists from doing what they love to do:)))
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"Spring Delicacy"
Carmel is one fun place.
Did you know it was voted the #1 place in America to live in 2012 by CNN’s Money Magazine??? Me neither!
I’m not talking about Carmel, CA—the place most artists know so well and that sits by the sea.
We’re talkin’ Carmel, Indiana….specifically the Arts District, home to my two last workshops:))!
First off all, it has amazing food! ( Think tortellini soup, brie log covered in strawberries, and
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Backyard France
Coming or going, front door or back, the landscape of France is full of delicate beauty. Low stone walls providing good seats for flower pots to sit themselves on, meandering paths, and storybook shaped roofs invite some serious daydreaming time:))
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Eddie Striking the Pose
Yeah, that’s Eddie Bill, striking the pose in an effort to train his protege’, Eddie Pierre, on how haute couture cats (such as himself) pull in the big gigs. You gotta love it when he goes on these rants — talking about himself in the third person.
“Eddie Bill only works for the best. Eddie Bill knows how to place what paw where. Eddie Bill demands respect wherever he goes and you know how he demands respect?? By…”
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Color Your Day With Happiness
I, of course, upon hearing this, promptly ordered my own tube. (I think I still have it somewhere, tumbled down into a zillion other colors that I just had to try on, like a new set of clothes.) Why?? Because color is magic. Our senses are so in tune with it….don’t believe me? Just try…
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