tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36409038547718092572024-03-13T04:20:14.061-07:00Make Bea♥lieve BlogCindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-74054380627849938352011-12-05T14:43:00.000-08:002011-12-12T08:42:33.791-08:00Long Time Gone!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Oh, where has the time gone? <br />
The last time I looked, it was summer and now the weatherman says there may be snow in Seattle's forecast! It's hard to believe that the New Year is right around the corner again!<br />
(Didn't we just pay taxes?) <br />
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I've been working on a new sketch from a picture that I spotted on facebook. It just jumped out at me and I said I have to draw it!! It's from a Faerie gathering that was held in England. This is piece that is a bit out of my element but I'm having a lot of fun with it. I picked a busy time to get started on it, but I'll try to get the finished portrait posted here very soon. I suppose the gentlemen pixie who is my subject, is quite anxious to see it's completion also!<br />
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♪♪ Traaa La La La, Fiddle Dee Deeee. ♫<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is a large full length portrait so I have a long way to go. </div>It might not look exact right now but I think it'll still be charming!<br />
(Quarter placed for size perspective.)<br />
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</div> Until the next time,<br />
I hope you are enjoying the magic of the Christmas season! ♥<br />
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</div></div>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-10485365908287019672011-03-22T14:47:00.000-07:002011-12-09T16:04:50.941-08:00Hey Girls, I'm Back!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vg46FXZicqQ/TYzdNr8sn6I/AAAAAAAABj0/Ngm6pz8Ixkw/s1600/A01104_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" r6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vg46FXZicqQ/TYzdNr8sn6I/AAAAAAAABj0/Ngm6pz8Ixkw/s320/A01104_9.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Do you remember me? It's been a long while since I've updated my blog. I put it away like I did my art supplies and got busy with other things..or lazy with nothing! Recently while visiting my parents in Spokane, they found something that I had created long ago and then forgot about! It's a beach stone that I ink-sketched on...</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">I could tell that it's an old rock, </span><span style="font-size: large;">because I don't even sign my name like that anymore! It made me sad that I stepped away from my art.</span></span><br />
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<center><span style="font-size: large;">I love mermaids but my real love is drawing animals. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Precious baby animals. </span><span style="font-size: large;">...especially bunnies!</span></center><center> </center><center>(A cut-out of my bunny sketch below)</center><center> </center><br />
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<center><span style="font-size: large;">Once it warms up a little more, I hope to get out and sketch the rabbits. Now that it's spring, they have finally come out of their little bunny hollows and are hopping all over the place here.</span></center><center> </center><br />
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<center><span style="font-size: large;">Seed catalogs and gardening will "draw" me away from my art but there is still time for that. </span></center><span style="font-size: large;"><center> </center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xXxon5Hbob8/TuKhL55jC1I/AAAAAAAAB1E/W12H_I9V8Eo/s1600/211125_45531817992_4297735_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xXxon5Hbob8/TuKhL55jC1I/AAAAAAAAB1E/W12H_I9V8Eo/s1600/211125_45531817992_4297735_n.jpg" /></a><br />
Until next time...</div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><center> </center><center><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg152/Loghomelassie/Sig.jpg" /></a></center></span></div>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-48053571519372206252010-11-23T16:16:00.000-08:002011-12-09T15:44:17.921-08:00Siamese Aromatherapy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Is there anything more peaceful than cats and lavender? <br />
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..not today. <br />
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<div></div></div>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com399tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-65735996141758568402010-09-14T18:35:00.000-07:002010-09-14T18:35:45.789-07:00Time with Tasha<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
In my kitchen is a little kitchen garden book. Besides my Grandmothers book, it's my favorite book, given to me by my Grandmother. <br />
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I've been away this summer, planting gardens, visiting family and reading about Tasha Tudor- author and illustrator of my little kitchen Garden book</center><center><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdJ2x5fd5I/AAAAAAAABbE/XJbJVat80Yw/s1600/tasha31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdJ2x5fd5I/AAAAAAAABbE/XJbJVat80Yw/s320/tasha31.jpg" /></a></center><center class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tasha lived as I long to live- In the country with her animals and her love of gardening and drawing. Below are pictures from the Private world of Tasha Tudor. Enjoy!</center><center><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdJe1fCPyI/AAAAAAAABac/KRh7nlWpqM4/s1600/private-world-of-tasha-tudor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdJe1fCPyI/AAAAAAAABac/KRh7nlWpqM4/s400/private-world-of-tasha-tudor.jpg" width="317" /></a></center><center><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdRycIIf7I/AAAAAAAABec/429pVmh8NAo/s1600/123456789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="346" rw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdRycIIf7I/AAAAAAAABec/429pVmh8NAo/s400/123456789.jpg" width="400" /></a></center><center><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdRujidwmI/AAAAAAAABeU/q-DD5pS2Ekg/s1600/1234567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdRujidwmI/AAAAAAAABeU/q-DD5pS2Ekg/s400/1234567.jpg" width="400" /></a></center><center><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdPvy-Yz2I/AAAAAAAABc0/Vil7tQ8LGcw/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdPvy-Yz2I/AAAAAAAABc0/Vil7tQ8LGcw/s400/image.jpg" width="285" /></a><br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdJr_Iz4aI/AAAAAAAABa0/oRI4qDbHTjI/s400/rw_Tasha1.jpg" width="400" /></a></center><center><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdKLpt7BwI/AAAAAAAABbs/zYj8KotDeE0/s1600/tasha-reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdKLpt7BwI/AAAAAAAABbs/zYj8KotDeE0/s400/tasha-reading.jpg" width="322" /></a></center><center><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdJvU_d0PI/AAAAAAAABa8/WPXtlu-sx8s/s1600/settle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdJvU_d0PI/AAAAAAAABa8/WPXtlu-sx8s/s400/settle.jpg" width="241" /></a></center><center><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdKB8bzbVI/AAAAAAAABbU/Qm1GW9rr4IU/s1600/tasha+tudor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdKTRY-dXI/AAAAAAAABb8/kWcCElIMsB0/s400/tasha01.jpg" width="400" /></a></center><center><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdKbt-qaxI/AAAAAAAABcU/2l5RBnHc2eU/s1600/TashaTudor12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdKbt-qaxI/AAAAAAAABcU/2l5RBnHc2eU/s400/TashaTudor12.jpg" width="272" /></a></center><center><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdQOTbd-BI/AAAAAAAABds/2Oob-W5ABAc/s1600/TASHATUDORbday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdQOTbd-BI/AAAAAAAABds/2Oob-W5ABAc/s400/TASHATUDORbday.jpg" width="161" /></a></center><center><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdKPBAWOiI/AAAAAAAABb0/FhJeTm-C3wM/s1600/tudor_summary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdQKwVuMoI/AAAAAAAABdk/0pYpcDkOCa0/s1600/remember_tasha_tudor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" rw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TDdQKwVuMoI/AAAAAAAABdk/0pYpcDkOCa0/s400/remember_tasha_tudor.jpg" width="400" /></a> </center><center><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg152/Loghomelassie/Sig.jpg" /></a></center><center></center>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-35631305332196766372010-07-01T13:21:00.000-07:002011-12-09T17:29:44.851-08:00My Happy Little Herb Garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to my little kitchen herb garden!</span> <br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TC6y6X2eH5I/AAAAAAAABXs/bjBtguPxKMI/s1600/Welcomesign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TC6y6X2eH5I/AAAAAAAABXs/bjBtguPxKMI/s320/Welcomesign.jpg" width="240px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
My gardens give me great pleasure. My closest garden- a little kitchen herb garden, is located off the back of the house and attached to an ugly metal building which holds an old </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">canning kitchen, workshop and two garages.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FCz_TN3D33k/TqD09IT0TSI/AAAAAAAABnc/x3t3rmtKoOE/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FCz_TN3D33k/TqD09IT0TSI/AAAAAAAABnc/x3t3rmtKoOE/s400/022.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCzeW_QmnvI/AAAAAAAABUE/5xGMx46MhgM/s1600/IMG_0026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1px" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCzeW_QmnvI/AAAAAAAABUE/5xGMx46MhgM/s400/IMG_0026.JPG" width="1px" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my garden, I have a little bit of everything that I love~<br />
A variety of Basil, Thyme, Oregano, Sage, Rosemary...</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and there are two blueberry starts thrown in there too...<br />
Essential for memory. I need that!! (:</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That picket fence was a fantastic find at our county wood pile. One day I'll get around to touching it up. In the meantime, it fits beautifully behind my happy little herb garden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TC610xbLwkI/AAAAAAAABYM/zEOKdtn33EA/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1px" rw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TC610xbLwkI/AAAAAAAABYM/zEOKdtn33EA/s400/009.JPG" width="1px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCzctWyNL-I/AAAAAAAABRM/fC_n5CBJmAc/s1600/IMG_0031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1px" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCzctWyNL-I/AAAAAAAABRM/fC_n5CBJmAc/s400/IMG_0031.JPG" width="1px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCzbMUMB3tI/AAAAAAAABPU/C7aBt-UIYHQ/s1600/IMG_0003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCzbMUMB3tI/AAAAAAAABPU/C7aBt-UIYHQ/s320/IMG_0003.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-twbh7V7B-HU/TY_tfa1RhWI/AAAAAAAABms/7FHxdtBYCMg/s1600/IMG_0038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1px" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-twbh7V7B-HU/TY_tfa1RhWI/AAAAAAAABms/7FHxdtBYCMg/s320/IMG_0038.JPG" width="1px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">I think the weeds are calling for me! <br />
Until next time...</span></div><br />
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<center><span style="font-size: large;">I'm home!! </span></center><center><span style="font-size: large;">Since I've been back, there has been so much to do. Besides my boys, I've had my flower, herb and vegetable gardens begging for my attention.</span> </center><center> </center><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCzMkNIE5cI/AAAAAAAABOs/rnSNsigZ3qw/s1600/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCzMkNIE5cI/AAAAAAAABOs/rnSNsigZ3qw/s320/062.JPG" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCzMpcNjqkI/AAAAAAAABO0/HGncDN6w7cE/s1600/064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCzMpcNjqkI/AAAAAAAABO0/HGncDN6w7cE/s320/064.JPG" /></a></div><br />
<center><span style="font-size: large;">So in the last week, while I've been weeding and planting, I'm also working on a sketch that I hope to finish soon. Here is a preview...</span></center><br />
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<center class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vUoA5YLBNiM/TsprqeZV8ZI/AAAAAAAABpE/wkCtUmJxjew/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vUoA5YLBNiM/TsprqeZV8ZI/AAAAAAAABpE/wkCtUmJxjew/s320/020.JPG" width="240px" /></a></center><center><br />
</center><center class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nlp9Pr30Yms/Tspr5d2IB-I/AAAAAAAABpM/krFEYBDn1go/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nlp9Pr30Yms/Tspr5d2IB-I/AAAAAAAABpM/krFEYBDn1go/s320/026.JPG" width="272px" /></a></center><center> </center><center>I'm using white contra on thick black paper. <br />
Did you notice who was peeking from the background? <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CGPIbqhFSx8/TCzFCF1d4uI/AAAAAAAABN0/dWHHg5BbLhU/s1600/IMG_0040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1px" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CGPIbqhFSx8/TCzFCF1d4uI/AAAAAAAABN0/dWHHg5BbLhU/s320/IMG_0040.JPG" width="1px" /></a></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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so soon there will be no more sketchbook slacking for me!<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCPCwOnx8wI/AAAAAAAABNc/A__mjv2y9hU/s1600/1999MaryMaryQui2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCPCwOnx8wI/AAAAAAAABNc/A__mjv2y9hU/s320/1999MaryMaryQui2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> In a little while, the girls and I are planning a visit to <a href="http://www.manitopark.org/"><span style="color: #e06666;">Manito Park</span></a> in Spokane's beautiful South Hill addition to do a little picnic'ing and a whole lot of drawing. Who would not be inspired to illustrate with all of this beauty? I truly hope to bring back something sweet for you. ...that is if I can sit still long enough to draw! *Crossing my pastel clinched fingers!*</div><br />
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<img border="0" ru="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCPC2MBAnaI/AAAAAAAABNs/VecDqgFVN4Y/s320/ManitoParkDuncanGardensFountain.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCPCl0kGOAI/AAAAAAAABNE/xXbQRtvJ40w/s1600/ManitoParkDuncanGardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCPCl0kGOAI/AAAAAAAABNE/xXbQRtvJ40w/s320/ManitoParkDuncanGardens.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCPCaM5CBaI/AAAAAAAABMU/o4Qwm5QaqBM/s1600/SpokaneSouthHillParkBridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TCPCaM5CBaI/AAAAAAAABMU/o4Qwm5QaqBM/s320/SpokaneSouthHillParkBridge.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Okay then, I'll see you when I get back home!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> </div></div></div>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-91871636769753742412010-06-21T02:06:00.000-07:002010-06-24T14:38:50.193-07:00Peter'd Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TB87W1SNbXI/AAAAAAAABJU/y39kw09ziZo/s1600/Petered+out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" ru="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TB87W1SNbXI/AAAAAAAABJU/y39kw09ziZo/s400/Petered+out.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I'm very sorry, folks</div><br />
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<center>I'm <span style="color: #666666;">(literally)</span> tired<span style="color: #999999;"> </span>of trying to fix up my blog mess. I hope you can accept the change. There's so much that I miss about the old format - my twirling bunny, the clothespinned lavender, your missing comments. ): </center><center> Oh, well...... I'm heading to bed.</center><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TB8qbBZ8U4I/AAAAAAAABHk/3OtRC2rkOds/s1600/Peter-Rabbit-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TB8qbBZ8U4I/AAAAAAAABHk/3OtRC2rkOds/s320/Peter-Rabbit-6.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I'm going to pull the covers up over my head too.</div><br />
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<center>Good Night,</center><center><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg152/Loghomelassie/Sig.jpg" /></a></center>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-89537467301503657042010-06-20T19:41:00.000-07:002010-06-21T03:05:04.404-07:00Guy Talk<center>I apologize for the change. The new design upgrade took my lavender background away and I don't know how to retrieve it. I'm not a happy blogger right now....Well, regardless, there is one thing that doesn't change and that is a fathers love...</center><center> </center><br />
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<center><span style="color: #741b47;">Many poems have been written to explain, <br />
How a mother's love can soothe the pain.<br />
But little has been said about a Father's concern,<br />
So...now...I think it be his turn.<br />
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A Father's love for his offspring,<br />
Is just like that of a golden ring.<br />
No matter what, it is unending,<br />
Never breaking; sometimes bending.<br />
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His love is as strong as a mother's; although...<br />
Due to his personality, it doesn't always show.<br />
There is no question of how strong..<br />
Or of its lasting...however long.<br />
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So no matter if his child is good or bad,<br />
There is no Love stronger, than that of a Dad</span>.</center><br />
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<center><span style="color: #741b47;">HAPPY FATHER'S DAY <br />
TO LOVING FATHERS EVERYWHERE</span></center><center><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg152/Loghomelassie/Sig.jpg" /></a></center>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-8353673927011357392010-06-17T18:15:00.000-07:002011-12-09T17:39:10.442-08:00My Grandma's Garden Book!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">My Grandma didn't smell like garlic but she sure knew alot about it. I have to say that I got a warm feeling today when I noticed her name listed with Julia Child in a <a href="http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/comf/books2000.shtml">Booksforcomfort</a> website. Because it's in an author's list of 'C' names, Winston Churchhill's name is there also. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBq4vk-D8xI/AAAAAAAAA7I/Sqx-l0otay4/s1600/GRANDMA%27SBOOK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBq4vk-D8xI/AAAAAAAAA7I/Sqx-l0otay4/s400/GRANDMA%27SBOOK.jpg" width="243px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before my Grandmother's death in 1998, she wrote a gardener's handbook titled <a href="http://www.osvescen.org/cheap/0890966761/Onions-Leeks-and-Garlic-A-Handbook-for-Gardeners-W-L-Moody-Jr-Natural-History-Series"><span style="color: #e06666;"><strong>Onions, Leeks, &Garlic</strong></span></a> which was published by Texas A&M University- also being used as a reading theorises in College. Back then, we all received our own inscribed copies which to this day, is still published and sold by many online garden sites. <br />
<em>Editors note: This post was not written to sell more.</em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBq-2FKKb7I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/2FPllPUExmw/s1600/056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBq-2FKKb7I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/2FPllPUExmw/s320/056.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before she left us, my Grandmother thoughtfully wrote another book for all of her grandchildren. It is a personal rendition of her life growing up, her years with my Grandfather who she adored - who also adored her in return. I LOVE this picture of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBq_aF1RM7I/AAAAAAAAA7w/L9jjig01kUY/s1600/043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBq_aF1RM7I/AAAAAAAAA7w/L9jjig01kUY/s320/043.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> ...and she wrote about the antics and adventures of their four children that they had together- my father included. It's a fascinating read with all kinds of events which could script a great movie.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBq_hCncTGI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/iZfEqcG7G58/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBq_hCncTGI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/iZfEqcG7G58/s320/048.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is no <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/3096117374_eeb5b073f1.jpg"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Ralphie</span></a> here </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but these pictures are right out of the 'A Christmas Story' era</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBq_ccLQTxI/AAAAAAAAA74/TaSpWU71T_A/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBq_ccLQTxI/AAAAAAAAA74/TaSpWU71T_A/s320/045.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the book, she included our family tree, family prayers and tasty downhome recipe's, </div>some which are family secrets, I'm sure!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBrDS-R_dAI/AAAAAAAAA8g/tGWDEyU_kL0/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" qu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBrDS-R_dAI/AAAAAAAAA8g/tGWDEyU_kL0/s400/052.JPG" width="300px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She also left behind a large box of books that she had composed. <span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">30</span> <span style="color: magenta;">years worth of children's manuscripts in need of a children's illustrator!!</span> I hope to start on them one day. My <a href="http://esnooc.com/">father</a> who has inherited her writing skill and has a unique talent of his own is an author also. Big steps for me to try to follow but tracks that once made, are always left behind. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBrDjh4Yv_I/AAAAAAAAA8o/A-6Uer8tQFE/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBrDjh4Yv_I/AAAAAAAAA8o/A-6Uer8tQFE/s320/061.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My Grandmother lives on in her words and my memories. <br />
Thanks for everything, Grandma!<br />
With all of my love, always</div><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">"<em>Thank You Jacqui!"</em></span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBU0gFOdLZI/AAAAAAAAA4o/luHboO8_CIM/s1600/imagesCA3DRQFX.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBU0gFOdLZI/AAAAAAAAA4o/luHboO8_CIM/s320/imagesCA3DRQFX.jpg" /></a></div>She is one of my Bea'liever's from the adorable <a href="http://magpiechic.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">Magpie Chic</span></strong></a> so I thought I would leave her and everyone an update. I have felt terrible neglecting my blog. Spring quarter finished last Monday and then on Tuesday, my two sweet girls came to visit so I've had no time to get online until now. They leave tomorrow and it looks like I may be going back with them for a short visit in return. In the meantime here is an update until I can get my blog postings back on track again...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We visited the cutest little barn shop yesterday. It's one of my favorite's and there was a new teacup display! I just had to sneak a picture...or two. (; <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wouldn't this teacup tree be cute in a victorian kitchen? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, in any kitchen for that matter!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we drove, I took a few more pictures. Here are a few from our island area...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBU5b-NrVaI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/KGOTLYNLiYc/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245px" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBU5b-NrVaI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/KGOTLYNLiYc/s400/007.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBU5DHugRwI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/5TGZUkjwubw/s1600/clinton+garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" qu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/TBU5DHugRwI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/5TGZUkjwubw/s400/clinton+garden.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
Before heading home, we came across a community garden. <br />
Wouldn't Peter have loved what's in this?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg152/Loghomelassie/Sig.jpg" /></a></div></div>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-41656808013865747392010-05-31T01:57:00.000-07:002011-12-09T17:41:09.584-08:00Finals.. Finally!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<center><em>“Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.” <br />
~</em><em>Beatrix Potter</em></center><br />
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<center>Oh, how I wish I could say that, but I had the opportunity for college and grabbed it. Now I am in the middle of doing finals and just like Beatrix ...<br />
<em>“I am worn to a raveling.”</em></center><br />
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<center><em>"Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work."</em> <br />
<em>~Beatrix Potter</em></center><br />
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<center>At this time I am nearing the end of a large portrait of a flamepoint siamese cat. I will post it very soon. Once school is over, not only will I be able to keep up my blog but chances are that I will abandon my serious sketches and go back to doing my fun make-Bealieve pictures like I used to do and that I'd rather do. That's my true passion. I will also do my pictures in<strong> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">C</span><span style="color: #ffd966;">O</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">L</span><span style="color: #e06666;">O</span><span style="color: #38761d;">R</span><span style="color: #741b47;">!</span></span></strong> </center><center> </center><br />
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<center>...In the meantime, the answers for my last post were...</center><center> <strong>11 stars, 11 teeth, 11 spots and the number 11 to indicate the cow's jumping motion</strong>. </center><center> </center><center>Thank you for your patience. See you soon!</center><center><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg152/Loghomelassie/Sig.jpg" /></center></div>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-54933084594062065492010-05-20T16:38:00.000-07:002011-12-09T17:06:42.584-08:00Twist On An Old Nursey Ryme<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"> Here is something a little different for you. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This was done for my multimedia design class when we had to design our own picture using the numbers eleven and four. </span><span style="font-size: large;">It's a little blurry but... </span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> Can</span> you find the number 11 </span></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"> used in 4 different ways?<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/S_X9CVgsR_I/AAAAAAAAAwE/XLYVsjkhaiA/s1600/Cowjumpedoverthemoon11-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="1px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/S_X9CVgsR_I/AAAAAAAAAwE/XLYVsjkhaiA/s400/Cowjumpedoverthemoon11-.jpg" width="1px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JsrjEZAP7H8/TqDwaz7wbjI/AAAAAAAABm0/pcblr8u9gnQ/s1600/Cowjumpedoverthemoon11-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JsrjEZAP7H8/TqDwaz7wbjI/AAAAAAAABm0/pcblr8u9gnQ/s1600/Cowjumpedoverthemoon11-.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> The answer found in next weeks post.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg152/Loghomelassie/Sig.jpg" /></a></div></div>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-49435734701541947482010-05-18T21:32:00.000-07:002011-12-09T16:46:05.419-08:00Darling Duckling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">Now isn't this adorable? </span><span style="font-size: large;">It reminds me of something out of </span><a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web_(book)"><span style="font-size: large;">Charlotte's Web.</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> I hope to illustrate this soon.</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/S_NTy7uTbeI/AAAAAAAAAr8/e7fUR-4TxTc/s1600/LIFE-IS-SO-GOOD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/S_NTy7uTbeI/AAAAAAAAAr8/e7fUR-4TxTc/s400/LIFE-IS-SO-GOOD.jpg" width="400px" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, while searching for a duckling picture, I chose this one because of it's cute inquisitive expression.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In our art class, we have to take what we select and sketch it in black and white.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/S_M6fj6XUwI/AAAAAAAAArM/t_x2iAFOb_g/s1600/Af05470.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/S_M6fj6XUwI/AAAAAAAAArM/t_x2iAFOb_g/s320/Af05470.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So this is my black and white duckling sketch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/S_OBkq-rXkI/AAAAAAAAAuE/AYfADVMZsO0/s1600/Cindysduckling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/S_OBkq-rXkI/AAAAAAAAAuE/AYfADVMZsO0/s400/Cindysduckling.jpg" width="297px" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And this is it updated. </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uczdj5qF5U0/TuKnW4SLbEI/AAAAAAAAB1U/tXaRd1qFZW4/s1600/Ducklingdoodle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" mda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uczdj5qF5U0/TuKnW4SLbEI/AAAAAAAAB1U/tXaRd1qFZW4/s320/Ducklingdoodle.jpg" width="253px" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"> It's not much for size but I hope you like it anyway!</span><br />
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<center><span style="color: #e06666;"><strong>I AM </strong></span>and I whipped up a new blog button tonight just to say so! Please feel free to grab the code in the small box below if you care to boast on your site that you're a Bea'liever too..</center><center> </center><center><em><span style="color: #e06666;">...♪ I'm a Bea'liever and I couldn't leave her if I tried. ♫</span></em> </center><center> </center><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yonGjGvk2Ws/Tut1JOdJp6I/AAAAAAAAB2I/31ToPYavBeM/s1600/Blog-2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yonGjGvk2Ws/Tut1JOdJp6I/AAAAAAAAB2I/31ToPYavBeM/s1600/Blog-2.gif" /></a></div><center><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><form><textarea rows="6"><a href="http://makebealieve.blogspot.com/"> <img src="http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af34/Beesandbunnies/Blog-2.gif" /></a> </textarea> </form></div>If you have a size specification, please let me know. <br />
I'll be more than happy to resize my Bea button for your site!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've titled this illustration "Gloria's lamb" because it is being sent to my sweet Aunt Gloria.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am in the process of starting another sketch and will be searching for a subject. At the moment I am leaning on doing a duckling. Do you have any other suggestions? Monday is my deadline so I'll need to have it completed and posted by then.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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When I started my blog, I wanted an imaginary escape -<br />
A delightful little place where I could go in my mind to help me write my thoughts. I chose a peaceful lavender path for my picture and told my honey that I needed to find a name to go with it- something with the word lavender included. He must have heard me say Lavern instead of lavender because my silly, half interested beau replied "Lavern and Shirley" which struck me so funny that I found a compatible name and my 'Lavender & Shirely' blog was created. I found that a shire is a division of land in the United Kingdom and so with the lavender, it just seemed to fit! ت <br />
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Some time after that, I chose to use Beatrix Potter as my art mentor and created my 'Make Bea'lieve Blog' but I found that my Lavender & Shirely name was already <strike>stuck</strike> set as a search link. I changed the link to MakeBealieve.blogspot.com but unfortunately by doing this, I lost my connection to past blog friends who could easily connect to me. Hopefully you who have searched for me will find your way back to my lavender path again. I'll be here. ✿ <br />
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<center><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Have a wonderful day with your babies, <br />
no matter how old they are!</span> </span></center><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's what my teacher wrote in my sketchbook journal after I turned in this latest assignment. I decided if I was going to spend any time sketching, I was going to draw the type of pictures I would want to display in my own home so whenever I've had the privilege, I've chosen subjects of things that I love...</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">While illustrating this sketch, I found that I wanted to give it to someone that I love ~someonewho has always believed in and supported me AND for years had wished for me to return to my drawing. I have and I hope you like this simple pencil on paper present, Mom.<br />
Love You! </span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">Happy M♥ther's Day!</span></strong> </span></div> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/S-N8PHd5C-I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/J6M9hp4nX-M/s1600/Sig..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cr0ZIsyr-jw/S-N8PHd5C-I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/J6M9hp4nX-M/s320/Sig..jpg" tt="true" /></a><br />
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<center><em>By the way, it's Show and Tell Friday over at Cindy's <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/">romantic home</a></em><em> so I am adding my new blog link. Check it out. </em><em>...she has <span style="color: purple;">honey lavender ice cream</span> at her place. Yum!</em></center>Cindy~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01404325091829539784noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640903854771809257.post-3999366928761387592010-04-30T20:45:00.000-07:002011-12-16T09:07:02.923-08:00Salutations!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Greetings and <strong>WELCOME</strong> to my new blog.<br />
Please pull up a chair and plan to stay awhile...<br />
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