tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41262978076873676442024-02-18T23:01:02.677-08:00A Vintage ChicAll the vintage things I loveHearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.comBlogger528125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-53068162515574605142015-07-03T10:11:00.001-07:002015-07-03T10:16:12.196-07:00Hello, Friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm back.<br />
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I've missed this. I've missed all of you...I'm feeling creative once again.<br />
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Life has been different since all my daughters have left home. The empty
nesting has been harder—<em>and better</em>—than I had imagined. We’re learning
to live this new life, my husband and I.
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All is well.
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Just a few things to share with you that I’ve been working in on in the last
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I have found that I don’t create as much without an outlet to share it
in--and I’ve missed that sharing and creativity. I’m finding that I’m so very
grateful for this creative outlet that we share here…
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I hope the months have been kind to you all...<br />
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Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-1054545370418245892014-10-09T18:01:00.001-07:002014-10-09T18:21:42.460-07:00Needlepointy<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lHdxvmOW2Q0/VDcvpMyMeeI/AAAAAAAARm8/DWciXa6LOS4/s1600-h/IMG_5736_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5736_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5736_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N5WyQe_ezX8/VDcvqPGEZPI/AAAAAAAARnE/GKJaC9gaa_o/IMG_5736_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="512" height="384"></a></p> <p>I don’t quite know what it is…</p> <p><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="oh Cath. Cath Kidston! 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All of it. And I really love the design of the Union Jack. I’m so very grateful that I’m an American girl through and through—but a couple hundred years ago, this was the flag of my people (without the adorable flowers, of course!). And it has always had a place in my heart, as well…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6a8QA-Hz6FY/VDcvuzdXPGI/AAAAAAAARnc/68gur9jvG-g/s1600-h/IMG_5737_edited-1%25255B18%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5737_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5737_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-r_7fLCFw4_w/VDcvv_IHovI/AAAAAAAARnk/bPDH1352jyw/IMG_5737_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="517" height="388"></a></p> <p>…so I chose this beauty for my first project.</p> <p>And then, I found I just couldn’t stop!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uLRIQ13hs68/VDcvxqsniJI/AAAAAAAARns/dM1e8dbRqJk/s1600-h/IMG_5740_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5740_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5740_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-o5CFkx5gb94/VDcvyzw4qZI/AAAAAAAARn0/t_l2ujCaK28/IMG_5740_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="514" height="386"></a></p> <p>Happily, included in the book was a smaller version. In a brighter color scheme. What’s a girl to do?!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NMQQyxlnKiI/VDcv0W8fu7I/AAAAAAAARn8/N1Iw8tmndwo/s1600-h/IMG_5738_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5738_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5738_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-h2tQJ1WDSG0/VDcv11gavkI/AAAAAAAARoE/ju0G6l2bwEY/IMG_5738_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="528" height="373"></a></p> <p>Just the feel of the lovely wool yarn ask I worked with my hands was a joy—now to just figure out what these sweet canvas pieces will be…..</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qlHc6CzIEFk/VDcv3mVzZ2I/AAAAAAAARoM/cjhP7LKjTec/s1600-h/IMG_5746_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5746_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5746_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NBnvVPEUXIU/VDcv4kLoXNI/AAAAAAAARoU/DQq8pKVkrh8/IMG_5746_edited-1_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="533" height="330"></a></p> <p>…I’m quite sure they’ll let me know!</p> <p>See you soon!</p> <p><em><font size="5">Julie</font></em></p> <p><em>{All images not watermarked were found on Pinterest}</em></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:9ddb2d6f-9b78-4446-a562-774adfe8e440" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=needlepoint" rel="tag">needlepoint</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Cath+Kidston" rel="tag">Cath Kidston</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=floral" rel="tag">floral</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Union+Jack" rel="tag">Union Jack</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-5019797937696325782014-10-02T08:19:00.000-07:002014-10-02T08:18:54.396-07:00Commonplace<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CspXLjVwM-c/VCxOmPTUIJI/AAAAAAAARis/PFObxPf9kPI/s1600-h/IMG_5700_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5700_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5700_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CoBUzcuAjyU/VCxOns6iStI/AAAAAAAARi0/887SsUbOC78/IMG_5700_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="455" height="583"></a></p> <p> Dear Friends! How good it feels to be back here once again…travels are through for now. Nest is empty. My husband and I are adjusting…life is indeed very, <em>very</em> good.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-v3vwEOb3ilo/VCxOoiF-SoI/AAAAAAAARk8/slPh2N8l5TU/s1600-h/IMG_5686_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5686_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5686_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MOH_qLnj_Tw/VCxOp1J0qwI/AAAAAAAARlE/P035QQs6TBM/IMG_5686_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" height="761"></a></p> <p>It felt so blissfully lovely to get back up into my crafty room and begin again. Time is my own now, and my time wanted to get inky and painty once more.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhndHTtFFBW0Msp_LVpg-MNW9p13mhEovqN_0ZZt9Lyr1WVP1g3lYLcLHxufTnkoTVfRzulX8a2pMwh55uePyY7diaNXFfSjhiU0zE_ppCl_deJUCA26T3IZW3wlu0cwpS4Et0HdrkxA/s1600-h/IMG_5684_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5684_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5684_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yfQQqr-tPxE/VCxOsDmCDGI/AAAAAAAARlU/0iqwRv0Hr_U/IMG_5684_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="525" height="399"></a></p> <p>I wanted to start fresh. So many things I am in the middle of working on right now, but one of my favorite things is journaling. It’s my <em>happy place</em>, you can say. So, that is what I’ll share first…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GJWBPgxc0Os/VCxOtXaMJOI/AAAAAAAARlc/N-BiRXA1ZHU/s1600-h/IMG_5689_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5689_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5689_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Nz2BQBdjrYM/VCxOuh5TLoI/AAAAAAAARlk/T_pgxf3U7KA/IMG_5689_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="500" height="723"></a></p> <p>My new journal is a “commonplace” journal. A little bit different than the ones I’ve done before. This one will be filled with anything I love. Anything at all. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-p5rxw-W91-E/VCxOvnuG4gI/AAAAAAAARls/owPpWd0pxSo/s1600-h/IMG_5695_edited-1%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5695_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5695_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-e2mO4L58GSA/VCxOwyj5oCI/AAAAAAAARl0/pnARA4DcPsM/IMG_5695_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="514" height="784"></a></p> <p>My first pages are a bit familiar—but soon there will be pages filled with old family recipes, family history, things I’m discovering, me, my family…anything that fills my days.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-a7i40t1yqVo/VCxOySm4pXI/AAAAAAAARl8/yswbBe-54h8/s1600-h/IMG_5693_edited-1%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5693_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5693_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4tt-YKBS18Q/VCxOzXbK9UI/AAAAAAAARmE/L4p2V-hHqeg/IMG_5693_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="528" height="405"></a></p> <p>People have been keeping commonplace books for hundreds of years. I love them. We first see a record of them in the 1400s. The idea has made a comeback recently, but they have been kept for so very long, that just the <em>thought</em> of them makes me happy! You know how I feel about history…..</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QpQblA9azmI/VCxO0YWbLBI/AAAAAAAARmM/C00uY9759Z4/s1600-h/IMG_5696_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5696_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5696_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RSa-4ZWOZJ0/VCxO1i6PYWI/AAAAAAAARmU/Wc7ivN52m3o/IMG_5696_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="507" height="765"></a></p> <p>So here is mine. One of many to come, I would think. There will be thoughts and images, a bit of paint and drawings inserted here and there--it will be nothing fancy—but it will only be filled with things that I love. Things that have great meaning to me…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zt_1gacygM8/VCxO2tcenNI/AAAAAAAARmc/D5UhtV_fVSw/s1600-h/IMG_5701_edited-1%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5701_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5701_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-W7gjnqYJyTQ/VCxO3zO314I/AAAAAAAARmg/k7pQlWAzbYI/IMG_5701_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="494" height="627"></a></p> <p>I hope you’ll give it a try. You never know what you’ll discover about yourself as you go along filling deliciously handmade-paper pages with things you find in your everyday, <em>far</em>-from-commonplace life…..</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-s9l67ZqDS44/VCxO5A80NEI/AAAAAAAARmo/j6MuCFnBLdQ/s1600-h/IMG_5704_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5704_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_5704_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aQRShABLMfs/VCxO5_UxnAI/AAAAAAAARmw/dAEVoo8AtKE/IMG_5704_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="529" height="397"></a></p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:9a7f2d94-5e2a-4d62-b947-018374f5fe45" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=commonplace+book" rel="tag">commonplace book</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=thoughts" rel="tag">thoughts</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=everyday" rel="tag">everyday</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=life" rel="tag">life</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=love" rel="tag">love</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=memories" rel="tag">memories</a></div> <p><a href="http://www.besottment.com/"><em><font color="#dd8484">{antique oval image courtesy of Hope Wallace Karney}</font></em></a></p> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-7659605021872595492014-09-04T18:31:00.001-07:002014-09-04T18:31:54.731-07:00Merry-Go Round<p><img style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" alt="merry go round" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/c4/58/3f/c4583faef9608c7d231264fad45f8345.jpg"></p> <p>Life is like a merry-go round sometimes, isn’t it?</p> <p><img style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" alt="carnival" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/30/d0/9c/30d09c517eb7a68fb19db5f9f0f0e12b.jpg" width="504" height="335"></p> <p>We’re up, we’re down…we go around and around in circles. It’s fun!</p> <p><img style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" alt="Carousel Horse. These Carousel/merry-go-round horses are hand carved and painted in fancy trappings, saddle blankets, flowers, armor, saddles with western motif's." src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/66/25/57/6625574ca41f1f133c1717b50918af3b.jpg" width="458" height="687"></p> <p>On my merry-go round right now, I’m about to send my youngest child off to college—ups AND downs for me!</p> <p><img style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" src="https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1920229_10152359811998889_6059634831812999032_n.jpg?oh=8d43681cc38bc116368851c1beefbe92&oe=5477E124" width="495" height="742"></p> <p>So, for the next few weeks, I’ll be focusing on her. Focusing on my husband. Focusing on figuring out life as empty-nesters…</p> <p><img style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" alt="ruby throated hummingbird" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/e8/12/9a/e8129a04ee76a02646ebc91fe6635816.jpg"></p> <p>I’ll be back at the beginning of October. Full of new things. I’ve been learning and re-learning all kinds of things that I’m working on that I can’t wait to share with you as we keep going round and round on this wonderful ride together…</p> <p><img style="float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto" alt="Merry-Go-Round ~ Brighton, England" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/72/9a/b0/729ab0945b24382c3cc47ce8f3de766c.jpg" width="517" height="388"></p> <p>See you soon!</p> <p>Julie</p> <p>{lovely carousel images courtesy of <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/avintagechic/"><font color="#ff8080">Pinterest</font></a>}</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:36def08b-4ece-45b3-a640-463e77e691a6" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=merry-go-round" rel="tag">merry-go-round</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=life" rel="tag">life</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=empty+nest" rel="tag">empty nest</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=carousel" rel="tag">carousel</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-85296559363925001152014-08-19T12:39:00.001-07:002014-08-19T12:42:00.122-07:00Found<p></p> <p><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Sarah Lavinia Perkins Portrait from locket" src="http://mediasvc.ancestry.com/v2/image/namespaces/1093/media/93030210-98af-410c-a8a1-a17507400968?client=TreesUI&maxSide=500" width="328" height="425" /></p> <p>I’d loved her name ever since I was a young girl…</p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><font size="6" face="JaneAusten"><em>Sarah Lavinia</em></font></p> <p>…so romantic.  So lovely.  So very, <em>very</em> long ago….</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QO2UOH8uMa4/U_On0XX6KuI/AAAAAAAARhg/5IktDYrZMYM/s1600-h/DSCN0217%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-id_sUvwi40Q/U_On2yc5FoI/AAAAAAAARho/71CejKkafqQ/DSCN0217_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="487" height="768" /></a></p> <p>Just a name on my pedigree chart.  My fourth great-grandmother.  Never an image to go with that beautiful name.</p> <p>Until now.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QFcI5_gft9M/U_On4jngpqI/AAAAAAAARhw/49e9xtyBphk/s1600-h/DSCN0219_edited-1%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0219_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0219_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9jD1qx4rXp4/U_On6utiTII/AAAAAAAARh4/FsJ_YQ9Ruw0/DSCN0219_edited-1_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="491" height="768" /></a></p> <p>   While going through Ancestry.com for more information on the names I loved, a face emerged—a beautifully hand-painted face.  </p> <p>My heart stopped…</p> <p>Could it really be her?</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sjJIIU5X2U4/U_On8BaM98I/AAAAAAAARiA/TTJzB04jmy8/s1600-h/DSCN0221_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0221_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0221_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yO5hYmC0rWw/U_On9hr8-VI/AAAAAAAARiI/VHsj1U0i3CA/DSCN0221_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="478" height="634" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>“Portrait painted for locket”, were the words written under her portrait.  The image was small, but perfect—and I was thrilled beyond belief!</p> <p>And just to make sure that I never, ever lost Sarah Lavinia again--</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gOtOd6soJ_E/U_On--EDiCI/AAAAAAAARiQ/OKSgIisrNQ8/s1600-h/DSCN0224_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0224_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0224_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Za8lMqngL-E/U_OoAsbOS5I/AAAAAAAARiY/rQBWkXFV2vE/DSCN0224_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="492" height="680" /></a> </p> <p>I put her in a locket of my very own.  </p> <p>Found.  Found and loved….</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:2591fd55-3ef5-44f6-8964-1dd8713cc000" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Sarah+Lavinia+Gant+Perkins" rel="tag">Sarah Lavinia Gant Perkins</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Ancestry.com" rel="tag">Ancestry.com</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=locket" rel="tag">locket</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=portrait" rel="tag">portrait</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=family+history" rel="tag">family history</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=found" rel="tag">found</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-5337925701293070942014-08-06T16:20:00.001-07:002014-08-06T16:27:27.997-07:00Life is Delicious<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Cb5f0jLEG6k/U-K375gAtYI/AAAAAAAARf4/7iRMD3DeTvw/s1600-h/DSCN0175_edited-1%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0175_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0175_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uLohWSwDFGE/U-K39v-K2NI/AAAAAAAARgA/V6nUEU_Lnog/DSCN0175_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="374" height="535"></a> <p> </p> <p>I am definitely loving these long, summer days…</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TQEzfkB85Ac/U-K3_S6APLI/AAAAAAAARgI/m4avSn5CWIc/s1600-h/DSCN0165_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0165_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0165_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qIU8JkOIxtI/U-K4A8ngPzI/AAAAAAAARgQ/NyKSMfKCFZI/DSCN0165_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="465" height="768"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Time to find joy in oh, so many things…food, family, childhood memories, friends, fun…</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rS91JlcbOf4/U-K4CsOXxKI/AAAAAAAARgY/oxZuqiCpJs4/s1600-h/DSCN0179_edited-1%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0179_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0179_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pUUyKZeBCGQ/U-K4EYKE_aI/AAAAAAAARgg/ta276oFWjJw/DSCN0179_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="435" height="768"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>…and nature in all of it’s busy, buzzy splendor~</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WLnco0s9oe0/U-K4GWKrRXI/AAAAAAAARgo/gGOU_m7AGZo/s1600-h/DSCN0173_edited-1%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0173_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0173_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-umwdZzZYmPU/U-K4ImKjEGI/AAAAAAAARgw/kIs-qA_so4c/DSCN0173_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" height="768"></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-C8XISru-Nqo/U-K4KM1cbyI/AAAAAAAARg4/nI1PEcjATNk/s1600-h/DSCN0176_edited-1%25255B19%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0176_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0176_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DyoaAIzYOw0/U-K4L2pCBiI/AAAAAAAARhA/932Pn4GVEkc/DSCN0176_edited-1_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="465" height="333"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>We never intended to be beekeepers, but beekeepers we apparently have become!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lK-Q1B6wgyA/U-K4NczhZlI/AAAAAAAARhI/NqhzIPObuz8/s1600-h/DSCN0155_edited-1%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0155_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0155_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jwTI29GsP8c/U-K4PMQBJBI/AAAAAAAARhQ/UsdVwuH2Tls/DSCN0155_edited-1_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" height="768"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Wishing you many happy summer days filled with unexpected joys!</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:69b458fc-038b-43fb-a35b-8573cf62d07d" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=summer" rel="tag">summer</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=nature" rel="tag">nature</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=bees" rel="tag">bees</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=home" rel="tag">home</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=memories" rel="tag">memories</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=delicious" rel="tag">delicious</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=cake" rel="tag">cake</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-84744573139662510482014-08-01T08:04:00.000-07:002014-08-01T08:04:59.745-07:00Happiness<h5><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KSmOYCMPXsY/U9qLxOTlX8I/AAAAAAAAReQ/WCYqWs1nTXw/s1600-h/DSCN0102_edited-2%25255B18%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0102_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0102_edited-2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-q6O-LVQ2Sm8/U9qLyqv5xdI/AAAAAAAAReY/YfyN8JCqJ68/DSCN0102_edited-2_thumb%25255B18%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="471" height="409"></a></h5> <h5><font style="font-weight: normal">Where do the days go? Hard to believe it’s the first day of August already—what a full summer it’s been!</font></h5> <h5><font color="#992211"></font><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZQU49CstM-8/U9qL0MS5R7I/AAAAAAAAReg/cogULgbdUZY/s1600-h/DSCN0108_edited-1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0108_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0108_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-134f6HmvQiM/U9qL2oa1u6I/AAAAAAAAReo/grIZdyFpyms/DSCN0108_edited-1_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="427" height="768"></a></h5> <h5><font style="font-weight: normal">I so enjoyed getting back up into my craft room this week to relax & make some messes…so good to feel inky, gluey & painty again!</font></h5> <h5><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JIbsyFdmFOA/U9qL4GfOmHI/AAAAAAAARew/kmKJP9y3UYo/s1600-h/DSCN0101_edited-2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0101_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0101_edited-2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KdBnragBOeE/U9qL7AVKHlI/AAAAAAAARe4/g49PQ9w9HKc/DSCN0101_edited-2_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" height="768"></a></h5> <p>With all the busy-ness of the summer, it’s good to sit back, relax & take stock of all the good I have been given--all the wonderfulness of life. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-q32MCMAR8X8/U9qL9YmdfgI/AAAAAAAARfA/zSxR5RVDnwY/s1600-h/DSCN0113_edited-1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0113_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0113_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kFXMH5ht1lU/U9qMBbAIPwI/AAAAAAAARfI/qbk3O90fjgY/DSCN0113_edited-1_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="514" height="452"></a></p> <p>And I am happy…</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hgWeauoX9P4/U9qMC3RuZAI/AAAAAAAARfQ/yHRzD6YPJ2M/s1600-h/DSCN0106_edited-1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0106_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0106_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Vx1AITXmiH0/U9qMEp8uMXI/AAAAAAAARfY/KhdABnRD8so/DSCN0106_edited-1_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="428" height="768"></a></p> <p>And oh, so very grateful for it all.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nSsqb2GpuC4/U9qMF5OTELI/AAAAAAAARfg/FH8hkWU_b3Q/s1600-h/DSCN0111_edited-1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSCN0111_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSCN0111_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kyL9X64xhMM/U9qMG37EEYI/AAAAAAAARfo/eINL4Cs48s8/DSCN0111_edited-1_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="439" height="135"></a></p> <p>Wishing you many quiet, joy-filled moments…</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:be1f53f9-54ca-4e46-86af-964cbdc5c588" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=happiness" rel="tag">happiness</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=contentment" rel="tag">contentment</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=joy" rel="tag">joy</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=quiet" rel="tag">quiet</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=peace" rel="tag">peace</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=reflexion" rel="tag">reflexion</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-42280018210564604992014-07-04T07:42:00.000-07:002014-07-04T07:42:34.474-07:00The Red, White & Blue<p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-W8IgtRAWngQ/U7W3EbCWxEI/AAAAAAAARbw/xCHDmb01gr8/s1600-h/DSC05313_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05313_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05313_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vqGOAp1ADl8/U7W3GDzmFGI/AAAAAAAARb4/-2ll_iasRBw/DSC05313_edited-1_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="474" height="553" /></a> </p> <p>I’ve always loved my country.  Always been grateful for the freedoms that we have.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-t7TisZHkEbU/U7W3G7r1TjI/AAAAAAAARb8/HnZ2iboIKIY/s1600-h/DSC05330_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05330_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05330_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-a5X_wLWrsjY/U7W3IhBV7eI/AAAAAAAARcI/67QKBM2unNw/DSC05330_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="488" height="815" /></a></p> <p>I felt a deepening of that love and gratitude after a trip to Washington D.C. just a couple of months ago.  A feeling that I don’t want to lose.  Ever……</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1zPe44OnpJM/U7W3JkfmINI/AAAAAAAARcM/BsZi8jZn6qw/s1600-h/DSC05315_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05315_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05315_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3TM06FmN09k/U7W3KyIDzOI/AAAAAAAARcY/8Q-88CjyL6w/DSC05315_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="474" height="811" /></a>  </p> <p>How grateful we should be.  Each and <em>every single day—</em>for the freedom we have to live as we choose….and for those who have fought and died to allow us that liberty.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jiU8dKehvLs/U7W3L13D8CI/AAAAAAAARcg/19xOTxmBxRA/s1600-h/DSC05312_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05312_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05312_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rM6SqTzmgYA/U7W3NEmyVhI/AAAAAAAARco/nzVVP0KIre0/DSC05312_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="469" height="839" /></a> </p> <p>We are so very, <em>very</em> blessed…….</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dWd6agEFtjU/U7W3OaD7cMI/AAAAAAAARcw/Tc0eoA8nHhg/s1600-h/DSC05328_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05328_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05328_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xAAPSLuCqX4/U7W3PCJCoYI/AAAAAAAARc4/E-3xJ6WfbM4/DSC05328_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="530" height="220" /></a> </p> <p>Wishing you all a Happy Fourth!</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e0a4745f-5466-47e5-95f1-9e091aeec799" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=America" rel="tag">America</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=country" rel="tag">country</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=liberty" rel="tag">liberty</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=freedom" rel="tag">freedom</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=gratitude" rel="tag">gratitude</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=love" rel="tag">love</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Independence+Day" rel="tag">Independence Day</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Fourth+of+July" rel="tag">Fourth of July</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-75327689578214261212014-06-26T10:47:00.000-07:002014-06-26T10:46:59.876-07:00Revealed<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-j1F6Kx3XGmk/U6t3cPGnr0I/AAAAAAAARaY/pZEDAVxI6_E/s1600-h/DSC05279_edited-1%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05279_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05279_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EL4avBsF8PM/U6t3d7-OnSI/AAAAAAAARag/PT8DSASUNYY/DSC05279_edited-1_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="455" height="478" /></a> </p> <p>I love what journaling reveals to me about….me.</p> <p>Sometimes you just never know, when you first put pen to page, what’s going to emerge.  It’s really very interesting--</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-u0RMEVR8XKo/U6t3eSKhmfI/AAAAAAAARao/htLogp8Z59U/s1600-h/DSC05302_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05302_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05302_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-d4rdwpVTrBI/U6t3jQdf5_I/AAAAAAAARaw/0y5SGgMBU_M/DSC05302_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="445" height="768" /></a></p> <p>Sometimes a thought or two are already in your head—sometimes a thought or two originally penned by a much wiser someone else, but out it comes—committed to paper…and you learn something from it.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mwNBfLNPGtY/U6t3kUcKh4I/AAAAAAAARa4/yXzaA2j5FXU/s1600-h/DSC05296_edited-1%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05296_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05296_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_N3PJ1eANAE/U6t3l2zjj1I/AAAAAAAARbA/y6eIywrGMRw/DSC05296_edited-1_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="462" height="814" /></a> </p> <p>I also find it interesting what I choose to put <em>with</em> those words.  The images reveal quite a bit about us, as well, I think…how we are, how we were—how we would <em>like</em> to be…</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WEClEa9LBsU/U6t3mgpXA0I/AAAAAAAARbI/u_Y5NyB-JKw/s1600-h/DSC05303_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05303_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05303_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Wca9DGdXDHk/U6t3n_MnN9I/AAAAAAAARbQ/yT2K7WVT6hw/DSC05303_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="768" /></a>  </p> <p> And sometimes what gets revealed is the little girl inside of us, just itching to come out and play with paint and paper…just to see what she looks like.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Zwm3GryWuP0/U6t3psgyXgI/AAAAAAAARbY/hEDwOsghFxE/s1600-h/DSC05295_edited-1%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05295_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05295_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yKyhwNVomRU/U6t3qeQj2OI/AAAAAAAARbg/MqrtiK4Zg8E/DSC05295_edited-1_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="222" /></a> </p> <p>Wishing you lots of wonderful revelations today…</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:d4d25225-054c-431b-875e-0323e3f60242" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=reveal" rel="tag">reveal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=thoughts" rel="tag">thoughts</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=paint" rel="tag">paint</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=faces" rel="tag">faces</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=be+yourself" rel="tag">be yourself</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-8512794653444873782014-06-14T10:49:00.000-07:002014-06-14T10:49:43.445-07:00New Things<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Ed1NYuDHeQc/U5u3wpeyDfI/AAAAAAAARYw/JFNxD8kTgv4/s1600-h/DSC05290_edited-2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05290_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05290_edited-2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RcIcAcV597M/U5u3yfg9ZwI/AAAAAAAARY4/VU0puXchfyA/DSC05290_edited-2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="427" height="768"></a></p> <p>Trying out some new things this week…I’ve been having the urge to try some new techniques in my journaling. A little painting seemed like just the thing for me…</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GA-f9xFyHFg/U5u3zxmEzuI/AAAAAAAARZA/OYZnMl7Yuqg/s1600-h/DSC05293_edited-2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05293_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05293_edited-2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aJaB-86-Jl0/U5u31lvKqTI/AAAAAAAARZI/GX1ufL4oWnE/DSC05293_edited-2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="451" height="768"></a></p> <p>Freehand flowers and a big fat heart drawn on my pages. Some old watercolor crayons that I haven’t touched in ages were brought back up to the table and given a whirl…….</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YbvQBhxabdc/U5u33nDBn0I/AAAAAAAARZQ/5nkUdRWgwsg/s1600-h/DSC05285_edited-4%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05285_edited-4" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05285_edited-4" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D6RpMllXI8k/U5u35OaHOxI/AAAAAAAARZY/wbwnIgxVG-I/DSC05285_edited-4_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="530" height="447"></a></p> <p>…and I fell deeply, madly in love.</p> <p>I’ll be doing <em>much </em>more of this in the future!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jpe_58kqoC8/U5u36fbcbcI/AAAAAAAARZg/lJp4BIuPXBk/s1600-h/DSC05278_edited-2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05278_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05278_edited-2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-r_smCjsTbDY/U5u370p8tFI/AAAAAAAARZo/wk8-YETcumg/DSC05278_edited-2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="451" height="768"></a></p> <p>Some face cards courtesy of Hope Wallace Karney came out to play, as well. I love these pieces—so much fun to journal on, around & under…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ktdD91z3RnM/U5u395RSsiI/AAAAAAAARZw/q-f169TdyYE/s1600-h/DSC05280_edited-2%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05280_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05280_edited-2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZSyiT52mnPQ/U5u3-wzjRNI/AAAAAAAARZ4/aWVXP0wWPo4/DSC05280_edited-2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="512" height="300"></a></p> <p>Some personal journaling blurred for the photo just a bit….</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_Md5wMdmuv8/U5u4AVcIQ-I/AAAAAAAARaA/0oJG7czATu4/s1600-h/DSC05282_edited-1%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05282_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05282_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Si3AFrRT_E0/U5u4BmtRLrI/AAAAAAAARaI/Y6VmSqrFYWY/DSC05282_edited-1_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="455" height="768"></a></p> <p>Don’t be afraid to try some new things today—you just might have more fun than you think!</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:b1358662-d756-4f89-bd0f-7be33815d716" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/watercolor" rel="tag">watercolor</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/new+things" rel="tag">new things</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/techniues" rel="tag">techniues</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/gratitude" rel="tag">gratitude</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/heart" rel="tag">heart</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/love" rel="tag">love</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/flowers" rel="tag">flowers</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/beauty" rel="tag">beauty</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Hope+Wallace+Karney" rel="tag">Hope Wallace Karney</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-55734115168495223282014-06-05T08:22:00.000-07:002014-06-05T08:22:53.794-07:00Contentment<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fiELl2CidlA/U4_T1U4xS_I/AAAAAAAARXI/2bTEdvAOr68/s1600-h/DSC05271_edited-2%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05271_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05271_edited-2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lnPqBx-9K3U/U4_T20TycvI/AAAAAAAARXQ/Dbaaszh_2M0/DSC05271_edited-2_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="497" height="649"></a></p> <p>I hope you’re finding a majority of your days are happy ones…I know they aren’t <em>all </em>happy—but isn’t it a quiet joy to find that most of them really are?</p> <p> </p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VZYKXrNZUuA/U4_T4HYbXsI/AAAAAAAARXY/YMDmBChww5E/s1600-h/DSC05264_edited-3%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05264_edited-3" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05264_edited-3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qhQr-m4BkEw/U4_T5Qq9GbI/AAAAAAAARXg/B7-fQoPXcYM/DSC05264_edited-3_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="488" height="851"></a></p> <p align="left">It doesn’t take much to find happiness in a day. Sometimes its’ just looking at the little things that surround us. Some of them may be <em>very</em> small. But, they’re there.</p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-akDRzdf8LGE/U4_T68KSYNI/AAAAAAAARXo/yHksv_bcFJo/s1600-h/DSC05257_edited-2%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05257_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05257_edited-2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ew_sS52K43c/U4_T8WbbSCI/AAAAAAAARXw/67CJeDnm1Dk/DSC05257_edited-2_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="542" height="481"></a></p> <p>I’m grateful for these lazy, summer days…school has just ended for my youngest daughter. Unbelievable. On to college not many days from now. But, for now, she’s all mine. And I’m content.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-n-uZ2JF8h1M/U4_T9w2I03I/AAAAAAAARX4/IHYIKjpBDVU/s1600-h/DSC05260_edited-1%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05260_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05260_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-e2VzpuAQoxg/U4_T_A2tNgI/AAAAAAAARYA/AYjK4w4LW1Q/DSC05260_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="475" height="856"></a></p> <p>My oldest daughter will be home this weekend with two of her roommates—so much fun to anticipate being with them—even if it’s only for a few short days. My middle daughter home in two weeks for a short time before her next adventure…</p> <p>And I am content.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QO3ePyrjpzc/U4_UADcQgvI/AAAAAAAARYI/XaLCtHY_fbc/s1600-h/DSC05272_edited-2%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05272_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05272_edited-2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-W80ZoQgx4ao/U4_UBhlpidI/AAAAAAAARYQ/SYCp35C-mfo/DSC05272_edited-2_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="468" height="763"></a></p> <p>I know that not every day will be this way. I know there will be busier days. Lonelier days. But for today, I am grateful, and I am very, very content.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NH53vBzEx4k/U4_UC4O4Y0I/AAAAAAAARYY/vteUPF_2Uw4/s1600-h/DSC05262_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05262_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05262_edited-1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQakvJ08TYOnLn_3mvnUJItYNN5Di3eWIqZXV4q6XcKYOj6RX3bJgaMgArd7L5aYjhyeT393aTV6qSV0kGz-mljI-yoL2t-xgjVYhTRs8vGLgcE7mnoZlNpkfb97zrdla0Xe9k4LPAW4Q/?imgmax=800" width="450" height="497"></a></p> <p>Wishing you all some blissfully contented days…</p> <p><em><font size="5">Julie</font></em></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:76e1fb8d-5e2a-4471-b47a-043d69f6f09a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/contentment" rel="tag">contentment</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/joy" rel="tag">joy</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/happiness" rel="tag">happiness</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/children" rel="tag">children</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/family" rel="tag">family</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/gratitude" rel="tag">gratitude</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-3500768091729098632014-05-31T08:25:00.000-07:002014-05-31T08:25:22.740-07:00Elements<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cnzr_alZUoA/U4jrYU3qY4I/AAAAAAAARVw/xoNKNVHgCUk/s1600-h/DSC05252_edited-2%25255B18%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05252_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05252_edited-2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HZy63cC5XNQ/U4jrasWq9gI/AAAAAAAARV4/Fe1vaij8-TQ/DSC05252_edited-2_thumb%25255B15%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="519" height="574"></a></p> <p>One of the reasons I love art journaling so much, I think, is that in doing it, I’m combining so many of the things I love…</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VvKIpHDUhDo/U4jrcXAO3CI/AAAAAAAARWA/a2D18Zt2f8M/s1600-h/DSC05255_edited-1%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05255_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05255_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-51CdKGyO3lU/U4jreOIhfnI/AAAAAAAARWI/PJ_Xjvc6L7U/DSC05255_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="468" height="798"></a></p> <p>Collecting (<em>ephemera & images</em>), journaling, reflecting, quote-collecting, cutting & pasting…</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ANULCqnOCPg/U4jrgH1ak-I/AAAAAAAARWQ/Suhm8urHN8E/s1600-h/DSC05229_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05229_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05229_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Hf_E6yjFCPY/U4jrioiKtgI/AAAAAAAARWY/Mwvv3wRL8ek/DSC05229_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="473" height="798"></a></p> <p>…gluing, taping, stamping, painting…walking away from my table with ink & paint all over my hands and a smile all over my face…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VFlfUDx0ERU/U4jrkdQzvFI/AAAAAAAARWg/wMgp_3F_lQo/s1600-h/DSC05248_edited-1%25255B17%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05248_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05248_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--34yKGAgtQ4/U4jrnaB16EI/AAAAAAAARWo/OaQFnLHhzb8/DSC05248_edited-1_thumb%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="479" height="807"></a></p> <p>Could there be any reason better than this for trying to sneak in a little “play” time each and every day?</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-a3gFwJ2Mn4E/U4jro5vsUxI/AAAAAAAARWw/pezZt_uU7fs/s1600-h/DSC05234_edited-1%25255B23%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05234_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05234_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WpgpbKb6jk0/U4jrqlBtqAI/AAAAAAAARW4/wqa1wkrdEIQ/DSC05234_edited-1_thumb%25255B17%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="428" height="532"></a></p> <p>I don’t think so!</p> <p>Take a little time to play today!</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:69f34819-0d55-4d46-8fa1-9bc816d52a0b" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/thoughts" rel="tag">thoughts</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/elements" rel="tag">elements</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/paint" rel="tag">paint</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/play" rel="tag">play</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/happy" rel="tag">happy</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-19467131609553476742014-05-24T06:37:00.000-07:002014-05-24T06:37:44.734-07:00On My Mind<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-K1c2fIj8Ceo/U3-OlbbrgiI/AAAAAAAART4/sCYHLuegVL8/s1600-h/DSC05221_edited-1%25255B25%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05221_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05221_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZhW7GVGFjWI/U3-OqaYZXcI/AAAAAAAARUA/evl3Oh9No4Y/DSC05221_edited-1_thumb%25255B19%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="481" height="473"></a></p> <p>I’m starting to notice a trend in my journaling.</p> <p>Self-improvement….</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--ASNpWifLlI/U3-OybivozI/AAAAAAAARUI/hJm1X3alBcA/s1600-h/DSC05206_edited-2%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05206_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05206_edited-2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rhc6Gt1O4A8/U3-O2qTpm7I/AAAAAAAARUQ/AYDMFJWtvFA/DSC05206_edited-2_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="768"></a></p> <p>Apparently my self-conscious is trying to tell me something! </p> <p>Guess I’d better listen.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hdYwYZs90PM/U3-O8WiMxqI/AAAAAAAARUY/Pc44X8o6Blg/s1600-h/DSC05210_edited-1%25255B20%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05210_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC05210_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tMkA0sCFJQY/U3-O_Eyh_tI/AAAAAAAARUg/L_MB-IuJqMQ/DSC05210_edited-1_thumb%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="525" height="306"></a></p> <p>I think most of us are pretty good. We’re nice. We help others. We try to think of others’ needs most of the time…but, could we all be just a <em>little</em> better?</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_7FLhryLS3A/U3-PEyfcc_I/AAAAAAAARUo/MzLcwsk-Z_4/s1600-h/DSC05202_edited-2%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05202_edited-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05202_edited-2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OVD394bYAF0/U3-Pa2Ze5HI/AAAAAAAARUw/E4VO5q1av8w/DSC05202_edited-2_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="545" height="422"></a></p> <p>I wonder…</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GvQdo9HYMqE/U3-PngG-jlI/AAAAAAAARU4/pW40_wvePf8/s1600-h/DSC05204_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05204_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05204_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2TvEvjb6_Io/U3-PsUAQR-I/AAAAAAAARVA/p0h7s2esPOI/DSC05204_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="547" height="360"></a></p> <p>I wonder what would happen if <em>everyone</em> on the planet were just a <em>little</em> better today? </p> <p>Wouldn’t that be something?</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-M-9meC2tQLE/U3-PxFjFVZI/AAAAAAAARVI/SxFdtfj5i1o/s1600-h/DSC05222_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05222_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05222_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iQB8nT6IhxM/U3-P3ZLw0OI/AAAAAAAARVQ/0XJPbTu6yc4/DSC05222_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="457" height="768"></a></p> <p>I think the difference it would make would be overwhelming…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8r2DFy5L-gI/U3-P_Q-s9wI/AAAAAAAARVY/rEVlKxjkVUg/s1600-h/DSC05212_edited-1%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05212_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05212_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1w8VJybbYOo/U3-QDurllNI/AAAAAAAARVg/id2I4mK4owU/DSC05212_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="507" height="768"></a></p> <p>Just do something “little” today.</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:33c1ff71-ba1b-4a4f-9120-3c47e5f0f7ab" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/self-improvement" rel="tag">self-improvement</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/light" rel="tag">light</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/goodness" rel="tag">goodness</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/love" rel="tag">love</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/kindness" rel="tag">kindness</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/courage" rel="tag">courage</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/happiness" rel="tag">happiness</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-69195640228010235792014-05-18T06:56:00.000-07:002014-05-18T06:56:14.829-07:00Lucky Mom<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-alYYAlG9OUg/U3eKT0c2RLI/AAAAAAAARRw/Rgq9KhSQChw/s1600-h/DSC05199_edited-1%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05199_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05199_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nCNg9J09Xg8/U3eKWzRXoTI/AAAAAAAARR4/0x2k0mdl3PQ/DSC05199_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="525" height="768"></a></p> <p>We recently took advantage of a very dear friend and her talents to photograph our family during our quickly-closing window of together time before two of my daughters left for school and work…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vfzEvrnZtRs/U3eKZXMUxwI/AAAAAAAARSA/ktWjAuTeBWg/s1600-h/DSC05192_edited-1%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05192_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05192_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZoMOgfLqIOM/U3eKbH-PsWI/AAAAAAAARSI/kiL-P_1coXQ/DSC05192_edited-1_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="433" height="768"></a></p> <p>As you would hope, most of the photos caught moments that were sweet…hangable photos that will grace your walls for years to come.</p> <p>But our friend also managed to capture some fabulous moments of our family’s reality…and they are my favorites!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lq6c85FNMnE/U3eKcFtq3XI/AAAAAAAARSQ/d9Aix-TjSX8/s1600-h/IMG_1353%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1353" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1353" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3H3Vp5Q5abQ/U3eKdshUaxI/AAAAAAAARSY/RwCI3sdg7A4/IMG_1353_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="512" height="768"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xAfJbKGB070/U3eKfTPMT-I/AAAAAAAARSg/0juiGUfJcXs/s1600-h/IMG_1256%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1256" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-89hi0x7BxlNZ9jVDYGJr6_4G9HaChvdXt5kbJzqcsbROKH3ry4ptvf2hID7BuzZo2SY4nZUEAsbhtQ71AdQx51DtJUkzj_Xc7JZphOTCQpr4ta9UdY0b1rRc_1w9Hv8sVwBIZCJrJQ/?imgmax=800" width="523" height="349"></a></p> <p>I’m thinking that these will have to go on the family room wall, as well!</p> <p>With all the goofiness, all the goodness, all the personalities—this is my family:</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DlmxVkQ49oc/U3eKircTswI/AAAAAAAARSw/HO1GK3M-LCk/s1600-h/DSC05189_edited-2%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05189_edited-2" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05189_edited-2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tiOLgyBC5l4/U3eKj5RNB2I/AAAAAAAARS4/pyhv_QQQ72g/DSC05189_edited-2_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="526" height="303"></a></p> <p>We have mostly regular days…most aren’t captured like this one. A few are hard, not-so-happy days, but most of our family’s days are really pretty wonderful in normal-wonderful ways…</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-16sQYdS3XHk/U3eKl93Yz6I/AAAAAAAARTA/uL2hNEaZV_o/s1600-h/DSC05188_edited-1%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05188_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05188_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-N5FqWVY-6Jo/U3eKnR-AOwI/AAAAAAAARTI/dJGs4Rz-k-Y/DSC05188_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="539" height="471"></a></p> <p>I’m so grateful for the good, the not-so-good (because we always learn something from them), the serious and the silly…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-U4ibTN-FgmE/U3eKpSRwAjI/AAAAAAAARTQ/qH7QSnNDa_E/s1600-h/IMG_1183%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_1183" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_1183" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LDJYmOEWIR0/U3eKqu7LQZI/AAAAAAAARTY/U9gAcMgRlmY/IMG_1183_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="526" height="351"></a></p> <p>…because they’re <em>our</em> days. It’s our family. And it’s our family forever.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zSMdp86Q7ik/U3eKsG0TJOI/AAAAAAAARTg/JKhgx2KenNk/s1600-h/DSC05197_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05197_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05197_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8gBzS9UE7Bs/U3eKtlDHyaI/AAAAAAAARTo/rSoI5DfQ0nM/DSC05197_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="532" height="221"></a></p> <p>And I AM a very, <em>very</em> lucky Mom.</p> <p>Julie</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:0ef1db97-abe5-4872-b870-33f418b9dd6b" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/family" rel="tag">family</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/photographs" rel="tag">photographs</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/experience" rel="tag">experience</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/joy" rel="tag">joy</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/love" rel="tag">love</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/happy" rel="tag">happy</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/lucky" rel="tag">lucky</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/motherhood" rel="tag">motherhood</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-33657641406112889462014-05-11T06:53:00.000-07:002014-05-13T05:47:37.983-07:00Mothers<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4bD3OAUhp2Y/U25adhS9qKI/AAAAAAAARPM/TSZZCpjZPIQ/s1600-h/IMG_4334_edited-1%25255B17%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4334_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4334_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4tsq7fpHIvU/U25afrXvH5I/AAAAAAAARPU/TbO6J-AXTr8/IMG_4334_edited-1_thumb%25255B14%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="541" height="768"></a></p> <p>In my mother’s house there sits a “shrine”. Just a little niche built into the wall by the builder—not originally intended for my mother’s purposes, I’m sure--but with each and every season, holiday, or special occasion, that little niche becomes sheer magic at the touch of her loving & artful hands…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-g3mTcQciU7M/U25ahDa68kI/AAAAAAAARPc/1yEyfTkU-B4/s1600-h/IMG_4340_edited-1%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4340_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4340_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PoUODB9ylEU/U25aiuA0ByI/AAAAAAAARPg/iHcfjZ4a1B8/IMG_4340_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="533" height="725"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="1"><em>{German doll given to my great-grandmother, Anna, when she was a very little girl}</em></font></p> <p>Right now, her tribute to the mothers in her life. My mothers. Treasured, antique dolls, handmade lace, rose petals kept in china vase, knick knacks belonging to those that came before us…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hOszVdjRqxg/U25aj1L42DI/AAAAAAAARPs/xA7YDNyCv9g/s1600-h/IMG_4344_edited-1%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4344_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4344_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Vs368_nCogA/U25akxjd_rI/AAAAAAAARP0/Pnzn57Fwdk4/IMG_4344_edited-1_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="459" height="768"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="1"><em>{beautiful porcelain figurine made by my grandmother, LaPriel}</em></font></p> <p>…even a book written by my great-grandmother about her ancestors.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8YWRpLrHTEM/U25amaXTsCI/AAAAAAAARP8/whwXxwsjZhQ/s1600-h/IMG_4338_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4338_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4338_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hBQ-R9lELvE/U25an2I4bCI/AAAAAAAARQE/qdXcp8-Bbfw/IMG_4338_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="489" height="652"></a></p> <p>Little details of lives gone by but not forgotten—artfully gathered by loving and grateful hands…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ug9fGc3EH24/U25apf8t5HI/AAAAAAAARQM/ze0seS0w__E/s1600-h/IMG_4345_edited-1%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4345_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4345_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TPeOrwXuC6I/U25aroAHgXI/AAAAAAAARQU/zymUajwdRG0/IMG_4345_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="482" height="567"></a></p> <p>How could I help but love my family history when I was raised by such a woman? </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yCeOQcmZyS4/U257lNpNuHI/AAAAAAAARRY/W_zvO73yl7c/s1600-h/Mom%252520and%252520Me%2525202010%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="Mom and Me 2010" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Mom and Me 2010" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7KYpM_6wlSk/U257mc0awcI/AAAAAAAARRg/5baLyYMA4qc/Mom%252520and%252520Me%2525202010_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="501" height="376"></a></p> <p>What a lucky girl I am.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mKooGDEfi1E/U25atOrkxoI/AAAAAAAARQc/TVT5AP8mylE/s1600-h/IMG_4336_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4336_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4336_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-haCsP1Cggv4/U25auHUL_GI/AAAAAAAARQk/GI7_RDYz1Is/IMG_4336_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="462" height="501"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="1"><em>{she even gave some of my old card-making efforts a place there…}</em></font></p> <p>Thank-you, Mom, for giving me life, for raising me, caring for me, teaching me, loving me. For just being YOU. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7cUP6FGOOZU/U25avgL9RlI/AAAAAAAARQs/dCokbOsPX6Y/s1600-h/IMG_4319_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_4319_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="IMG_4319_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-izFtF_TgAjY/U25awyz0aQI/AAAAAAAARQ0/8oiLjcxl1og/IMG_4319_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="522" height="353"></a></p> <p align="center"><em><font size="1">{just last week. My sister Becky, sister-in-law Karen, my beautiful mother Karen, and me.}</font></em></p> <p>Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. I love you.</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:1bd2c438-7f69-495e-961f-50688f066945" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Mother's+Day" rel="tag">Mother's Day</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Mothers" rel="tag">Mothers</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/ancestors" rel="tag">ancestors</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/family+history" rel="tag">family history</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/dolls" rel="tag">dolls</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-11825710529714092014-05-07T07:01:00.001-07:002014-05-07T07:01:37.307-07:00Do Something  <p></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_R7zFN3cpB3u6hOHIQGN5ZMqsLex-hXLmqU_25CrBhqMZg1-N6lG9vgDCa1VqSx0N_Q6eDdkLQr31eQTXiJsfsmbDLPFvYmpG0stVuWIiUryg0O2Zyl8CH9fd7hf1i4DWOvxmLJG-xU/s1600-h/DSC05178_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05178_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05178_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-m53po2QsL6Y/U2o8lk8Aq4I/AAAAAAAARN8/4o4-34ok_cw/DSC05178_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="468" height="521" /></a></p> <p>Do you sometimes wonder if you’re doing any good during the day?  If you’re making a difference?</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Md30bh4I9cg/U2o8ml2HoII/AAAAAAAAROE/b9unqPTGoyo/s1600-h/DSC05183_edited-1%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05183_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05183_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bfi8sPCFKJE/U2o8oEB_VgI/AAAAAAAAROM/eI5rwz-LgqU/DSC05183_edited-1_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="474" height="768" /></a> </p> <p> I think sometimes we feel we need to wait for <em><font size="5">big</font></em> things to happen before we can do something significant enough to help someone…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gEi4JtssLuc/U2o8pNO_UhI/AAAAAAAAROU/CHLbkK92W0E/s1600-h/DSC05174_edited-1%25255B18%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05174_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05174_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JHbqnvej2qw/U2o8qvvIe6I/AAAAAAAAROc/IbfizcXu52E/DSC05174_edited-1_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="482" height="806" /></a> </p> <p>…but I’m starting to realize that’s really not true.</p> <p>Sometimes, it’s the little things we do each and every day that make the most difference to someone.</p> <p>We may not even know that we’ve done the very thing they needed most…</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Wwz_3w0tXgo/U2o8rlJLmvI/AAAAAAAAROk/x-nfSCoxW18/s1600-h/DSC05172_edited-1%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05172_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05172_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zUuGe2FXAug/U2o8tVXZgUI/AAAAAAAAROs/zOOub_cE_LM/DSC05172_edited-1_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="768" /></a></p> <p>…it just may be that all they needed that day was a smile.  The touch of your hand.  The twinkle in your eye telling them you are so very happy to see them.</p> <p><em> Then</em>, if we’re paying attention, I think we’ll know when something greater needs  to be done for someone…</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6kOEqXCgP0Q/U2o8uUDDM3I/AAAAAAAARO0/EV6AQ2DeWg0/s1600-h/DSC05185_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05185_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05185_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N3t2UxN0uYQ/U2o8vohHRdI/AAAAAAAARO8/tm4XzWcV-B0/DSC05185_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="465" height="561" /></a> </p> <p>But, for today, just keep your eyes open.  And smile.</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:5aab7f51-eca0-44b9-a351-66c4854ff65a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=service" rel="tag">service</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=kindness" rel="tag">kindness</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=love" rel="tag">love</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-4110864465116007712014-04-26T08:09:00.000-07:002014-04-26T08:09:50.240-07:00Truth<p></p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-js0EfvBWEVA/U1tcX9_984I/AAAAAAAARL8/0l41syPSFUk/s1600-h/DSC05134_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05134_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05134_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mzV-_aWeXzA/U1tcZfYSnaI/AAAAAAAARME/dwkcNdUNxfI/DSC05134_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="491" height="614" /></a> <p></p> <p>I’m realizing more each day how much I love this wonderful world of art journaling…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NNIKy9B-Ij4/U1tcaC2lT9I/AAAAAAAARMM/2ivfl2DuE0A/s1600-h/DSC05145_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05145_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05145_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UOpMDFWa5_Q/U1tcbqK3SJI/AAAAAAAARMU/uOMYil4wLOk/DSC05145_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="482" height="687" /></a> </p> <p>I’m seeing more and more that almost each and every page I make has just a little of my soul trapped within it--a little of the truths I hold dear in my heart…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xXtPmk6XXr0/U1tccY09KbI/AAAAAAAARMc/fnSPuMx0t-U/s1600-h/DSC05152_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05152_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05152_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EreAY3ehTFg/U1tcdFwZGLI/AAAAAAAARMk/XBn7JRUEziU/DSC05152_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="507" height="262" /></a> </p> <p>Some are lighthearted things—others are a bit weightier—but they’re all my truths.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_9uZIh8-Hsc/U1tceIXyyHI/AAAAAAAARMs/5aUci1dTiE0/s1600-h/DSC05144_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05144_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05144_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Q3WEBagjo60/U1tcffdkc7I/AAAAAAAARM0/fpMXGmK7ozM/DSC05144_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="488" height="807" /></a> </p> <p><em>“The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs”,</em> James Allen says.  I do believe he’s right.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oyunzh_WZGA/U1tcgRMfq-I/AAAAAAAARM8/iDKtir_BabI/s1600-h/DSC05138_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05138_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05138_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UBH5CySrUXA/U1tchbLL2gI/AAAAAAAARNE/NutdOJfQK14/DSC05138_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="560" height="324" /></a> </p> <p>Even the simplest truths are beautiful.  Sometimes the simplest truths—those even a child can understand—are the loveliest of all…</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ktqypyuDhiM/U1tciNgzoZI/AAAAAAAARNM/GRwWx9kW7cY/s1600-h/DSC05154_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05154_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05154_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-X-Q2zEGlI6A/U1tcjuIHHvI/AAAAAAAARNU/ZFgAsxrURvQ/DSC05154_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="490" height="817" /></a> </p> <p>Take a few minutes today to capture a bit of <em>your </em>soul on paper…you will be so very happy that you did…</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iWEabkozhsk/U1tckXAz_CI/AAAAAAAARNc/0SVqX6HNCQM/s1600-h/DSC05146_edited-1%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05146_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05146_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IH3vcZNxCec/U1tclLyq3MI/AAAAAAAARNk/pPac_r8Ww7U/DSC05146_edited-1_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="552" height="280" /></a> </p> <p><em><font size="5">Julie</font></em></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:7bc498f2-f756-4f60-a86c-213decba430a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=truth" rel="tag">truth</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=beliefs" rel="tag">beliefs</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=soul" rel="tag">soul</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=silhouette" rel="tag">silhouette</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=beauty" rel="tag">beauty</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=happiness" rel="tag">happiness</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-24609397625071925122014-04-15T07:04:00.000-07:002014-04-15T07:04:25.063-07:00Sweet Land of Liberty<p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rY8enRhFtao/U0ysZK6ahgI/AAAAAAAARI0/VQV7p_66rys/s1600-h/DSC05123_edited-1%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05123_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05123_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-loyVg14QZC4/U0ysaXCsbMI/AAAAAAAARI8/5BXn8X3cRPw/DSC05123_edited-1_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="585" height="651" /></a> </p> <p>I love my country.  Always have, always will.  </p> <p>That patriotic love I feel was greatly deepened this last week by a visit to our nation’s capitol…</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OtCedIzDsNU/U0ysa5I8M_I/AAAAAAAARJE/qNr__aUFlVg/s1600-h/Capitol%252520Building%252520April%2525202014_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="Capitol Building April 2014_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Capitol Building April 2014_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dtxYSI4z850/U0ysb2JogfI/AAAAAAAARJI/KXOWEISlQcE/Capitol%252520Building%252520April%2525202014_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="574" height="572" /></a> </p> <p>Such a beautiful time of the year to be there—still a little cool & rainy,  but not too many tourists yet, either!  Perfect…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-duG78N8k0FM/U0ysc35mBDI/AAAAAAAARJU/1v2wdLsgD7Y/s1600-h/DSC05119_edited-1%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05119_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05119_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dEEj5qBJUJU/U0yseOUTZKI/AAAAAAAARJc/SBQTC9Uz2u0/DSC05119_edited-1_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="574" height="903" /></a></p> <p>We walked through many of the Smithsonian museums—such a learning experience for us all…so many amazing pieces of our collective history just sitting there before our eyes.  What a thrill…</p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QmMg-JbwC78/U0ysewTxvtI/AAAAAAAARJk/I0IoZer2gyU/s1600-h/Capitol%252520Dome%252520April%2525202014_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="Capitol Dome April 2014_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Capitol Dome April 2014_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-efkrF-bMOeo/U0ysgDFJsaI/AAAAAAAARJs/ofY4WtYQb3c/Capitol%252520Dome%252520April%2525202014_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="576" height="763" /></a> </p> <p>We were able to take a tour of the Capitol building—I never knew how truly beautiful it was…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kU7ZoMP0QOI/U0ysglc2xyI/AAAAAAAARJ0/yuw-zLgwREA/s1600-h/DSC05120_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05120_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05120_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OJsay1D2MJg/U0ysh_aYAkI/AAAAAAAARJ8/qPCpudnvIOo/DSC05120_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="578" height="856" /></a> </p> <p>And, joy of joys—the cherry blossoms decided to burst out of their buds while we were there—what a show!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XfANpI3rebA/U0ysi-AblgI/AAAAAAAARKE/AraNtP6CrtY/s1600-h/Cherry%252520Blossoms%252520Washington%252520DC%252520April%2525202014_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cherry Blossoms Washington DC April 2014_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Cherry Blossoms Washington DC April 2014_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3BELduGu_5g/U0yskA8LkcI/AAAAAAAARKM/1VVT3sQZDK0/Cherry%252520Blossoms%252520Washington%252520DC%252520April%2525202014_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="431" /></a> </p> <p>The  Bureau of Engraving, the National Archives, all had things to show and tell us that we’d either forgotten or never, ever knew…</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UJZEcnEZzrI/U0ysk3E4X_I/AAAAAAAARKU/W8zEE-Bzst4/s1600-h/DSC05125_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05125_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05125_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6xuOaG77mTA/U0ysnIZBNRI/AAAAAAAARKc/bXuKsGCqhw8/DSC05125_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="583" height="381" /></a> </p> <p>A quick trip up north brought us through the sleepy town of Gettysburg.  We almost drove right by.  I’m so <em>very</em> glad we changed our minds…</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AKClaL3OI5M/U0ysnzbQCoI/AAAAAAAARKk/cJGakWvI0CA/s1600-h/Gettysburg%252520April%2525202014_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="Gettysburg April 2014_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Gettysburg April 2014_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6Jur7cZBTCQ/U0ysoi-4tUI/AAAAAAAARKs/CRRNItTXt60/Gettysburg%252520April%2525202014_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="578" height="500" /></a> </p> <p>What a time of reflection for what transpired there not so very long ago--this beautiful statue was erected at the spot where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address--a short speech that he believed would never be remembered after that day…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-w1YMaHeW4E4/U0ysppmf3sI/AAAAAAAARK0/RS0O_A9uNAU/s1600-h/DSC05130_edited-1%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05130_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05130_edited-1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8308DOjpAJv2tBlzlD9tKOAV3TJzv-tacDFPrTwOoVRWdgfCa4aqmDZmZfk8QIXTq7qrerKr7bv8TRhg0gVEQRLwI-wGpGohDgCCkBHrUrsCGboTEcnhy8l2brlDtcQXbWYagFdWaZA/?imgmax=800" width="584" height="431" /></a> </p> <p>Our last day in Washington was cold and rainy.  We were tired.  However, our very last stop invigorated us in ways that we hadn’t anticipated…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wUir2JeSPQU/U0ysrKNNwEI/AAAAAAAARLI/kBC_XT8dIV8/s1600-h/Lincoln%252520Memorial%2525201_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lincoln Memorial 1_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="Lincoln Memorial 1_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wStreKWCP2E/U0ysr17vr0I/AAAAAAAARLQ/8w7qwtrfSSk/Lincoln%252520Memorial%2525201_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="578" height="766" /></a> </p> <p>Our brief stop at the Lincoln Memorial turned into an hour or more.  We were surprised and grateful with the emotion we felt there.  Silent.  Peaceful.  Reading the Gettysburg Address in golden letters on it’s massive marble walls, after having just been in Gettysburg the day before, was something I’ll never forget.  Nor will my children…</p> <p>But, I think, the thing that has become forever imprinted on my heart was walking into a dimly-lit room in the National Museum of American History and seeing THE Star Spangled Banner on display.  </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkXsk_c2y1g_ZGhzlpZePd3_FzcMH09_OAIav8pBmPspV8jJ90lgNd-lCL1lANnoxmQXl6ukYf_9GIZ0e2Oj9t3ubpaHXgk2w-nzMOPQYaFacyN66Lt7JrYwkjwwgxAm7ZCD8-U12cl7u/s1600/Flag.jpg" width="600" height="600" /></p> <p>I was absolutely unprepared for the size of the flag—30 by 34 feet!  Originally, (before souvenir pieces were snipped off through the years!), it was 30 by 42 feet—incredible!</p> <p><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="A new home" src="http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/images/3600_15_LG.jpg" width="550" height="418" /></p> <p>No photography was allowed.  The room was silent.  I sat and stared—not able to leave the room.  I read the words of our National Anthem printed above it over and over again as I gazed at that flag…</p> <p>…and I know I will never sing that song the same way ever again.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WuEzZKhaz5I/U0yssgIZ8gI/AAAAAAAARLo/KwFnOPQfLm0/s1600-h/DSC05117_edited-1%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05117_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05117_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0tOMxSIJTXc/U0ystpySVMI/AAAAAAAARLw/22UPVfGWiso/DSC05117_edited-1_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="546" height="430" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><font size="6"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <p><em><font size="6"></font></em></p> <p align="center"><em>(All pictures taken by me, except for the photographs of the Star Spangled Banner and the viewing room for the banner—courtesy of the Smithsonian).</em></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:76651d73-74fd-4060-bab6-c317782e270f" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Americana" rel="tag">Americana</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=patriotism" rel="tag">patriotism</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Smithsonian" rel="tag">Smithsonian</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Washington+D.C." rel="tag">Washington D.C.</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Lady+Liberty" rel="tag">Lady Liberty</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Gettysburg" rel="tag">Gettysburg</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Lincoln+Memorial" rel="tag">Lincoln Memorial</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Star+Spangled+Banner" rel="tag">Star Spangled Banner</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-64573612844534653392014-04-11T08:20:00.001-07:002014-04-11T08:20:18.965-07:00Small and Simple Things<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xGpCeS7YRtM/U0gICOUo7qI/AAAAAAAAREs/KyQ-GCKQYRY/s1600-h/DSC05105_edited110.jpg"><img title="DSC05105_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05105_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GpXqbis7Nys/U0gIDLWvbmI/AAAAAAAARE0/_mcQvkdbkRw/DSC05105_edited1_thumb8.jpg?imgmax=800" width="496" height="657" /></a> </p> <p>You know those days when you’re feeling a little low?  Sometimes you may not even know why……..</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-E0kUlRMySUM/U0gIFBfmKhI/AAAAAAAARE8/0UIeHGvcS-Q/s1600-h/DSC05089_edited19.jpg"><img title="DSC05089_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05089_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RJ8o2t2zO5s/U0gIGM5OCwI/AAAAAAAARFE/iouUxRLcNao/DSC05089_edited1_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="495" height="815" /></a> </p> <p>And then someone comes along—and without even knowing what you’re needing, they say or do something that changes <em>everything</em>:  and it may be only a word—a look—or simple a smile…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NbzRxioYqHk/U0gIGz25xfI/AAAAAAAARFM/lfZP6LvRFkQ/s1600-h/DSC05091_edited19.jpg"><img title="DSC05091_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05091_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YgKb9Pxky74/U0gIIt_Wi4I/AAAAAAAARFU/avEDRSFDPi0/DSC05091_edited1_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="491" height="829" /></a> </p> <p>…and you are <em>changed</em>.  You are happy.  You are lifted.</p> <p>Isn’t it amazing what we can do for each other?  </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JF6GUo-CKao/U0gIJI_27oI/AAAAAAAARFc/5JlAWkiwiXU/s1600-h/DSC05100_edited19.jpg"><img title="DSC05100_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05100_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9cjEEtk_WNk/U0gIKE2bE9I/AAAAAAAARFk/wq2RonXzSYg/DSC05100_edited1_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="497" height="834" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>Sometimes it doesn’t take much to change someone’s day—perhaps even their life.  And the funny thing is, you may never, <em>ever</em> know that you have.  </p> <p>Sometimes, it’s the seemingly small and simple things that make the<em> biggest</em> difference of all.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KNrInx0jZqE/U0gIK9P53FI/AAAAAAAARFs/FcD_6qBYi8g/s1600-h/DSC05102_edited19.jpg"><img title="DSC05102_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05102_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZFlBYD9tLQI/U0gIMJWhFEI/AAAAAAAARF0/Q4-I_550-5Y/DSC05102_edited1_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="521" height="448" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>I wonder what “little” things we can do today…..</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <p><em><font size="5"></font></em></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:7d210fb9-cf57-455e-aa21-667f292f797f" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=lifting" rel="tag">lifting</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=simple+things" rel="tag">simple things</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=kindness" rel="tag">kindness</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=love" rel="tag">love</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=friendship" rel="tag">friendship</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-36249703849485402192014-04-01T05:40:00.000-07:002014-04-01T05:40:30.161-07:00Whimsy<p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6nXRPHbKeOM/UzoDsiVmBMI/AAAAAAAARDE/OwysmC49-5c/s1600-h/DSC05072_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05072_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05072_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-y21LouC5Sfk/UzoDtpbUUiI/AAAAAAAARDM/wJ5N0_907PE/DSC05072_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="553" height="653" /></a> </p> <p>Feeling just a little whimsy floating around in my mind on this rainy, beautifully gloomy day<em>…{we <strong>need</strong> the rain here!}</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HZrdq9853Uo/UzoDuaZ1hnI/AAAAAAAARDU/F2IwX_dKRrs/s1600-h/DSC05082_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05082_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05082_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jcZjcKeQuXA/UzoDvm84_VI/AAAAAAAARDc/LCIEVa6ZnoY/DSC05082_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="562" height="915" /></a> </p> <p>A few journal pages completed today just for fun—filled with all  the elements I love—gold everywhere, polka dots, swirls & scallops, loopy letters--</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sJ4zwt2bSYM/UzoDwTyh4iI/AAAAAAAARDg/hhXq1I_2gZA/s1600-h/DSC05065_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05065_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05065_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6-bfs-qU46w/UzoDx6HJ4WI/AAAAAAAARDs/OeUfUtNNXU8/DSC05065_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="554" height="915" /></a> </p> <p> …pointing arrows, hearts and doodles, and very lovely words…</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-J8tuUBFCiMI/UzoDy0d1mcI/AAAAAAAARD0/F2u0iJ6dY7M/s1600-h/DSC05081_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05081_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05081_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KWapUy3z2j8/UzoD0e_brEI/AAAAAAAARD8/1CzSBvUwKik/DSC05081_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="556" height="649" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>I especially love <em>these </em>delightful words from Miss Jane Austen—whimsy to the very core!</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Q8NHyO5RIws/UzoD1bab_hI/AAAAAAAAREE/n9ohkzb8NQo/s1600-h/DSC05075_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05075_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05075_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AcYVJaHBjpU/UzoD3EKKgMI/AAAAAAAAREM/OWPhTARAfRQ/DSC05075_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="545" height="917" /></a> </p> <p>I even decided to add a little cross stitch to this page today—my little googly-eyed girl needed just a little something more…I spied my stitching supplies nearby, and <em>voila</em>!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BLPl-vsOlb4/UzoD4Z1p9WI/AAAAAAAAREU/nUeLsoEiuv0/s1600-h/DSC05068_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05068_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05068_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1LRLEBDbeqI/UzoD5ajdyqI/AAAAAAAAREc/B5ah8lCthpM/DSC05068_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="553" height="501" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Wishing you a heavy dose of whimsy today—whatever your weather!</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <p><em><font size="5"></font></em></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:b26ce2b9-b98b-42a8-965b-e031631c5020" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=whimsy" rel="tag">whimsy</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=heart" rel="tag">heart</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=doodles" rel="tag">doodles</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Jane+Austen" rel="tag">Jane Austen</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=cross+stitch" rel="tag">cross stitch</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-29723888050932323192014-03-28T07:47:00.001-07:002014-03-28T07:47:40.424-07:00Just Be You<p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_yMwoCvBRgw/UzWLU3LysbI/AAAAAAAARBc/7Ey0i3xsbHo/s1600-h/DSC05020_edited-1%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05020_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05020_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Yauh8W4j7As/UzWLWDWlClI/AAAAAAAARBk/R7rhD2mV5ZI/DSC05020_edited-1_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="520" height="509" /></a> </p> <p>Who <em>are</em> you, anyway?  </p> <p>Life takes us so many places…experiences mold us, time changes us, those around us shape who we become…</p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-q6Nz_nxxRZg/UzWLXIN3baI/AAAAAAAARBs/r61gFcgRzlU/s1600-h/DSC05027_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05027_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05027_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-muTE3OVoAcA/UzWLZpxPAKI/AAAAAAAARBw/c-WdiK60XTE/DSC05027_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="505" height="848" /></a> </p> <p>But who does your <em>heart</em> tell you that you are?</p> <p>I’m trying to listen to my heart a little more these days…it speaks very quietly.  No shouting—just peaceful whispers………….</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hyCCidqYPM8/UzWLamd-WHI/AAAAAAAARB8/3-DZN3BmvJo/s1600-h/DSC05035_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05035_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05035_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XyLPs5qWibI/UzWLcOKtAyI/AAAAAAAARCE/D29ZzMwjjJA/DSC05035_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="566" height="473" /></a></p> <p></p> <p>Capturing those whispers is a wonderful thing.  We feel them at different times and in different ways—inspiration, feelings, thoughts that can come at any moment.</p> <p>The important thing, then, is to capture them before they flit away, for flit away they most <em>certainly</em> will…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-syde_43C02Y/UzWLc2FBrSI/AAAAAAAARCI/3ki2ALH-IqM/s1600-h/DSC05021_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05021_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05021_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-x6SKGG0L9Ko/UzWLefQQFJI/AAAAAAAARCU/owRqgxmfAfo/DSC05021_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="509" height="825" /></a> </p> <p>I’m finding that the more I write—whether the words of others that strike a chord in<em> </em>my heart—<em>in my soul</em>—or my own thoughts before they fly away, the more I come to know myself.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mxtA5twZkuE/UzWLfNMzSGI/AAAAAAAARCc/QZY6PyAxwpw/s1600-h/DSC05016_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05016_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05016_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rtA7Bg2-BJ8/UzWLgtakE6I/AAAAAAAARCg/4VOX8sSMAiU/DSC05016_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" height="850" /></a> </p> <p>It’s a very good thing to find out who we are.  Really are.  Not the surface us, but the <em>heart</em> of us.  And eventually—hopefully—the heart of us will <em>become</em> the whole of us, inside and out.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5uIaDsNKJOQ/UzWLhrBlvqI/AAAAAAAARCs/AjP4lYbnKno/s1600-h/DSC05031_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05031_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05031_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dsEylWSGrCU/UzWLij451EI/AAAAAAAARC0/ZD6FbAf_ooc/DSC05031_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="531" height="596" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Just be you.</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <p><em><font size="5"></font></em></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:1a3833a9-a997-4a0f-ac44-0030a673d052" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=life.+journaling" rel="tag">life. journaling</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=thoughts" rel="tag">thoughts</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=heart" rel="tag">heart</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=inspiration" rel="tag">inspiration</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-76916051875589713822014-03-24T06:32:00.001-07:002014-03-25T07:19:07.433-07:00Fingerprints<p><img style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="http://thegraphicsfairy.com/wp-content/uploads/blogger/_CarNcodpCMA/SJzwcTsveVI/AAAAAAAABjI/oU3q_iBgV0k/s1600/victhand004.JPG" src="http://thegraphicsfairy.com/wp-content/uploads/blogger/_CarNcodpCMA/SJzwcTsveVI/AAAAAAAABjI/oU3q_iBgV0k/s1600/victhand004.JPG" width="571" height="377" /></p> <p>We leave fingerprints wherever we go, don’t we?  Individual and unique as we are ourselves--we never know who—or when—they may touch…</p> <p>My sweet aunt left me the most beautiful memory out of  the blue on Facebook last week—on a day that<em> I</em> really needed to be touched.  She wrote…</p> <p><img style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9JVHKxMIMi4ap2QWXsrpKN1esdCeSuLwcT6vftvVknFndMj8vkC3G1COi2lX1H37X56WvX4S2d6Nk7XlUmC_iyNIjnfNYRm38X38cIRve8uAqg-TCjC85vGPsmJ-fRA3WgV2be3PVFg/s1600/IMG_2739.JPG" width="570" height="430" /></p> <p> <em>“Just happened to think of this--when you were about  1/2-2 years old,  you came from Boston with your parents  for a visit. When you left,  there were your handprints in many places on the sliding door in the living room.  Mom would not clean that window for months--I seem to remember it wasn't until your handprints had faded. </em></p> <p><img style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="[Ruby%2520LaPriel%2520Riggs%2520Smith%255B4%255D.png]" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lYJExdPKDDw/TzMe6rzQl_I/AAAAAAAAJgQ/c75ne-pZ-nQ/s1600/Ruby%252520LaPriel%252520Riggs%252520Smith%25255B4%25255D.png" width="519" height="768" /></p> <p align="center"><font size="1"><em>{my grandmother, LaPriel Riggs Smith}</em></font></p> <p>“<em>She loved those precious prints on her window because they were her reminder that you had been there. Those visits were such happy times for us and so important to her. How she loved being a grandmother</em>. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RYejICsGCsc/UzAz33GsQVI/AAAAAAAARAA/8dk_tFOl7TQ/s1600-h/childshand_edited15.jpg"><img title="child's hand_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="child's hand_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZYLmhaiE8HA/UzAz4zCs6KI/AAAAAAAARAI/KHpNshXf_D0/childshand_edited1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="582" height="480" /></a> </p> <p>She continued--“<em>My daughter-in-law and her 3 little girls were here this week for 3 days, and after they left the house was so quiet. As I saw fingerprints on the windows of the door going to the patio I cried, as I really understood and knew how much those handprints were loved by your grandmother. </em></p> <p><em>“I haven't moved the dolls from where the girls were playing with them or put the rocking horses back in place. Grandmothers love memories that little things show them grandchildren were here. Love you…”</em> </p> <p><img style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; display: block; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" src="http://img.rt.com/files/news/child-falls-floor-video/baby-window.si.jpg" width="589" height="334" /></p> <p></p> <p>I cried, too, as I read her loving words to me.  And then it made me cry again as I realized that my three babies’ handprints were all grown up now--but they were all around me <em>now </em>for a very brief window of time…</p> <p>So I decided to do something about it.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_shgKuVk9yY/UzAz53eMw-I/AAAAAAAARAQ/VpR1txToPLc/s1600-h/DSC05006_edited-1%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05006_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05006_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-egXOxWUO010/UzAz62cV3QI/AAAAAAAARAY/bibWFa2pNW8/DSC05006_edited-1_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="566" height="768" /></a> </p> <p>I couldn’t  re-capture days gone by…can’t reclaim all of those fingerprints on windows and mirrors…but I <em>could</em> capture them now—today—so that I would always have them as they were <em>right now</em>.  With me.  Before they left me to continue on with their lives away from home…..</p> <p>And so I did.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tltPJ91V2ps/UzAz8WxTT3I/AAAAAAAARBA/3wUa7oPAllE/s1600-h/DSC05005_edited-2%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05005_edited-2" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05005_edited-2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wmA5eIKihs8/UzAz9fhNCNI/AAAAAAAARBI/zkuHT7iv3ZI/DSC05005_edited-2_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="596" height="405" /></a> </p> <p>Those chubby, adorable little girl fingerprints are much bigger now, but in their place are the lovely hands of three beautiful, capable young women who are doing so much good with those hands of theirs…</p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Gcjkh7si8xw/UzAz-D-TRxI/AAAAAAAARAs/s7naaTTDPx0/s1600-h/DSC05007_edited-1%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC05007_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC05007_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VvSznTQcF5U/UzAz_Z_2osI/AAAAAAAARA4/aSzuU1rqXhw/DSC05007_edited-1_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="583" height="768" /></a> </p> <p>…maybe I’ll ask them to leave handprints on my windows before they leave—just because…</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <p><em>{baby hands & child at window images found on Google Images, Victorian hand image courtesy of The Graphics Fairy}</em></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:6bc3810b-7198-4bbb-b37c-47876d0918b8" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=fingerprints" rel="tag">fingerprints</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=handprints" rel="tag">handprints</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=memories" rel="tag">memories</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=LaPriel+Riggs+Smith" rel="tag">LaPriel Riggs Smith</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=love" rel="tag">love</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=keepsake" rel="tag">keepsake</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-87326656313853020562014-03-20T06:17:00.000-07:002014-03-20T06:17:44.827-07:00Dwell in Possibilities<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ho65_na_sK0/Uyokp7D4fwI/AAAAAAAAQ-Y/7U-oD3PQT1U/s1600-h/DSC04974_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04974_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04974_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8xdHobUaJOY/UyokrdzoumI/AAAAAAAAQ-g/_rK5_6MlvaU/DSC04974_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="507" height="725" /></a> </p> <p>The world is <em>full</em> of possibilities!  I’ve been thinking so much about what life holds in the future…</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Ezy_Mukdea8/Uyoksbp0ZMI/AAAAAAAAQ-o/Bq_W8-NPpBM/s1600-h/DSC04965_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04965_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04965_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ad8L8I3RX88/Uyoktz_KG1I/AAAAAAAAQ-w/Vozs1IgxcY8/DSC04965_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="506" height="818" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>My three daughters’ lives are all transitioning, and will all too soon leave the nest…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UpfT0lXRBBY/Uyoku5akKlI/AAAAAAAAQ-4/LIAHXfyta8w/s1600-h/DSC04987_edited-1%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04987_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04987_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xedOKBzFLZM/UyokwY5bQ2I/AAAAAAAAQ-8/vSNmTNARB54/DSC04987_edited-1_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="505" height="821" /></a></p> <p>Whatever will my husband and I do when that nest is empty?  Not sure I’m quite ready for that…but I know there will be so many adventures ahead!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fG2rXq-x_o8/Uyokx7iyO7I/AAAAAAAAQ_E/DqPx7ahd2qU/s1600-h/DSC04968_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04968_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04968_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-R41ykdG07g0/UyokzDL237I/AAAAAAAAQ_Q/gWt1TKK2Ndw/DSC04968_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="526" height="439" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Traveling, developing skills I’ve wanted to work on, reading, writing (<em>I’ve always secretly wanted to be a poet!)…</em>so many possibilities………………………………………………………………</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2FgyqQuhC8M/Uyok0FJRzPI/AAAAAAAAQ_Y/sgcml07XP_E/s1600-h/DSC04971_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04971_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04971_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oizEeoZjwZA/Uyok1ViKpVI/AAAAAAAAQ_g/ALGtT_Rh8y4/DSC04971_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="535" height="881" /></a>  </p> <p>…I know life will always be filled with wonderful things…but for today, I’m going to enjoy just being home…and having all three of my daughters around me.</p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2E0uRa0rwVc/Uyok2qc7x0I/AAAAAAAAQ_o/bTennY34CmY/s1600-h/DSC04988_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04988_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04988_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DQL30b_1vyI/Uyok3kdQcUI/AAAAAAAAQ_w/MFr_0wUCq7c/DSC04988_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="528" height="478" /></a> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>…and that, to me, is one of the greatest adventures of all.</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:bedee528-416b-4393-a820-73e5e567ec3a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; 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border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04943_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7PkAVLolfjQ/UyJBXosWS6I/AAAAAAAAQ7o/NhaF3PNdnoo/DSC04943_edited-1_thumb%25255B10%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="510" height="591" /></a> </p> <p>Corners are tiny little places.  Sometimes we don’t even notice them…but great and good things <em>can</em> happen in small places…</p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-86UXrz5xQUU/UyJBYikt3jI/AAAAAAAAQ7w/1ATSwJd22XM/s1600-h/DSC04935_edited-1%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04935_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04935_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-beno2M99szc/UyJBZ3pf6NI/AAAAAAAAQ74/8Z8Zm2TNhU4/DSC04935_edited-1_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="516" height="845" /></a> </p> <p>…the corners of the home, where there is peace, where there is love.  It makes a difference in the lives of all that live there.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0U2jj2DFHps/UyJBa6g08GI/AAAAAAAAQ8A/TgYvKi9zyDA/s1600-h/DSC04956_edited-1%25255B16%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04956_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04956_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OmXV5lf4rTY/UyJBcACppoI/AAAAAAAAQ8I/daW_sCRQRDU/DSC04956_edited-1_thumb%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="506" height="836" /></a> </p> <p>Hope that grows in the tiny corners of the heart.  It makes you strong—it gives you joy—but it happens quietly in those tiny corners…</p> <p></p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-X1oFz2V8oEE/UyJBc-tbwQI/AAAAAAAAQ8Q/0rSM_VAo3jA/s1600-h/DSC04945_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04945_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04945_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-J9BW6LtPgw0/UyJBeT-scPI/AAAAAAAAQ8Y/iIculUbA8L0/DSC04945_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="513" height="861" /></a> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Doing good for others in the corners of the world in which you live.  You may not think it’s doing any good for the world at large, but trust me, it <em>is</em>.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tuRBY1a2QSE/UyJBfXpvAWI/AAAAAAAAQ8g/a2cNnC2k5ec/s1600-h/DSC04953_edited-1%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04953_edited-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04953_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-C98cTRNEXp8/UyJBgg5uy8I/AAAAAAAAQ8o/_TVU0BWHnwg/DSC04953_edited-1_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="507" height="530" /></a> </p> <p>Thank-you for doing good in your tiny corners…..I feel it.</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:1c99d06b-edb4-4b64-962e-7994da74c95c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=corners" rel="tag">corners</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=home" rel="tag">home</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=love" rel="tag">love</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=heart" rel="tag">heart</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=hope" rel="tag">hope</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=good" rel="tag">good</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=thoughts" rel="tag">thoughts</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=world" rel="tag">world</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126297807687367644.post-39123521713945925982014-03-07T05:24:00.000-08:002014-03-07T05:25:03.729-08:00Journal Love<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AWiSfJ2w5po/Uxj8QbACw0I/AAAAAAAAQo8/RbyM2-PSrjY/s1600-h/DSC04921_edited-1%25255B18%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04921_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04921_edited-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--Z0HJ54dW5U/Uxj8Tse5paI/AAAAAAAAQpE/45OjNM9gOWY/DSC04921_edited-1_thumb%25255B16%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="497" height="653" /></a></p> <p>I love art journaling—no surprise to you, I realize!  There’s something so satisfying about the assembling of a page—just having fun—with no idea, most of the time, what it’s ultimate purpose will be…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hZ2R-ntNCBg/Uxj8ViBXseI/AAAAAAAAQqs/ZwM2dxWlTEY/s1600-h/DSC04909_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04909_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04909_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ICbwT7iKPhg/Uxj8WxQdeBI/AAAAAAAAQq0/VmH84JfglwQ/DSC04909_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="513" height="839" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>I love using vintage ladies and antique china dolls to illustrate my thoughts.  I don’t know why—they just make me happy.  I’ll often hold up a page to my daughters and ask, “What does she want to say?”  Sometimes I just already know…</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zeSGt-l6uS8/Uxj8YPcK6AI/AAAAAAAAQq8/xX_rvH6VhMk/s1600-h/DSC04919_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04919_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04919_edited-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eIgoBJnEDmo/Uxj8Zr8_3iI/AAAAAAAAQrE/-i-PSZhezuc/DSC04919_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="508" height="845" /></a>  </p> <p>Using old book pages is so very wonderful.  The texture, the type, the way the paper absorbs your ink—everything about it is different from modern paper…and I love it.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SoIP4Y4-DMo/Uxj8ay0-_EI/AAAAAAAAQps/2C3XQ1pBXHs/s1600-h/DSC04916_edited-1%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04916_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04916_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-w07cXuVLEjE/Uxj8cQxd6jI/AAAAAAAAQp0/BCSKX1UpVGc/DSC04916_edited-1_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="529" height="276" /></a> </p> <p>The using of wise words found in the writings of others that have gone before me makes me happy.  As I look through my completed journals, their words remind me of things that were important to me that particular day—things that I know I need to improve on in my life…</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DvXUx1VP0n0/Uxj8dnETYaI/AAAAAAAAQrM/N2jgQegcFpM/s1600-h/DSC04930_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04930_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04930_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JutfrC6-Gcw/Uxj8f18HedI/AAAAAAAAQrU/HHRNG6P-ARo/DSC04930_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="509" height="833" /></a> </p> <p>We <em>all </em>need little reminders as we go throughout our days, don’t we?!</p> <p>Keeping these journals helps me to do just that…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CdYeGUclExM/Uxj8hhmWGCI/AAAAAAAAQqM/y8Naz0XSKIg/s1600-h/DSC04932_edited-1%25255B13%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04932_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04932_edited-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2vHoIyGb2IM/Uxj8jQz9a6I/AAAAAAAAQqU/Q3XKIp7DYic/DSC04932_edited-1_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="544" height="458" /></a> </p> <p>…while enjoying a happy, inky, gluey, painty mess all at the same time!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AuJ43YQOG2Q/Uxj8k-s4KmI/AAAAAAAAQrc/fss0VRmicy4/s1600-h/DSC04910_edited-1%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04910_edited-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="DSC04910_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ccfJzsXnMSI/Uxj8mT9Lr8I/AAAAAAAAQrk/Tw5dvPtbPaQ/DSC04910_edited-1_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="497" height="582" /></a> <font size="1"><em>{luminously beautiful portrait of the young Queen Victoria}</em></font></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>See you soon with something new.</p> <p><font size="5"><em>Julie</em></font></p> <p><em><font size="5"></font></em></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:f67655cd-67f4-426e-99ba-dc59cb9954e3" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=art+journal" rel="tag">art journal</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=thoughts" rel="tag">thoughts</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=improvement" rel="tag">improvement</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=vintage" rel="tag">vintage</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=portraits" rel="tag">portraits</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=china+dolls" rel="tag">china dolls</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=courage" rel="tag">courage</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=love" rel="tag">love</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=persistance" rel="tag">persistance</a></div> Hearts Turnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391141234861745875noreply@blogger.com0