tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620721982085264222024-03-06T02:20:32.914-06:00Confessions of a Bead CounterAny Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-90624710576129464492011-06-18T06:16:00.000-05:002011-06-18T06:16:15.052-05:00Slow Down, You Move Too Fast<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was made acutely aware of living my life too fast when I was recently pulled over for running a stop sign. Well, I didn't run it, I did a Chicago roll through it as I always do through that intersection. No ticket, but a stern warning.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got back to work and really noticed how frantic and frenetic people are to get things done. At first I was telling people to slow down and breathe. They thought I was nuts. I was able to focus on one thing at a time, but by the end of the week, it was becoming difficult for me to focus on one thing at a time - you get pulled so many different ways.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past week I found myself becoming frantic and loosing my concentration. I made a little sign that reminded me to be present. To focus. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess I've always had a hoarding tendency - "that'd be cool used in..." So I'd save pieces of paper, telephone wire, anything that I thought might be cool used in a piece. I often don't have a piece in mind when I buy the stuff, but think it's so cool that I must have it!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See all the stuff that I've collected to make Art? That's only part of it. I have much more that is out of the camera's view (on purpose). That stuff crammed into the shelves behind the desk is not beading stuff - mixed media and paint. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've seen the hoarding shows and Clean House shows on tv where they treat clutter as a negative thing. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is clutter and having things around you in a sort of chaos wrong? I don't think so. I think that there should be some sort of happy medium - isn't having no clutter at all also some sort of disorder? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know that I need a bit of chaos around me in order to create, but I also need to be able to put my finger on things when I need them. I see some people's studios that are orderly and clean and I think of Einstein's quote: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, Of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've committed myself to many things - serving on the board of my society, exercising, and lately, making art.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me it was the commitment part that was my stumbling block. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After work sometimes it was the last thing I wanted to do, but for the past couple of weeks I've made a commitment to work on a kit that I bought years ago. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It felt good to work towards completion - I'm not quite there yet - the instructions left something to be desired, so I will rip out a good deal of it and begin again. At least I am not disheartened. It is my current Mount Everest and I will make it to the peak. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first is from anonymous: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.</span></span><br />
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Well, perhaps not new beginnings, but a point to leave some things behind and work and grow on those things that make me me. <br />
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</div>2010 had its highs and some very low lows. Learned of loss and of grief, but those feelings lessen a bit each day. Find myself seeing my father in me now. <br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">One of my favorite things (although I haven't done it much lately) is photographing markers in cemeteries. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">I find them to be peaceful places. People used to picnic in cemeteries before there were parks. Hard to imagine, isn't it?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone loved this person very much - from </span><a href="http://www.gracelandcemetery.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chicago's Graceland Cemetery</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. It is a great cemetery to visit. Mr. Fields of Marshall Fields fame is buried there, along with many other great Chicagoans. Monuments in Graceland are, well, monumental.<br />
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When I go on road trips, I often see little cemeteries and wish I had a moment to stop and take photographs which I will - someday.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think my father would have liked today - a warm sunny fall day with beautiful colors and the date. I like to think that I note things like that because of my father.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I knit, I found that making something for someone else was a good way to rid myself of a lot of my grief. Oh, it's still there and I expect it will continue to rear it's ugly head every now and then, but for the most part it has abated.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I went on to decorate a bra for my cousin to either keep or auction off for Breast Cancer research if she so chose. She said that she was going to keep it which made me very happy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got some help from artists at work </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the structure and armature</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Thanks Lynn and Marsha.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a while I thought I'd never blog again. A wise friend told me "it's there waiting for you when you are ready." So here I am, blogging again.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A friend came over to help me design this awesome necklace to wear to a wedding. Wearing it makes me feel really good. Thanks for your eyes, Susan. She taught me a lot when we worked together to make this design. My sister did the awesome wire work. I love this necklace and had been collecting things to make it with for a long time.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every year I think I'm over the bling and every year I learn more stitching patterns using bling. That's what Leslee taught me - beaded beads using crystal. They are beautiful.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lynne taught me to use bugle beads in designs. I am having a bit of a tough time figuring out just how to put the components together, but I'll get it, eventually.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Met some nice people at the show yesterday - <a href="http://andrew-thornton.blogspot.com/">Andrew Thorton</a> (who is having a big give away on his blog - check it out) and some of the show organizers. What great people! If they are tired, they do not show it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Managed to keep my bead purchases down so far, but there is a special strand of topaz that is calling my name. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All this and lots of bean counting to do at work and a very ill father makes for a very stressful week.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's quote comes from anonymous: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your friends.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each year a ribbon is drawn onto a piece of fabric and cut up into pieces. Each participant is given a piece with some pink beads and given only the instruction that the pink section of the piece must be done with those pink beads.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No one (unless they share) knows what anyone else is doing with their section and I don't know how things are going to turn out until everyone turns their pieces in to me.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I find interesting is how the participants' pieces differ yet how techniques and colors (besides the pink) are echoed across the pieces.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue's piece is paisley - notice the beads on their edges outlining the paisley?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brenda's piece uses a resin Barbie face - if you look closely, you can see hair! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Susan's piece is stunning. I asked her after the last Inagottadabead how she had done her piece and she told me that she rips a lot of the beads out until it looks just right. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is pictured here is the Inagottadabeada 2008. I came up with the idea and found 11 like-minded beaders to join me. Each was given a square to bead with a supply of pink beads and given only the direction that pink had to go in the area on the fabric that was shaded pink. They were not told what the design was, although I know a few of them figured out.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This piece was auctioned off at the 2008 Bead and Button Social for a very tidy sum. This year's piece is just as cool. It is more than the sum of it's parts. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I have been feeling the itch to stitch lately, but I thought that it was crochet that was calling my name. (Probably still is.) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bead and Button begins a week from today - a time of year I love. I know that I'm going to be inspired and over-stimulated which is a strange combination. Add to that exhausted. Pleasantly exhausted.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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Too heavy, wrong color, right style, wrong size, doesn't close at the top and the beat goes on...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I should make one. Make one that I'll use and love. I have an image of a messenger or hobo bag with a leather gusset and crocheted panels with a lining. Maybe a bead or two. I'll put that on my creative list.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="webkit-fake-url://2839883E-8C1C-4FA5-89BD-5A5554B76B9A/britains-queen-elizabeth-ii_100197381_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="britains-queen-elizabeth-ii_100197381_s.jpg" border="0" src="webkit-fake-url://2839883E-8C1C-4FA5-89BD-5A5554B76B9A/britains-queen-elizabeth-ii_100197381_s.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way, what does the Queen of England carry in her purse? Mad money? An extra set of keys to the castle? A handkerchief? </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check this <a href="http://lisawallerrogers.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/whats-in-the-queens-purse/">blog</a> out - she talks about those black purses the Queen carries.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's quote comes from none other than Shakespeare himself: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:lime;">Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor: For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#003399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><b><br /></b></span></span>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-996358941709453462010-05-16T13:52:00.001-05:002010-05-16T13:54:56.692-05:00Hello, Magic! Where have you been?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been so long since I've posted that Blogger has changed their interface - again!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes life gets in the way of creating and somewhere along the way, my magic gets buried. I know it's there, waiting to come out. You know what it is - that thing that happens when things click - when everything comes together and - poof! - what you were creating is complete.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My sister was married Friday and I wanted to make something to wear. By the time I finished shopping for failed projects, I could have bought myself something really nice! </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl2eSH5cE7g_scsj3HJJVxSzDIysRN6yA2cFcjoUpB3p1sHXKs-ApHrXCD0t92mSZsDzKDf4rBrOSV9UoqMyP2HAhCBxuD3OOKvn0f9RZXdnajvj6k8RVUOdpDQvRGDhEW3zIg44gjA/s1600/rivoli2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl2eSH5cE7g_scsj3HJJVxSzDIysRN6yA2cFcjoUpB3p1sHXKs-ApHrXCD0t92mSZsDzKDf4rBrOSV9UoqMyP2HAhCBxuD3OOKvn0f9RZXdnajvj6k8RVUOdpDQvRGDhEW3zIg44gjA/s400/rivoli2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> remembered that I had some rivolis that I bought long ago from </span><a href="http://www.glassonion.biz/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glass Onion Bead</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Company in Appleton, WI. Found this green one and wanted to capture it in a bezel but wasn't quite sure how I wanted to accomplish it. Knew I wanted to incorporate pearls for a rich look. Tried one netting technique and this is actually the result of the second attempt (is it fair to call it an attempt when I succeeded?), I love the way it turned out. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I actually had made another strung necklace with kyanite sticks, but really wanted to wear this - at what other time would I be able to wear this? With my polo shirt work uniform? Well, maybe. :)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes I need a break from creativity and I guess my magic's reappeared, so I'll keep working. My other sister thinks that there are steps of creativity just like AA. First one is excitement, second one is hard work, third one is dislike and criticism and the fourth one is excitement when the piece is done!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week I need to work on a group piece that will be auctioned off at the Bead and Button Social. I've misplaced my piece, but will be able to do it once I get more of the other pieces of the puzzle. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's quote comes from Antoine de Saint-Exupery: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#003399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-69334320037588578412010-04-11T11:01:00.002-05:002010-04-11T11:06:12.497-05:00Foot in the Door Show 4 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Went to visit an old friend in St Paul last <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">weekend. The visit was refreshing and it was good to get away from home for a little while. </span></span></span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heard some great music by the </span><a href="http://www.thespco.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">St Paul Chamber Orchestra</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (which has archives of shows on </span><a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Minnesota Public Radio</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. MPR also has an awesome classical music stream which is great for me since there is no classical radio here anymore.)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday my friend and I went exploring - I love the Twin Cities, but don't get there too often anymore. Usually I'm just passing through. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the stops we made (besides <a href="http://www.bobbybead.com/">Bobby Bead</a> - my friend is a muscian, not a beader and beaders know that any visit to a bead store can be overwhelming) was to see the Foot in the Door 4 Show at the <a href="http://www.artsmia.org/">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a>. </span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the premise behind the show. I stumbled across it ten years ago and was amazed. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a show that ANY Minnesotan can submit art to, as long as it is 12" x 12" x 12". (Hence a FOOT in the Door) I think it's a great idea - but in practice it is a little overwhelming - as you can see there are pieces on top of pieces and the juxtaposition of pieces may make people miss some of them.</span></div><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm so sorry that I don't know the names of the artists - this is but a small representation of what was exhibited and there were no tags with the titles and artist name. (no room!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My camera kept using face recognition software when I was taking photos of pieces. I thought that was odd.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved this meticulous hilarious piece.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think some of the pieces were just submitted to see if they'd get in - they obviously hadn't had any thought or real attempt at being artistic behind the piece. Some were done by young children - nothing wrong with that.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure didn't see all of the pieces - some were at 10 feet high and even if I liked a piece at that height, I couldn't photograph it. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was interesting to listen to what people said or how they reacted to specific pieces. There was quite a bit of laughter, but I don't know if it was funny- ha ha laughter or the nervous laughter that one does when they don't know how to react to something.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were a lot of "I kinda like that" comments as if the person wasn't sure if they should like something or not. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A whole piece could be done just on people's reactions to things. What is shown here is but a teeny portion of the pieces exhibited. I think there were about 400 in total, not counting the video pieces which are available online. </span></div><div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition, Google has changed their blogging interface and now I can do more with formatting, but I'm not quite sure how to do what I want to.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been writing </span><a href="http://www.theartistsway.com/tools/the-basic-tools?f90a4dac66e2ce578e9b972a5d87c8bc=70cfd9ddd7a36ca625b1b8960ad7f181"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morning Pages</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> since January 20th. I have been doing them on the computer, so I am able to add photos and other bits of articles, etc. It has been very successful - helped me through some stressful times at work and at home. I also journaled for many many years and this replaces both of them.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a wedding to attend in a month and I'm making a piece to wear - so I'll post that once I get going on it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also want to make a piece for my hostess last weekend. I've gone through about 4 different bracelets - started them and they haven't worked out as I hoped they would. But then, that's the creative process. Try, try and try again until it works out the way you want it to.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been working on a large piece that has been years in the making. I've also cleaned up my studio (which still needs more work.) I want to do 15 to 30 minutes of creative work each day.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's quote comes from Aristotle: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></span></span></div></div></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-63779398223236772722010-03-20T18:34:00.002-05:002010-03-20T18:37:59.910-05:00Google Translator<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So, a couple of weeks ago I got a comment in an Asian language on this blog - didn't know which one... A friend also got one on her blog and she thought that she'd translate it, so today I thought I should do the same.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is the comment:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">辛苦了!祝你愈來愈好!........................... (and I just found out that it's Chinese)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and here is the translation:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; line-height: 25px; "><span title="辛苦了!" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Worked hard! </span></span></span><span title="祝你愈來愈好!" style="background-color: rgb(235, 239, 249); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I wish you getting better and better!</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pretty nice comment. Thank you.</span></span></span></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-25503675453868939572010-03-20T14:32:00.004-05:002010-03-20T15:01:38.196-05:00Happy Vernal Equinox<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Happy Vernal Equinox!!!!! Wow. 12 hours of light (no sunshine here today.) That's good for us northerners who have missed the sun. Was 65 the other day and it snowed overnight. That's spring here in Wisconsin.</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixN0AMfu-IFt7kVIavsxC7jz3qr3-4GkIfeiBfaC4C8zMiHwPf3KIslRePst1uNMcbYi0Y9yeOHswUc495vpO6uJM1SxBSNtkIJ7xIArRtuEDqbJQ6sakoV3-7_v9WcZKj28JlVH8hSg/s1600-h/JimKelly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixN0AMfu-IFt7kVIavsxC7jz3qr3-4GkIfeiBfaC4C8zMiHwPf3KIslRePst1uNMcbYi0Y9yeOHswUc495vpO6uJM1SxBSNtkIJ7xIArRtuEDqbJQ6sakoV3-7_v9WcZKj28JlVH8hSg/s400/JimKelly.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450801442302468098" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This is the work of Jim Kelly. He is an American Indian of the Oneida Nation. His work is beautiful. He embroiders and makes bags. This is the flap of a small purse.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He came to the beading retreat last week and we got a chance to talk about Native Americans and their heritage. The discussion reminded me of a book that I was given in high school - </span><a href="http://www.hyemeyohstsstorm.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/23-73-4/am-wad.htm">The Stories are about both animals and people. You will find Stories about Mice, Wolves, Raccoons, Otters and Buffalo. </a></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/23-73-4/am-wad.htm">These Stories are almost entirely allegorical in form, and everything in them should be read symbolically</a></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/23-73-4/am-wad.htm">. Every story can be symbolically unfolded for you through your own Medicines, Reflections and Seekings. As you do this, you will learn to See through the eyes of your Brothers and Sisters, and to share their Perceptions."</a></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">The Loose Bead Society has been lucky enough to have one Native American gentleman speak at a meeting and soon Jim will grace us with another talk about Native American beadwork. I look forward to it!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I'm interested in Native American beadwork and when I was searching for the Ogalala Lace stitch online, the only site that popped up was a Russian site! How strange is that? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMJXHo0jfnpthMcgyPX31jI7huqpJ53-Vb1pEowkAYCk1cdxZBP7PMX8cAUbgIxsFPwcZedTpaYg0eSQ1KoGsZu5D70R2YToiiKMw0UEqCqMtfRMhmH3c3XMmzAPIv6vNr6Uiz-xOMw/s1600-h/brewersmittpin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMJXHo0jfnpthMcgyPX31jI7huqpJ53-Vb1pEowkAYCk1cdxZBP7PMX8cAUbgIxsFPwcZedTpaYg0eSQ1KoGsZu5D70R2YToiiKMw0UEqCqMtfRMhmH3c3XMmzAPIv6vNr6Uiz-xOMw/s400/brewersmittpin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450801430472509602" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> This is a pin that I finally finished for my baseball nut sister. I'm sure she'll wear it with pride. It was good to get that crossed off my list of to dos.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Today I am heading back into the studio to make myself a spot to work. And then I hope to do some beading.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Today's quote is a Native American saying: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#000099;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">One more quote for today from Anne Bradstreet: </span>If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.</span></div><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times, serif;color:#4682B4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-53878075461592010502010-03-07T17:28:00.005-06:002010-03-07T17:46:09.022-06:00Retreat Time Again!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5CtJPxWM2iRDy6A1Usi3rFaWPi0hZk-R_Ut9cvf1IxTz3q7ip3JUa9t_wPrUw0UzhS7TKilpZN_9j1Xv0xq5aXcUbFNSi-bDJbUDyMZcXUcvniOGwoDtKGOAbu5z_5Vp2Hg67HOgiQ/s1600-h/Racine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5CtJPxWM2iRDy6A1Usi3rFaWPi0hZk-R_Ut9cvf1IxTz3q7ip3JUa9t_wPrUw0UzhS7TKilpZN_9j1Xv0xq5aXcUbFNSi-bDJbUDyMZcXUcvniOGwoDtKGOAbu5z_5Vp2Hg67HOgiQ/s400/Racine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446041759215000242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Downtown Racine, Wisconsin - Funky Hannah's Bead Shop on the left.</span></div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Every year, the Bead Society I belong to holds a weekend retreat just far enough away from home to feel like you're really away from home. We are very fortunate to have a great spot not far from home that has a great hotel right on Lake Michigan. Walk out the door and there you are! Racine, are you ready? Here we come!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am so looking forward to it - a chance to sit and work on things with like-minded people is always a great thing. I'm looking forward to lots of conversations and laughter and beading!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I have yet to decide what to work on, but among what I take will be the makings of a gift for a cousin. I have yet to decide exactly what I'm making for her - lots of ideas spinning in my head.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I was pretty successful at cleaning out my studio - but still have a ways to go before I can comfortably work in there. Won't happen this week, but soon I hope to have a photo or two to share. What fun I had looking at artist's studios online trying to figure out what I liked and why.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Come back next week to see what we did!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Quote for today comes from my sister: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Persistance, not perfection. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Keep on keepin' on, everyone!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-39889148499359358372010-02-21T14:44:00.005-06:002010-02-21T15:00:26.895-06:00Completion Feels Good<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Went to a Bead In yesterday that was held by The Loose Bead Society. We had a great time! Lots of sharing of techniques - my friend Mary watched me struggle with bead crochet again (it's been a long time) and I finally finished my chemo cap for the chemo cap crew. </span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2NfmxBQqnV9DO5CuzbC9C_nh0GaiuOcDkAaQx2JBzpWoBIcxPcwWyOPKhBr5jVokaC8EvlqwjccBrg3atvAKUEFJvQc0Jjc5bDWQooYJ46fGUF0f3YSDV6I6AVeW1HBD-4wOeLq-uw/s1600-h/chemocap.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2NfmxBQqnV9DO5CuzbC9C_nh0GaiuOcDkAaQx2JBzpWoBIcxPcwWyOPKhBr5jVokaC8EvlqwjccBrg3atvAKUEFJvQc0Jjc5bDWQooYJ46fGUF0f3YSDV6I6AVeW1HBD-4wOeLq-uw/s400/chemocap.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440800799773259506" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I realize that the sentiment may offend some people, but I think it's funny and hopefully it'll be a good fit for someone who needs a cap to wear during chemo. I made it with the best of intentions. I don't do cute and I don't do puppies and kitties, so here's my donation, raw as it is.</span> <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I've been writing down my goals for myself every day - been doing the "Morning Pages" for nearly a month now - and I repeat those goals daily as a reminder. Now I can cross this one off my list. I've also been writing them down in my journal and sharing them with people so that I have a witness. Helps when you share. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Last week I focused on cleaning out my studio and have been very successful. I still have a way to go, but I am happy with the outcome. If I spend a few minutes in there, I should be able to clear a space to work on. Not quite ready to take my beading in there, but soon. Don't want to add yet another layer to it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Today's quote comes from Margo Kaufman - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">One person's mess is merely another person's filing system</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-990748370248912532010-02-12T09:08:00.004-06:002010-02-12T09:22:08.419-06:00Creativity - Nature or Nurture?<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXy9HRupu8JeJoQWZ3nBAHaCllm6ZMFBGeBU_ONxXkJo6uwvQWizCw7xvgKjq39N7vNSL8-lS8Dy-b8ZWhnmNNTuU6Zo8hLy4dUMK5w1Lgm2Y7QiyQ54AjvG_0iz2pqbDpQbQ0RVf4w/s1600-h/00-02-10frost.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXy9HRupu8JeJoQWZ3nBAHaCllm6ZMFBGeBU_ONxXkJo6uwvQWizCw7xvgKjq39N7vNSL8-lS8Dy-b8ZWhnmNNTuU6Zo8hLy4dUMK5w1Lgm2Y7QiyQ54AjvG_0iz2pqbDpQbQ0RVf4w/s400/00-02-10frost.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437374368333018130" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Frost on my stairway window.</div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Been thinking a lot about creativity lately. I have the ideas, but nowhere to implement them right now and no time, it seems. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Thought of my maternal grandmother this morning as I was casting off a hand warmer. I learned to knit in Girl Scouts. My grandmother did not knit until after retirement. Grandma didn't do canning, grow vegetables, or craft. Sometimes I wonder why - did it have to do with growing up on a farm and making everything by hand? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My father, on the other hand, made many things - furniture and candlesticks and designed and taught architecture.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My parents both are creative in their own ways and support and encourage me to be creative and make things. A woman I know has a son who is an Artist and has recently sold some major pieces of work, but she thinks that he should get a job. I, on the other hand, have a job and should get some Art! Thank you, Mom and Dad for supporting my creative side.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Part of creativity is showing up and I need to remember that.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I have been doing the Morning Pages that Julia Cameron suggests in her book The Artist's Way. I've been writing every day first thing in the morning for 3 weeks now and it's making the ideas come - flooding in, actually. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Today I begin to tackle the cleaning up and organization of my studio. It has been neglected for far too long and I need make a nice space for me to work in. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I have two quotes for today and they conflict:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">A place for everything and everything in it's place.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: medium; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. </span></span><br /></span></div></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-81780455093560170032010-01-20T20:12:00.003-06:002010-01-20T20:25:16.223-06:00Ideas Flowing!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22Dvai7WSCcbaNX2zSIy52oxVmLv1sakrOt2dExlA5qypfD2qATqNrJfCTNocrhHErB2jCTONWZWG4e9FZ_Eoyl9Wqw_TWdfS6A3WTGMJB-RmOe6C9DZK_qybktTnPURgwXDRVbRYKQ/s1600-h/Seguy'sroses.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22Dvai7WSCcbaNX2zSIy52oxVmLv1sakrOt2dExlA5qypfD2qATqNrJfCTNocrhHErB2jCTONWZWG4e9FZ_Eoyl9Wqw_TWdfS6A3WTGMJB-RmOe6C9DZK_qybktTnPURgwXDRVbRYKQ/s400/Seguy'sroses.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429010750219142562" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Lots of creative ideas flowing through my mind lately, especially when I'm trying to fall asleep. Some nights it's much harder to fall asleep than others.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I know that many of them will remain creative flashes, part of my irregular nighttime rituals, never to be consummated, others I will try and they will not work as I had hoped, and then some will be better than I could have imagined. (Just got another idea just now!)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Sometimes we all have creative droughts - I'm now having a creative rainfall. I write some of the ideas down in a journal in hopes that writing them down will allow me to sleep a sounder sleep. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I hope to get the chance to work on some of them in the near future. I need an Art day soon! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Today's quote comes from Charlotte Bronte: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.</span> </span></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-23495925408711622322010-01-16T13:28:00.006-06:002010-01-16T13:39:36.885-06:00Life Out of Balance<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PirH8PADDgQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PirH8PADDgQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This film came out in 1982 - I really liked it then - take a </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">look - it's short. The entire film (without commercials) </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">is powerful. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;">Today I begin to put my life back into balance. I am </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;">optimistic and positive that I will succeed.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;">Several things in my life have thrown my personal life </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;">off kilter and I intend to right that beginning today.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;">Today's quote comes from none other than Einstein: </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Life is like riding a bicycle. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">To keep your balance you must keep moving. </span></span></span></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-76227887291442297282010-01-12T15:42:00.002-06:002010-01-12T15:48:15.972-06:00I Heard a Bird Sing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7F9qBmzMGV_FuTpIKZctI8Yt37bMsKWwIUwWJ37NXSB77J9SKwr62HmcDjFJ8_dD8Vz4o9XDZuRoR5Ua9VT09pMNZCtO6chbry3LiZG4x57oi-ywG1SijeM1xKNIx6ec4NmqPa9-Ngw/s1600-h/Seguy'sorangebirdsresized.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 349px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7F9qBmzMGV_FuTpIKZctI8Yt37bMsKWwIUwWJ37NXSB77J9SKwr62HmcDjFJ8_dD8Vz4o9XDZuRoR5Ua9VT09pMNZCtO6chbry3LiZG4x57oi-ywG1SijeM1xKNIx6ec4NmqPa9-Ngw/s400/Seguy'sorangebirdsresized.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425973269373703586" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">heard a bird sing</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">in the dark of December</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A magical thing</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and sweet to remember.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">”We are nearer to Spring</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">than we were in September,”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I heard a bird sing</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">in the dark of December.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, 'new york', times, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color:black;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1263332421_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Oliver Herford</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, I Heard a Bird Sing</span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style=" ;color:black;"> </span></p></span>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-44140626254192850232010-01-11T19:10:00.006-06:002010-01-11T19:29:20.091-06:00Palindrome Day 01-11-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIL0zPxCcGe4QZetz8vYd_S2a23xFGc9uQO0zjk2a4627tuC6DlKjHNtdAROY9tNfEAs3tKeU7L097NMJASWL6w3MA1kme2W_Vb8zNWCrqPamyaNvtR9Sg8-EeAgvkVvyJ3QJusiWLHQ/s1600-h/PalindromeDay.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIL0zPxCcGe4QZetz8vYd_S2a23xFGc9uQO0zjk2a4627tuC6DlKjHNtdAROY9tNfEAs3tKeU7L097NMJASWL6w3MA1kme2W_Vb8zNWCrqPamyaNvtR9Sg8-EeAgvkVvyJ3QJusiWLHQ/s400/PalindromeDay.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425655202423961218" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Okay, so I like numbers. I'm a geek - but unlike one of my friends, I do not read, nor shall I ever even pick up " The Journal of Recreational Mathematics." That sounds like an oxymoron to me if I ever heard one. But that's me. (And while I haven't actually seen the Journal, I'm told it does exist.)</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I have my great-grandparents clock. It's a mantle clock and it never worked until last Saturday when I moved it and it started to tick-tock. Then it began to chime - and I never knew when to expect it, so it freaked me out a little at first. I figured that it didn't work and that this would not last. But it has.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Well, I've become accustomed to that clock. To the tick-tock and it's gentle reminders that time is passing. I like to think of my great grandparents marking the hours of the day (and night) with this clock. It's soothing, somehow. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">My Grandmother used to have a number of clocks in her living room (about 6 - don't quite know why) and when I'd sleep on the sofa at night, all I could hear was all the clocks ticking - it would take me quite a while to wind down and go to sleep.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Happy Palindrome Day! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Today's quote comes from Harvey MacKay: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#003399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-13893779259512638112010-01-09T15:23:00.005-06:002010-01-09T15:42:28.977-06:00Procrastination... or why I wait until later<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bmueY2JWUBX3HRbimcIV8Td2fHu79U_gWoYv7fD-2GMwn9ijg0gbV1ZvTIGT_qjs7PTmN8dI9U_DEVaJOc12ku9FGHm5ZkA8W_oC57BD1Kzze4Y3ZuWkJFjuQxzoKp0HkWk3OTNQIg/s1600-h/blue+buddha.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bmueY2JWUBX3HRbimcIV8Td2fHu79U_gWoYv7fD-2GMwn9ijg0gbV1ZvTIGT_qjs7PTmN8dI9U_DEVaJOc12ku9FGHm5ZkA8W_oC57BD1Kzze4Y3ZuWkJFjuQxzoKp0HkWk3OTNQIg/s400/blue+buddha.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424854386127284914" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This image looks serene to me, so I thought I'd add it to help me settle down a little bit.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I have always been a procrastinator. It's a hard habit to break. I once bought a book about procrastination and it sat next to my bed, unopened, for years. No lie. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I have before me a large task with a deadline, which makes meeting it a little easier and the reward once done will be well worth the work. I have to move two eight foot bookcases that are crammed full of books, journals and knick-knacks before I get a furniture delivery on Tuesday.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">That means not only de-booking the shelves but moving furniture so that the shelves can be moved. So things will look very bad before it looks like I have accomplished anything.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Been very busy lately and have had no time to do much about it but think about it and now the time is here and what am I doing? Writing about it instead of doing it!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Today's quote comes from anonymous: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Procrastination is the key to prolonging life. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (I like this quote - it was the only positive quote that I found!) </span></div><div><br /></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-45483535529671774392010-01-03T09:31:00.003-06:002010-01-03T09:43:33.005-06:00Baby, it's Cold Outside<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Cold weather is okay with me. I can handle it better than the heat and humidity in the summer. Layers, layers, layers... I enjoy the snow and ice - to a point.</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1yeMDcfTaqnJJbXEE969nPeQX7jkFF8o1yw_E1BHr_heDNuSQE3DdHHFx2Xo4jde5PbpOV_qJnInbWOiLedSgQW6Kay7hWoGh9opchc0m4lxTPJ5HAXX0eD-hvCdq4Ij-ah9GhDm6g/s1600-h/01-01-10frost.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1yeMDcfTaqnJJbXEE969nPeQX7jkFF8o1yw_E1BHr_heDNuSQE3DdHHFx2Xo4jde5PbpOV_qJnInbWOiLedSgQW6Kay7hWoGh9opchc0m4lxTPJ5HAXX0eD-hvCdq4Ij-ah9GhDm6g/s400/01-01-10frost.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422536755515571506" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I love the patterns that Jack Frost leaves on the windows in the stairwell. </span><div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNjNxP_GANZk00VuvRJkJLTHRcM0r0PHCgeOfOLjg8Cps-xt0TuzyhrniX8TvxFAB9PrLGBoYFPS6lDRrYvVvGma4KQhKKHPI2nPVGqIaPqt6xl4QziEJg1UM7byMhG37V_EXMAsrxg/s1600-h/01-01-10-frost2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNjNxP_GANZk00VuvRJkJLTHRcM0r0PHCgeOfOLjg8Cps-xt0TuzyhrniX8TvxFAB9PrLGBoYFPS6lDRrYvVvGma4KQhKKHPI2nPVGqIaPqt6xl4QziEJg1UM7byMhG37V_EXMAsrxg/s400/01-01-10-frost2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422536748014610226" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Long list of things to do today before returning to work for a full week. Most of them are chores, but I'll be sure to include something fun. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I wrapped up a wrap on New Year's Day - just have to tack down the ribbons. One more UFO off my list.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Completed projects: (hope to add to this on a regular basis)</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Wrap</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In the UFO queue (as of right now - more to be added):</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Blinging the grey felted scarf I made for my sister</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Finishing (adding the pin and the ultrasuede back) the pin I made for my other sister </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Completing a chevron scarf</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Reworking Romantica (a pattern from Marcia DeCoster)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and the biggie - Geo floral beaded cube by Laura McCabe</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Today's quote comes from one of my favorite playwrights, Moliere: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Long is the road from conception to completion. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br /></h1></span></div></div></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-25626185561641416732009-12-31T22:15:00.005-06:002009-12-31T22:41:58.341-06:00Happy Hogmanay and Happy New Year!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7HnX6cjBO2mWtKej9Fv2MIGZ55np4_rwOINaqT-ncHwQeD1Jr4_A87Fh_NuDjTWEtNyRF7QVWA8fpPEu5TMAZO_ZhOHX7yPYwjfn7svh5E2NnNPZ13pgltlqOYbVxKNgeA-Pw8pm5g/s1600-h/blue-moon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7HnX6cjBO2mWtKej9Fv2MIGZ55np4_rwOINaqT-ncHwQeD1Jr4_A87Fh_NuDjTWEtNyRF7QVWA8fpPEu5TMAZO_ZhOHX7yPYwjfn7svh5E2NnNPZ13pgltlqOYbVxKNgeA-Pw8pm5g/s400/blue-moon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421622520794102194" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am loving the blue moon tonight - lit the path to my door for me. Love the shadows of the trees that are cast in the snow. Beautiful. Cold night tonight - the air is crisp and the moon's light is bright.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2v6bNcJWzYf3kl_htR50kAlTylWZo8rJP7GDRf7cXP54XXK0mtANE8M4QwFsySlB27I7vRsTSRg7uj_n_gNO_OSUDd_o9BBjGEGgqeOglnXKbv3d0s9EoGubnUZBvkpK92TeA9RJvQ/s400/laura-mccabe-geo-floral-beaded-bead.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421622200823309778" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Laura McCabe's Geo Floral Beaded Bead</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I've come to the conclusion that I have far too many UFOs (unfinished objects) in my queue and intend to make headway in completing them. The first one I will complete is Laura McCabe's beautiful floral cube pictured above. I have one side done. Now for the other five and then to put it together. I love Laura McCabe's designs - she combines geometry and stitches to create beautiful objects. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Once I take stock of what I have in progress, I'll list them here - which is like proclaiming my intentions to the world! Yikes! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Tonight's quote is one of my favorites from Ralph Waldo Emerson: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#000099;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And one more from W. Clement Stone: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!</b></span></span></span></div></span></span></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62072198208526422.post-76489499510849937592009-12-27T12:50:00.007-06:002009-12-27T13:14:35.549-06:00Holidays<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEqSvQyqELX4_LJ_3dd4kESNv4fqBArsXp1i6LRHxIgcq5sXiTZbyzAwPs3rq23-bUtDNPh3qS3c07o5TuZ6Qlan6m6NCI4elZ3NljzojWyHw1PgvzSaKl8Wu0FuKKGh2HBJ_1VqWTQ/s1600-h/12-26-09lakeparkravine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEqSvQyqELX4_LJ_3dd4kESNv4fqBArsXp1i6LRHxIgcq5sXiTZbyzAwPs3rq23-bUtDNPh3qS3c07o5TuZ6Qlan6m6NCI4elZ3NljzojWyHw1PgvzSaKl8Wu0FuKKGh2HBJ_1VqWTQ/s400/12-26-09lakeparkravine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419990645166111346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Man walking dog down ravine path in Lake Park</span>.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif; ">I like the time between Christmas and New Year's the best. All the hustle and bustle of the holidays is over and it's time to play with your new toys. (I hope everyone got a new toy of some sort or another!) </span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I made two gifts for Christmas this year and they were well received - a felted wool scarf (which turned out very well but took <i>forever</i> to dry) and a beaded Brewer's logo for my sister the baseball fan. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I'm happy that I made at least two gifts this year. I did buy a handmade gift for my brother - a lamp by </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37323583&ref=cat1_gallery_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kirkiture</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, an artist from Pittsburgh who makes amazing lamps. Shop seems to be empty now, but check back. Very nicely done. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_puTeXrIvCt3pY7CEpxk_dwjhEfc_4x40ZKTPj7bJX3pucWz8UX75wsFcC4vJiMcUPKHEOY8sHi5R_iSfPU29gxrEl79boL64qt-tehJdi40k5fX443NZ_YaUs93eJ3zvLwsKLb0tpg/s400/12-26-09lakefront-tree.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419990634836383218" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif; ">Wintry tree on lakefront.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif; ">So now is the time of year that I spend reflecting on the past year and looking forward to next year. I have some things I'd like to accomplish next year fermenting in my mind. Time to pull out a journal and begin anew.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">Today's quote comes from Ellen Goodman: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">and another from John Burroughs: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;color:#321D02;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div>Any Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08755245292580393564noreply@blogger.com0