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Monday, May 31, 2010

Memorial Day...Remember

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Nine Mile Cemetery - Wallace ID
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Continuing with the Challenge

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In working with June's challenge painting of the Little Rogue River, I promised myself I would not over-think or overwork it. One look...
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

If you liked the poppy...

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...you might like this pansy too. The close-up shot really turned out perfectly and needed no work at all for a change. Still, I couldn...
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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Sunday play

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I seem to be the most susceptible to idling away time with my Paint Shop Pro program Sunday afternoons. I've been thinking about padfoli...
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Friday, May 21, 2010

Challenge preview

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I worked on my response to June's Little Rogue River challenge today. Last week I was digging out this fabric to make a sleeve for ...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

There's a quilt in there...

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These pictures are for Annabel who says I am so neat and tidy (and I am). I finished cutting up my strip sets into 3-1/2 inch half square ...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

Spring sprung?

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The first poppy unfurled this morning... It was all wrinkled like a piece of crumpled paper. I also spotted the first bachelor button. The l...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Cutting cutting cutting...

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Now that the " to bind or not to bind " issue has been settled, I decided to return to my half square triangle unit project I res...
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Sunday, May 09, 2010

Mother's Day

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Mother's Day is a non-holiday for me anymore. I never had kids, except the furry kind, and am without even that at the moment. My own m...

Edge Finishes & Critiques

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In the previous post , I solicited opinions about what kind of edge finish you readers would prefer on my "Lights of Las Vegas" qu...
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Thursday, May 06, 2010

"Lights of Las Vegas" Revisited

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Hang out with people who stretch you, make you doubt yourself, hold you to a higher standard than you hold yourself, are kinder on you than ...
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Next Assignment

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June has sent along a painting of the Little Rogue River as my inspiration for our April Challenge. As usual, I ooh,and ahhed over it, and ...
Saturday, May 01, 2010

And then...

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Well, that didn't take long - in just a bit, the tulips flung off their coats and said, "thank you!" Stunning, aren't they...
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May Day

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The weather can't decide what to do today. It is cold and rainy as it has been all week, but every now and then, the sun bursts through...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

April Challenge for June

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Untitled, textile 12 x 16 framed Sheila Mahanke Barnes 2010 June & I decided, due to our individual renditions of "March Madness,...
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Friday, April 23, 2010

Unexpected Color

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While waiting for spring to burst forth, I noticed some unexpected color in these very red branches/trunks. It is a relief to look at green...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

Life

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Life is convoluted...twists and turns, doubling back, crossing over and through other convoluted lives. And is more interesting for being s...
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Friday, April 16, 2010

Another filter

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I discovered a different effects filter in my Corel Paint Shop Pro software. At the bottom of the list I spotted "user defined" a...
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Sunday, April 11, 2010

St. Hilary Star

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I thought it about time I showed you the Stack-n-Whack stars I've been talking about. These are the two I finished eons ago (you can se...
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Hint of Spring

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The plan was to spend the afternoon in the studio. I hadn't anticipated how warm it would get, how good the sun would feel after the col...
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