tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982118640947181172024-03-17T01:04:51.662-07:00FallingLadiesa blog about art, photography, quilting, wood carving, autism, mandalas, needle-felting and finding the small magic in life...Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.comBlogger630125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-25857824783129123572019-12-30T13:02:00.001-08:002019-12-31T05:23:49.596-08:00Looking back to 2019I have no idea if anyone will even see this as I never post anymore, and I spend all my online time on Instagram, but since it was tradition to do a year in review post, I am doing it again to see what I achieved this year. It’s a fun way to summarize all my art projects and such. <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I am choosing to leave out the difficult bits....no point in dwelling on any of that. We lost a few family members who will be missed, and we’ve had some struggles here and there but overall things were good for our family, as you will see. </span></div><div><div><br></div><div>I started of 2019 doing watercolor maps of little imaginary islands.....</div><div>Here’s a few of the ones I completed:<img id="id_5f5_3fa_2984_7059" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/vBShFRm5HHvsNNaUzb15NzoWfOz6hb5ze6613D4UBFbPX0ermV9TABxiX8Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 504px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_fe69_518e_6324_19b6" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/KhJNcukr3p3Df1mMpnc0TIOlakN3pUUIusSh8nflhZWbQlexOkrHjfYXDFQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 513px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>Next I joined an art challenge by Melissa Doty called squareathon, and that led me to create this art. Many of these were based on drawings my son did as a child. I was pleased with the slightly muted colors I used!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_387e_417b_d99b_87fa" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/DsU3Zed_qh8E-dUaSOGLCDLwJTLsSKr0PvTH2L-56xIk9pvJFiEfhNJmuxQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 448px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>This led right into a personal 100 day project.... I planned to create 30 blooms, 30 butterflies, 30 birds on 3x3 watercolor squares, (with 10 extra for mushrooms or little flower scenes) and use 10 muted rainbow colors. I didn't finish yet, I got to around 80 something, but here’s some of the art: (and I had a big sale so many of these have gone off to their new homes)</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_de2f_fb2f_4304_a490" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/8dmbskbo21b3O2URfZAzChytMX8AFVX1PoeO6EGMfoQ9KBmIEEUP2XWhXjs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 495px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_94fa_1161_e27e_376d" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/aIICxXNnXbw5GG8f_wnnDonEYWuV9DDj6flF85bMHvsEeHZCY80idixm2rM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 455px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_187_45ba_ff4a_5c3" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Yjyv7uN6sb-y_APrENIbrFq9GH5u1wliz51uWKjvv3vTXv_uRMwPDbl-zSk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 477px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_7449_f065_ac3d_3aa6" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/opse7VuOjUNXzF9VYtmO-tnzfGhJjLD1hKn7d2XIqH6nDYzlQvolTgyJLtA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 456px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_f758_23b9_b58c_45e9" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/l1Vv3SSfkUHn4r-2_wPfbrRLyT8RfVkjqMfI8Lvjh3R12GwESlcSCbpkWmE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 483px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_bd83_e997_c32_3f7" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pFwec_auGIFTfci2RENQinR29AvM-Lgz5HJMr4QZrruZWak9VW0wAPXnDo0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 522px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>Then as it was summer, and there were flowers everywhere, I spent a bit of time working in acrylic on some big and some small canvases:</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2a29_c80_dcc8_115a" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9YXJnuSTnS3391bcxiSKpBapzbbKDsV8fE7Zwi6PDKnjzZRRf4vsk4F7iRs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 591px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_7b42_970c_c9ec_1b6" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/f8ghc0fTor6xzsbakmExj6eeTe-hQ8m-UpNo4DqQYwUcnjs3oW5Zct0hwBw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 492px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_c9bd_5269_f538_11d2" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/UxCtIoyrzDMEUbvvCimKMreDJOQqyHtQrMq0ZJyzdaeSL9jJpqFPM3YhLYw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 516px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>About this time my husband and I got to take a vacation to Rickets Glen State Park in Pennsylvania with the oldest and the youngest of our 4 kids, Bran and Jace. The park has 16 amazing waterfalls....lots of hiking and kayaking!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_46dc_27ce_b38c_d25c" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/c3ukJb30DgU_HqvxYHKtV-X4-JfbEk9LUifXD_YD3Acjq1ygJ7YetD4Lx68" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 504px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><br><img id="id_e842_3c6f_da89_ebae" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/hCzAvetY1zpKUhZAW-xGSP0h7lE9xUeCqe2HneO2xQC-0g4taSPNjEiuMgg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 459px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_f6a3_4ab_9347_716d" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/kHYULJAmvvtI38CdqrKKeDyHcBW6AuoP1WpHSmuEbtwcY-z7yLhGb7gQ2Eo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 453px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br>And right after returning we were surprised by our older son moving back home temporarily with his ball python....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d989_b3c4_a27a_500d" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/72tWgBrkKxuq3Uw4ajqmrs_GfYz6l6_SY3dYWMwEk3ZCYw4eCNSAfTfra3k" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 450px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>It has been great to see more of him! (And to have a “babysitter” for our son once in awhile too) and it was great that Brandy got to see him too as they hadn’t seen much of each other the last few years while he was in Ohio and she lives in Arizona. </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ea4_408c_ed7c_5149" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/k2nOW8o-0aO8Rfwmjd5_N7bYtgyL_6wZkMQO6UBGs6ZmVHTvS-CjNcU4SXc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 445px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br></div><div>And I think it was shortly after this that my daughter, Jesse moved from Arizona to Oregon. She’s the only one of our 4 kids we didn’t get to see this year. ☹️</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_69d2_769f_ffd7_dad6" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Uh-J5k5anPVbjXGlzl5dCZg3nuvYtSgEYZiaJsVMt2jtDoMWNZCr5SBoS-U" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 516px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>But she is doing well in Oregon now with her green hair, her boyfriend, 2 dogs, 2 cats and 2 ferrets....</div><div><br><br><img id="id_1d35_eef4_82db_da6a" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/0MsaK7039lPg0KHNVgtm4TEPoGxkUnFGZsFAHznvDq3iqELxS7QWdGXfrdE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 582px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>Even though I didn’t get to see her, my other traveling daughter got to visit her and I can’t help sharing a few pics of their adventures together. </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3d3c_1d55_f0ea_1611" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/N3dpB1vK7jN7qPH424m5GXMmzCx75x1tzSFal1ZbFxsD7cmqVqS4Eq9RoPE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>Plus on top of visiting Jesse, Bran got to take a trip to Germany with her cousin, (my niece) Emily and Em’s husband, Morgan. I am so jealous! My grandmother was born in Germany in Rothenburg, and they found the family home.....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_da0c_2af3_d826_a2a7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Cr6juFDI9DkpHvHhRDd4ZgZDDTrPdPvT9bbQYHdZSPGS1XRGixLusE-ZVIQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 528px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br></div><div>My husband and I managed a successful garden over the short summer. We tried cupcake squash and didn’t really care for it. I think the name was what persuaded me. We also tried ground cherries for the first time and we all loved them. They will definitely be on next year’s list, which we are enjoying planning out now after watching tons of British gardening shows lately on Netflix with Monty Don. There’s even a bit of a pic of my tiny fairy garden in the mix:</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_4918_ea42_886a_ead0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/We-WKcaGGttTKaSjGwkhHDr7YyK4faNiXZiA6ucuvIifaGWI5JqGDpQUGH4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_202a_5fd4_51b3_4d03" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/OIbzFK25XQyH5zUeZuQI2ov0o4_d9vhlj1XNKDG5sDx4O3ICV_X_QLCIYuA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 433px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_a05_199f_775b_6119" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/em90z95VGV44DFBwoovzorC7h_N_cfju8OLWOSZcrmLEp8GhAM438yAkrFg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br>And I learned a magical new hobby, that’s been a goal for years; dyeing fabric with nature. I dyed yellows from marigolds, warm browns from oak leaves, light green from Queen Anne’s lace, and many more!</div><div><br><img id="id_8b74_7f31_4e7f_bfd4" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/s2N5aUB0m9Pg_0j4ZaVCKvueccgaazVDOcyQagSmWrd8rHqTqQZDOSb1p1M" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 507px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br></div><div>This then led me back to using these fabrics along with some of my own fabric from spoonflower, plus some vintage fabric for hand stitching pieces for quilts or pillows or something as yet to be determined....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_9715_ee55_24fe_5a50" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/x9aqUzzPHtx-0-sbnr26h0OVM44AfzeKERPhHIwdTZeVX3XPmr8zimhyvN0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 525px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>Back to painting as the weather turned colder. I created a series of mushrooms....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_b4f1_4ea7_aa4a_36a2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lp1Hdp1wQBqgT7jIIo_UaUgWH17_Nd4s0TfupBO-cwfiCWbyCZ19ekz4vYw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>Then a series of collages using old watercolors....</div><div>These turned out to be very fun!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8266_612a_4bc4_235b" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/evuRMiSPoF7dkqvaTERO_4pDRnGaZ0FAHACppyBIhlkkbXwvvhauKjCntdc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 546px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Then I was chosen to cohost the next squareathon with Melissa Doty and Holly Platt and we had a great time coming up with a theme and prompts. We chose flower child for our theme and song titles such as “mellow yellow” , “Woodstock”, “white rabbit” and “our house”as prompts. I chose to interpret this by bottling up the ideas into medicine. Good for whatever ails you!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_688c_afe_28cd_1c3f" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Sd7HEjJyBrwjoNmblaFvaVjLJGtDxKIePHWDBsTmpMCS9LsgyRXdmBrCg2M" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 525px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br>Next I purchased a mini sketchbook from the Brooklyn art library to complete and mail back to them. It will then become part of their traveling exhibit in a suitcase of mini sketchbooks. I have completed about half of it, with the theme of ode to yellow....</div><div><img id="id_3c55_f912_ea0a_e9ec" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/mL8X3CfJ3Y6fQpFW1GYm7hP28InCyM2dmKl5QRMMohYWcXtRCEzxROT9_0c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Then just before the holidays we unexpectedly </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">added a rescue puppy to our family. Sid the pug is blind in one eye, missing three toes, and has a bad back leg. He had a bad prognosis but is thriving now. He weighed 2 pounds when we got him and now, a month later is up to 5 pounds! I am obsessed with taking his portrait!<br></span><img id="id_ff73_f2c7_8562_8d5e" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/l7zUemjpxD3Tb3oAFpt4CTzwSGSSio6rRjeQlaJobaxJ7CzaMw5KrWK6t8w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 582px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>I managed to read (or listen to) 26 books this year....my favorites being the 1st, 2nd and 4th in this very first row....</div><img id="id_8b8f_e0a7_42a4_56fc" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/o-GDWJdaeIJoTieWuhe6Mc0HxKh3mbYUEzsgv3BiKmA2Ts-J-0gyLW8C-BI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_7d0a_a128_f8f8_351d" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/dTyAQUAAW3ugNZVYRIkukxsTSp2n4wt6VI2Wy2x0F7Mu8UHU5MXSsipi2DY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 513px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_f62d_71b2_a05a_bcb" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/fWponwyu7P249YWMx6Pd3sZxPnoKdWEabfvoqs7m_NrSjFtSny9iXuUEXkQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 555px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><div><br></div><div><br>And..... The last project of the year for me was Magic beans!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_28b6_7f7e_4b4c_4326" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/1osvjuzdpRf1eP8jOcNuyNEXOoEoqClcFJux06HGXxHAYJtOILMiuFI5MwY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br>Here’s their story...</div><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This summer, while walking in a part of the woods I had never been to before, I discovered an unusual bush covered with interesting pea-like pods. The shrubby bush appeared to be vibrating, as if it was humming. When I got closer I realized this was because it was full of bees! I love bees so I took this as a good sign and got even closer. The shrub was loaded with tiny red flowers that the bees seemed to love. As I stood and wondered about this interesting plant, hummingbirds darted in and out trying to beat out the bees for some of the sweet pollen that must have been in those red flowers. As the peapods were nowhere near ripe I left the plant and didn’t make it back to see it again until almost 3 weeks later. This time as I approached the bush I noticed an amazing smell, like a mix of vanilla and nutmeg and something I couldn’t identify. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The red flowers were mostly gone but there were brightly colored and wildly patterned beans beginning to burst out of the pods. All around the base of the shrub were mushrooms, at least three different types. Some were yellow, some were red, some tall thin ones were actually blue. I could actually feel the presence of magic. I had never seen or felt anything like it. I picked a few handfuls of the beans, leaving plenty for the plant itself, and headed home to see if I could identify them. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">That is it for my year in review...</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;">Looking forward to 2020!!!</p><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-51741963636673654152018-12-31T14:47:00.001-08:002018-12-31T22:10:53.720-08:00Looking back at 2018 and forward to 20192018 was the year I started a series of mixed media paintings of an imaginary land called Brinwyndale. Mostly messy gardens and birds so far but also some white houses on hills and a town full of white dogs, and I have plans for so much more in this series in 2019.<div>Here’s a few of that series...<br><div><br><div><img id="id_4411_9bec_620f_41e5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JNUXplhK3I8/XCqcYXPSC8I/AAAAAAAAJaU/s3r9V7UOTlo6al_Ey-fDxSbH3wklkboGgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 528px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_85be_7146_757c_bd04" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNHjkkNhDENlbm1YKU6bVww8VVV0aVcmgW4kUUznlEoDfk2-0g31Q64op_DbmdZdyM69q1g7Y4ZlqhGFTNUYWYzP9qF_NaW7Y2M7b86Lp5udci49QcoGs1wZ_K8rYav4-QGLAPiBTkEs/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><br><div></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I also did a short series of “inchies” for an Instagram art challenge in 2018 that was very fun, and I have a bunch of ideas as to what to do with these inchies in 2019 but for now they sit in a tiny bowl and make me happy.... </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">here’s a few of them....</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_a6ff_7361_2dab_d925" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IpKFnW1V0Ew/XCqcY-J3fFI/AAAAAAAAJaY/CLPHvqhKswEj-Ri1jFrRN8ilfbbOiX1TwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">And I did a bunch of little characters also in 1” size in a sort of comic book idea, and a bunch of bigger ones.... no real purpose other than as a daily practice, but they may be part of a book someday, or made into pins, patches or stickers in 2019 so here’s some to show you....</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_e10b_c855_fe0a_9a57" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31XLVEK2Dl7mMxNvkoEN_mr2VCIxdEarAXw8dm7hTZ_jIwEiS2Ia9O3ppu_gdf5LZF7SuIFIMHrL_FMUr1qmWAfbrqjgfVA6ayaLHtseKYP0ZE3ROKzAphXmHj4zDk00hclrimaGK8xE/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_531e_3fa4_39f8_7a22" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KrR_z6E7W8U/XCqcZ1l2SkI/AAAAAAAAJag/TaX21nlF0W8x6Np5zRmCl2X2DQLDfOcVgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 516px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">According to my Instagram stats the next photos are the type of art pieces that are my most popular style of art. I do these when I want to paint something just for fun. So there will be more of these in 2019 and I may even design some for mugs or products in my cafe press shop.... not sure yet on that.</span><img id="id_ebe3_bc86_645d_2593" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UACVz_gDozA/XCquYN0hd1I/AAAAAAAAJa4/SZK45QwQDuYS2IZHKnVudhCdjHctyUbsQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>And here is one that I just started.... I thought I might try illustrating another book I have had in my head for awhile.... I have about 5 that I think about often but this one just seemed to want to come about first....it will be about finding what I call “small magic” in nature; river rocks, crystals, pine groves, etc if you want to see more of that as it progresses then follow me on tumblr </div><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/blog/andreadeanethompson" id="id_3133_1ec2_42ed_132f">at andreadeanethompson</a><div>Or in Instagram </div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/andreadeanethompson/" id="id_be69_575e_df11_5bbd">@andreadeanethompson</a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_afee_71b8_e89d_f7c6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZ5PJxeKz9tnBDpiRoU6eoF5DVUDwwjeqcenpqm9N2XVWtFPWL4GJtsoJ5y6_Jj2Wc6P3dUDsbgd19b66977UKhyphenhyphen9bp4WRpoSZaOUW7w4MyxHFDoAz6MfDkVFAhQ3_UVyOubpYGRaSzg/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>In 2018 I read all the following books....I finished more than I had hoped for on my goal list..... many of the Alice Hoffman ones were my second time reading them. I am also still in the middle of writing my novel called “wild phlox season” which is basically about a group of 5 women and how the scent of the wild phlox in spring has unpredictable effects on the whole small town. I have been working on it for years but I really hope to settle down and finish it in 2019. It is in the magical realism genre like all of Alice Hoffman’s....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c07f_ddb8_282e_cce9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aZPx3X558FA/XCquZKi68ZI/AAAAAAAAJbA/b7siR1UuesYpzj91sMbWylsVgPymxuWEwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_4962_5dc1_4adf_186c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XUM162qWVfs/XCquZh-9jsI/AAAAAAAAJbE/HTBspPnjo_EBMn8-vV3KYhls0uf3Jv98gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><br><br></div><div>And finally here was my goal list for 2018.... I managed some but crossed off the ones I didn’t quite achieve.... instead of redoing my Etsy shop I closed it.... but in 2018 I do hope to redo it, with all new stuff.... I am thinking embroidery patterns. We’ll see if that comes about. I didn’t hike more or finish the quilt or the novel but as I said, there’s always 2019...</div><div><img id="id_c7d0_6325_103f_56cd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Scgu0ARYw49wDUwAZrdV0QQVfaftslK5kLEWjvUGhcRu2oEGF8Mgjop4iFn0Yt9nqHwCNXjgOiUpAmQJ7P9iGauN220q37YjyUw_Q9UsSBFJv0F9lmE-GzYSBpFjtUvOqvly_4_2tFA/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I DID try weaving...this might get mounted and framed or become the top of a hat... </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_7755_7f70_da6c_d307" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vjCwBz-Np7U/XCquaenYhjI/AAAAAAAAJbM/nX_HRQGLqBwzFYKPUFrdjGRWepFUxdFpQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>I did sketch regularly.... (apart from the watercolors) and here’s a few pages that document my life in one way or another.....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_297c_f3b8_e7aa_84a2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVwDp0ih1jTlEwyswuJJZ63wFizDw7s42UF3cYDrTBGwkHFBqZbgZk3rkZEaDV9rlD3hPyQjrRhB9_Nzu19HNiWIzkyisF0369I4Av8uLHmh0uIHTFvlYxxXkVg_VQn0HH-D8FZhkc5g/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 519px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>We did go on a small trip to Black Moshannon state park and enjoyed that... I got to kayak a bit! </div><div>Next year will be another state park as well...</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8775_6551_848f_f11c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LlkJxD-Dg48/XCsEVfGoG_I/AAAAAAAAJbo/ImouwIeBCkAZPVJUUZ9wh0CbmOD74OAAQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>In 2018 we got to have all our 4 kids back home together over the summer and again just last week for Christmas! It is Always so nice to see them all again and can’t wait to retire to move closer to them, but that is not in the plan for 2019 quite yet.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_5eed_b703_1e12_7e00" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjae1EhNQslWQ3VT3s5JZOXjXQGByySxv8tooJIC09GekNv76tpQNDxqORDoE9Odocy32hT-jAnmeLeJktalBXbzvSYecBHTESJWP8ytlaPJNGKIxQmADr5a5Oai5ixOkNmZqShTMbVGnY/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_c4a2_d74f_40d_1a25" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yvH702pBZAU/XCsEWiMQp-I/AAAAAAAAJbw/B1dHKP8okyEbeU9-BBVwCL0Zon92fTOywCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>And let’s see, we had another good year with our garden...</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3dc8_dba4_8e3d_c861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ah7-FENb6p3Td5oszWeU909Bjyx1eFAIILtHmE6KvoevRYf1ofrdEghiO0dMNLS2RtBeUMUr8GdLPmjfnUqsvfIcJ4oNEwR5snzVwqtg5LzCkQwgfbxQlNr50D04f6jnADh7zROcuG4/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 528px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>Lots of canned salsa...</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_195d_f518_ac2a_5654" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYyQv0qk5YcRolhGTnBIj5OW0rlfZhqGyki9S3k9MJPEYSZhSlLAxcC3gffRLL9NGf7wQtuLCAg8AtiItwYCkOKKQHHwTUvSMn4xjTJdLSTAIGgmg8LOm-Z9bE0G2n1kgIq0LkF24uKXs/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br></div><div><br></div><div>In 2019 I am starting a perpetual nature sketch journal ... where I plan to do a few sketches of nature each week on a full page spread and reuse those same pages the next year and possibly the next..... the same spread for the same days if each year. Not sure I am describing it well but you can follow along as I go on my second Instagram account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fallingladies/" id="id_59d2_3c7d_735b_57d4">@fallingladies</a><br><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And I did create my website....it still needs work but the basics are there. You can check it out at </span></div><a href="http//:www.fallingladies.com" id="id_dd40_f051_7399_3ad9">www.fallingladies.com</a><div><br></div><div>I also got a big promotion at my day job in 2018... I am now the DSS accounting supervisor for our county. Lots of relearning involved, which was part of the reason I shut down my Etsy shop. I am finally feeling a little less stressed about that change!</div><div><br></div><div>Well, that’s the highlights! Reading this back to myself, that sounds like way too many plans for 2019 so I guess I’ll just pick a few and try to focus on them.... maybe fabric and pattern design, and finishing that novel. And getting in better shape, and submitting to a few publishers (always in the list but never followed through in on the past)....</div><div><br></div><div>Wishing you all a happy 2019 and a healthy, peaceful year!!!</div><div><br></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-21976008485715715212018-06-15T17:23:00.001-07:002018-06-15T17:34:47.234-07:00 Sorry I have been scarceI have been creating.... I just haven’t posted much as I have been a bit mentally overwhelmed by learning a new day job. But here’s some new art to show you all I really have still been creating....<div><br></div><div><img id="id_b958_2933_b04a_6aa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j94-Daxqa-M/WyRYlhC6ecI/AAAAAAAAJYE/Bv7MMx1Ng9IMJbgAXb9xpBxrC95ZG4-ZgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_50a3_7e56_3ed2_532f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xiCyF1ctyn2e79lB7wko8Kuq5rDSTJuUF8QRP_Nc5kmQg2R8AqDE5D-J0NOOcTJ3FXp2y7icUPmeAS5q3JXl_NJpgYCkQBr-p8eyaSU6Fw4DbMXTx6EAkaPz8NurvJgXIAhLX2vIAPs/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_6651_e226_50f1_3917" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ltpoWlVYZdE/WyRYlMpvvsI/AAAAAAAAJYA/kq8ttfaoMzYjQG_OWSmQ-rvrvA5d14jygCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 573px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_3045_5d0e_11b0_c7a4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgyl7G2xIjEMkNOT683zwn0srAeaY8XEYZ-Nam85wWcNeTEA8orxqRfhATfeGc-cR4skjJk4gxmZQorWYd4PmGo9oIxlKg6bC83kTArEEvBr8kfcslcVL9P0UeJVCnkk8gHNa1Qk2WUI/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 588px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_56e7_cb2c_e572_a3e3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsEcYoHMW9cZGqtAiUdq8xSX4yltdT5N5-kY-sE0vpZElaY7Dm-xgWFSj2O5l0q9C4I2awaOwjwhzVbvy_2Yd2FgGA3hhlGxIpPdd7WFCjNi1YUkFzHO5srxookOcKc4vU3n5XhmVVYY/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 579px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>This kind of art is perfect for times when you don’t want to think or worry.... you just want to relax and watch paint flow. Better than meditation ..... or maybe it IS meditation. Painting meditation. But the job is going well so I should be back posting more regularly soon. </div><div><br></div><div>Happy paintpartyfriday!!!</div><div><br></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-72450001880661682612018-05-11T04:35:00.001-07:002018-05-11T04:35:07.251-07:00Spring has finally appeared in our part of NY<div><br></div><img id="id_e831_2ff_6b6e_d624" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fB6ITGqoPeA/WvV_3rPokqI/AAAAAAAAJW8/NW68mK31ULI0MpcOYXpVrDe6epW-JmtEACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>The insomnia circles came to life......<br><img id="id_c014_3b69_c02a_e206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Cini3Xm63g3jyQsQLbrYaAvXqzEYx3zI76bI0xFbCnpjEILhbBI8hxV5X0fyte5Q65xASH7_ZMDkjHyzogpw0qt2exkycmZvd_ZiC0CVgCSwNHiW4TO4LiKDhmfWm7SaLr1BL4EQPWM/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_307c_f2b9_6ef1_cbec" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vKSmPERk7eg/WvV_4NVhYmI/AAAAAAAAJXE/BzDTJzbNTeohW2DDIgmPT1mFPom76p7GgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 594px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_8880_475c_dffa_8b1d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--G0eo_id1Xo/WvV_3jEkyTI/AAAAAAAAJXA/pMAw8FVkZ2AgCDMoOhMz5lC1-h0WOwMCwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_7bec_cff8_1471_4cf1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FVnPvJSpsV4/WvV_4nUb7SI/AAAAAAAAJXM/77RjMf05T08kWwNCh9oFUU9ziVPuqZzSACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br> <div><img id="id_e561_f461_7d20_7a8b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hmy7w_W18T0/WvV_40O1SII/AAAAAAAAJXI/WGiaJhfAu_A7mEYK7psODwVY77aSXrUOQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 588px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_a101_973f_8d21_7fe9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RuU7JxlOMrY/WvV_5OfyS5I/AAAAAAAAJXU/QmiPnrv-zsgvDufjP5HD2K4_BkmfAjeJQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 585px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_b93c_d3c_3f66_119a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FKVBqQbFIkQ/WvV_5Ivh3EI/AAAAAAAAJXQ/efvqHrnDvFQcAiK9QthLx4Fy4xs4BsEJwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 585px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_1bd4_27f7_d809_f145" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xAiuzB3SPN0/WvV_6fU_igI/AAAAAAAAJXc/ynXzlUfpHx8iu64rT-yi7yTRm1tahLyVACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_1038_fd1a_ebe1_1daa" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAVzE_mobJ3HQhiBzVp4I5P5wcsopoIEwe5M-KH4AUC7PALllyWFn6c6Qedn5xBoMxwUpBd9UAKinSaPEmyuwGL5XwbPAkUrbtyvCSxgoq-ObIxu8c6J4k_7iPAwrNI_m0qli82gvyl0/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>It was a fun challenge to try to continue in my 100 days of characters with inanimate objects instead of kid characters. There will definitely be more flower characters in the works. It was impossible not to go there with all this floral inspiration around me this week!</div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-35372167654262848982018-04-27T04:21:00.001-07:002018-04-27T04:21:25.343-07:00More characters Meet Willow! She loves snails and polkadots, has a strong sense of smell, and cries easily.<div> </div><img id="id_eb3f_dd8c_4286_c79d" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyXRQAo6cfiTbYhCFGEtVmUX2yyxdkaqK1F5459iADOquR24q_LYaP8lllQXtM5vxatxKJJHQ1Wfrb1D_6VTRnQ9jjaULzl3w1KSF9QgXSByvqVibE0g82BpwL5zQPjxdnFgmli3tsJw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_95a7_ae19_c437_4733" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0uNOkxY6nx4/WuMHoMPA2eI/AAAAAAAAJVw/c8BHTTY7f5soCuda1KaZW_h_Na4AlGK_ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 591px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_4443_aba2_a6ea_27ee" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0qD_VNE2D-3rqgDYNdVVtkbg9pEs7mK5LHjN-4XQTmrIuZH7BGP6ycbV2b1s4byNzFO377MOZ9EpH1_IQO1sCp5iAFEGrWKp002cEYNW_q0VyLE3dRZNRsgma7-ekul4CIioe5mA748/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_9649_b12b_7f38_e880" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0jACyVGYNqg/WuMHoZ4uidI/AAAAAAAAJV0/aSoAl29SXIwtpWNXQpUrKA4Hs1cy-ofugCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_745b_364f_ebb5_2672" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfO9yFfoU2MixojQa54DRptqQjUdNLEYuPdIngki_6OYVq6zuTLCCW0Ya13_buvXtCFwHERTRYemX40AwhkXzPRGNxfEQtEd_S-R_qkDm1rGOAktRJ5WUASRLxIlOvUGpocaghwEl-e8/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_6f7e_4ee3_ce1d_8336" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NGEFnEjH9wM/WuMHpRtYmpI/AAAAAAAAJV8/RYsFTJLJ20IJJDb686JMVxBwsHK5fGVdACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 579px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><img id="id_3e39_243_1f6e_fe82" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QHnlKW-T-C4/WuMHqXtzy8I/AAAAAAAAJWE/KWQ2DDgPQ1UHKtWjtGZQ1cXpe0luPFhIQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><div>And then there is Laurieth.<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;">... a shy little girl, who loves reading in quite places, sketching bugs and ferns 🌱 and mushrooms 🍄 in her little notebook. 📓 She lives with Auntie Margo May in a little town in Cape Cod. Willow and Georgie and Gen are her best friends. You’ll meet Gen soon. Laurieth’s cousins, Lil’ Pea, Nut Butter and Sellie June live with her as well.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></div><div><img id="id_75a1_5224_3b96_2924" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AO3FziXodKY/WuMHqYy4sJI/AAAAAAAAJWA/HxHvzQsp9g8txqwebvBhLStPeIiu3-jyACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_4c97_48c0_a48e_8e6d" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqjs73XJFgpY2ZBbIuqtGFeMUQemjBcLfEbPLEz7M3MQ5rxZdNDwe0_uyUTK2dQawhVHO9PeOeYPOAtMxC2l1k_oO9Xm148LGRS0RpmJO7vyitNAav1V8l-WdVK0pBCieyu0JT35Is14/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>Auntie Margo May loves cats and owns a flower shop!<br><img id="id_1bb1_40ee_47bc_473f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOK6bsJrziPjbOhJh4k_diDifrUVjgkUWDc5PN5rAPOpxFmd7-O1QoSBKK-eNB75dyvJcUM4irdeTa5IFsgOwe9y9bm8EMUSEhnXTbFutkz6SZVvIayi4MHZMVau29OfhKhESehD8NbA/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_2c3d_d3c6_da50_71c7" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PD9WjewZmGpfylleYuebl4wkt9lzNR90WmyGApkagb3SJuMeXLFZ7dV_n7IKDKFMk6Z2KxYAqpfvZ9nNh4-o4_9vW9Lyr6mc0vwkX7MlQJbTgwUCJjJVqdQsnIcS38XO9o4RA9-15vY/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 591px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></span></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-30743511581227513572018-04-13T05:22:00.001-07:002018-04-13T07:43:25.398-07:00Another 100 day projectLast year it was #100days of joyous watercolor.....<div><img id="id_3fd1_2133_d72e_f4fe" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwMHH9yfkC0QDtECbTixG0s8IPWkrBx8Xiy6sGpTeJHWGfrYHXEngOYEVEXjhbO-u92-NViGvoBt60vgEiZAoRdrKnFDw0TRQsxJmPfTAcMCPNjBmIkns8Qge_BpOxVYVaP8WXueSMrE/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>This year it is #100daysofcharacterplay....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8abd_24e8_226e_ee81" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9UYpBIGqCh8/WtCg56mMQgI/AAAAAAAAJUQ/afqo71E65MQ1ITnIQSZkFL3BOFhse1y4ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_c781_1bb_e0fb_a196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFUjw-wKEhO4lwjVEH8ZKGsocSQ9LwIuyDMQ5Z1vFxIh_vRVkbu6S_2X3h5GTYmvk03VO_wYvRqHau_ooSw49FBdONiaVpfkE5nkjz-vnaow_yRHm6fNIy1Sp1e9TxgNzJoP9xupThqQ/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_8867_3278_4c4f_5e68" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wJT7fZ8Tgaw/WtCg586EyyI/AAAAAAAAJUM/PCkm2N5Wy-gaUBRZbreFM3XbGY6WBhdXQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 567px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_ce60_b1bd_d1d0_db4d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U0l8f9zvzLQ/WtCg6cURAaI/AAAAAAAAJUU/8N_GnPK2dWsCqxBbWdWj-dZ5sZQrFoLaACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 573px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_9083_89b8_10bf_7750" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vvc_esZmp9o/WtCg676vTiI/AAAAAAAAJUY/DbST3y7St3UvPN-ReeWWi72BOj_jPgf5gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 567px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_ce58_63a5_2e4e_ccf0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GNHWSd5H7Xg/WtCg7WqICSI/AAAAAAAAJUc/ZX8Z_OPtdtAyRST-wgRm6NWJ_WKGh7Z4gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 588px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_952_5a_2498_c99c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rq987uiZUiA/WtDBOjAnQWI/AAAAAAAAJVU/4DBhrID73DAtFIGC2egQNVsBdEl2KrIdwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 562px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><img id="id_3154_cc8c_12ad_946e" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZV8IYbwL7BW5NdI36VZCD4qNamYyYID2tcD95cyrq5vG-bmvtWQPi9Zjosn7W4ig7nHHw6RtHu8YCIgiL7MA7t4_VHLq9dBAFr3Ur4pDnROmRSwd-7irvcHEkms_0ML6qCm-Ge0ch_SA/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 570px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_85fd_ffb6_6af2_88da" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqEjoldJY-LR4rRXGogq_tObFH7WVuLs3JUTKQ_VH7Pz0eZQu3xDH8VS_Qk9U68k4PsKWCOGKRQIbBqiIx-oGEeFMOjWofngyVyLPeGqAJm0_yjEPhNIkDNYskF9dIzzkeHgaBnuHmWU/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 576px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_10de_ac90_71f6_215e" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLL4GQznMB39yDj5qobFIwKXpOgg01R-mvgw2WoyvRIErXEbupdUxtvDOjuZLGYxIiewRAFtcZ_C07FS1Fr4hxSc1YpV3Rp4QAX98EOOlBj0xEW4GIUV6k64WLL3w6pvnS2ftjE1z3eYs/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_727c_5abf_53c7_4c12" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MUE9XKk7KQs/WtDBOV4iAII/AAAAAAAAJVQ/Bc0dcbuFB1Ytlj-W5cWJqADQWALG7tx2QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><br><br><img id="id_e3c1_8224_8235_2bf7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PdJ067NX684/WtCg95dJgNI/AAAAAAAAJUs/PfwLZC5M8rw_6uRGvdXAEFZsmFTnlwxuwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>And then last but not least... here’s a pic of the latest hashtag going around Instagram.... to surround a selfie with all your art. I had to join in. It has been really fun seeing all the other artist play along as they all seem to fit the art they create!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3c62_f063_c834_3e45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiknQN34hJDa1uT9S9VD1IsebIK2E2bluh9Y4n7biC1io2QHLOxIieKOYDkZRayalA0VnWo0kCZI_bfOFP8SdmVqES6A4wFmGcnedyiX4gVavq7tf03cIi5y2HSlCseNMo8_YpziWSiQ/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 573px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>Have a good week everybody!!!!<br><br></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-86028609405570290842018-04-06T11:00:00.001-07:002018-04-06T11:00:34.828-07:00This week....no words... all the words are already in my sketchbook<img id="id_1fb1_3774_95ed_24be" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TXKjsr2b6GZRP4lmJd33a_PTEWno0K192RVtRDhNX0WnpVJZggVTKyGWcO-QVLfPtEkUJyNjMEGDey4MNohSbyuEz9wYlvbkOAJqkL2bF5yMILTL4ghF72uJ5MacD0Id699Yw9B8I-s/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_ae62_4d4d_8745_6a6a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qSfRMzu2Jrs/Wse1tQFm9vI/AAAAAAAAJTI/I50W8I85FUEnAaTgMKJowG3k965BwrxYgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 588px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_61c_b709_edce_4a7b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BV_Qhx5nCnQ/Wse1tT8VTqI/AAAAAAAAJTE/RrJTsVzL3hQly1ufWrcKPnP-os7xe7uQwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 582px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_ee28_edd_e215_89f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ySAeAfqE8YM/Wse1sph6T7I/AAAAAAAAJS8/6Zsn91slLAwsRqcqew_dAO2jtauzi27PACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_3ae4_e1ad_71d3_c418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_-4f_VYOnwKQRihgC1SN25JnNoaBu2vofpJ2wy7b5jnOxT_E2Ib2xUoAEEVqwLNxXpexSrntz2ba8u8732GkgvoBefyd2l_TYlSjCqptQ7Roya09-UzwvtIG2jvKU35fxR28IxKhBlM/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 582px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_1938_8045_ba87_9f3f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZInFQNwps3osuhKRjhW7GDdVSxkPO_0wSpk446vGNPGrCFnhnuHLcmkz0Hnjt0KeMbheuuGlwnwZ3M_wYaA9gPCibl6CfDGeNX61osuS4CtcN4ahoFcf1GADcOFHthZIs8MW5dpO8pfw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 582px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_ea40_5ac7_b5d2_df10" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PNSN9ly6J0g/Wse1vCFk14I/AAAAAAAAJTU/iVUQyXyVVHEfLPIjlBgZTGTpaK32X26dQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 579px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_e566_e3be_65c6_9aa0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RqgxOFFGG0c/Wse1vr52VmI/AAAAAAAAJTY/l3-5UBn4Ew8qahs_cNOAtZyZoZbs84y4ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_7c14_d072_d4d0_5760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLH8bUG1_APtijVWIhhkxNB-GgAVBQis3RXMP_SzeClaqeWcNOXsTIuPlPwzVrCJUtudn6pnHraTooq_WwtprnX-qNHoXzu3IxAP9fDmf9vNLQ-pIYuOkZxUCRM9mxCh1E7NCvQTtsc54/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_84fc_c1a_bd56_f16a" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNM-7b2UIkniWmmuT2dwxUWHh5LNU5sbVZ-6O4N3hpi6MhwcdthtMqm1vqgy-g4m5I1X_uisTpZNrf8UVwTVHAZRNJU8TWomb1Fgc1hYF45OwAkiICScl_rDR4FmK1W2P0ODNFB-taRS4/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 591px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br> Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-3214601442595888862018-03-23T04:42:00.001-07:002018-03-23T11:52:18.805-07:00It’s been awhileSorry I have been absent from my blog for a few weeks.... I have been creating though....<div><img id="id_b6ea_521d_355a_cd2b" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXw2PDWpTX1nlOcFhvgZ4APvBYQOhZpyOPZCkQjnFxtKfMarvpRVvRtA4Ug_9DYCyUJXmzKWUPk81WL-XiuJ3fMP8SE_et6c7QjKMqiowUj7Ihkt-BFVaI6Qm63E2BoNnIctINqaY1S-8/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_3ba4_ac8b_8a5_daaa" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9gevFO7FT-ApntFnqv9b4RFPw1QQ6f9iCOaeQ9d1Zk9UXT5PjDfjznKSEDJwZD48cdlxmZKzvT3pU6x4IB_LH0CRq4akb-z3YX3ypwJespT5AgeIxdJKVzh2iHiRgAfz7aitf6ppBMc/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Just have to have florals every so often.....<br><img id="id_79f7_f527_e0bd_efa3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXDSDJ7mszrYbOMAimuqxDWQyJMQ9a2tfY2-ZChpMqUrqgM8WtqHUYLkuUEm4QR-eHBfDkV-5qPWwiSKMQzkq0sVN4TCnIObPcAU_uw1IFCj2izd6ml03SjPaUG9i2x-3_isHIz47TYM/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>This one above was just playing....there is a touch of gold there in the star!<br><img id="id_1af_434e_50c_c61" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sAsOTdkjDnY/WrVMz-z1u8I/AAAAAAAAJSc/OWK6lK4VFLgLO3m3Lq8p9GFUpoLxsBfUgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 585px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>After I did this one above, I started thinking about making the birds out of felt, or printed on spoonflower fabric to be embroidered over in bright rainbow colors.... yet to happen but now it is on my to do list. <br><img id="id_6e02_c0af_13ae_98be" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MwHq61-IYk4/WrVMpLqwuJI/AAAAAAAAJSI/36UbF5Na2UQOAZojYFANXKK7T2j4bQulgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 582px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>And for this one above, I was playing with what to use as props for flat lays..... I made a huge list of potential props but I won’t subject you to my list unless someone requests it. Instagram is big on flatlays with props so I am trying to up my instagram game! <br><img id="id_317d_c5f4_be92_dbea" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhTvYXHBQkI-5bTAj46M2_cjN4RDjs8fCZi5bk1SdRcahb-1dEl5IkUqKbeIX6g1qxOaC_zE_S-PkO0jJ2C06Z2NVLmrNrFVvLYNYin2FmIFw861DtTy4P6P_ne2ev4oA8amLGudfhTM/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>And since the above watercolor was based around making a design that was so sweet it gave you a toothache, I decided to use candy in the flat lay...<br><img id="id_36c7_3b38_252b_3520" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iGNNcPpi05w/WrVMuqOpXXI/AAAAAAAAJSU/zm57XOzwzxgLybgPOaKh-uXJ-Ul5dNKUACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 573px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>And last but not least, another insomnia circle.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-55043116437767331552018-02-23T13:16:00.001-08:002018-02-23T13:16:41.506-08:00Another week flew by cutely and quicklyI usually have big plans for an elaborate post but then before I know it Friday is here and I haven’t created it..... same thing each week. But I always have so much art I have created that there is always plenty to show. This time I am picking from my cuter stuff.....<div><br></div><div>Lately when doodling I intentionally tried to make the characters that I usually create younger and cuter. My goal was to go with bigger heads, smaller bodies, chubbier arms and legs. It is something to continue to work on but I think I like them better this way.... but there’s a cute house and a cute guinea pig thrown in for good measure....<img id="id_588b_89d5_5191_293e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p9VRWVXPiH4/WpCEtxvvluI/AAAAAAAAJRg/CEFBnUXQy0UD2CfhodJvr-USdSu0ihcowCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 555px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><img id="id_faba_c949_ae36_b925" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R7mNh5S7UMg/WpCEsNs6pyI/AAAAAAAAJRU/UTPlEY6-IvoSyul2-uldDA65qe2c54-TgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><img id="id_446a_cefc_5a67_2ed2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOwuW76fxh7Fqgi3WZicnR2fbC_XCTyiv3oWcDl7FLxGFEM0cpt_Ay71F0xTMuqCRqeh1sGp87MWwN-etp7LJxpcCOiKCVLYf8CnMOSKeSkW_zJNCqnOt5NmD1MlN2_9G5xc604-vFik/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 567px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_839d_1bcd_95df_f6ee" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YXNzfTsznj4/WpCEpEk-1-I/AAAAAAAAJRM/8XWpAt4eGn4NlgjicIjgk3ZE96AenA6lACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><img id="id_ff6b_6054_f2fb_5b2a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5u1ZgUgQoPo/WpCEtt8Q_dI/AAAAAAAAJRY/4Oo-qOIWQkkmM968Sx9anWhH1ML1AuTpgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 566px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_5c4c_5e51_c514_261d" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXFdPUkFAMxkjYitodTFdtaF85wZmb5NjuEHnnjoj0F8rXHM7LQx5G-R3Glex_jdayubUErl0X__hmI9dT7OJwrjBhBYYzYRqr5dPHLrQKkAOHL4u0_5Vx3-lROHNvAPDocSB8V_rWDo/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 545px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>Have a cute weekend!!!!!!!</div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-24653665605214642732018-02-16T18:14:00.001-08:002018-02-16T18:14:24.412-08:00Missing the river<div>I can’t get down to the water with all the snow we’ve had so I am missing the river lately. Instead I have been enjoying painting river rocks! The first two pieces shown are 6x8 and have already sold but the third is larger and will be listed on my Etsy shop soon. </div><div><br><img id="id_f859_582a_19fb_5970" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TCIznYUt2zk/WoeP69lmp-I/AAAAAAAAJQY/bFh5eW696TY3HLNI9bLTESrYbPd6OFXqwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><br></div><img id="id_6f11_e58f_a382_22ff" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSE4FpJRffyBHeOxMKSJUUrRVykpzDWZkoBE_FrLWJH9Q5ZfUcUdc2qCFU1QJ-LERw76oANVa2dYT22pRICgD87SFE4nm3yV_hwN-DVtybBTY9VfR2EHQ9j6eGlDqMYmCoyx3m3liQTg/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><div><img id="id_954_6d6b_a5b_576f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Q-E2ZgRkNQdwk02VSmELFgnucFG1r7Gy2BB9KQNQQjmh__8fDTtqOLBBg3Uy4645_muANhnA5xD6omKm6CRWpa6xqrsZTgip0akCitMkJKmbq37IyvCu53bj5KijdAYBIF9lsMuWM30/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><div><img id="id_8303_4da4_b197_ff28" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-owApbVPuKB0/WoeP8EdKpdI/AAAAAAAAJQg/5f3VedvtNssYgJXxpaD7rDO5co2DMtQ_QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><img id="id_492_5826_9eea_b079" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9Go5f0v9I54/WoeP_jueLrI/AAAAAAAAJQs/u6VeGF_lykgZJh1m2eIchDnx3U_oA5fxgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br></div><div><img id="id_c166_79e8_fac9_38ff" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--Y8qe33wiuc/WoeP_9kGeTI/AAAAAAAAJQw/ahTbF3hIY7o7_t1DcLBFVUD7PkHEYEI3QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>They are pretty much painted exclusively with hand crafted watercolors. It is so easy to paint a rock when you are using colors ground from rocks!!!! Not by me, of course, but by redwood willow and by rivervalewatercolors. I normally get bored with subject matter easily but I think I could paint rocks forever.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_7cb4_2912_d8e_42c2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttuYZD5gCHq84av6_c_oQ8tpGNcYuXx0airSdmsAVbmfytXs-o5937exyRDmhH0kYyaLRQ99-BkxqT9D52JFhA253zZ55CJWAoCgXIaooI59jQ1RPyIh4xpMME8ijVtLtjVV0Z5sR7sQ/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 573px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-91949525700826196542018-02-02T12:00:00.001-08:002018-02-02T12:47:10.461-08:00My messy art desk and yellow. <div>Here is a glimpse of my desk and some of the yellow dot paintings I have called insomnia circles as I see them when I can’t sleep at night. I imagine a whole series of them, I am thinking I may make them into an art book. Not to print or anything, just a handmade book, because I paint them in the front and back of the paper...</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_a0a8_43f2_31b3_245a" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMP0_Lqc2mCFy9B6r2MpnnBkRG87DBVzvZsfzMzZtxZNxFaU59PHFw4WLRG7Ev_D3zfMP60Sew1BIPYqLI3pUfMJExAw6nlEZ2sJrEM0TV2I3YKO-izkUJ3kUcfdL1akJs6LnZQ5342M/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is what I see lately, but I also imagine a series of white on white art, so those may show up someday as well....</div><div><br></div><div>I really can’t explain why yellow polkadots.... it is just what appears. But I do love yellow. </div><div>And the song: </div><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNxeF4KMsY" id="id_84aa_6df7_c385_dfa2">Yellow by Coldplay</a><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Look at the stars <br>Look how they shine for you <br>And everything you do <br>Yeah they were all yellow”</span><br><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><img id="id_c9be_8319_b3ea_abe0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r85dfIE9qYY/WnTDPOf5oVI/AAAAAAAAJPk/2AaPR4lCnxEODDTABNpQHbIlQD8cPqH3wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My daughter, Jess couldn’t say yellow when she was young, so she called her yellow blanket her “lello” .</span><br><img id="id_5c9d_9266_6b58_f7ca" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKte1Ss30TExrCN5o-DjWY0WZ0xsbwTjJ0yrwLLDxp6r9Gsd98CK7BsiARxTAG2W_nyjDJ79K43rYkajXDVA2HWQlgdSOGSnSeXePcQf08GMbtJrOv3ibq2-3ium7qL64-_1C8k5l6MGs/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>This piece is called ‘yellow planet’</div><div><br></div><div><br>I looked up the symbolic meaning of yellow in the internet and got this.....”<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Yellow, the color of sunshine, hope, and <b>happiness</b>, stands for freshness, <b>happiness</b>, positivity, clarity, energy, optimism, enlightenment, remembrance, <b>intellect</b>, honor, loyalty, and joy”</span><br><br><img id="id_bddb_403f_f52f_c994" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XCKK1Jqn4ro/WnTDQJPvb0I/AAAAAAAAJPs/ki1lQos6HZQvutmr5zF5Mt_ttmdeGSV2gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>This piece is called ‘hope floats”</div><div><br></div><div>According to dreammoods.com: “<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If the <b>dream</b> is a pleasant one, then the <b>color yellow</b> is symbolic of intellect, energy, agility, happiness, harmony, and wisdom. On the other hand, if the <b>dream</b> is an unpleasant one, then the <b>color</b> represents deceit, disgrace, betrayal, cowardice and sickness.”</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">But then I am deliriously awake and not dreaming......<br></span><br><img id="id_2696_6c34_ca48_e92b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-07MybcRfOOE/WnTMlYxQgRI/AAAAAAAAJQA/j_tisZKZnugSgRykUlQqCojX_mpuAVHrgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div></div><div>According to </div><a href="https://www.color-meanings.com/yellow-color-meaning-the-color-yellow/" id="id_ee48_2593_a3b2_be0e">this site</a> yellow does the following: <div><br></div><div><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; background-image: url(https://www.color-meanings.com/wp-content/themes/focus/images/icon-right.png); list-style-type: none; background-position: 2px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Makes it easier to take decisions and think clearly</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; background-image: url(https://www.color-meanings.com/wp-content/themes/focus/images/icon-right.png); list-style-type: none; background-position: 2px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stimulates the nervous system</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; background-image: url(https://www.color-meanings.com/wp-content/themes/focus/images/icon-right.png); list-style-type: none; background-position: 2px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sharpens memory and concentration</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; background-image: url(https://www.color-meanings.com/wp-content/themes/focus/images/icon-right.png); list-style-type: none; background-position: 2px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Encourages communication</span></li></ul><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I don’t know about any of it,.....</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I just like yellow!</span></div></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-28853685371057824362018-01-26T04:45:00.001-08:002018-01-26T07:39:33.960-08:00#dailysketchplan2018Michael and I’s daily sketchbook plan is going along wonderfully.... the two of us and a few others who have joined in, are sketching regularly. You can see all the posts using our hashtag <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dailysketchplan2018/?hl=en" id="id_8b0b_a74f_85_6721">here</a>! It has been fun to see the wide variety of subject matter going into everyone’s books!!! Monsters, portraits, plants (mine) and cool characters!<div><br></div><div>Here’s is what I have put in my book this week.....</div><div><br><br><img id="id_a233_8bfe_b974_2da3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlhem5mUlQNVjh-DLl3AB2z3bqRXysGN8JuuFl1Tg1bshbrFBR3jiZ_Dk8Dcft97DYN0z8XUtI4jw6j-toiH_dZO987lVa_fyOVMeVvhuTQ2oNnv2_M2DvpLdDDqnIX1TPND7aQjkmQo/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_2fb3_ba7b_bd2b_8637" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVUH7tGgQ_kuNb9ZR-c1jBz_b7yeCUqQA5zxKfTedGT7V15t3SdJ0kyeoaU79kSFyOM1dqVaSo8Yq71YXx_Ucs5c6OnPfhHoAZ9NMWKK7FiM233GT2Taqg7qJYDOaGD04AU3P3u4Hnvs/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_c7f1_85f8_4bc5_de6e" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsXchpTnQrcyNoYkwqeh8y-Ji3WQPc718JB7ojdIiLGfUM_hvG77bbH0DPnc8-g7p4_-7HapfobOLHx9orBdD2ZyGpJb1oa3fJaCFQ463Q4T8UV-hmeEIWz8o2QAenW30W5xOzIU9n70/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><img id="id_4d5d_3a9f_bef_3e48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qvqnHvY_57YfVySiezsHA1dT1-Hc1nSyyB9bGcIP4i12Xtgx1GfE5oGqENu7jVJLiR8MoYSuidv5UrIf9sKvI3yipfyzIxSGx9B9Oz7039_v3q31OfqF8gLGzgA25a_XUTmT2KWht3k/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><br><img id="id_e262_8d33_9890_ac14" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QqP_nhrViTA/WmsivWflHbI/AAAAAAAAJOQ/0O4TpQ3STqEj-K-e-ua3tcT2Gmhf44mCgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_bf33_fe44_e0a1_d704" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v01lz7BPcP8/Wmsi2z-CkFI/AAAAAAAAJOw/p8TWMbKsIpsh5BYCZE0M0C69HoXHmWnMQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><br><br><img id="id_3f15_166b_3cec_7e11" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--KVF395-FqU/WmsiwiFwuqI/AAAAAAAAJOY/DmmAPCdJJ1g6zo_9KX2zGjhOnkLidKNtwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><img id="id_aabe_47b4_f973_a82d" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUhz-37X-1UhhIRtZyIeLzBMx6xqHee_wOT-NhPnw8RXYdN2Yu3-dCs383reSgMP6N3afnRaon77zvSoMzmKYQBedLqBcLfKepPDsfZCcmp-CmN23r5crWQxbpgc9siU7ksrnTGPu95s/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My process for my found poems is just this:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My son, Jace, ripped apart an old book... Zane Grey. So I decided to use it for the poems. I randomly rip out one page and limit myself to only the words on that page, just one side. No flipping. Cut them out, glue them down using a glue stick and tweezers. A quick and fun way to fill a page in my sketchbook. It is almost like fortune telling.... you don’t know what you have to say about your life or your day until you are limited to 100 words on a page. Plus I think the vintage book factor makes it more fun. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On top of sketching daily I have also been taking a photo a day.....</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><img id="id_696e_9ed7_d205_7e61" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qeyAwOd8PYM/Wmsi0v8lOEI/AAAAAAAAJOg/SWM6o8GmdP0R8_1_or5KuDXGe6rTPvz3QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_4044_8868_57fa_f237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yRbXAzBd_DMiUv7MJVTlX021DGbnFG0XqeQY6Fohb66ojk9HB8QFRNtQ9shQ3YRu9zU80iHpmAv9yHg_emSpVBe3X9_S0NlzyhQiHqutIjkaSqYYkD_0C-ojxzN-gbOvIVLrZVXinHg/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_c868_73d_dd1a_ed09" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BW3Cw6YW1VQ/Wmsi2b8nL1I/AAAAAAAAJOs/mQYHnT7E4W4Mb7Da1i7ReZyM2hFnVGfvgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_d0a6_60bd_f05f_3c04" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O89gg4Ac7i8/Wmsi2a-6SKI/AAAAAAAAJOo/IOBWDjAgcUYUGPncvI5u-mR7P3C39fuXQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_df0e_5d8a_d50d_cba2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RwPIgnQsrvM/Wmsi3rLbDGI/AAAAAAAAJO0/8_MC9Pt1TEYODsBm_djAVpn7FMfB4TgkQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><img id="id_9169_2a86_e6ff_78a6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMM23weBJUz7ULB8_fNqFjxYVDX7OU4a-SC2tYpX0nUI8XL7clMnBkDVxNn9iCfJfJf9nE5LWU341lHF2NoB_Xy7grmoJB-BTS7EMI4oonSFz0GHsmcTygP_guJyn2JlXMMEpRkWtbEY/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_e08e_1f3b_ea12_9e8c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Uy1W5gfs71Q/Wmsi7n8givI/AAAAAAAAJO8/gL1h33dn3uYbLLHGfPJv4JRcIMIttK8TgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_730d_9994_acb5_6ba5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ISml7ou6-oY/Wmsi77YX52I/AAAAAAAAJPA/eQJJxtUEywwH3aTDHr9BQUbsrZl3S5-vACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_27b9_fdc1_afd2_37a5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NpvV6EBSQVc/Wmsi8NMJ3JI/AAAAAAAAJPE/7ugulk80HJcPsxLgznCEWqnW_oj5sUnrQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-86190439786445455632018-01-16T12:12:00.001-08:002018-01-18T09:52:28.876-08:00Scribble picnic and a new self imposed challengeMichael Macvean <a href="http://dottyhill.blogspot.com/?m=1" id="id_90fb_fa95_a495_7198">(see his website here)</a> posted a question in his Instagram stories this weekend asking for ideas to use in his sketchbook for a daily project, and in answering him and in our further conversation we came up with a plan. We both have a new unused sketchbook and we both want to create a daily habit of drawing. So to keep each other accountable or just to know we are not creating alone, we are starting this project together on the 20th. We probably will fill our respective journals very differently, I am leaning more toward an account of what I am seeing and doing each day, whereas he is leaning toward creating characters and other things from his imagination, but we are both leaving it open so we have lots of options if we get bored with our chosen topics. <div><br></div><div>It would be great if anyone else out there wants to join in too. No rules. No sign ups. But we will sketch daily and possibly post daily (for the most part, but no pressure or obligations) to Instagram, (we plan to use the hashtag #dailysketchplan2018 on Instagram), and possibly even do weekly blog posts as well. </div><div><br></div><div>So if you already sketch daily, consider joining us. If you don’t yet, but would like to, please consider joining us! You have till the 20th if you want to start when we start, but since there are no rules and no set timeline you can join in anytime, just use that hashtag and we will see you and follow along in your progress too! And if you are not on Instagram just leave a comment once in awhile so I know you are creating too.</div>I plan to post here: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fallingladies/" id="id_3841_88bd_80c_41cb">@fallingladies</a><div>And Michael’s is here: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/a_dotty_hill/" id="id_49ff_7a52_914a_5c18">@a_dotty_hill</a><br><div><br></div><div>When considering how I wanted to fill my sketchbook I came up with a list. (Of course, since I am addicted to lists) I would love to just pick one theme and fill my whole book with that, but I would get too bored too quickly. So maybe I will pick 3 or 4 topics to use, but most likely is I will do a little of everything and just throw it all in my book! </div><div><br></div><div> So here’s my list and here’s my sketchbook (cool huh!) I have been holding this book for a year, not knowing how to start it or what to use it for....</div><div><br></div><div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Daily Sketchbook ideas:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Maps</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fruits</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Recipes </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lettering practice</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Found poetry cut from old books</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mandalas </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Botanicals </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bugs</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Rock cairns</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Seed pods/ nuts/ nature sketches</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Life drawing</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Perpetual sketchbook (I’ll explain later)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Abstract designs</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Zentangles</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Houses</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Doors</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Furniture</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Cars</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Bicycles</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Antiques</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Toys</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Things you used to own </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">All birds </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">All fish</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Under the sea </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Beach scenes</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Boats</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Imaginary boats</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Tea cups</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Packaging that inspires you</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Flowers </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Things that fit in the palm of your hand </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Succulents </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Quilts</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Use a Limited color palette </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Or just Pen and ink</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Or just pencil and one bright color </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Do a Sketch but use one piece of paper or fabric as well</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Glue down a magazine cut out and sketch off it</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Collage </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mushrooms </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cute Animals </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Realistic animals</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anthropomorphic animals</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kid characters</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Character expressions & moods</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Character movement</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fabric design icons </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tea bag landscapes (I’ll explain later)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What you ate today</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“What’s in front of you: breakfast, art supplies, your feet, your backyard, spouses face etc</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Portraits </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Things in your purse</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Collections: postage stamps, keys, favorite things: clothes you love, pens</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An event from your day: scene at lunch hour, a chore you did </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Your pets </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Imaginary pets</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Monsters </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fairies</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Paperdolls</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tarot cards</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Illuminated quotes</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fictional characters</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Things in jars </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Origami </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pattern design </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Your shoes</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Your jewelry</span></div></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Children’s book rough draft </span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Artifacts from a world you create!!!!! </span></div><div><br></div></div><img id="id_2943_7a1b_2a3d_4c6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mbvl-RKnI-8/Wl9IRKPB4CI/AAAAAAAAJDo/DzEyNBzdxiU7CHMjURiO6YaGadMaclkSACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 522px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_a0d2_e34f_4791_d409" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N3pnm-tw-EM/Wl9IRajOGqI/AAAAAAAAJDs/VXBX3LT7XfIq5HVNK73NkYoTdiud1sjAQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_17be_2108_5618_c892" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9m5Wk8d8yKaCR2hG8PoSS_MFsA9MWtkkHYbBNm5qwyfddY9GWH_327SJAs8vmLSlNUQOEyQ5qNi7EO1rmqCKed_F09Yd_YVOU6xnsDftHy42aKHuK7HMsoyltYcsJOD1jXBKWgsPuJJc/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 528px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><div>And actually I didn’t follow my own plan... I started sketching in it already instead of waiting till the 20th, just to see how this new paper takes pen and watercolor..... so here’s my entry to this week’s scribblepicnic!!! The theme this week was hot chocolate.</div><div><br></div><div>What are you waiting for, grab a sketchbook and get ready to join us! ...... pretty please.....</div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-53511699665784730882018-01-12T15:55:00.001-08:002018-01-12T15:57:27.893-08:00It all started in October It all started in October...<br>I fell in love with the way ink blooms into water color...<br>Now I have all these completed pieces.<br>If you want to see extremely short videos of creating parts of them you can go to my Instagram account<a href="https://www.instagram.com/andreadeanethompson/" id="id_b9b5_410c_f059_a386">here</a><br>Or if you want to purchase one just message me and I will set up a listing for you....<br>They are 5x7 and the first person to claim each one can have it for $20.00....<br><br><br><br><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vHlbpfwcODzQhGQJ_vdnakGl3dEtmOJE3Hm7fRQzW9USKOA5GDEAeHNCSXkc4XzZl69capueXFPEhkcAMJM0uRU75j5oIipHLegfxf00buLNQo4KFYtsnext7fjLSBfwqkrqTReWLWo/s288/iphone_photo.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vHlbpfwcODzQhGQJ_vdnakGl3dEtmOJE3Hm7fRQzW9USKOA5GDEAeHNCSXkc4XzZl69capueXFPEhkcAMJM0uRU75j5oIipHLegfxf00buLNQo4KFYtsnext7fjLSBfwqkrqTReWLWo/s288/iphone_photo.jpg" border="0" width="800" height="800" style="margin: 5px; 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height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_17f9_daa_42ef_cdc8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pIenCZ4bh04/Wk_ADqOXqSI/AAAAAAAAI8I/3WACU-PYzYw5XkG2ooOIxF-xQvtmrXJCQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><div>I am using Jane Davenport’s butterfly journal from Michael’s because I can customize it however I want. Here’s the cover and a few calendar pages I did myself. Still not sure if I want to see my calendar weekly or monthly. I am going to try both over the year. And I added a page for goals, books read, a gratitude list, a bullet style goal tracker page, and blank watercolor pages, and blank paper for notes and ideas.</div><div><img id="id_2a5e_9791_123a_9d24" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_KTLpoV-zvQ/Wk-_7AEdSlI/AAAAAAAAI8E/zNntqyf8htkmXP033E2PRcbzxpxgWLkHACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><img id="id_d26_ee8c_34a0_42a" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU21L2J1erQZEzfP1KwhqzmmmG1zQVM5Cvf9dbQjGTddG6U2ehDjt7OvqzsCYQ2PYzthFcpE1r-YUBWHnJu4gaWvsyLh7dGTdQz8eEdYuwFYlihFE0IQSIuN6vpkTtyg3o3gVnU_rb0KU/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 596px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><br></div><div> I always go overboard joining challenges as they come up on social media. I am going to try to limit what I join and just set my own art challenges.... like sketching or journaling a little every day, and taking a photo a day. And continuing my practice of keeping a daily gratitude list..... things I am thankful for, things that make me happy.... little things (besides family, which of course I am thankful for) like mushroom soup, orange flavored dark chocolate bars, cats in car repair shops, a white fuzzy blanket..... </div><div><br></div><div>I am participating in one or two challenges though. As usual I will join in with Scribblepicnic over at @a_dotty_hill on instagram, and paintpartyfriday blog. </div><div><img id="id_f093_4e72_8f92_cb26" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H2xInFY3roM/Wk_AKOz9MhI/AAAAAAAAI8Q/NZGddsJJw7YU8PaUkFmppj17LXHsA12nwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div>Here is one which I think will be fun because it’s only 2 illustrations a month, and it will force me to read these classic kids books. I am reading black beauty now. It should be great for building a portfolio to submit ,which has been my goal for awhile now. </div><div><br></div><div>And if I don’t stick to any of it , then so what. I am not going to make these things into chores or work. The purpose is to learn and grow and enjoy it. If it isn’t fun anymore I can quit without feeling like a didn’t succeed because it is not about the end result. <br><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>And I came up with my word of the year which I have done for about 6 years now....</div><div><br></div><div><font face="Copperplate"> <font size="6">ACCEPT</font></font></div><div><font face="Copperplate"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times">Simple as that..... just accept what is .....that is my plan,</font></div><div><font face="Times"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times">Happy 2018 to you!</font></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-3533500547589040542017-12-22T09:10:00.001-08:002017-12-22T13:44:16.620-08:002017 look backEverybody says it but it is too true. Time passes too quickly anymore! Hard to believe this year is coming to a close. <div>Looking back I created a ton of art!!! Almost a painting everyday! I started off finishing up my alphabet kids....</div><div><img id="id_d15e_d01a_995d_b49f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyS0vmIRqRrakMMF46jZaMhzx2myZ_xxhyphenhyphenHnV0QI1CgbUfLjRh2P5YlzN1jCfW2iFf6iwB5GojOz6lFEXN4IZ-qtGYCshqZirzyLA3-Z4H-nGYC1NWf0xz0HPtVYtcqDy7Ktdk3LmC3FM/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>And though I never put it into a book I may still do that some time.... </div><div>after that I went on to making paperdolls and practicing my lettering....<br><img id="id_d2f7_28_6250_d30f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAudxXW8jcwxmLqAwMBCRoCEcN9yyMGYvtgLnx4LBapB1o4s4fPXCmQYxFfHDuUFo0svWgwXzrtZTbLm4J3939TzhKenXcm6LQKtbpYRYMy87fYQSUQ6Wg_LIyNA4GerVPPYk0T-DUP9Y/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Then I started the 100 day project and created a “joyous watercolor” everyday for 100 days!!!!!<br><img id="id_2d7a_a627_d99c_5489" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Czk46dPazo0/Wj08kpJyHWI/AAAAAAAAI6s/hFZMsa-csXccGZNmT8uAqAzX5O421DCGwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 567px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>Shortly after and during that I worked on some assignments for the make art that sells boot camp class with Lilla Rogers! I don’t seem to have pics in my phone of the final projects....but it was fun and inspired me to really want to try to start submitting my art to different types of companies.... housewares, kids clothing, fabric etc. still haven’t done it but It will be at the top of my 2018 list. </div><div><br></div><div>Then I did 30 days of painting cabins...</div><div><img id="id_1e67_b7be_8f07_e70e" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcHCtApHglR7ENp3FdZONwSj8K_uPsgaUNvCxyIurfsdK2uM15nPNKvHwrQOt8_5dA0pCVzS9ZjM8b0Q-thA16Tf0DCg7lfjwHB_bTOShxeMsshyDwL32QtvkzJ-PskUhmDHx1hyphenhyphenSVkw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 555px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Then Inktober....</div><div><img id="id_1ada_928e_68fd_b7ce" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQUNBqwO3LafN0TpOYWwhp1TcOU-vg9yhETrQ0ePLx3Z_sgvpPWzqCvnmdTrj_qbhU_7f-qg6asYsVrh4aNzjO4JnLpNxcAMRYSJXfDkzkmxbO8g1mXncPY-0SkrqlL8LSpjAZEaYgrk/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Then the cabins inspired houses with quilts</div><div><img id="id_c799_c55_f79d_61ab" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEsz0c0OqVV0auWFpnjpfBntxqBxVNJQhYcPpTSc98zQydCGgvmCGiMPQeMfB5P28Pu3BesoMr2EcbH5Z05w5JpEI0cboyyy7SPqgVj_rsZ3LX-hH5fWMp5zgugAP8J1kV3rpjDU0ogM/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 570px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>And then a 3 color series </div><div><img id="id_e2b1_f844_3120_96e3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZuqJutxpBfs/Wj1hf_JhJmI/AAAAAAAAI7c/yBelcthlnmImJH1y_CY9rVm33tBY-qXdACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 546px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>And then these yellow circles that I dreamed up well laying awake with insomnia</div><div><img id="id_11ef_990c_35ef_c0b5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jvLDEsjEZ0U/Wj1heJqXq_I/AAAAAAAAI7U/XVIZQQwY6L0q-Fiwrc87P8GUJk8ynt3WACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 576px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>And then these baby images came about</div><div><img id="id_a2c9_5243_76a6_55e8" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaOgu5exWGz-fXhot6xn2-2XsL-CQ4HSr6HpgcXzW-qfYOGMXpxIEpdXf2ripksHAMdAZlGb_HFXGQzaXv4iIWi8aEOINpkRvCO_uo8kQrpEkxlWogtPBq2OldGcm1HvJCd7gteOb_e0/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 567px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>And really there was more art than this but if you want to see almost all of it you can just follow me on Instagram where I post daily. </div><div>I have a new series started which you can see there if you go....</div><div><br></div><div>And through all of this art I really did manage to work full time, spend time with family and live a normal life. </div><div><br></div><div>According to my goodreads page I read 26 books in 2017.... some on audible, some actually paper books. Alot of the books I read were, like last years, about bookshops. A lot were set in the highlands. Some were about knitting, some about writing. Many that I listened to were actually read by the author, which makes it really nice. You can see my list </div><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/7197179" id="id_7306_a7e5_75b0_b744">here</a><div><br></div><div>We went on vacation to a cabin in Allegany state park that I don’t think I ever posted about..... we hiked, watched hummingbirds, shopped at the huge antique store in town or at the gift shop which, like many buildings there, was built by the civilian conservation corps and still looks like a 50’s camp lodge, like ‘dirty dancing’ could have happened there. And we sat around and read. </div><div><img id="id_a4cc_d8cf_8990_e157" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lXjzgJQk7-k/Wj1hfGp3zpI/AAAAAAAAI7Y/2nc-Rcd5bTMRihz0zJ8j-9LyYcYuvEh8gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>We enjoyed our garden and did some canning</div><div><img id="id_8e5b_4f98_95f3_6647" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ubk60DJt9pA/Wj1hgDkicMI/AAAAAAAAI7g/ZdmizbSwavoiIXo5XX19j9DvjxYZLvCbwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 555px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>But the hardest part if the year was having all my children, but Jace, move not only out of the house but across the country. Bran the oldest was already in Arizona but now Jesse, the next in line, moved out there as well.</div><div><img id="id_f05f_22ff_16f4_8219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPPfpu5-m5_CK_UDznOq08hWCs-dAEtYbIAjVnLir-5urYJZLlh3SpW2b20k2JXobEueW2S16AG4MybS79ILqrzkwYne-IHJY-Vo-I0zuGweKOFcg-WXqzKPGBZBvHE5rXftsUG_CQV8/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>They drove across the country together and I loved seeing all their photos but I was so anxious about their trip. I thought if they didn’t get killed they might kill each other. But on top of that type of worry it was just hard to have them gone.... kind of like the worry I had during each of their senior years.... like you are losing them or it’s too late to do all the things you meant to do as a parent. It really was quite a difficult time for me. </div><div><img id="id_82e1_f684_e904_610d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AHTbY70bhlI/Wj1hg6LPy9I/AAAAAAAAI7k/IB0xm_nAyF02yoUjLv4ooGoF5RUTUy2WwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>But they made it there, and they are both doing great!</div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And it also meant no more babysitters, or help with our son Jace. That has been an adjustment. I finally found a great sitter to watch him after school till we get home from work. But the girls still miss him too.....</span></div><div><img id="id_dfce_4d0b_393b_6f37" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HC8tmD4bR5k/Wj1hhmvleXI/AAAAAAAAI7s/HKHLcDachUEvvtf6lIxlHVl1s5bL3oRcQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_75c6_2ff9_1754_a024" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gwuR2BWmGQk/Wj1hje99mlI/AAAAAAAAI70/saEc8y45YRwAV8Hq3oaLDEm80-aLtEICgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>I do have another son, Wade, who moved out to Ohio at the same time, but no photos to show.... he is not always agreeable to photo taking. I miss him just as much but it is a little different with a son. He, also seems to be doing well away from NY. </div><div>All this moving out left me with an empty room to remodel into the art room I have always wanted. I will do a post soon with detail photos of my room. I am loving that!!!</div><div><img id="id_c7c8_747d_2eb0_5b2a" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5Fj5mdzqEen_J_UY9FWnyuMBrgugabwZw6X6-lAN9Gl1HWdTIoVm_n8uXCgq9yN07COjn5zSFV6zdn-N1aft1udcHKHNOpy4JAs8T2gZHuoUgoZWzXECK0r4FhX2tpgzotPDNfEhPmk/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>Well, that is the highlight reel of my year! Hope you enjoyed it. Now onto plans for 2018.......</div><div><br></div><div>Merry Christmas, happy holidays and all to everyone reading.... </div><div>see you next year!</div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-22000749568086442892017-12-15T10:30:00.001-08:002017-12-15T11:52:45.958-08:00An ordinary autism momAwhile ago I was trying to decide what I wanted my blog to be like, what my purpose was with it. I am not sure I ended up with a clear view of my goals for this blog or anything but I did decide I would just put my whole life on here, realistically and <i>not </i>just throw art at you all the time. Since then I have pretty much just thrown art at you .... oh well. I guess if you follow me here you will get what you get, and it may change at any time. <div><br></div><div><img id="id_6990_72a6_52d9_e127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCmcZL1RARwPQw6XBqx2Co7KnFyzOZu1EJtMZax4xBI0QkQs8MbxHnfVA6FlVwgDyPKfnCKlemajxbUQkqODfzrBJD4cGZWHNBQYL0tpytqUwaHMs5Fa41Sl6XvxGUX4XW66Yp6CMUBY/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><div><br></div><div>And I do appreciate all of you who stick with me, especially because I rarely get around to all of your blogs to comment anymore....</div><div><br></div><div>so today I thought I would write more than post art, but of course there will be <i>some</i> art. And I can’t say there is really a point to my story today... just sharing a bit of our life struggles. And I know our struggle with autism is just what we deal with. Everybody deals with something , and this is just what our something is. <div><br><div>It has been a tough last two weeks with my son, who most followers know has classic autism.</div><div>He was sick for about 5 days before we got him into the doctor (his regular doctor was unavailable) and this new doctor diagnosed him with strep throat and bronchitis, and gave him an antibiotic. Days later I called the doctor back because he wasn’t getting better and the receptionist clearly didn’t agree with me asking for a stronger antibiotic but she did get the message to Jace’s regular doctor, who immediately called in a stronger prescription and then Jace actually did start recovering. His level of Autism makes it hard because Jace can’t tell you it hurts or where or how much so we just guess from his body signals and such. Plus he has a really strong pain tolerance so by the time he shows his pain it is <i>really </i>bad. He was up all night coughing for at least a week, and my husband and I took turns staying home from work with him. </div><div>Then the day after he was starting to get better our furnace broke and it was COLD in our house for hours. He just did not understand why I was expecting him to keep his sweatshirt and socks on, and was starting to get mad. I finally just got him bundled and took him to McDonalds in a nice heated car, and before you think how unhealthy McDonald’s is, you have to realize it is his favorite thing to do in the world: go for a ride and get French fries! He laughs all the way there on the 15 minute drive! Anyway, the heating guy had us fixed up shortly after returning and the house warmed up and all was well again. And today he is back at school and life will return to normal again.... (well normal for us.)</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3f0e_6d62_50a3_9c68" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yY77HX-vHNU/WjQn-W02hNI/AAAAAAAAI6I/-nxyu5oaw7MTCsy0RGRrfySsupcz-tGKQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jace is just such a brave man, you can’t help but love him.... truly! </div><br></div></div></div><div><img id="id_fba0_4992_54e7_201f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KwLPgnr6BPc/WjQoACg6E3I/AAAAAAAAI6M/5vFJGTEwml4w906mykHlH8O6fftVAUezQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-91535888564064738512017-12-08T13:13:00.001-08:002017-12-08T13:13:15.293-08:00Designing for babies Thinking that I would submit work, like I mentioned before to different places, and one of those places was LandofNod. So with that in mind, I concentrated on creating images I thought would look good on baby onsies. <div><br></div><div><img id="id_28ac_50a0_e17b_25cf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oWEZtlEdy3Q/WisAYFh4E6I/AAAAAAAAI5c/NeKn91rg_88ynp20BOYiPDz7Iu6KV6yCgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 591px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_413e_6c34_757b_5b02" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NZNcXcIGAYs/WisAZ_JgvQI/AAAAAAAAI54/rOfNHT62qAU765gESwWMn1Ugb8scTHt_gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 591px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_cd25_9ef0_404a_a2d9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S7is1k9s6gA/WisAZmS2kdI/AAAAAAAAI5w/AaCnRNshGc4r24xi3DL8ZdYZIKodnnf8ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_f500_64c4_a26c_8060" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefmtaTCyAnMUMOrOBMCZ3Yxm5AvMPoWPMx2UkIsVt-RZEMKU4rF9aMqXlpsgbGji9Ba0MNcrBWEKaaoZz4dIS2cUxRGmvw8i_HKRNmHa0vyEnPrE8DBBeGfPYwsSVZOTjd8ri3UULSsU/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 570px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>So then I uploaded them to my cafe press shop. You can purchase these designs there on onsies, bibs, diaper bags, and burp cloths. </div><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/fallingladies" id="id_b86a_f5f6_a39_123b">here</a><div><br></div><div><img id="id_6709_73d0_8307_e1b3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoD5EDx5wHlFighMUlYD3IMmJx0WtA-Pes8HT7kuTSsdoPEt5Q05XdrA9wfzT2fQWIW7Zo6VXqB66GnHbpddyE7qCUXWrLW6dhhZqI3tySSabWa5OWKge4AMvy3pFWsmkVw0OVV3YkRLI/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 585px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_4f35_ccee_8ae2_98c2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAi2z_XqoXuiTQDU5f4t_aoZZPJO7Pzm1lT-4AkfOm6GPDAo5OwHYSJ1MPkHfQSgbSg6fqmezPzO2VJ2QkRYmKcVm3WY0nihkjJvoo9H9kOXmOqwGshF-30S34A8mHVV1p5T-hLpT5A8/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_e2cf_b32d_ea26_ce47" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OrGjMgiKLh0/WisAZJpSkwI/AAAAAAAAI5o/FKKs5CC_GsYuNsSC-S0MmEDyhpCNhnNsQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_7424_e62c_c73c_c098" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JMpQa-N5xQs/WisAZxnrYcI/AAAAAAAAI50/pkVHREfqs8cIxn5sxbFH2gXnHfAyZ3OPgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Still haven’t submitted anything to any companies though.... it is a weird combination of fear and procrastination and uncertainty.... </div><div><br></div><div>I will put it at the top of my to do list for 2018. </div><div><br></div><div>1. Submit artwork to publishers</div><div>2. No really, actually submit it.</div><div>3. Break it down into tiny steps... write an email to a publishing company </div><div>4. Attach examples of at least 5 pieces of art</div><div>5. Hit send on the email</div><div>6. Try again to hit send</div><div>7. One more try, really just hit send. </div><div><br></div><div>Why is this so hard?</div><div><br></div><div>Hope your holiday season is going peacefully well!</div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-64291277160417376862017-12-01T10:24:00.001-08:002017-12-01T10:24:04.152-08:00A new series Always trying new things, so I have been challenging myself to stick to 3 colors in a series of 5x7 watercolor pieces....<div><br></div><div><img id="id_c471_48cd_f0b1_3495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0nwtSjJdoO6wl4GBofnq_-ep_EAV4Mo_z5B_EbcigGdIO2NEFosVk3IlzqZc_1he78D-UP7XcDAbz_JVaJoDTfC70Jr5gitWSHJhcs14ZpBMWXFo9V3kIPnB0PZgLQyL6j5dhLWBOkk/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 570px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_6df0_2d8a_383b_e8d5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOudOrZkFYBZIy-SDt_4PvBbKTKSjXpIiwTSZ_YZ4uJfLh5_kakWZoMqEdPYmRV5bRdJ5RSIuuFNUpjCb9JN6jTWlpnAnfY8Q28Kp7ggjuMYvZ5yJ3lih3JSyFbiWaBbGY6K0Txt7Dl0/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 570px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_b3c1_28a9_4241_6e7d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6EMYsbBJzsk/WiGd5WHKh2I/AAAAAAAAI3s/7MJBwbkbPTIvD3dePGjOWwAbllhK7436ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 576px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_f98c_2eb2_e395_cd49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1fvTdCs6BWBUI7i6yRm8dwcHkQBl1yeccbVpuqk8Kr6lo7zG9pblHf9ry_POEgOYHW9nUZ70b2mwLmUcInLrHJfdjOsdB5u3EAffP45aohUggTCvChGyLYtVN1_bVNs0RyAhs09TNF8/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 573px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_6b9f_7ae5_3428_f606" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnT97gSd8YQ/WiGd8DoMp5I/AAAAAAAAI30/CiRn9ExK0s4O-4Vn7geuSh86AWGEbpmOQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 573px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>I liked how I could paint anything and it still all seemed to work together due to the colors. Just experimenting, I did some abstracts as well...</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8531_d06b_6db0_7840" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4fYPZVAHUFQ/WiGeC_gKyUI/AAAAAAAAI4I/knnVSgrxuAwlzgMaJ0Xak_tfY6M4RvmxACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 567px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_6492_3780_f060_5b4a" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nVKfdG4ohtXb86M-HZFK_iOe1fhYlD8udjWxG69rj-vxH5UrqnjXTIuoo7433s5Fd2fABLevmLB-nFY2M5XPzRDxRO_h6Zy04POBwWzFWhR_npKlOgYA8bs0jvhpEQTAOZmMBOyFUlg/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_6a07_266d_d9d8_5aec" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgU6YSgnnXaqvflQVdgU1AWHwQCzArcXZfmy6tsKdyNsSwJ2zMr8nE-lZb8aYm8zlf2COOW3t0Zq98rJJeCLAxvl52XqOERjgc6IlemIHUFChPQtS5TsU2AuvlBaHUO38us9LYR3PNWI/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_4259_3b9_63b2_ab84" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zViZ_rDSnpU/WiGeAmJp7BI/AAAAAAAAI4A/2xeejqkvkfsJf4HywQwZgnCJWuN4AhH1ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 555px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_105f_23af_9b96_38cb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3vvFfWMNS1c/WiGeLRx6NoI/AAAAAAAAI4Y/GAmGdh1_6a4vw2c-oqSIacQ7tsChElioQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><img id="id_38b3_e89a_abb5_1388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiRM8raie0k8SZXqQdD-iz3arlNGVO-SPG8ByetZi_goAx_T0JVQDfSJ3H_PBM1LPXAPwOmlekWnUgsn18p_WdNCNTUxw-YkL7DH255dVN86UJiR01fwqr9Sbsa83W2WMlTiAcBvBN24/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 570px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_39f8_ca1f_dc6c_647d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BmaTNY7_S7E/WiGeKA8kx6I/AAAAAAAAI4U/uh8LX2ZBqLwYuApKpMLMP2VrXZZHdftvACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_7e62_b524_7f16_572c" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibi2IB_Abg6MhdVB9WuastIfcw0UunTnAFekDUYAnpTUCHbwmCYeLxym87ok16TUtAXsPfBhqZezb8_usg9aDDNTRkkisCqOi8r8CCaq4b3dL7nMKio5kPqY2IdGljZGyYws8-W2UmWBo/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 579px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_7d4f_d967_8e13_5069" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcbqLWiUa5xnWfjojjnQ0wQajvz6kyBhF9fOzqpx7pVRpLKWnqxY7H3_nLDArk1PtrCC69RVZnZ_jHltsuYWkq_ULwmpgiDcCB1GsSvdMo-iWuYBKhp-wecP2GAWNd-1jGV7RFz9CKmA/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>I used paynes gray, yellow ochre, and a sky blue. I really enjoyed the challenge if only the three colors. It helped to simplify the design when you no longer had to worry about color as much. I think it is a challenge I will try again soon, just with three new colors!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-16266018626397782512017-11-16T16:05:00.001-08:002017-11-17T04:34:16.472-08:00GiveawayI promised to show you the bare essentials I carry everywhere with me. These are the things I cannot seem to live without, and use on a daily basis. The first pic shows what fits in my well worn tiny polka dot purse.... small supplies for a small purse. <div><br></div><div><img id="id_4366_e107_ef3_bda9" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhcp9gSvdIHtez9L6t23QIbmE14amPeeZagL96FGxRlnpQ8tPTesIvd_znHoEAxnIRMM1FpM64gFRCKAU5uJQdAHUqFJkD2RfwQ7VKmMGdugtum4Sn9mY00qCSxjFugUvKp4FATthwgY/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><img id="id_a13c_50b7_2856_b7fd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwaCr6cSaIEY1yJPFvGodK4DnQ5Q8qbfRsJPEuLF6JWcPrw0IDVUk95URFTPYQPOgVAcPcbNnwTiGLbsRu2ubp2uvUDDGsOipqg31MPfWsd1dyX_4cDhbMrK35pQU6REfE4DPeqRQJro/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 555px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><img id="id_7e45_5c_edfe_2c34" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XIOIqJzr3yc/Wg7WUPBTo3I/AAAAAAAAI2k/pt73_3qIC144Fy_h8aggRVGmdCzv4UbfACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 555px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>💭permanent black Sharpie</div><div>💭White Uniball signo pen </div><div>💭non permanent black marker (to paint over with water and let the black bleed out a bit)</div><div>💭tiny spray bottle of water (I spray the paint to help activate it before painting, and I use it to clean my brush as I go) this is a new one, mine usually looks pretty dirty </div><div>💭leather journal from redwoodwillow (I have also gotten an even smaller version from Amazon) </div><div>💭Altoid tin filled with: </div><div> 💜half pans from imlothmelui that are handcrafted and came with a magnet affixed to the back so they stay put</div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/imlothwatercolor/" id="id_df3f_62a_70cf_b4e9">imlothwatercolor</a><div> 💜half pans from redwoodwillow that did not come with magnets attached so they are held in with sticky tac </div><div><div> 💜 a small pencil with an eraser </div><div> 💜 a small brush (I broke it then sharpened the end till it was small enough to fit. I use the sharp end to scratch into wet watercolor for an interesting effect)</div><div> 💜 a folded up paper napkin to wipe my brush on</div><div><br></div><div>This all fits because the only other things I carry are cash, cards, stamps, BurtsBees chapstick, Mr. Rogers "encouragemints", hair band, pen, comb and a pocket talisman or two.</div><div> And</div><div>Here's some pages I haven't shared before .... </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ca91_8557_808f_4707" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yF6ro5vCLK0/Wg7WQosLdlI/AAAAAAAAI2Y/ylgOECRSpokWwvPUrdFErtmpawNeCsppACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 564px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><img id="id_7d19_245c_89a5_65a1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YYhHaD_daKA/Wg40O4Z2q9I/AAAAAAAAI18/0eUsdjJxhmw6kh-cdCHFX9lxyq_i-5wrwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_961c_b30f_8676_4bfc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FYU4ReI6gs0/Wg40PTB_-HI/AAAAAAAAI2A/LRaCJQGB0pAJfAIReVR6Nrv576wxoiH8ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_42fc_52e7_b470_571d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EEfPVgTyRaY/Wg40QQax4nI/AAAAAAAAI2E/YHN4xuxVhOAs66QnGFrM-sy-Z9idP4OEgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_e4c5_bf08_85e2_e36a" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihF10SsP0VkvrsXMm6eLR3t0nGyk0PcgZM-EkaEbu2c3GgRkdumK6Kqg8qd6OOHnNfnPDeUFrXjBf5-if4yuBV07W0XhYW555trhDF53M0ya-q6gWxeJYMA_kIs_OBI5SDlYTMx1wC-04/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 550px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>Then when I know I will have time to paint I carry a bigger bag that will fit the following extras:</div><div>💭strathmore visual journal</div><div>💭Jane Davenport bright watercolor set</div><div>💭a bigger brush</div><div><br></div><div>So, now to the giveaway part....!!!!!!</div><div><br></div><div>last night on instagram I just hit 1000 followers so as a thank you I am hosting a Giveaway there.... just go to my </div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/andreadeanethompson/?hl=en" id="id_1bca_d3d7_4915_f0ed">instagram account</a> to sign up. If you don't have an instagram account and you really want a chance to win, then leave a comment here that you want to be entered into the giveaway too. <div><br></div><div>Here's what I am giving away:</div><div>💭Shutterfly writing notebook (the cover is made with my rainbow rice art)</div><div>💭a writing pen</div><div>💭a 5x7 print of the same rainbow rice piece</div><div>💭an empty altoid tin to make your own travel kit </div><div>💭 4 empty half pans to add your own tube watercolor to </div><div>💭a new spray bottle</div><div>💭a postcard of a painting of mine </div><div>💭a magnet of a painting of mine</div><div>💭a roll of glitter washi tape </div><div>(A total value of $50!)</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_7977_8e38_9498_ab80" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gBGKLnqRX8Y/Wg7WUFP8ngI/AAAAAAAAI2o/OxU2EcZHzuMNUV3ddMGV5eggZ_UYvavhQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 555px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><img id="id_dd26_aac7_3b5f_47ff" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DkIOCZ-u2w4/Wg7WV2YIFfI/AAAAAAAAI2s/GmK_EdwbNqEWVxtVMr5o2Ixzrhcf_rV8ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 744px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><br></div><div>Good luck and hope to see you over on Instagram! </div><div><br></div></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-30681374844834697392017-11-10T07:49:00.001-08:002017-11-10T07:49:19.369-08:00My leather travel sketchbook<div>While I have been posting all the inky art and little house art and new quilt pieces I have done, I have also been quietly doing quick pages in a small travel sketchbook that goes with me on my lunch hours. These are almost always nature inspired, so today I am posting a bunch of these, along with some photos taken at the same time. It has been colder here but I still found the mushroom this week. The negative paintings were done with a quick pencil sketch then I just painted around the pencil, I would have been easier to use a masking fluid but since I am usually out and about I didn't have that with me. I will try to do a post showing my travel (lunch hour) supplies soon, to show you the bare essentials I carry everywhere. </div><div><br></div><img id="id_e647_4262_46c8_ac8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ru76WeyRl7M/WgXKJ1eKGUI/AAAAAAAAI04/fmjDcazveWoARMk_XrpqCZO8OhyTtcA2QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 525px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_8b71_2ef_8b0e_abb3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVeeVl7tCsBA72pzU6PRsfmDQWtLQaPlViE_ZSYd4wU5VAIcmxEkbNm3Zms-qcL65tSMwFA2Ypzqu3_FNjG87BhLobkqVwt9eA1lPO_en4yGclZK6V3HFztPZdjj7MYZ6Fpp28bU_PaQ/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_37c7_4f63_7308_9c72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp01g56b6DIBM2BxBBopdcTuCRsynJLlvELfHYi7d9l_741hz9dSHM4iWMh_7PmbZSXBTDVea2DarkchFgxm9pPEQGedFXmaDrbNrwqSuWKqhlANmuMqc6TlrJwrf7V3xvCq_EEK9JoBY/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 528px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_5d08_1764_edad_fb43" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jGvU695sXds/WgXKIpFbIxI/AAAAAAAAI00/Zl3u-BrK1X8d9BbEZ1v89DkRStCyEBPfQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_a07b_79b0_d0c3_de49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoF2E4zYh2FIEqjmwtCDka0YrYTCQeq8v5HtMQ27dzh8mTiA30cgc9LsGcWNsuhwzoxYgIhYBegor6A-KH7H55SJ_dYUIVbDLLPoFs7vSixMfVKi3la4ksGwqxSRvxDsaX7xIbJW5WIs/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 546px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><div><br></div><div><img id="id_de3_8bac_926d_79c7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7-TqhFGbVi8/WgXKUg_WqzI/AAAAAAAAI1I/s0RE_QxZ6TAQj-Ojce4-0_7NCqJvY90tQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 489px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_a128_2933_dc5d_1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWurFq2aQ_Lbw2pI4Bz7GxEbJsXXfg65nujCo1_wHRVfEZABQP2emkpgv64V2PsWCVy9X7E0Yk9NEZXCo2Jx9PnytBIq5VJwOkSnVGtLF9s3SXACHD4HuUKBLDYylK2P2gFpVqCpnCek/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_995_58ed_ea36_7ea" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonPV1XTgEZ0pTh16cvZ3bDMgxLikD2x6UrTGfTAFgSryve6n4kY6CHbyxNfHZIAeNSGB38qNh-_ewR2TsgSGv3yEW3np-bwVDhByDR4CatRrO2FqOTkbMOa5wtSJaN1yTqHK2Mp47wAg/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_48_66fb_efd1_5462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhui5asyGIqs93fJGSY1NkVtFuC9y_q87wF8aWzIXAe4sUpYwA2Xj2qnTqfZtkM3Kx-KapvcA12qNak5UgrG9eBeMbj5GrD9QQLrw3EyCtcEJWYbcR0Wg8H28qEyI495h3PBEudGB1WVMk/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 546px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_c0b0_aa77_5d96_3e4f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Io4JknZBq40/WgXKXPDpG8I/AAAAAAAAI1Q/-If7aa-3L-0VNYGLpPzKTzVHAZd-dqEUQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><img id="id_ec17_b3f8_d10c_fa27" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cnq7VhZYLaM/WgXKeker8jI/AAAAAAAAI1g/E9C9oYR2xvAwaY6wOGbZn4InwYQ-UrJLgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 516px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_43ca_6add_391a_a4a7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aCKzDdd2dSE/WgXKfiMKmZI/AAAAAAAAI1k/mQIoWecPv6M-ePKJ4voWGLRhlV8dKrhmACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 528px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_9e03_ea36_4ed2_7f35" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99VAlM9FC4rLrFVCukA_ynGa79jJNtA4NKJpPNCf9Fuhs5ogZgA7euBMLssc0ixTYWDKJ3_u6Ry525OaCtY5xg-NwA-y4sdMn2fq9ZyQRpKXeyQF0eKi1yF4qDJ1-yXOBKD2FB1cJswQ/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 546px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_c046_257c_2fd9_9600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWp3Zj6cfy2ZuooYQxEzjcIGxYc_VpAaCvvFAwJ7aQWSTm32Zrt1bKTgzTqcHLrNmxQs5O28PKRIrNvd2dPXcM23XVHsNdYKfpd_G4zYaihEefWjUmtnuvOSK6jW1FZMivSmA_0ELG7WU/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-52349709000427740282017-11-02T18:24:00.001-07:002017-11-03T04:28:27.775-07:00Jumbled series So if you take the cabins in the woods series that evolved into little houses on the hills, And combine that with Inktober you will get this....<img id="id_9ea8_3c75_39d3_def8" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFzhcZWjj8_s6_Xky4abG2fC0K8AGNDVIV17-CmuDkg-bXeXL7rxBoG_9Yjx-KUlJx4i9XgmnCzA03_y8HzZyFcPs0Ab9ISl7a4-9-qqV4PF2YLD_lghCAuoi7hSFzn9KQoF1grYfd3o/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 528px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><div><br></div><div>And that one piece led to this piece....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_bd82_6d04_56ae_7314" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IxJ8zEEq_go/WfvFOpXah9I/AAAAAAAAIzU/RoJmrihqCbcyu3o9-ywBfrFDYhstsO20wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tiny home </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One way to get there </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paper boat </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>And then it was the end of October and I was ready to go back to pencil, and these came about.....</div><div><img id="id_fde4_506_aadd_8412" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q_oEZ5FhFeA/WfvFP1jLZZI/AAAAAAAAIzc/aT5qtksO9IkjUw0eS74t4UtJB8KjZfL0ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><img id="id_e843_ea71_8587_981c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cIqf1KCXuJU/WfvFDfvvZ9I/AAAAAAAAIzQ/YM0PtppjV00lJkADGgzGM9WoRfwQFxskACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 546px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>I had fun matching the scene to the traditional quilt block name.....Flying geese</div><div><img id="id_890e_f44b_3ad3_9a55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7l9HI1VGQ81pZttceSevaNbW-radL909IcD45wTRwQuv2VYKGZEXFr9eupELh7Y_Zwd9aKDqi2a82VCFxXAJDlLpGsPq84WXkpyiKdcUw0AeW-kOAkPotA-7tkCVnc22IMhqNuJB_jNw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Shooting star</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_7704_be97_534c_d97" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Ed4onjzZrTREMZW2AFmWeMJvPbcZt07gyerF8h1F7Xrrcz1xZVc7YcoRIdFgAvwR4AWxfYddcgvgmvTQkt9D9T3SjUIsAvq0NL3-G1mtCcWWMQ6EUVdOTqLvC6KvDK6NzxflPTKw_Ec/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 561px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Log cabin</div><div><br></div><div>I think these are something I can stick with for awhile.... </div><div><br></div><div>And for fun....</div><div>"Reading" this.....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_bc6f_e94e_a618_cb0c" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9o1fz9NH8sAA_i84SsdQAAufd9zSlZ2yjm0OsxJAlNLg3lG-byLNrRntYG2J_xZZe-kwxH7t_w9B__ZopfbYwVkFxSv-ZJPncByhIv6-4JrP41UHVg1sKGfs8z9O_OQXJzwwBdCgxEkg/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div> Listening to this....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_74_10e_2eec_76e" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IzKk2aHFrLQM_dqBKT6MAXid6pE9vTsqlpcLJ3GG67A8LR93W2L4KKCxmzITE2ju9eclRFwk3jgZ1IW2LQR5H5QgiX7OnpqsHKDtiDrLOtHoK6ImJ1vMIoDUSDcLEKXISacPjlsSZm8/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div><br></div><div>And eating this....</div><div><br></div><div>Leftover Halloween candy</div><div><img id="id_95bb_7408_b6c8_b41c" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKd6btF3ziPLoNy06H1bU0SGxBfKNs7EXFOyxmwHc5CuefwB7pj241MhIvGiyOVtX_vB09G27LAa1oucLRSXfcTllWfozkZvq0o4a6B7wYTgkbJ-G4fu70hxs9byD-IzA0L6hBF8FYhU/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 298px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div>Hope everyone has a good week...... </div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-64837742452255146602017-10-27T04:32:00.001-07:002017-10-27T04:38:51.802-07:00Still doing Inktober<div>Yellow polkadots with a few other things thrown in as well for the week......</div><img id="id_2485_63b_430f_7769" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaCb4YCBj9qHPIJAl7B2RnHbczKCObLEyiCL8lpE-rTa4KrEiAeM9n_NFXkP5WDwPt7CfBxFPU7PA3t0QXGrSHFXSU9laDthhnokrg46cp03rLJWwC1bA6EZ-7jVqk68sv3wbCpZx4rs/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>Something different again....<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;">Something different because lately when I have insomnia I imagine a yellow polka dot... a series of painted yellow dots, plain, and with lines, or with white, etc etc</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><br>It used to be white on white images but now it has gone to these dots. One night of no sleep and now I have plans for about 30 yellow polkadot paintings.... haha!<br><img id="id_5351_a91e_38c7_836e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J8poYOuvReI/WfMZY8ywxVI/AAAAAAAAIyk/84wEBo8BxKIk3EnoPDaHqRK4UgeAzsfZwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 549px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_a0ea_6f1d_3187_2ec8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aFXF1Yfe8tM/WfMZYxAbpvI/AAAAAAAAIyo/O84QatMzAOEeQdXv9O6X96DfEBAYbMPmQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_c8ad_c682_fcda_f963" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGfrs60A3wk1uZxqjAJIeCC6JNjpfbzhKsnBwqiw9T0g4jN4Tzjda4XEEKfaH-Onzk5_4YPcGdnKx3iIGO3Xir11lmjkylqiTqFmP2XmuJ20KnpxhYwq3htSWfzz_PmndmRM5w3ESpH8/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 552px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_af6d_f917_9ad8_f11f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqBnz0ve4lL-2rKaTxr-wUGgTRZDgPyAz_aXUyhL9N_scHNrcaDVd2dkACKwYcQd9vJHCDtOyhtf3CRlyQGQTblQQHLS-4lvcRyGXggPd5Wt8hTXs_ruMbJ4g5t_oGIUPWsIniGOS-aA/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_e6fa_bce5_52af_e348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhyphenhyphenKU9iZyRKl3mB7K985lZmiWNI28954ypIWWYCaP1u0Wt9Eu3bw3toEOgowOBTlnNWdQOXtulM73UhP3acwOUosmccwnvJUDnoYDmFZJDXF5VGKk6zSDNtStKl0ZkkijT3Ug1gmY2kY/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><br></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-50894432183831205932017-10-21T08:58:00.001-07:002017-10-21T08:58:29.394-07:00Day 21 InktoberBeautiful autumn weather for our drive...<div><img id="id_51fe_fb23_c869_ce00" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEIfcbVJCey0AyqFnBHa4I_TRsyI-ANhmXKBpzN94bN2lRQEe0v3Fp4PtP5wlYHJahFX6V22D3Hjt99tqGjaEwQ70Wiz8Uumop-1x1wvoTcM4BVfsXFcVQD09aBNZdSV7tK6y7s9CiLE/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 513px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_6f67_9908_f76d_8d04" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I_XLiJaMJMo/WetupB-VasI/AAAAAAAAIyQ/QEJx6r7jo-0-hEHMT2eD8N8mDolJwNwVgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 522px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_2090_4005_4ea8_af98" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k_v5o3dkUuE/WetuoOdbCcI/AAAAAAAAIyM/2FAPo-CQqX8NT1Z5nqy2GUX2J97GEHOIgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><br><br><br></div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298211864094718117.post-12380394774323583912017-10-20T04:47:00.001-07:002017-10-20T04:47:41.788-07:00Day 20 InktoberI meant to post daily but this week got away from me.... so to catch up here is the inkiness for the last week. <div><img id="id_7fbc_5863_e92b_7414" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PQPqK-WasJo/WeniPot-j8I/AAAAAAAAIxY/9JufCaByfns2vxGGBz8UZPWYa_Yl5-4OACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_c89e_8de3_c441_d29f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CUapSR1kJ4U/WeniSXeOb_I/AAAAAAAAIxg/jmRaOn9MMAwjS3hoqrsXRQY48GA7O6mKACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_dc03_620d_7c47_1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hhcPZLKyhAaKbxNpBkQaENLlbgp40eFFwLVDydOJWd5lzmqthpmkJM6MKwPPx6vC2eZzBA4K9PXqfvNmXMoHynhn99_i7wzHMaz1eXJcLXF88Kp5MJW1DBTANDtRTl4o2YwRXGEMVDU/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 537px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_d9e3_a6ed_5dc0_f196" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ier2JQsjqlI/WeniTRDEtXI/AAAAAAAAIxk/4TmpGTunkFY58a-G2EDR2xdGuKjZ3rvYgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 543px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_ef38_8ef3_9767_e277" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RqLn6IbZ6xc/WeniUoUaR3I/AAAAAAAAIxo/sMBpb16YQdg6e5744VTISWSVikQjsE16ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 558px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div><img id="id_e37a_20a_e31d_288b" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaP49RirS2j9Vomdj5t2KaD66_fEOvZJVW0Y1TLox5ZqAj4pDo87O6FkbkIrGzQrIpHCgdAIVBPmxNgoA_AjgrKcXlWSeOMC-ehZxmSiBJVcQYbSDm0fl_lfznx_32_DUPQlS6f5pyr58/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 540px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_c79c_b58c_30ce_f74c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BVP34bqaIk8/WeniWS6Ne6I/AAAAAAAAIxw/Gb8w4UjyPoccN8TFKguqRkstZYJqTJWcACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 528px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_cefb_1466_13f_393e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-coNSLy5ruuM/WeniXHf1ZvI/AAAAAAAAIx4/LbQ_7NiVYFEaZWLMxMGPSaQcH7MIQO7fwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 546px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_3f1a_ae2b_beca_d2ab" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBX8VO4Dhet0VWtQfR1UmHyC4JCqZOsKZQTRre_I1dF7Uo0MuaVkxV6L7drcXzNgXDMNXLPcwBtJlrSSY6rtvj5ZrTnNSCIH9Y6HbTeUhWyuZi13oguyCFF7CfBdBc-ojoV9X0mS__SJQ/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 555px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></div><div>Plus the last few were quite so I did more than one a day... I think I said this before but the part when the ink touches the wet watercolor is so fun. I could easily run out of watercolor paper doing these. </div><div><br></div><div>I may make them into a small calendar. Not sure yet, but I need to start DOING something with all my art. I keep saying I will then I procrastinate. </div><div>The plan so far is.... </div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">🐦clean up art in photoshop so I can use it for the following...</span></div><div>🐦recreate a new website (I had one but let it expire)</div><div>🐦find a better print on demand site (Shopify, society 6 etc etc etc) and list many many pieces as mugs, tote bags, clothes, fabric etc etc etc </div><div>🐦 finally start offering prints in my Etsy shop instead of just a few originals here and there in a half hazard fashion</div><div>🐦decide on at least 5 publishers of either kids art, children's book, greeting cards, home decor or fabric and actually SUBMIT art to them.</div><div>Hopefully putting it in writing will force me to follow through on this list. </div><div>And thank you so much for all the positive comments and support as I struggle through this artistic maze. I do appreciate it so much!</div>Fallingladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14010949984698699058noreply@blogger.com11