I love to create
paintings…..photographs…
gardens….sculptures…...
ice cream….biscotti…..
smiles…...
My aim is to continually improve….and to become happily eccentric!
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Clare Colins hosts North Coast Photographic Forum and is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , The Fruit and Veg Shop(2 uploads a Day), ! 100% !, "Tone It Down"! (3/day - No [EXPLETIVE] color allowed!), ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), *A Beautiful Blur, *Focus and Lighting*, 1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period), 300+ Go Long!, 4 Winners Only, Achromatic Nature, Acrylic Painting, All Original Blends, As Is, Australian Art Students, B&W - Character - People Shots, Backyard Macro and Closeups (3 a day), Beautiful ~ 1 submission per 24 hours, Black & White Photographers Showcase, Black and White Photography, Bokeh, Cee's Fun Artsy Friends, Challenge Café, Colour and light, Core [C.O.R.E], Creatures that Slither and Slide (2/Day), Depth Of Field (2 images per day) - Read Group Rules Please, Disability and Beauty, Domestic Art - [2/24, NO PEOPLE, PETS, or FLOWERS. INSIDE shots only.], DSLR Users Only - 1/24 - Camera & Lens In Description Please., Enchanting Powerful Photo Manipulation (2 per day), Featured Features - For Featured Art, Photography, T-Shirts, Writing, Feminine Intent (LIMIT TWO IMAGES PER DAY), Food for Thought, Friends of RedBubble, Good News Group - Sharing & Caring, Graphic Editing 101, Green!, High Key, Images & Ideas, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), JPG Cast-Offs, Landscape Photography, Layered with Texture, Lesbian and Bi-Women's Art, Lost in Space [75% Negative Space], Macro Untouched. 2 per day only (must not be photoshoped) , Macro Water Photographic Gallery, Mature Woman, Minimalism, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Moody, Dark, Evocative (no nudes), Music of the Spirit, Nature's Wonders, No More Color, OUTSIDE THE BOX!, PENTAX , Perspectives, Photo Manipulators, Photographers of Redbubble (2 per 24hr, Camera info added before it will be accepted!!), Photography - Rule of Thirds, Photography 101, Photography Fun, Rocks and Stones, Sepia Only, Simple by Design, Sisters in Arms (feminine relationship described), Solo Exhibition, Strictly Human Faces , Textures Unlimited, The 500 to 5000 Viewings Group, The Art of Intrigue 2/24, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), The Fine Art of Photography, The Grunge Art Gallery, THE PHOTOGRAPHERS VAULT, The power of simplicity, THE SISTERHOOD, THE WAIST UP - Portraiture Photography 2 per 24 hour limit, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, Weekly Theme Challenges, Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, and roadways, Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best and ≈• Monochrome •≈ (No Black and White!).
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Once upon a time / she had a key / to her heart / but he took it / stole it / when she was such a little girl. He threw it in a river. / a dirty muddy river / it sank in a foetid stench / of slime…
in my hand / a rusty old key / an allegory / for the life of / me a key that will open / any lock or door / a magical key / a metaphor / /
sometimes it feels as though you just can’t get out / that the bars of the cage / hold you place / and sadness and sorrow / show on your face but sometimes the bars are easily moved / y…