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This is my favorite photo of all! There is a wild red rose by my kitchen door. Late one afternoon, I was clipping tired blooms from the clusters; some clusters were hanging down. As I reached for this one to turn it over, a glimpse of gold flashed in the low sun. I looked again and discovered this tiny little frog napping in the heart of the bloom. I had only the negative and a small digital file from a scan, and it has taken me a month to get it into the appropriate high-resolution format where I can finally offer it for sale! Anita60s@yahoo.com
Still learning as you can see :) / Many thanks to Anita Donohoe (also a member here) who has send me 3 / different musicinstruments for my rats. / That was a big surprise!
In Cappadocia, a local vendor covered this old branch with evil eye beads. His shop sits on a hill above the village of Uçhisar castle, carved into the volcanic tuff of the region. The evil eye beads I remember from my time in Turkey had yellow in them, unlike most of the ones we saw during our journey. They became talismans to conquer what ancient civilizations feared, such as nighttime dark, storms, earthquakes and eclipses. The blue symbolizes the sky, the white is the aura of the moon, the yellow is the sun disc, and the black spot in the middle is that little bit of evil eating away at the light. In Turkey, the belief is that evil eye beads ward off the effects of the “evil eye,” such as envy or jealousy, and bounce back any curses or ill will. You will see an evil eye bead pinned to the clothing of an infant, hanging from the rear view mirror of a vehicle, decorating the harness of a horse, painted on the back of a big truck/lorry, placed over a doorway… If it breaks, it has done its job and should be thrown away.
I thought it would be fun to do a self portrait for one of the challenges / I did loads at college 20 odd years ago, but none since. / Well as you can see I have not aged a bit (the wonders of clean living) Mwahhaha I am surrounded by some of my favourite things…....... Giraffes, The Scottish Hills, Butterflys, Cup Cakes, Owls, Peace and Love, Toadstools, Being 40, Lucky Number 7, Pendulum Dowsing, Palmistry, Daisys, Rainbows, Russian Dolls, A Nice Cuppa Tea, Autumn, Stripey Scarves, The Sun the Moon and the Stars, Trees, Books, Candlelight, My Spotty Slippers, House Plants, A Spot of Anarchy, Public Transport, Native American Art, Bears, Haling Crystals, My Rose Quartz Crystal Ball, Song Birds, Silver Rings, Sweet Music, Kokeshi, Art, Cats, Handbags, Mice, Rabbits, Egyptology…................ / There’s a few of my fav bubbler’s initials thrown in for good measure, coz I / LOVE Redbubble too. Edding Pen on Heavy Cartridge / Art Poster on Zazzle Too ….........
Art by Anita- Whimsical Ink
Young Coyote was nervous because she sensed the bobcat hidden about 30 yards away.
Another Calendar version for 2009 xx
The hurricane force winds made Torby feel frisky and she leaped into the apple tree.
model, Anita / nikon d40x / edited – crop also on JPG / as a votable submission for / the World of Tomorrow category. stop by and vote if you can. :-)
What more can I say?
The sun behind this cluster of ripening grapes makes them glow like stained glass.
I couldn’t resist poking a bit of fun. Vampires are a great mystical creature, and individual undead like Dracula, Louis, Lestat have impressive fan followings. Heck who doesn’t enjoy a good Vanhelsing inspired tale? But even vampires in the Buffy series and these others all have something in common. They aren’t wearing glitter!
model, Anita / in the woods., / 2008/ May re post* I didn’t know what I was doing w/my new camera (at the time)....had it on the wrong aperture… so, this is real image that was taken at about 2 pm on a beautiful day in the woods. I just slightly lightened it to see the dress a bit better., but this is the real image….and it’s one of my all time favorite images.
What do you think? / Wanna go out? / Huh?
The old cobalt pitcher and bowl were a wedding gift to my parents in 1940 from my paternal grand aunt Mary. My mother enjoys seeing it when she comes to the ranch for a visit.
This is our old brand for Rancho San Julian in Santa Barbara County, California. It is cut into the gate of a chute in one of the branding corrals. I focused from below through the cutout in the metal gate to the clear blue sky.
A weathered woman looks out from her spot on an old bench on the back porch of the Casa.
An evil eye bead guards the entrance outside my kitchen door.
Portait of one of my favourite artist’s here on RB. / I swiped the reference photo from her buyers booth. ha ha Model: Anita My first of her. I remember seeing one of ther favourite things in her self portrait was daisies and stripey scarves. Again, one of the 20-30 unfinshed sketches if finally got around to. 9×12 / inks, glitter.
It is August and the Naked Ladies are blooming.
I just love the gold!
A storm was brewing over Cygnet Lake.
Pencil on copier paper (!) ... I did this drawing this morning for the ‘Paint the Painter’ Challenge in the Portraiture group, having seen a photograph of AnitaInverarity in the Buyer’s Booth. I hope she likes it! Go see the original Frog Prince, one of my absolute favourites.
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