I think we all take ‘something’ for granted, whether it’s heat in the winter, or that the television will turn on when we hit the pow…
I think we all take ‘something’ for granted, whether it’s heat in the winter, or that the television will turn on when we hit the power button, we’ll have food in the fridge when we open the door, and yes sometimes we even take friendships for granted. We just know that those people will always be there. Sometimes we get busy with what we want to do and get involved with the ‘me’ outlook. “I need to get this done”, “I want to work on this”, “I have to go there” that when there is a friend in need and calling out for help or comfort, we just know they’ll forgive us and everything will be fine….so we don’t take those 15 minutes to drop everything to lend an ear or a shoulder because they are old friends and will understand. / I got a letter from a dear friend of mine recently, her mom was diagnosed with luekemia, given 3-6 months to live. She took her mom to spend a few days on the beach and when they returned she passed away. That got me thinking about all of this, how much and how often we take each other for granted, assuming “they’ll be there tomorrow, I want to do this right now!” / In June 2001 I was diagnosed with Cancer and given the option of surgery or death. Very simple terms and not really much of a choice, I was very blessed to have a skilled doctor who removed every bit of it, but I live with the knowledge that any day at any moment it could come back and start growing inside of me again, trying to take my life from me. Any one of us could go at any moment…......will those 15 minutes we couldn’t spare for a friend…...be the last 15 minutes we could have had with them??? I know that I don’t ever want to have to wonder that about anyone that is near and dear to me, just some thoughts that have been going through my mind while all this crazy drama has been going on in my life. / I’ll fill you all in later about the drama, but right now I can’t get into it in public, because if the wrong person sees it before it’s time, my children are the ones who will suffer. Sorry for the downer journal entry, but I feel better now that it is out of my system. / Thanks for for the 15 minutes, you could have used doing something else.
Wishing you all the beautiful things you deserve and I hope / your birthday is warm and one filled with happiness. I love / you sweetpea!!!...
Wishing you all the beautiful things you deserve and I hope / your birthday is warm and one filled with happiness. I love / you sweetpea!!! big hugs and a kiss :) / xoxoxoxoxo / Bridgett Heather King
Last night I had an amazing 2 hour cross continent phone conversation with said wonderful lady Trisha! Pagly2...
Last night I had an amazing 2 hour cross continent phone conversation with said wonderful lady Trisha! Pagly2 For those of you who have missed her for the last 5 weeks and did not know she wanted me to inform you of what has happened to her. She was involved involved in a T-Boned Car accident at about 4:30am when rushing to assist her daughter. The road was wet and gravelly and when she applied breaks it had no effect! Country roads are perilous at the best of times but even worse after some rain! But you’d think at 4am in the morning you could miss whatever amount of traffic was on the road … but no. she slid into the path of a bloke who suffering the same road conditions couldn’t even swerve to try and miss her! All he came away with was a broken Nose! Pagly is her usual charming wonderful self considering she has 4 compressed disks in her lower spine and has “Bits of her she cant feel!” lol But the prognosis is good. After a little bit of healing R&R time she will be back to normal! She is in a torso cast and was 3 or so [I’m not certain] weeks in hospital; and has finally come home to stay with her magnificent daughter, demanding that her daughter give her a mobile phone immediately!! [hers went mysteriously missing from her wrecked car!] In hospital she of course had the staff in fits of giggles [as was I most of the conversation! lol] and eventually the nurses finally got her back by sending in the most gorgeous male nurse to give her a bed bath! :o) Her only lament is that she cannot get on computer until the cast is off and she has the ok to sit up unaided! That wont be for another week or so yet and she is VERY ANNOYED with it! lol She is missing the bubble immensely and all the goss of all her friends! So I wonder if you could drop a line or two here that I can read over the phone to her on my next call and I will type out her reply to you :o) [Just call me Scribe!] And if there are others that you know who know her but may not read my words could you direct them to here to join in if they would like to! [To make a link copy & paste >> “here” << / & then copy >> http://www.redbubble.com/people/adgray/journal/1202533-to-all-you-pagly-loving-people << & paste it directly beside the “here” without a gap and it should then come up as a link to this page. ] This is the true spirit of this community – virtual or not! The woman is as amazing in reality as she is in print! Yet behind all that social blathering fun she is in immense pain and discomfort and I know she is hating not being independent! and I feel for all of us, that she has helped, touched, communicated with on whatever level, to give her just a bit back would mean so much for her! Thank you I do believe she will then find the courage to face the next hurdle – possibly needing to learn to walk again! Keep Happy from me and from our amazing friend! ~ alyssa & / on behalf of Pagly! :o) / x ♥ x ♥ x ♥ x ♥ x ♥ x ♥ x ♥ x ♥ x ♥ x ♥ x
Ive been up all night yet again…........ I was about to log off when I realized I need to write this journal first…............. PLEA…
Ive been up all night yet again…........ I was about to log off when I realized I need to write this journal first…............. PLEASE….................... Go read this and offer your help or support…................ Let your lights shine for the world to see….......... I appreciate each and everyone of you that go here and help this person in need ! I love you all …........ Hugs and have a beautiful weekend! / Bonita :) PLEASE CLICK HERE
WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO !!!!! Thank You So Much Masterpiece Literary Group For The Support and Feature of My Writing Spirit Circles Danc…
WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO !!!!! Thank You So Much Masterpiece Literary Group For The Support and Feature of My Writing Spirit Circles Dance… This Piece Was Inspired By A Dear Friend On the Magical Red Bubble and How I see Friendships How they Ever Grow and Ever We Carry Through The Good and Bad !!! We Laugh ,We Cry, And Share Our Lives Together !!! WOOO Hooooooo Linaji Woooo hoooo !!! I Love Ya Your Spirit Circle Sister Amber Elizabeth:):)
Van Snug HERE has such an AWESOME SPIRIT and GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AT THE SAME TIME IN THIS JOY…
Van Snug HERE has such an AWESOME SPIRIT and GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AT THE SAME TIME IN THIS JOY HE HAS A DEEP SENSE AND LOVE FOR GOD AND HUMANITY HE IS MY BROTHER Officially adopted me and I am so blessed Here are our collaborations I say to date for I LOve working with him and hope there are more to come / hugsss lil ol me x / #1 SHINING THROUGH MY SOLITUDE / 2 BLESSED BE THE CHILDREN /
Just when you think life couldn’t get better… / Beauty just enveloped my entire being, complete with joyous and cleansing tears!!! / Firs…
Just when you think life couldn’t get better… / Beauty just enveloped my entire being, complete with joyous and cleansing tears!!! / Firstly, the greatest gift from “Healing Painter”, UNSEEN called Creative Energy / Synchronistically, I receive a bmail from TeriLee and linaji who confirmed all that was written with the divinely guided painting, to feature me as their group’s artist of the week – WOW!!! / ADAWG All I have to say is Sing my Sister, Sing / And, of course this means brothers as well… The feelings are overwhelming and I am so grateful to RedBubble, my friends and family here for the love, support and consistent care for one another’s form of expression…life is BEAUTIFUL – THANK YOU and Namaste’
Hi, everybody. I’m torn between spending popping in and out all day to visit you all, or getting ready to go away for the weekend. So I’m…
Hi, everybody. I’m torn between spending popping in and out all day to visit you all, or getting ready to go away for the weekend. So I’m going to give myself an hour here (to begin with lol). I have three more photos to put up, then I’m going to look at all your lovely work I’ve missed today. / So, here’s a little something to make your weekend go with a swing. One of my favourite songs to dance to of all time. So have a little dance on me. It’s good for the body, and even better for the soul. Here’s Michael Buble with Van Morrison’s Moondance With love from Agnes xxx
I HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE.. I UPLOADED A COUPLE PIECES OF ART AND TRIED TO SEE ALL MY RB FRIENDS ART HERE IN LAST FEW AND MAKE CO…
I HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE.. I UPLOADED A COUPLE PIECES OF ART AND TRIED TO SEE ALL MY RB FRIENDS ART HERE IN LAST FEW AND MAKE COMMENTS.. MONDAY MORNING..COLUMBUS DAY!... slow on the return but what a return! Every one knows the Love BUbble of / Erhan OZBRYIK by now I would hope! / HOWEVER.. HERE IS MY EXPERIENCE TODAY… I did not see his home page until this morning, Monday is the mornings I spend with my partner Terilee or Terri of aspectsof tmk (for coffee talk) and am dedicated to group work and catching up with all the notices about YOU>! / I love my Mondays because I love RB and RB is YOU. Today however I got a BM from Erhan. About something in a few hours.. but I was gone and that mail came 17 hours ago! I decided by the nature of his letter to go to his home site…....Erhans Home Site here you find categories of links to his friends on RB and a host of Dedications to many like…. Honor Book dedicated to all his active groups he loves or Honor Gifts where he has posted all the gifts from others to him.. / or there is the list of those he admires in their work.. SHOTS AND MASTERS UNTOCHED A GORGEOUS COLLECTION! AND SHOTS AND MASTERS B&W / WHAT A LIST OF ‘MASTERS’ HE HAS ASSEMBLED! SHOTS AND MASTERS PAINT OR TREATED / Good God! I am among them.. I am floored! I do not know how I missed all the attention he has so lovingly given me and to many others in his Dedications.. He did not write me and tell me he did this!!.. he left it for me to find this Gold Mine! I am named among so many truly wonderful RB Masters I find well beyond my means at the moment. And for this alone I am completely honored. What a Soul to put together such Love and not even find the need to tell the person, allowing for them to find their own treasures. You know… / If we all could allow each other to find our own way in our own time …keep our nose outta each others pies ….. THERE WOULD BE PEACE ON EARTH…. FOR ERHAN… I GIVE YOU MY SMILE AND MY HEART…. A POEM FOR YOU . FOR ERHAN / The Heart of A Warrior What can be said for the good deeds done with the heart of a Warrior? / Unspoken need for thanks, / Because in the deed itself, / Thanks is given. A heart that beats to the tune of life unfolding, / Exploring the unending openings, leaping into the eternal / Chasm / and back again to find / Home / A portal into ones own / Soul. This Warrior has sent his war Cry! / A timbre, a mood that takes the friend, / Quite by surprise! / Yet feeling all the while that something was / Brewing behind that smile! / That Gorgeous Smile.. / That one likes to / Be near to, have tea with, hell, get drunk with! The Friend can only hope he/she gives enough in return, / When upon discovering the hidden treasures / Of a Warriors Heart / They too can unravel the secrets to a smile and attitude / That / Heals / And so too leads the way into the world of Joy and / Co-Creation. / The Warrior seems to reminds us to always follow Ones own, / Heart Path! / For this alone I cannot repay. Thank you Erhan, you are loved by this friend. / xoxo Linaji2008 HERE IS SONG FOR YOU TOO
Hi!! It’s been a great week, getting wedded and having people purchased my works, I have lots of reasons to smile these days :D Fir…
Hi!! It’s been a great week, getting wedded and having people purchased my works, I have lots of reasons to smile these days :D Firstly, I’m pleased to share with you that one of my work was selected to be part of the Compassion Courage Friendship book published by Redbubble :D I’m also very happy to receive the $100 RB voucher too….I take it as a wedding gift from RB,haha! :D I’ve also started a button collection with these buttons I have purchased from zazzle.Some of these designs are also from our fellow bubblers, can you tell which ones? :D I made some 10 sales at zazzle over the last 1 week plus at zazzle, thanks to the many on going promotions that are going on at zazzle :D These are some of the items I sold:
First Thank You Live love dream Group For All Your Support and Feature God Father Guidance God Father Guidance / God …Father Guidance ...
First Thank You Live love dream Group For All Your Support and Feature God Father Guidance God Father Guidance / God …Father Guidance / Author Amber Elizabeth Donais / Artists,bamagirl38here / and Linda Brintzenhofe here / / God… My Father, A Light House / To Guide …My Body Vessel / To The Shore…I, Your Light / Forever Do I Stand …I Stand Forrever… / More… Our Father In Forgiveness… / In Love,In Guidance and Grace… / To Ever Love …To Ever / Embrace You , With His / Miraculous Way. / Here The Voice Of The Almighty / Listen, Can You Hear….In the Sea / Yes Upon The Wind / The Voice That Carries… / And LightsOur Sky Speaks….. / I Am Father God …Yes / Almighty God …Eternal Grand / .I Reach Out My Children / I Hold Out My Hand / For I am Here… / In Times Of Comfort / In Times Of Need / To Gently Guide…. / You With Love And Ease.. / To Ease…To Guide You / Just Follow …. Follow My Light / Follow My Path…The Path / Of Right… I am Here To Soothe / Your Troubles To Ease / Your Pain…With Love / And Direction … / Be Born …Born Again / As You Travel A Journey / OF Vast Contrast … / Sea Unto the Shore… / I, Your Light Forever I Stand … / I Stand Forrever… / More… / A Journey With Choice.. / In Free Will. / Seek Guidance Connection.. / Find Love And Joy… Yes… / May Our Hearts Always and Ever, / Ever Entwine….Remember.. / The Love The Love / That Is Mine… / May I Help You To Achieve…. / Gain Faith,To Believe… / May You Come Ever Nearer / Ever Nearer To Me… / May You Shed Off … / Such Darkness / Pray… Keep Me In Sight… / Remember, I am Your Beacon / I am, God Your Light…. / May We Grow.. Ever Closer / To End… As One… / When This Life…Is Over / Our Eternal Life In SunEternal Life… / Your Journey, Our Journey, / Has Yet Begun I am .. / Your Father A Light House / To Guide … Your Body Vessel / To Lead Ever To The Light / To Guide My Children To Love / To Keep You Keep, In Sight….To Carry… / I Ever Carry You To…The Mighty Shore… / In Forgiveness …In Love / In Guidance…In Grace… / Father God … A Light House / Light House… Guidance… / Eternal Grand I Am Almighty God… / Forever I Yet… Stand … / I Stand Forrever More With My Sisters/ and Terrific Artist Friends Bonita and Linda Brintzenhofe, Whenever I have a bad day they are there for me and are such Awesome people Second Maybe Firstly I Want To Thank the Red Bubble For I Have Found the Most Awesome Kind and Fun Friends I Have Ever Had In My Life Right Here On this Gallery and I am so grateful and Blessed / Love Them and Love Ya All Too !! / Amber Elizabeth
Words by Linaji / Photos by David Friederich *Around each turn, / I feel his joy. / I can see it!...
Words by Linaji / Photos by David Friederich Around each turn, / I feel his joy. / I can see it! / look at the pied piper of the waters edge he! / Birds dance to his tune Spiders spin their best designs / With diamonds made of sky / Oh Me Oh My!! / There is Whiskey Jack a sweet little grey / And the Northern Flicker / Who normally hides away / But for David / They bear the day! / / His Oshi came to tell him so much, / A kitty that loves and desires his touch. / David, / Deep love for his treasures / And his eye sees deep and tender / Truths / I am such a fan of his love of this land / And Send him star like wishes for / All that he will do! / LINAJI 2008 DAVID.. first got my attention with his work with two juvenile bald eagles.. / / I have never looked back.. just felt compelled to go through his work and write a little something for him. Thank You David.. for all that YOU are and Do.. / Much Love, / LInaji
I was asked quite sometime ago to answer a few questions for Avalyn whos work I adore and Spirit…
I was asked quite sometime ago to answer a few questions for Avalyn whos work I adore and Spirit I am drawn to. She asked me questions I believe are what is behind my Art of Today… / Thanks you so much Avalyn!! and for my fellow bubblers..if you feel like reading the interview please do here in my highlighted thanks….. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY CO-CREATORS
’ A Pets Prayer’ / If it should be that I grow frail and weak. / And pain should keep me from my sleep. / Then you must do what must be done…
’ A Pets Prayer’ / If it should be that I grow frail and weak. / And pain should keep me from my sleep. / Then you must do what must be done. / For this,the last battle, can’t be won. Don’t let grief stay your hand. / For this day,more than the rest. / Your love and friendship stand the test. / We’ve had so many happy years. / What is to come can hold no fear. / You’d not want me to suffer. / So when the time comes,please let me go. Take me where my needs,they’ll tend. / Only,stay with me to the end. / And hold me firm and speak to me. / Until my eyes ,no longer see. I know in time,you will see,it is a kindness you do for me. / Although my tail,it’s last has waved. / From pain and suffering,I have been saved. / Don’t grieve it should be you who this thing decides to do. / We’ve been so close,we two,these years. / Don’t let your heart hold any tears. SMILE.FOR WE WALKED TOGETHER FOR A WHILE.
WOW ..I WOKE UP FEELING PRETTY BLUE.. THEN I WROTE ABOUT IT.. THEN… YOU GUYS RESPONDED WITH SUCH GLORIOUS LOVE THEN… ONE OF MY…
WOW ..I WOKE UP FEELING PRETTY BLUE.. THEN I WROTE ABOUT IT.. THEN… YOU GUYS RESPONDED WITH SUCH GLORIOUS LOVE THEN… ONE OF MY FAV POEMS FEATURED IN MY FAV GROUP…CORE THEN.. MY FAVE SOUL SEEKER/ARTIST KUMARJI . JUST WROTE A JOURNAL REMINDED ME…..........ONE YEAR TODAY.. I LEFT THE DEPTHS OF WHAT I ‘THOUGHT’ A FAILED LIFE AND DID NOT KNOW WHO I WAS…..AGAIN... AND THAT MORNING I WENT TO MY COMPUTER AND OPENED UP TO A SITE CALLED RED BUBBLE AND THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU RED BUBBLE!! / THANK YOU TO MY LOVERS OF LIFE HERE ALL!!!!!!! I TOTALLY LOVE YOU!! PS HERE IS MY FIRST JOURNAL ENTRY BACK IN ‘THE DAY’ THIS WAS A FEW DAYS AFTER I LOGGED ON HERE.. BOY.. ONE YEAR LATER..GEESZZ I GOTA JOB THAT GIVES ME ALL THE TIME I NEED FOR MY ART / AND WRITING AND I HAVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! linaji FEB 12TH 2008 I am yet to be bubbled out Last night I just had to stop. For some of these practiced veterans on this site who have honed the holiness of their craft will attest to I am sure; it is a prize when one finally lets go and pays attention to that which is really the peg that fits into the round hole, the round jpeg…hehe. I have scattered my writing, my photo’s and my passion all over my bedroom for years. Recently I have used this beautiful arena here at Red Bubble, as a catharsis for my fledgling momentum towards the me I have discovered in the last few days. I have made some pretty bold decisions. I am going back to basics and pursuing the dreams I have let go of over the years. Wait, I have to be honest, there were no dreams, I never dreamed that I would pursue art, or any craft thereof, it was my brothers domain as his work was well in the making since I was a child. I remember his ability to watch TV and draw at the same time. Still to this day, he does exactly that, watch some media piece, perhaps a movie of his choice while he works. I am having a hard time today deciding what to do but I have promised a friend I would help her out by selling a product or several that have to do with a branch of business I have been interested in and actually had a business in over the last few years.. Interior Design (emphasis on Green Design). I just don’t feel it. I am trying to decide; no I think I have decided that I need to take up my calling. The trick is the money thang.. Anyway with the unlimited supply of money and ideas available perhaps after I go through the motions of showing up for life today the answers will come, that is what I am betting on. So off I go leaving my dearest RB pals for a bit and sift through the day. I leave this journal entry with hope, happiness and a bit more clarity than I have enjoyed in a while. / LindaR / reply I can so relate to your writing and feelings and perspective – thanks for saving me some “ink” :) / / Nancy Fischer / reply same here. i decided – in november as a matter of fact that my creative energy deserved attention and have found in my writing and with color and design and abstrackts and landscape phototos, etc. that i can breathe again. i will not compromise my art or writing to a journalist or someone who suggests that i should this or i should that. right now having it be my lifeline is good enough. the money thing, yes that’s something we all have to manage, at least to pay our bills – i was a six figure girl for a long time but couldn’t put two sentences of a poem together. i’m happier now. stay basic and love what you do. you never know where that can lead…. life is so much more than money. there’s art and beauty and love and friendships and the sea and …. and… and… and…..on and on and on…….. / Add your comment as a reply to Nancy Fischer / ) * / adgray / reply / / Yes Linaji we must pay dues in this world. / [You just encouraged me to put up my latest poem – “Paying Dues”] / Once there was a time shamans and bards were honoured guests the households privileged to have them visit, wealth was to have your own live with you. / But now artists are seen as “Bludgers” as the Australian slang would describe it / Yet history is recorded from the cross references of culture – created by artists / And mankind seek art in all it’s forms to express themselves or escape their woes / You think they’d like us a bit more and give us a hand to let us get on with it huh? ~ adg xox / PS I decided I was a writer when an ankle injury forced me to be house bound and on crutches for the best part of 8 months and in all that time I saw no one but my mother and my children. I could not return to uni and finish my arts/education degree but more frustratingly I could not go to the book store or library to satisfy my thirst for reading. So I wrote my own book – a saga too large for here! And finally I showed my family what I was “wasting my time doing” and found the support from one brother – one out of 20 family members but one was enough I declared myself a writer! ~ adg xox / / MAN O MAN.. WHAT A TRIP.. THANK YOU SO MUCH KUMARJI.. YOU HAVE TRULY MADE MY DAY AS RED BUBBLE HAS HELPED TO MAKE MY LIFE… BITCHEN!!!!!* (Serioius.. I never used that word when it was in vogue.. but it came to me today.. my one year here…. and well.. today it totally fits!!!)*
My painting Love Bombed is my first painting to reach 1000 views on RedBubble. This work has recieved 51 favourites and 159 comments. / ...
My painting Love Bombed is my first painting to reach 1000 views on RedBubble. This work has recieved 51 favourites and 159 comments. My highest viewed photograph is Joie de Vivre and this one has received 3376 views. I just want to thank all my beautiful friends on RedBubble for all your wonderful comments and support of my art and writing. RedBubble is the best community and I have been enjoying your friendships, your beautiful art and sharing my art with you since September 2007. It has been a stunning journey so far. With love, Anthea
I think most who will read this, know what it’s like when life grabs you in a choke hold and drags you away from where you “think” you wa…
I think most who will read this, know what it’s like when life grabs you in a choke hold and drags you away from where you “think” you want to be….or go… / For example….redbubble… or catching up with friends and family…... or …. anything really…. I did not intend this to be a personal journal baring the soul, but I think it might turn out that way, as when I address ‘redbubble’, it feels like I am in the safe company of good friends, around a world wide campfire, rather than throwing my thoughts into the cold, blank void of the anonymous e-world, and that those who are listening to my voice here, are fellow souls who truly care. So in advance, I thank you for from the bottom of my heart for your time and friendship and understanding. I have not been on here as much lately, have not been viewing or commenting on your work and I apologize. It doesn’t feel right to list all my reasons, as they are long, deeply personal and probably as difficult and painful as your own issues are for you (and I don’t fool myself that I am the only one with concerns or demons to face – I know that all of you have your own – your humanity is always evident here) So I don’t ask for sympathy, or even comments, just understanding and a mutual awareness that we are all in this boat called life together, and at times it just ….well….it just ROCKS! (in more ways than one!) A few close friends are aware I have been struggling with a disabled member of my family, my adult child, whose wellbeing is as important to me, as those I have been fighting so hard to protect from her difficult behaviours. It has beaten me down, so very much. If you wonder why my focus is often on the dangers of vaccinations (see my past journals), then if I explained my daughter’s intellectual handicap was due to brain damage caused by the reaction to her immunisations as a baby, you might understand. After 22 years of this struggle, trying to give her a good life, while protecting my other children, my elderly parents and myself yet also trying to protect her from the consequences of her behaviours, I find at times I have very little left in reserve. It has damn near killed me, at times you have no idea how physically close to the truth that is. I have lived with the fear that we would never get the help we needed until someone died or was seriously injured. For all the physical grief, there is even more psychological trauma behind these events as domestic violence is never bound by neat definitions. I am holding on as there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon, as finally the organizations that were meant to help, are finally showing action and not talk and things are being put into place to TRULY assist my besieged family – three generations, caught up in this, with me in the middle the sole carer. In three weeks time, there is a shift scheduled for my daughter, and therefore my family so that I will get the first true respite from this situation in 22 years. I cannot even imagine what it will feel like. I know it will still be tenuous after the event, but I just hope it brings good things for my daughter and gives her the quality life I have been seeking for her. She deserves a break more than I do and for all the fear surrounding my situation, she is also the victim in so many more ways than any of us. Part of me wishes to celebrate, but how can you celebrate such a sad situation? How can you celebrate what would seem to be a failure as a parent to provide for your child, or protect your family or self? And yet, beyond it all, I must celebrate the moving on, the change, the growth, the LIFE that this is all about…...and just being the best we all can be, regardless of our situation….. I have been facing some serious health issues….currently time will tell how serious, but I won’t be beaten…..still got the sense of humour intact and pray it stays that way. Sunny side up? OKAY! Breathe! (and believe!) Due to the 24/7 nature of the stress around my family situation, It just means that some days, the only spare time I get must, of necessity, be used for my own wellbeing – to rest. And I have to ignore my feelings that I must reply to people, correspond, view, talk, offer help etc even when I really want to…...because at times I simply have nothing left to give. So I do not answer the door, or the phone, nor reply to emails or comments, nor even get in my car to drive to town. Over the years, being creative has been my solace and my healing…... it restores my sanity… gives meaning to my journey….renews my energy and my faith ..and even dipping into this creative pool that is redbubble and absorbing the richness, diversity and beauty of others and what you share, has helped me to keep going when times have been incredibly painful and hard. (SO thank you all for that). That is hopefully an explanation of my sporadic participation in this vibrant bubble community. Those of you who work with energy or who are sensitive to the earth and spiritual changes going on around us, will indeed know that these are turbulent times for all, and the energy has been of heaviness, loss, hardship and most of all, enforced change. Shed the old ways, embrace the new energy, or get left behind holding nothing but dust. These times seem to be painful and difficult for everyone around me. There seems to be so much hurt. But endure, people, as it will pass! I choose to believe this. / The wheel turns…however slowly, but it TURNS. And rolls around through the mud and shit and back up and into the sunlight. / Life seems to dish out some tough lessons, even cruel twists, but then it smiles and hands out a few rewards and peace offerings as well…...all I can say is, life is never dull. A second journal tonight will explain that there is always an “upside”......
What wonderful surprise to find out that my drawing TAPPING AWAY WAS FEATURED IN THE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS GROUP …....03-09-09! / Many t…
What wonderful surprise to find out that my drawing TAPPING AWAY WAS FEATURED IN THE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS GROUP …....03-09-09! / Many thanks to the hosts Selly O., Amber E. and Patricia M. and also for being a FEATURED MEMBER in this amazing group ! It’s always such honour to be featured among so many extremely talented people ! I’m honoured and thrilled…..you really made my day ! RUBENS FORM 2 WAS FEATURED IN THE FEMININE INTENT GROUP…..03-09-09! / Many thanks to the hosts Marion Chapman, TeriLee and Linaji…..it’s very appreciated! / CANCER WAS FEATURED IN THE IMAGINATIVE REALISM GROUP …..03-09-09! / Many thanks to the hosts Antea and Rahul …..it’s very appreciated! / I hope you enjoy browsing through my art-work and / / for visiting !
Hopefully a wonderful year is ahead / Arguably there will be new friends and faces / People and places to explore and discover / Poetry and …
Hopefully a wonderful year is ahead / Arguably there will be new friends and faces / People and places to explore and discover / Poetry and music to soothe your mind and soul / Yesterdays sorrow overcome Believe me / I understand / Reality can bite / Thoughts can swirl and torment / Horrors throughout the world / Demanding our attention or ignorance / And always the struggles / You alone must confront and challenge Still, you have the soul of a warrior, a / Hero who fights for his beliefs and truth itself! / Over-ambitious? No!!! / Ablaze with love and laughter, / Inspirational to so many, / Because you are you. Love and laughter / Debsta xoxo
Namaste Everyone As some of you might know a few of us are rather concerned about David Holmes...
Namaste Everyone As some of you might know a few of us are rather concerned about David Holmes as he appeared to have dissappeared. Lyndy has just informed me that, She has finally heard some news on David, its not full details but it appears he was hit by a car on Saturday Night and is currently in an induced coma. Please can you Lovely Angels send him your loving healing energy and keep him in your prayers. Thank you for taking the time to read this . In Love & Light Namaste Jilli HUGS xxx
I met him by mistake you know. He was coming out of a public toilet in Liverpool with an amused twinkle in his eye and humming a Dylan tu…
I met him by mistake you know. He was coming out of a public toilet in Liverpool with an amused twinkle in his eye and humming a Dylan tune. I wondered what he’d been up to. I thought that maybe he was a toilet-trader-cum-graffiti-writer. He spotted me and I tried to walk away but he came after me asking what ‘Tinkerbelle’ would be doing in that part of the world and reciting something silly about hippos, bears, deers and ewes and then, without even the slightest hesitation, he openly suggested sex in the same public toilets, saying that it had marvelous pink marble lavatories….as if sex with a leprechaun on a pink marble lavvy was supposed to be supremely enticing. He launched into something Shakespearian and then said something inappropriate for a first meeting like ‘mmmm….just us two together naked between white cotton sheets…..mmmm.’ I sat down on a park bench in wide-eyed silence and thankfully he seemed to have disappeared for a while and just as I was drifting off he snuck up behind me and licked my ear, whispering something about wanting to touch my plums before he deftly yanked at my skirt and said “what are you hiding in there?” as he guffawed out loud at the look on my face. I had sort of forgotten about him when he turned up unexpectedly again and took me off to a beach picnic. Obviously he had planned his seduction routine being as the public lavvy suggestion didn’t work. He really turned up the heat with divine Thai food and red wine and lots of Bhut Jolokia chilies. I was surprised at his subtle good taste and slightly fascinated at the unusual way he enjoyed his chilies and wine. He had on a blue silk sarong and my eyes kept dropping to his waist….or area thereabouts…. He never misses a thing, which is quite infuriating. Then he surprised me by hauling out his instrument, a guitar (that’s what some people call it) and serenading me all afternoon. I didn’t see him for a while after that as he seems to travel around all over the world. / I just happened to be playing cards with some sharks in a park in London during which I had literally lost round after round until I had lost all my clothing when he turned up out of the blue again and enquired solicitously as to my nakedness and, of course, sporting that amused and infuriating grin as he slipped his silk hanky through my belly ring. “Nice to know the curtains match the carpet,” he said as I stormed off and decided to fly south with the flamingoes, thinking I would never see him again. Coming in to land in a salt water pan in Botswana, the Makgadikgadi, to be precise, I swung myself from the wing of my flamingo and landed on what I thought must be a luxury mattress floating in the pan. “Still naked?” came a lazy drawl. Oh no! that all too familiar voice again. Yes, it was him. “What are you doing here,” I asked in a soprano screech. (He never, ever answers any questions directly.) “Oooh yes,” he said, “that’s the spot right there,” he said gaining color, as I leapt off him in horror. / I think it was when he took me on an elephant ride at sunset that I started to get really fond of him. It’s been three years now. He comes and he goes. He delights and enflames and enrages me. He’s turns up in the oddest places wearing the oddest outfits. A true eccentric. Somehow I think I’d miss that knowing grin, those twinkling eyes, that tongue in cheek humor always laced with spice and the many belly-laughs he has given me. I’d miss his ebullient joi de vivre and the extra ginger he always sneaks into the Christmas gingerbread and the funny faces he paints on them when nobody is looking. I guess one just can’t fight the destiny of an oddball friendship between a leprechaun and a fairy, no matter how it starts out. I’ve grown to love him. After all he did lend me his silk hanky.
Aloha kakou, to all our beloved family and friends. I have met so many wonderful people on this website this year. It has been a learning…
Aloha kakou, to all our beloved family and friends. I have met so many wonderful people on this website this year. It has been a learning experience as well for there are so many talented photographers and artists who are a continuous source of creative inspiration. I appreciate the kindness of all the hosts as well of the many wonderful groups who have featured my work. / / For those of you who so kindly responded in my private BubbleMail with holiday wishes and beautiful Christmas cards, I invite you to copy/paste your messages here in my journal, that would be so wonderful. Mahalo nui loa, thank you so much for all your wonderful gifts of Aloha. / / To everyone who has commented on my work this year, I may not always have the time to answer every message, yet I cherish every single one. Thank you so much. / / And to those of you who have purchased my images and my calendar collections, thank you so much from my na’au, from the depths of my heart for your kindness. I cannot tell you how meaningful it is for me that you love my work enough to want to own a print. Mahalo nui loa. / / We wish you a beautiful holiday season with much love and every happiness for you and your beloved family. / / E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe / (May blessings be with you always) / Mele kalikimaka me ka Hau`oli makahiki hou / (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year) / / Aloha e Malama pono / Jacob and Sharon Mau / / / /
30-12-09 Abso-bloomin-lutely Phantasmagorically Good News!!!!!!!!!! That ‘on-loan’ Canon EOS D60 camera...
30-12-09 Abso-bloomin-lutely Phantasmagorically Good News!!!!!!!!!! That ‘on-loan’ Canon EOS D60 camera and its associated Canon 28-135 USM IR Lens I have been using since my dear departed Milady Fuji (S9600) suffered death by salt water, is now / ALL MINE!!!!!!!!!! It is all thanks to the generosity and friendship of my Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club friend Greg Brayley and the love and generosity of my youngest Son Michael. My mate Greg rang me two days before Christmas and told me to consider the camera as a Christmas present and the very next day I received a Christmas card from young Michael containing not only well wishes but a Money Order for enough dough to cover the cost of buying the lens from Greg. I cannot find the words to fully describe my feelings of gratitude and admiration for these two men. I am over the moon and forever in their debt. Thus endeth Dennis’ Fuji bridge camera era and thus beginneth his Canon DSLR era. Wotta blast eh?! GB all. / Dennis
Isn’t it amazing? It seems it was 1970 j…
Isn’t it amazing? It seems it was 1970 just three days ago…... / The 70’s was a monumental time for me personally, graduating from high school, venturing off to explore the world, marrying my first husband, experiencing the miracle of the birth of my first child, surviving an almost fatal car accident and almost simultaneously suffering the sudden death of my beloved Father, which left a vacant gaping wound in my heart that took years to heal…...... as well as experiencing devastating emotional and physical abuse and a heartbreaking divorce…. The 70’s was a time of innocence, and a loss of innocence. .. yet, I learned so much and I have no regrets. I became independent, reevaluated my belief system, shed my childhood conditioning, totally redefining my life as I discovered my own personal and spiritual values defining who I am, what I stand for and what I believe. I returned to my childlike innocence. I embrace my rich and dynamic cultural heritage, opened my eyes and my heart and embraced other cultures and languages as well. I am grateful for every experience, for every lesson I have learned from every person I have met and I am grateful for every good thing that has happened in my life. Fast forward to the 80’s with several moves on the mainland from the east coast to the west and all points in between, with several transcontinental moves, enjoying several years living in Europe, exploring other countries and mastering foreign languages. The 80’s was a time of enlightenment, a time for spiritual ascension and moments of profound revelations, a new marriage, delighting in the births of two more beautiful children. And the music of the 80’s was awesome. I especially loved U2. The 80’s was prime time for me. I wish I looked now like I looked in the 80’s with long thick auburn hair and flawless ivory skin. :)))) It was a decade of working and playing and personal growth and realizing that I could create my own reality as I followed my dreams. The 90’s were certainly interesting. Another divorce. I devoted most of those years as well to nurturing my young children and refining my career. Imagine my surprise and dismay when my Irish heritage manifested itself as my rich auburn hair transformed virtually overnight to a platinum blonde. It is still a surprise each time I look into the mirror. It was a time of tremendous sacrifice as well and often times I worked three jobs as I explored many interests and tried so hard to maintain a good balance in my life. Such as Time flies and the last decade certainly seems to have breezed by as if in a dream. From the year 2000 to 2009 so much has happened I could publish a book and it would probably be a best seller for the places I have been, the people I have met and the things that have happened are so fascinating. I am so amazed that it is now the year 2010. So much has happened this last year. I was single and independent almost 19 years when I met Jacob. And now this year Jacob and I celebrated our first year of marriage. I have met hundreds of members of our family on his side here on Maui. Most everyone on Maui is related to us. If they are Hawaiian, they are probably our ohana. :)) We have made many new friends and lost a couple of frenemies :)) You know who they are, the ones who pretend to be your friends, but they are really your enemy and when you have a disagreement they only do their best to slander you and bring you down as they project and impose their own personal opinion, belief or value system on you without regard for your truth or your heart. The true friends who remain have my best interests at heart, as I do theirs, and they help to protect my heart. I am grateful for my true friends. We have experienced some tragic very sad events as well. It certainly hasn’t been all fun in the sun. We have also buried many of my husbands family and life long friends in 2009. Through it all we face each day our own mortality. Every day we realise, we remember and acknowlege that each day is a gift. / We focus on the good things in life. Yet, most of all we have had tremendous fun and enjoyed many wonderful, some truly extraordinary experiences here on the island. For me personally it has been educational in so many ways. No one can really know the Hawaiian culture unless you are submerged in it. You may come here on holiday and explore the island, shop the beautiful galleries and gift shoppes, see the sights and explore the ocean, the seacliffs, the cloud forests, the rain forests and the many beautiful beaches, yet to truly know Hawai’i and understand this magnificent culture, you must live here. I try to share this beauty with all of you through my imagery. I am so happy to hear from you when you leave a note and let me know my work and the splendid poetry I search for and attach to my images to breathe life into them speaks to your heart. / / On another happy note, in a couple of weeks my son and his wife will be welcoming the birth of their first child, a precious baby girl. She will be my fifth grandchild and Jacob’s tenth. Imagine that, between us we have 15 grandchildren. Wow. My son is my youngest child and I cannot explain how I feel knowing he will soon be holding his own child in his arms. If I could wave my magic wand she would be born here on the island. How I wish we could, it would be so wonderful as I have not seen my children in three years and I would love for this child to be born on Maui. I have three beautiful talented children. My oldest daughter (the one I grew up with) is married with 4 beautiful children. My second daughter is still single (thank God) and attending university studying to be a graphic designer. And my son is having a child. I miss them all so much and I love them more than my own life. Jacob has 7 beautiful children, and we are truly blessed, for our children are our legacy and they are our greatest gifts in life. To all our family and friends, we wish you love and sweet compassion. We wish you tremendous success and every happiness. May you all enjoy a fabulous new year!!! / / Aloha oukou / E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe / `Okole maluna Jacob and Sharon Mau /
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