Somebody bought a T-shirt and I LOVE YOU…. repeated until feet fall off.. I dont know who it was, but i think y…
Somebody bought a T-shirt and I LOVE YOU…. repeated until feet fall off.. I dont know who it was, but i think your awesome, and Thank YOU SO MUCH!!!
Got it today….so…sorry ifI flood you guys who are watching me…get ready to see me get more familiar with my new camera!!!!!! Tha…
Got it today….so…sorry ifI flood you guys who are watching me…get ready to see me get more familiar with my new camera!!!!!! Thanks to everyone who helped me to get it…I LOVE it..although I am afraid that it is smarter than I am….but….I am attempting not to let it sense fear….lol…anyhoo… WOOOOHOOOO!
I just wanted to wish everyone the most beautiful Valentine’s day. My heart has been slowly melting these last few weeks … I am falling…
I just wanted to wish everyone the most beautiful Valentine’s day. My heart has been slowly melting these last few weeks … I am falling in love so badly and today is a very special day for me :) I haven’t been this happy in such a long time :) For those of you that feel alone … don’t give up!!! Love is just around the corner and hopefully, like me … if you don’t look so hard for it …. it’ll trip you up and take you by surprise :) :) And then you will feel full again :) Happy Valentine’s Day everyone ….. Love to all :) :) :) VBS
Someone started my morning off in a very blessed way today by purchasing ‘Love Never Dies’ card!!! Thank you so very much…I so apprec…
Someone started my morning off in a very blessed way today by purchasing ‘Love Never Dies’ card!!! Thank you so very much…I so appreciate it and send with it many blessings to you….. peace, / jan
I AM SO EXCITED… Thank you all… I opened my view to art and there was 10011! / I feel so blessed and my whole day is dedicated to expr…
I AM SO EXCITED… Thank you all… I opened my view to art and there was 10011! / I feel so blessed and my whole day is dedicated to expressing how I feel about all and I mean All of you here… I have never in my life felt so blissed out from an experience.. Since coming to Red Bubble around the 20th of Feb 08 I have experienced more than I could have dreamed possible in the form of pure JOY. / It seems like last nights party was a premonition to todays celabreation… I share this happiness with all of you that makes this joy inside increase exponentially!! / THANK YOU SOOO MUCH.
So I was taking a shower this morning and had the most b…
So I was taking a shower this morning and had the most beautiful self realization ever, and I just thought I would have to share…. Its time to redecorate my inner temple….The inner temple houses the spirit, our consciousness…..Why have the walls of my temple smeared with crap from the past…..why do I view my inner self, my inner goddess, so badly, for no reason at all but because of the past, the hard times as a small child, the lack of love that my inner child needed to grow and flower to become a goddess was not there….but that does not matter now…..I am grown up and as I grew I let the world shape my inner vision of myself, a big mistake, but one we all make because of the society we live in, well i am tired of looking at myself that way….I decide what is beautiful…why decorate my inner temple the way society teaches us to….who are they to tell us who and what we are….SO now it is time to take off the goggles of society and see myself for what I am….me…I am a goddess,(just like you are) and my body and mind are my temple…..Its time to fill my temple with light and love and happiness…...My body is sacred for it houses, me and everything I am and it keeps me here in this physical realm or reality…...So why let anything or anyone into my temple who would pollute my holy space…..you would not let someone into your home who would disrespect your home or family, so the reflective value here is so important…....never let anyone into your temple who would not respect you, for you and never let anyone defile your sacred space…...another important fact is you cant let the influence of the world around you make you defile your own temple…..always keep your temple full of light and love, then you will float for then you can drop the weight of the world around you, drop the lead….reach that alchemical level of gold so when the time comes to leave this finite place you can ascend , and since the nature of this universe that like attracts like, gold attracts gold, light attracts light….therefore when you fill your inner temple with light and love when your spirit is freed from the physical temple, your light and love will only do what is natural, move to more light and more love, for light and love is valued by frequency….If you let the weight of the world fill you and your sacred temple with crap, the value of crap on an alchemical level is lead, so filling your sacred temple with lead will only lead to your spirit being weighed down, and sinking and rooting itself deeper into the lead, like attracts like and then you face the solidification of your spirit…..I for one choose to be free and flowing and moving, upward and onward, free of weight , free of fear and only embracing the light and the love….... Fill your inner temple with light and love, free yourself from the pain and fear of the past and never let the walls of your beautiful inner temple be defiled by anyone or anything…..free yourself from the circular loops of fear based nonsense of todays world, for if you are light, you can only be light and the ways of this place are only finite and you are infinite….
I WISH I COULD PUT THE NAME HERE…..... and say who but.. I feel so blessed I know who ever bought them will be feeling my JOY!!! JOY!!!...
I WISH I COULD PUT THE NAME HERE…..... and say who but.. I feel so blessed I know who ever bought them will be feeling my JOY!!! JOY!!!! JOY!!! / THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE..xox / Pink Toes Pink Toes In Space #3 / Pink Toes In Sand #1 /
Group Happy Haven has featured / _*an old love letter – Shree’s Fantastic Faces...
Group Happy Haven has featured / _an old love letter – Shree’s Fantastic Faces thank you so much ECGardner, Julie Langford and TrEaSuReDiMaGeS! I also would like to thanks to my all RB friends and their support! it means a lot!* Love & Peace Ushna.
Hi! Yes, that’s me with a framed up painting of “Love Meditations” and my little owl finger puppet toy named Ophelia too! I was at a j…
Hi! Yes, that’s me with a framed up painting of “Love Meditations” and my little owl finger puppet toy named Ophelia too! I was at a joint exhibition’s opening ceremony here in Bangkok,Thailand yesterday evening, I’m currently having 7 of my paintings exhibited there, one of which is “Love Meditations”. There are slightly more than 100 budding artists involved…so there are many many paintings to view and enjoy :D If anyone of you is in Bangkok right now(I know the chances are super slim), do drop by for the show if you can :DThat little happy boy whom I am posing with….his mum is a great supporter of my works and had bought a few from me previously:D I dont normally look this orange, it’s the lighting in the hall and my cam :D
I hope you will love this cute pic as much I do! :D D…
I hope you will love this cute pic as much I do! :D Do allow me to share my enthusiasm here :D This is Macabrecat’s cat,Bonnie,lying on the floor with the Dream Odyssey card which she purchased recently :D Thank you once again,Macabrecat! 2 of Ophelia’s portraits were also featured recently,thank you Bits and Pieces and Fine Arts :D Celebration Of life at Bits And Pieces Group. I am also a featured member of the group for this week.Thank you moderators!! ^ _ ^ I am also happy that Celebration Of Life” mousepad received a TBA today at Zazzle ,my heart also had a mini celebration! :D Vision Of Green at Fine Arts Group: Thank you so much for all who had commented and faved these pieces, I really appreciate that! :D I will be on a short break for 4 days and I may not have ready access to the internet. Will miss viewing and commenting your works the next 4 days!!:D
-I was going to to make a reply comment in the “Simple changes to help kickstart weight loss” forum in the “Healthy Living Support Group”...
I was going to to make a reply comment in the “Simple changes to help kickstart weight loss” forum in the Healthy Living Support Group. But it got waaaaay too Long. So anywho I decided to Just make a journal entry. I’m sure others would appreciate as well, so Here we go! I’m a Seventh Day Adventist and they, as a religion, teaches the health message. It’s always been proved through studies that because of their Lifestyles Adventist live longer than other Americans, Just an interesting fact :P But I as well have a specific diet. I got fat cause when I was little I didn’t know sweets=pudge, so I grew up eating them all the time and even into my young adult hood. But a few months ago I made a life change. I don’t know how much I have lost (Our scale is broken and we have not bought another one yet, Plus for me constantly weighing is not good) but I do know I physically look different and soon I have to get new pants LOL. So I guess it’s going well. I’m still chubby but Not nearly as chubby and I even see it in the mirror, so I’m happy! Alright, for me, The elimination of constantly eating sweets completely boot started my weight loss. I think thats due to other than sweets I was eating pretty well. Here is my diet/way of life. I’ve developed this for my self from Medical knowledge (I’m going to med school next year, I’m finished with college though) and just through seeing what works for me! 1) I don’t drink Milk, I drink soymilk. Here’s why – Milk was made for baby cows. Now I’m not saying that we’re raping the cows by taking their milk, or anything. (Im not a FEMA Hippy lol) I Just don’t understand the connection between Humans and Baby Cow Milk. (I mean we don’t drink Giraffe Milk or Chimpanzee Milk or Whale Milk…so Why Cow Milk, lol) I understand some people LOVE milk, I never did, but for those people I say stick with 2%/1% or Skim, The less percentage the better. And for those who wouldn’t mind doing the switch to soy, try the “Silk” brand. It’s a little more expensive than other soys but it tastes delicious! Plus soymilks always come in flavors (Original, Vanilla, Strawberry and Chocolate) The first two are good for cereals. Vanilla is delicious in general though :D 2) Stay away from cheese! Now this is hard, I LOVVVVE Mac and Cheese. However, you know how melted cheese sticks to everything? It does the same thing in your digestion track. So it takes very long to pass and sometimes will stick around and never really pass all the way. To stay away from that whole problem “Not eating cheese” works. But if your a Mac and Cheese fiend like me, Mac and Cheese is ok on your “eat what I want” day. (Thats comin up! Keep readin! :D) 3) Meats are another thing that linger around the intestines. Appendicitis is due many times to actual lingering meat that never passed getting stuck at the appendix’s opening. It results in an appendix infection which can lead to an operation for removal or the appendix bursting (worst case scenario) Now with that scary idea out of the way, I want to let it know I do still eat meat. However it is very rarely and not every day. You don’t have to eat meat every day!!! You really don’t! Now if you feel you must they also say that eat meats early in the day, and not at night. Eating your meats in the morning insures that the meats with at least semi pass through the system by the next day. However it also makes a different as to what meats you do eat. White meats are always better and easier on your system (Poultry). However redder meets will always linger longer, I eat beef very RARELY. Like Once or twice a year. It’s definitely something I’m sort of scared about the conditions they keep cows before slaughter, theres some horrible stuff that goes on behind our eyes, so I just stay away from it. Pigs are the worst though. Though my religion we don’t touch any pig substance. However, me being the way I am I can’t just do anything blindly, so I did research. Pigs are scavengers, (You are what you eat) Pound for pound pig meat carries more parasites seen and unseen than any other meet. Why do you think you have to cook the meat so much longer? Anywho I’m not here to force my own thoughts on you guys, but if you are a bacon fiend or you just can’t stay away…you can eat it on your “Eat what you want” day (It’s comin! :D) 4) Drink alot of water. It’s as easy as keeping a water bottle full by your desk or where you most frequent. You’ll end up sipping from it all day by default. You don’t have to kill yourself with the water or anything, just keep hydrated so your body can run smoothly (If you know what I mean) :D Also drinking water 10 minutes before eating and 15 minutes after is very beneficial. Water always flood the system, so eating afterwards make sense. However drinking before is also a neat trick since the water will help fill you up even before you touch the food. So when you do eat you end up eating less per meal! Always works for me. 5) Now, Here’s the dreaded part….I HATE Exercise…........HATE IT! But Me loosing weight so fast (Within two weeks my clothes was fitting looser) was all do to a simple activity we all do every day anyway….walking. Just walking! Not jogging, not jump roping, and definitely not running a marathon every week. Just walking. Go for a walk! Clear your mind and walk briskly around the block. A 10-15 minute walk every day, Just 15 minutes, will make a HUGE difference. Believe me! 10 minutes of Jogging burns 300 calories, AND SO DOES 15 MINUTES OF WALKING! Doing it every day, even with one day break burns 1800 calories off the bat per week. And thats just from the walk! Being alive burns calories, any movement whatsoever burns calories. So it’s great, you’ll see a diff in yourself and how you feel in no time. So just get up, and get moving. One step at a time :D 6) Also of course try and stay away from sweets as much as possible. I this was so hard for me!!! But I found a way to do it right without backsliding… “EAT WHAT YOU WANT” DAY! – Ok, Now It’s impossible to say “Ok, for the rest of my life I’ll never have another cookie again!” I mean, how can you stay away from one specific food the rest of your life?! Thats Impossible. Yet does saying “I’ll stay away from cookies the rest of the week” sound better? Yeah it does! Well thats what I propose. I got the idea from a news caster I’m personal friends with. She used to be really husky and now she’s about a size 3-4 (She looks fabulous on tv!!!) One day I asked how she did it and this is what she told me! Throughout the week you diet and exercise and do everything right, you keep your lifestyle clean. Say you do that Monday through Saturday, as a reward for yourself let Sunday be your “Eat Whatever you Want” Day. You crave Pizza? Eat your pizza! You’re and Ice cream fiend? Eat your damn Ice cream! Life is meant for living! If your spending your whole life wishing you ate this or ate that, there is no time left for living is there?! One day of splurging isn’t going to do much damaging if for the rest of the week your dieting goes well! Say during the week you see a piece of cake you want badly, its easier to say no if you know later on your “Eat what you want” day you know you can (and will!) have cake, LOL. Also after a while you’ll find that your “Eat whatever you Want” day will happen less and less. It’s something I’ve noticed. Soon it will disintegrate into an “Eat What you Want” meal, then an “Eat what you Want” Snack. But in the beginning I think having that day will help ween you off of the bad eating :D Alright! Thats all of my secrets and it works for me! But remember, don’t let your weight or pants size define you. No matter what your size you can be fabulous!!! (Helps me to remember that no matter what your size there’s always a man who will find it so sexy, LMAO) So act like it! Just cause your big doesn’t mean your not a great person or sexy :D! Loosing weight is purely for health reasons/ to have a healthy life style and not to “find yourself” or “Be more appealing to others.” If you don’t know who you are, losing weight will not help you find yourself. You’ll just be a skinny lost person, LOL. Losing weight has to be only to please yourself, thats the ONLY time I found success! Of course I’m not at my ideal weight yet, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not fabulous! :D! LOL. Thanks for reading everyone. Good luck on your weight loss!
Today, 22 Oct 2008, Ellen and Montri will be registering their marriage!! / Congratulations, Ellen!!! Congratulations, Montri!!! Th…
Today, 22 Oct 2008, Ellen and Montri will be registering their marriage!! / Congratulations, Ellen!!! Congratulations, Montri!!! Thought i’d join in the fun since Karin and Midori already journalled about it.. / hehehehe… ^ _ ^” Me wish you two a very happy and blessed marriage. Wishing you forever love and good health and fortune!! =D There’s no such thing as no big celebration, Ellen!! / We at RB will celebrate big big for you!!!! =D To those who haven’t seen Ellen’s or Montri’s work, check these out!! Montri as siameseboy!! / / i bet some of you haven’t seen Montri’s work on RB? Please do go give the big guy some love and biiiiig hugs!!! XD Ellen as Udonchow / Ellen as smile4me / Go give these lovely newly wedded couple a nice big hug people!!! XD / Here’s Midori-sama and Karin-sama journals for these lovely couple!! / Wedding Bells!!! Congratulations, udonchow!!! / Ellen’s Getting Married Today!
Allo everyone!! actually am having a bad bad headache right now.. been having it for the last 5hrs, and panadol extra never seems to work…
Allo everyone!! actually am having a bad bad headache right now.. been having it for the last 5hrs, and panadol extra never seems to work.. i think panadol actifast works better.. BUT!!! but but but… despite this horrible headache.. i came home today receiving 2 lovely lovely news!!! =D Good news No. 1 / i made my very first sale ever as SilentCries!! YESH!!! i am so happy and thankful.. it’s really encouraging.. am so thankful to petajauch!! Thank you so so much for purchasing Hold Me… !!! Honestly when i first read my email, i was like wondering which design in frozenfa is called Hold Me? was it Tim? Oo” eheh.. / / Thank you so so much, petajauch!! Hope you’ll get the tees soon! / Thank you for choosing my design!! And the second good news is….. / I GOT A REPLY FROM THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE STALL WHICH I’VE BEEN WANTING TO GET!!!!!!!!!! / Happy is an understatement.. i was so stressed trying to get a response from them that i can’t even begin to react receiving an email from them.. Umm.. basically.. i STILL don’t have my own cart yet.. but they said “We are happy to have you onboard with us but we would need to arrange an initial meet up at our office…” so i supposed that’s good news eh? Hopefully the “interview” will go well and that i can have my own cart… i wonder when will that be.. / prolly next year? this is like exciting yet nerve wrecking.. am i good enough.. are my tees of good enough quality and design.. i’ll only be reselling some magnets and journals by Lisa and Ellen and my own tshirts will be… / and without the texts… and… / ARGGH!!!! Wish me luck, people!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I have just sold a t-shirt…................. I would really like to thank whoever jus…
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I have just sold a t-shirt…................. I would really like to thank whoever just bought a I LOVE HORSES T-SHIRT You have made my day/weekend/week/Christmas! I hope that you enjoy it as much as I love that horse. He’s an 18.1hh Oldenburg
Many Thanks for the following features and placement: Sunset out West...
Many Thanks for the following features and placement: Sunset out West featured in Retired and Happy Chilli Beach featured in Australia You’re Standing in it Ruins of the Penitentiary Port Arthur featured in / Prisons Gaols Jails Asylum, Iron Bars & Court Houses Big Red featured in the Top 10 of You’re Accepted Challenge Red Red Red Banksia Integrifolia featured in Protaceae Family The Bristol Beaufort featured in History Green Rosella featured in I Love Birds Australian King Parrot featured in Parrots Only (Birds) Misty featured in Heritage Listed and Other Trusts Sites World Wide Smiles from me! / Marilyn (Blossom) :o)
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
*To all my Redbubble friends arou…
To all my Redbubble friends around the world…...I wish each and everyone a beautifull Christmas filled with Light, Love and Peace and a New Year of good health and many sales here on Redbubble and everywhere else you show your beautiful work….I am away visiting my Mom on the Monterey Peninsula for a few days ...Joyce
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 / / / /
/ 375grams premade Christma…
/ 375grams premade Christmas cake / 50ml of sherry / / FOR DECORATION: / 100g white chocolate, finely chopped / 6 red glacé cherries / 6 green glacé cherries / / Crumble the cold Christmas cake into a bowl, add the sherry stir briskly till all is incorporated. / Pinch out small lumps of mixture and roll so that you have little rounds about the size of a chocolate truffle. / You should get about 30 out of this mixture. / Cover with clingfilm and slot into the fridge to firm up. / To decorate, melt the white chocolate either in a heatproof bowl suspended over a pan of simmering water / then let it cool for about 5 minutes, to make it easier to work with, while you chop the red cherries into small pieces and snip the green cherries / into miniature lengths, to represent leaves. / Using a teaspoon, drip a little of the melted but cooled white chocolate, then arrange the sticky pieces of cherry on top. / / All courtesy of my beautiful wife Anna / / ....and may peace, love and happiness surround you and your friends and family this Festive season!! :D
I used to wish for a lot of things…especially when the new year arrived. I set goals, made plans, wished…but never really accomplish…
I used to wish for a lot of things…especially when the new year arrived. I set goals, made plans, wished…but never really accomplished much of it. I guess you could say…although those dreams were implanted in my heart…and I had full intensions of succeeding…life just sorta got in the way and my wants slowly diminished. I was blind. I have come to realization…that we need to be thankful for what we have…not what we want. 2009 has been a very hard year fighting cancer…and as unusual as it sounds…I am so thankful for it, as it reminds me how precious our lives really are. Our greatest gifts…are the day that we are born. That first breath of air, our first loving hug, and that first moment we open our eyes to the world. We are given paths from those first baby steps we take…and into adulthood, those paths remain in front of us. I know sometimes we can take that wrong path…but it’s ok. We have to get off course from time to time to remind us to open our hearts just a little bit wider…and the more you open your heart…the more the truth will be revealed. There is no greater gift than that! Everyone dreams…and everyone wishes…especially at the beginning of a brand new year. This year my wish is for everyone to take a single moment out of each day…and remind yourselves of the gift God has given you…and in return, help someone who is less fortunate than yourself. Because if everyone were to help at least one person in their lifetime…than we would have a world of no sorrow. Happy Holidays to you and yours…and here is to a New Year of unconditional love!! Love always, / Kellie Imagine
I haven’t been around for a while, lots to do in the build up for Christmas and New Year. I’ve been out of action for a while with flu so…
I haven’t been around for a while, lots to do in the build up for Christmas and New Year. I’ve been out of action for a while with flu so I just wanted to pop in and say Happy Holidays and have a wonderful New Year, see you in 2010.
Well folks It’s a crazy time of year isn’t it ? It’s already been crazy for me in many different ways…...some not so good…..(why I ha…
Well folks It’s a crazy time of year isn’t it ? It’s already been crazy for me in many different ways…...some not so good…..(why I haven’t been on RB as much) but some of the crazy has been a good thing :) but we keep on truckin don’t we ? :) / I wish you all a wonderful Christmas/Holiday …...I miss you :( / Lisa xoxo / A Christmas song
To all my redbubble buddies, to all the remarkable friendships I’ve made here. (you know who you are) and to anyone who comes across this…
To all my redbubble buddies, to all the remarkable friendships I’ve made here. (you know who you are) and to anyone who comes across this journal, / As we all say good bye to 2009, what a year it was!!!! / Lets all say hello to 2010, a decade into this new millennium, that’s incredible, it feels like yesterday to me when it actually started. / HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE / Thanks for all your support / May 2010 bring you all that you desire and more. / cheers, / be good, / have fun, / stay safe, / have a dance, / kiss someone, / take care of each other and our earth, / everything! also a lovely surprise that i would like to share, / a big thank you to the wonderful, beautiful myoriginalsin for setting us a task over at the RedBubble Homepage Discussion & Chat Thread and Choose the RedBubble Home Page. / (these are two separate forums, one for chatting, fun and everything related to home page layouts and one for posting all these wonderful layouts). / Big thanks to all the people that hang out there, i really enjoy my time with you guys and gals. / Also a Big thanks to Red (Martin) for keeping us all in line. hehe and thanks to everyone at REDBUBBLE for making it such a great year. / ;-) / xox images that describe me, aglaia b / / image 1 Still life with Matrioshka / the babushka doll or matrioshka doll. i love these dolls and their meaning. here they represent my family and friends which is the most important part of my life. / image 2 Dorothy and her determination / i can be very intense at times and am very determined and absolutely throw myself into whatever i do. / image 3 L O S I N G G R I P / i like being witty and like it when others enjoy my playful and sometimes mischievous sense of humour. yep, i’m a little bit kooky. / image 4 Girl On Film / i love all aspects of photography and holding the camera. my favourite subjects to photograph being women and nature. image 5 “Torment of Patience Spent” – the image / i am very patient most times. i feel being patient always works for me and gives me a certain kind of power. / image 6 Sailing Along the Lifeline although, that is not the life line, it’s the head line. LOL / i love hands, and palms especially. i love looking at peoples hands and even touching and holding them. i am extremely observant and a life time student of human nature and love analysing why people do what they do. / image 7 Body Mind / my feelings and thoughts run deep. i’m not afraid of getting my hands, body and mind dirty. (hehe) i am intensely loyal, sometimes take things to the extreme. the darker side of life intrigues me. i’m intuitive and unusual. / image 8 Quarte / music, i love it and have devoted a lot of my life to it. seriously, what would the world be like without it hey?
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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