Obituary of the late Mr. “Common Sense” Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, “Common Sense”, who has been with …
Obituary of the late Mr. “Common Sense” Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, “Common Sense”, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain; Why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn’t always fair; and Maybe it was my fault. “Common Sense” lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge). His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6 -year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition. “Common Sense” lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or a band-aid to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. “Common Sense” lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. “Common Sense” took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault. “Common Sense” finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. “Common Sense” was preceded in death by his parents, “Truth” and “Trust”; his wife, “Discretion”; his daughter, “Responsibility”; and his son, “Reason”. He is survived by his 3 stepbrothers; “I Know My Rights”, “Someone Else Is To Blame”, and “I’m A Victim”. Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing. Written by Lori Borgman – http://www.loriborgman.com/
Happy Birthday to me / Happy Birthday to meeeeee / Happy Birthday to me / Hip Hip Hooray / Hip Hip Hooray / Hip Hip Hooray *I turn 34 today…
Happy Birthday to me / Happy Birthday to meeeeee / Happy Birthday to me / Hip Hip Hooray / Hip Hip Hooray / Hip Hip Hooray I turn 34 today… This birthday was always going to be hard to celebrate without Axel…soooo my family pulled together and organised a massive event for me…a WHOLE weekend away of fun and frivolity at a gorgeous beach house on the north coast. As a family we are mad Life of Brian fans so the whole weekend was themed around Brian. The women wore beards – there was even an attempted stoning (no one was hurt), we watched the movie and even had a 1970’s script on hand for quoting! I received some gorgeous presents and most of all had a birthday I am NEVER going to forget. What YOU at RedBubblehave all given me for my birthday… 40,000 views! Butterfly Kisses on Page 3 of the all time most popular images AND too many friends to count… Thank you all so much Sare
I have had heaps of people ask me how I put together my Eye Series… !http://images-0.redbubble.com/img/art/size:small/view:main/81…
I have had heaps of people ask me how I put together my Eye Series… So I thought I would let you all in on the secret… Desaturate… First of all I add a new layer in PS above the original and fill with black then change the blend mode to colour. To bring out the eyes… Add a mask to the black layer and with a small soft brush (set to black) delete the parts you want in colour. Using the lasso tool (with a small amount of feather say 5px) on the original layer select the eyes (hold down the shift key to select both eyes). Then apply the Unsharp Mask – play with the settings until you get the effect you want – don’t over sharpen or they will look weird. Then play with the saturation and contrast until you get exactly the colour you want. This effect only works really well with light eyes (brown eyes don’t come out as well) – BUT if you want to get really tricky you can apply a layer in between the black layer and original layer, then fill with a blue colour and change the blend mode to colour and hey presto a blue eye!! Butterflies… I change the colours of the butterflies to suit each image by going to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation and playing with the hue until I get the colour I want. Crocodile Tears… The eye in Crocodile Tears wascreated by finding a stock image of a crocodile and copying its eye and placing it under Ty’s eye, after erasing the area that was his eye! There was then lots of adjusting to get it to fit correctly and getting the colour right. Hope this makes sense – if there are any other questions feel free to bubblemail me!
I fell to my knees / my heart was pounding / and in the middle of the dessert / I raised my hands / toward the burning sun Nothing…
I fell to my knees / my heart was pounding / and in the middle of the dessert / I raised my hands / toward the burning sun Nothing more did I want / than to have my Gypsy / in my arms / kissing raindrops A pirate in the dessert / in search of water / Time passed / dragging itself through heavy sand / every step was heavy I raised my eyes / looking to the sky / praying, screaming to God / My arms are empty! / My heart is reaching! / My heart…is reaching As if in answer / in waves of heat / a vision before my eyes / I saw my Gypsy / and upon parched lips / one raindrop fell / and for one moment / I savored your kiss…
thank you John Douglas and butchart !
love… / lost… / found… ecstatic.. / depression.. / buzz around… live… / stumble… / rise… trials… / heartaches… / demis…
love… / lost… / found… ecstatic.. / depression.. / buzz around… live… / stumble… / rise… trials… / heartaches… / demise… art.. / express… / explore… passion… / limits… / inner core…! /
Wow..Raindrop Kisses II was featured in Flowers in Macro Thankyou so very much to t…
Wow..Raindrop Kisses II was featured in Flowers in Macro Thankyou so very much to the hosts Kim Davitt and Yool~! / I am very happy and please check out the group:)) Sal
Well now what a wonderful way to begin my day! I had just sat down with my morning coffee, logged in to RB to check activity and low and…
Well now what a wonderful way to begin my day! I had just sat down with my morning coffee, logged in to RB to check activity and low and behold my dear friend David Parkin Purchased Parental live Love as a card! Thank you so much David! I hope you receive as much joy from this image as I have :)
Ever since I uploaded this image 9 months ago just after Axel died…my family and I have received 14,382 butterfly kisses from those of …
Ever since I uploaded this image 9 months ago just after Axel died…my family and I have received 14,382 butterfly kisses from those of you who have visited my image that same amount of times. Axel gave the most gorgeous kisses…he would place his lips on your cheek and then blow ever so gently. My husband gave me a kiss just like it on Monday night (Axel’s Second Birthday) just before we went to sleep and told me it was from our baby boy to say goodnight. Butterfly Kisses...for my baby boy as he turns two. This image has been viewed 14,382 times, had 9 sales and 170 favouritings (on Redbubble), been printed as an Avantcard and distributed all over Australia…and is hanging on my niece’s wall (whose eye I used) as a special reminder of her cousin.
I just sold a medium framed print of Butterfly Kisses! !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:cherry/framestyle:flat30/matt…
I just sold a medium framed print of Butterfly Kisses! Thank you so much to the generous buyer.
The Kiss is on the RB Home Page – much thanks to RB staff! ”!http…
The Kiss is on the RB Home Page – much thanks to RB staff!
oh my !.. I have been featured! I dont know what to say.. except smooches and smooches! :) rofll !. Bubble is a hoot of a place t…
oh my !.. I have been featured! I dont know what to say.. except smooches and smooches! :) rofll !. Bubble is a hoot of a place to be! thank you so much xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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I am proud to unveil my new painting titled Coy Kiss / I have been working on this over the last several months and have finally finished it as of last night. There are many layers and texture. This painting literally changes and comes alive in different lighting. I used acrylic and some other mediums to slow the drying process. After it was done I finished the water in my painting with gloss varnish in certain areas to achieve water highlights…so it actually appears like the water is real…and that perhaps that there is even movement in it. This is a special piece to me, there is a lot of symbolism and beauty in Koi fish to me. Also I am drawn to fish in general and life in water. / The bright contrasting colors and dead space of this work is what attracted me to it in the first place. I want to say a special “Thank You” to Rebecca Cruz who let me paint her photo titled Koi As I was creating the name for it, the play on words for “Coy” just kept coming to my heart. Thus “Coy Kiss”! / There is a written work from Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare, that I chose to describe my work. I feel it perfectly captures my heart for this piece and the moment… ...”Never did passenger in summer’s heat / More thirst for drink than she for this good turn. / Her help she sees, but help she cannot get; / She bathes in water, yet her fire must burn: / ‘O! pity,’ ‘gan she cry, ‘flint-hearted boy: / ‘Tis but a kiss I beg; why art thou coy?”... It was a wonderful piece to work on and I put a lot of myself into it…hopefully you can feel that coming through to you. / To check it out and leave a comment click here Enjoy! xoxo
“Yummy…” was featured in the group Giraffes- the Long and Tall of It! / !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetai…
“Yummy…” was featured in the group Giraffes- the Long and Tall of It! / “Safe sex” was featured in the group LMAO ART / “The kiss” was featured in the group All Out Emotion / I am very happy with these features! Thanks so much, hosts of the three groups!!!
Today as I was walking through my local shopping centre…my daughter called out to me to stop. In total _I am over the exquisite tort…
Today as I was walking through my local shopping centre…my daughter called out to me to stop. In total I am over the exquisite torture that is shopping with a toddler and a teen (how stupid am I!!) mode, I snap “Not now Meg we’re in a hurry”. Meg tries to stop me again saying, “I can see one of your images” Now I am really cranky…why would one of my images be in the middle of a shopping centre? I turn to tell her to get on with it and am confronted with Butterfly Kisses staring out at me from about 30 different frames!! A couple of months ago Avantcard printed 20,000 postcards of Butterfly Kisses and distributed them all over Australia. When I asked the owner where she got the images from it seems that Avantcard had sent them a heap to use in their frames as promo images! They lady also said that the image I was interested in was their most popular! The one that got the most comments! How cool is that?! Good things do happen after all! Needless to say I very calmly took a photo and walked away only to do a little dance of pleasure and promptly rang everyone I could think of! Sorry about the really crap image…it was taken on my phone!
I haven’t been around to post much as of late. The holidays, an annoyingly busy schedule, and some family issues have caused my spare tim…
I haven’t been around to post much as of late. The holidays, an annoyingly busy schedule, and some family issues have caused my spare time to go the way of the dinosaurs. Despite me not being around, the last month or so has been pretty big in terms of sales for me, so here’s a few thanks: ADRIANA GLACKIN purchased a FROM THE DIGITAL FILES OF SPACEKID CALENDER SWEETSCENT aka WEN purchased a SPACEKID AND CAPTAIN SOURBREATH MCCALLISTER T SHIRT RHANA GRIFFIN purchased a BLOOD LUSTING BLOCKO T SHIRT RACHEL HOFFMAN purchased a 20 NOTHING T SHIRT JOCELYNCOHGLAN purchased a POSSESSED PUPPETS T SHIRT LAFRISEE purchased a NURSE NECRONOMICON T SHIRT Other things purchased by non-redBubble members include: A laminated print of OCEAN OUTSIDE MY WINDOW / A POSSESSED PUPPETS T SHIRT / A FOREST OF EMOTIONS CARD / A SPACEKID AND GENERAL TANGYRELISH T SHIRT / A KIDS MONSTERS AND OTHER GOOGELY MOOGLIES CALENDER / And 2 FROM THE DIGITAL FILES OF SPACEKID CALENDERS That’s a whole lot of stuff by yours truly, and I have to say that I am completely and totally appreciative of anyone and everyone who shelled out their hard earned dough to purchase it. If I could give you all kisses, without getting a number of restraining orders slapped on me, and ending my marriage in shame, I most certainly would. Steve
Dear Jean, Thank you once again for your preference:) / You have made my day! All the Best to you this Christmas, / Big Hug, Tere…
Dear Jean, Thank you once again for your preference:) / You have made my day! All the Best to you this Christmas, / Big Hug, Tereza:)) / . / . / . ARRÁBIDA .Portugal
Thank you so much Inspired Art Group and everyone for your wonderful support and all of your wonderful comments and favs…This is such a…
Thank you so much Inspired Art Group and everyone for your wonderful support and all of your wonderful comments and favs…This is such an honor to me.
thank you sooo much ! This photo that I adore has been featured today in two groups ! in the group all kisses...
thank you sooo much ! This photo that I adore has been featured today in two groups ! in the group all kisses and in the group smiles Three generational span.. two smiles /
I love to kiss … / There is not much else that is more personable than a kiss. A long, full body kiss! The joining of two people mout…
I love to kiss … / There is not much else that is more personable than a kiss. A long, full body kiss! The joining of two people mouth to mouth, body to body, arms entwined, hearts beating together, pulse racing …. Ah yes! The Kiss … BUT ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT! Hugs and kisses to #1 Artists of Redbubble group for featuring my written work … Only Kiss Me If You Mean It It is not often that I get a written work featured and this is indeed always a TREMENDOUS thrill for me. An honor, actually. Because one day, this writer will become an AUTHOR. Look for me in your local bookstore. But until then, you can read my heartfelt words about a kiss right here on redbubble. Please have a look. Only Kiss Me If You Mean It
Butterfly Kisses has hit 20,000 views! ...
Butterfly Kisses has hit 20,000 views! My top 12 artworks... My least viewed image... My current favourite artworks.... Some favourites from my watchlist...
Woo hoo! I couldn’t possibly be any more thrilled I don’t believe! Wow!! First Kiss won the First Love, Le Premier Amour challenge in …
Woo hoo! I couldn’t possibly be any more thrilled I don’t believe! Wow!! First Kiss won the First Love, Le Premier Amour challenge in the First Things group with 6 votes! Is that flippin’ awesome, or what? Yay! Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone involved & especially those who voted for it! You rock!! I appreciate it very much! There were so many wonderful photos entered / & I’m honored that First Kiss was the most popular entry! My cheeks are getting pretty sore from all this smiling though! LOL / Have a wonderful week! / Robbi
The incomparable Lisa has written such a tender and poignant piece, Kiss Me...
The incomparable Lisa has written such a tender and poignant piece, Kiss Me And I often find when reading her lovely words that I think of the incomparable “Nina Simone” Today Kiss Me took me to Wild is the Wind Love me love me love me / Say you do / Let me fly away / with you / For my love is like / the wind / And wild is the wind Give me more / than one caress / Satisfy this / hungriness / Let the wind / blow through your heart / For wild is the wind You… / touch me… / I hear the sound / of mandolins You… / kiss me… / With your kiss / my life begins / You’re spring to me / All things / to me Don’t you know you’re / life itself / Like a leaf clings / to a tree / Oh my darling, / cling to me / For we’re creatures / of the wind And wild is the wind / So wild is the wind / Wild is the wind / Wild is the wind
My Darlings, I have friends and acquaintances, but the community of RB I now consider family…. / you have traveled with me through Mo…
My Darlings, I have friends and acquaintances, but the community of RB I now consider family…. / you have traveled with me through Moe’s suffering and pain, through his death and / burial, you have written beautiful works, designed amazing artwork, to help to heal the / pain I am suffering, you have placed my beloved on a pedestal, gotten to know his / beautiful heart, and sent love to both Moe and I from so many places, close and far. / And to the Hosts of the Groups that featured my work relating to this journey, my / heartfelt thanks. If my arms could reach out and I could hug each and every one of you, I would…I / would give you kisses that you all so deserve. May you all have a blessed New Year and may the Angels surround you in love / and care always. I love you all and thank you for all your kindness….it has really helped me…I am / heartbroken…but Moe’s Afterglow makes me positive that he has reached that / heavenly plateau and one day we will be joined again. Much Love to you all, Sally xooxoxoxoxooxoxxoox
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