“Admiration” is being featured in the group Bits and Pieces. !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:box20…
“Admiration” is being featured in the group Bits and Pieces. Admiration Thank you to all NINE hosts of Bits and Pieces!!!!!!
Would like to thank Steve Lowe for his first attempt at water colours and using my picture of ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ to attempt this’ I th…
Would like to thank Steve Lowe for his first attempt at water colours and using my picture of ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ to attempt this’ I think he has done a great job for a beginner – and the rest of his work is well worth a visit. / Thanks again Steve you did the picture proud!! / Search Stevelowe:
/ Clive – the Host of Extreme Close-Ups has firstly pu…
/ Clive – the Host of Extreme Close-Ups has firstly purchased the card ‘Maple Leaf’ for being the 1000th entry into this new group- and has also bought ‘Swanderful’- so I am doing the happy dance- (think that’s what it’s called lol) thankyou very much Clive and also this new fabulous group. 1000th entry. Clives Choice.
Thank you to the hosts of I Love Birds for featuring two of my works!!!!!! What a wonderful surprise!!!!!! I am truly honored!!! “Ca…
Thank you to the hosts of I Love Birds for featuring two of my works!!!!!! What a wonderful surprise!!!!!! I am truly honored!!! “Cardinal Macro” / “Mystic River” / / Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!
I am really thrilled with this feature- as it was something total…
I am really thrilled with this feature- as it was something totally new for me- of merging two shots together – ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ is now featured in the group ‘Shoot The Moon’ – thankyou so very much to the moderators- I am really chuffed with this!!!
I did the near-impossible on Sunday! I said ‘no’ to a movie premiere (primarily because I didn’t feel like traveling in to London on a…
I did the near-impossible on Sunday! I said ‘no’ to a movie premiere (primarily because I didn’t feel like traveling in to London on a weekend, and anyway it was only for ‘Escape to Witch Mountain’. Sure, The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) is cool and all, but I’d already snapped Carla Gugino at the ‘Watchmen’ premiere.) What did I do instead? I took the camera to the local park, and hung around the lake listening to my iPod for three hours while hoping something ornithologically interesting could happen (hey, it’s early spring… birds and bees do what birds and bees do…). Total photos taken : 950!! That’s more than I do in most movie premieres. It was fun, and it was productive. / I’ll be honest. I could have walked away happy if this had been the only shot I took all day . (Though I did edit it to remove annoying paths, strollers and branches). 3 hours came down to 1/750th of a second, as the two swans finally arranged themselves in the classic heart-shape necks configuration. Woohoo! I call it Love Part 3 / . / They do fly remarkably close to the water, these guys… / . / Really, REALLY close! / . / That’s just ridiculously close (and it wasn’t coming in to land in this shot) / . / This just makes me laugh. I like to think they’ve installed a flatscreen television at the bottom of the lake that was showing repeats of this morning’s Formula 1 grand prix / . / Only the camera, the lens and the photographer let this photo down (it’s a bit blurry and out of focus…). Never mind… / . / Scratching its ear almost like a puppy dog! / . / I’ll be honest and reveal my Paparazzi-Lite tendencies came to the fore for this shot (and the fifty or so in the series) – tracked this obviously smitten pair of swans for a while. What can I say… I’m a romantic. I call it Love Part 2 / . / More of a detail shot. The K10D and the cheap-as sigma 70-300 were no match for the Pros nearby and their D3s, Manfrottos and 400mm primes… but my gear is more easily portable (and I wasn’t wearing camo gear, so I looked marginally cooler!) / . / A rare ‘bird not in flight’ shot! / . / A bit lucky, there – those birds fly FAST! / . There are no movie premeries for a couple of weeks….but I’ll get by. One day at a time!
I am so really happy that ‘Pavlova’ has been placed in the Top Ten of th…
I am so really happy that ‘Pavlova’ has been placed in the Top Ten of the Pink and Yellow Challenge for the group First Things – thanks so much to all who voted for this!!! also Many thanks to Clive and Hosts of Extreme Close – Ups- for featuring ‘Soft As A Feather’ – really happy with this as only just posted it today!! / / And so grateful to the Hosts of ‘Mans Best Friend’ for featuring ‘Zephyrs-Reflection’-thanks so much!!!
Thankyou to all who voted for ‘Kirsty – Taking A Break’ in the Reading Day Cha…
Thankyou to all who voted for ‘Kirsty – Taking A Break’ in the Reading Day Challenge with the Group First Things- am just happy to actually be getting placed in Challenges now!! All the better when I forget I have entered and then get a result- love surprises!! Have just today joined the Image Writing Group and have my first feature- so thankyou so very much to the Moderators for featuring ‘The Attention Seeker’ am so very happy with this! / Link to the writing
Thankyou so much to the Moderators of the Compact Group fo…
Thankyou so much to the Moderators of the Compact Group for featuring THREE of my pictures- am totally delighted with this! / / Sweet Dreams / Pavlova / Soft As A Feather / Thankyou again- my new Camera seems to be paying off!!
A sad day is here. The sun shines, but no more for my beloved Dimmeys...
A sad day is here. The sun shines, but no more for my beloved Dimmeys / store in Swan st Richmond. A major signpost along my memory lane, I remember back in the 60’s mum and I had our saturday morning ritual. I waited all week for that trip, Dimmeys was my wonderland of adventure and surprise, I never knew what I would find. Mum would head over to the fabric section, on the look out for bargains. All our sheets, tablecloths, towels and clothes, were made from the fabrics she found here. I don’t think there was nothing my mother could not sew, she just had to have the right fabric for the job. Dimmeys is where I got my first lessons in how to tell the difference between silk, cotton, and wool. It’s where I learnt that there was such a thing as polyester and nylon which had a plastic cold feel, I could tell when mum scrunched up her face and made that spitting sound, “Puhhh! SYNTHE TIC!!! no bloody good, skin no breathe”, as she threw it back on the pile of man made threads and moved on to stroke the natural fibers she loved purring like Eartha Kitt ’s Catwoman, “Quality never lets you down” as I followed and watched her drape chiffons over her shoulder and twirl in front of the mirror. I knew that when we got home, what once lay lifeless and silent in the store would be transformed into a stunning outfit, that made women on the street gasp and grown men pant. I knew early on the power of the thread, I knew because my mother was always on the other side of that thread, as she sewed it by hand with a needle,or pressing the run away foot peddle on her trusty Singer as though she was winning the Grand Prix, or when she used her teeth to break it free from a seam, or when she pulled it expertly out of the weave of the fabric creating a perfect line to follow with her scissors, threads were never / far away from her. I used to joke with her saying if we wanted to find her all we needed to do was follow the threads. The birds in our garden knew this because every spring they fought over the tangled threads that were swept outside, and made the most colorful nests in the neighborhood. I would always head for the Toy section as Mum was getting the fabric / cut and folded then wrapped in brown paper to take home. This was my chance to imagine all the wondrous scenes I could create, choosing the perfect dress for Barbie , feeling all grown up with my own nurse’s kit / or cosmetic bag full of miniature lipsticks in hot pink and orange, testing out a stripey lime green Hoola hoop, laughing at Mr Potato Head, swooning over the cool as Snoopy diaries, or getting clucky over yet another Teary Deary Doll. After Mum was done I got to choose my toy. Then after a lunch of Salad sandwiches with no beetroot and a bottle Fanta at a nearby Milk Bar, we would jump on the tram for home. I would delay the gratification of playing with my new toy as long as I could trying very hard not to take it out of it’s packaging, and every stop along Swan st would take a peek inside the little brown bag to check if my little treasure was still there waiting as eagerly as I , ready to play all weekend. Even though it is a sad day today , I have such cherished memories of a simple pure happy time with my mother, and for that I am forever grateful ‘Goodbye Dimmeys, I will always love you xoxox’
Just as I thought I had made my last sale- some very kind buyer has purchased two Cards of my Cow pictures- this one: *Here! I Want …
Just as I thought I had made my last sale- some very kind buyer has purchased two Cards of my Cow pictures- this one: Here! I Want To Ask You Something / and- Will You Scratch Under My Chin / I had such fun that day I seemed to bond with the cows lol! so thankyou very much to whoever has bought these and I hope they give you as much pleasure as they gave me taking them! xx Also: / I am so pleased that ‘Here’s My Heart’ has been featured with the Image Writing group which features the description written as well as the picture. Here
/ / Great News- Fly Me To The Moon was placed Second in…
/ / Great News- Fly Me To The Moon was placed Second in the Challenge ‘Definition Of Peace’ for Angel Wings and Heaven Group. Thankyou very much to all of you who voted for this- I am over the moon!
WoW!! thankyou to the Hosts of ‘You’re Accepted’ for featu…
WoW!! thankyou to the Hosts of ‘You’re Accepted’ for featuring Flower Power again- really happy!! Thankyou so very much to all who voted for Soft As A Feather in ‘Your Prettiest Piece of Artwork’ Challenge with the group You’re Accepted! Chuffed to bits!!
I am so grateful to the Hosts of the group ‘Dorset-England…
I am so grateful to the Hosts of the group ‘Dorset-England’ for featuring All On My Own – that babe would be so happy to think she was a star now!! lol!! Thankyou so much!
wow just finished uploading 5 mins when i find out this picture, Swan has been featured by the awesome Out of the blue (75%+blue) group. ...
wow just finished uploading 5 mins when i find out this picture, Swan has been featured by the awesome Out of the blue (75%+blue) group. / / Many thanks you guys, i am bowled over,dawnxx
Thankyou so much Marcello / for purchasi…
Thankyou so much Marcello / for purchasing a card of Soft As A Feather – I hope you have as much enjoyment from this as I had at Abbotsbury Swannery taking pictures of these beautiful birds!! Many thanks to the Hosts of that great group Extreme Close Ups for featuring If You’ve Got It….Flaunt It – lovely surprise!!
Thankyou so much to the Hosts of the group ‘Image Writing’ for featuring *So…
Thankyou so much to the Hosts of the group ‘Image Writing’ for featuring Soft As A Feather – enjoyed this shoot at Abbotsbury so am happy they turned out so well and getting featured! / also: Thanks to whoever voted for ‘Come Fly With Me’ in the ‘Added Beauty’ Challenge for the Art By Bubble Hosts Group- happy with this!
A big thanks to the Hosts of the ‘Compact Group’ for featu…
A big thanks to the Hosts of the ‘Compact Group’ for featuring Feather Down a lovely surprise!! also: Another for Soft As A Feather which was featured in ‘Hosts Of Red Bubble’ by their guest moderator for the week Clive- thanks to all of you- am chuffed to bits!!
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“I Loved You In Winter” is being featured in the group “Scavenger Hunt” thanks to the moderators of this group for this honor and feature! “The Lagoon” is being featured in the “All Oregon USA” group, thanks to the moderators of this wonderful group for this feature and honor! Dee “River Bend” is being featured in the group “Live And Let Live” thanks to the moderators of this fun group for this honor! 10/27/09 “The Drama Of Autumn” is being featured in the group “Live And Let Live” thanks to the moderators of this group for this honor! 10/29/09 “Fallen On Hard Times” is being featured in the group “Country Bumpkin” Thanks to the moderators of this group for this feature! 10/30/09 “A Bad Antler Day” placed in the top ten in the challenge “Best Title Matched With Image” in the group “Mood & Ambience” thanks to all who voted in this challenge!
Thankyou…
Thankyou to the Hosts of the group ‘Raindrops and Water Art’ for featuring The Softer Side Of Autumn- am honoured!! Also: / Thankyou so much Clive / for purchasing a Large Mounted Print of Soft As A Feather I so hope you enjoy this picture in your home! Big smiles!
Very many thanks to all who voted for Soft As A Feather in Cee’s Fun Ar…
Very many thanks to all who voted for Soft As A Feather in Cee’s Fun Artsy Friends Group Challenge for ‘Your Favourite Picture’ / Thankyou to those of you who voted for The Softer Side Of Autumn in The ‘Weekly Theme Challenges’ ‘A Single Leaf’! / Also appreciate the votes made on Get A Grip in the November Birth Flower – B&W for the Group ‘Fabulous Flowers’ Thankyou so much! / Featured: / Thankyou so much to the Hosts of ‘Fuji Fine’ group for featuring Poole Harbour! /
Am overjoyed to have sold a Large Framed Picture of ‘Under The Bridges Of …
Am overjoyed to have sold a Large Framed Picture of ‘Under The Bridges Of Venice’ – so pleased my HDR work is being enjoyed! Great News- and thankyou so -so much!! Also: / Many thanks to the Moderators of the group ‘Fuji Fine’ for featuring Fly Me To The Moon fantastic news!
Thankyou so much to the Hosts of 1:1 Macro for featuring *With These Hands I Give …
Thankyou so much to the Hosts of 1:1 Macro for featuring With These Hands I Give You My Heart- / / Many thanks to the Hosts of Fuji Fine for Featuring Oranges and Lemons. / / Thankyou so much to the Hosts of the Group ‘Alphabet Soup’ for featuring Butterfly Cushion / / ‘Sales’. / Thankyou so much to Clive / for purchasing 2 Large Mounted Prints which each qualify for 6 free cards and 1 calendar which he has opted for with my compliments- with my Pre Xmas Offer! -am more than happy to hear some of my work is being given as gifts so will be hanging in even more homes in Australia!! Pavlova! / Like A Floating Cloud! /
Just listen: Blind, The Swans - i love you too, baby. Stay safe. “Now some of us are…
Just listen: Blind, The Swans - i love you too, baby. Stay safe. “Now some of us are weak, and some endure / And some people live their lives / with a violence that’s pure and clean / But I saw a man cry once, down on his knees / In the corner of a darkened cell, and his pain meant nothing to me But I was younger then, and young men never die / When I walked out in the sun, I was strong, clear minded, / and blind And don’t say a prayer for anyone, it doesn’t do any good / And please don’t ask me a question, you’ll just be misunderstood / And if you could step inside me, you’d feel what hatred brings / And if you could see with my eyes, you’d see what self-deception means I was younger once, and I created a lie / And though my body was strong, I was self-deluded, confident, / and blind Now show some pity, for the weak of will / Because when we’re drinking, we can never be filled / And show some undertanding / for the lonely fool / Because when l’m drinking, l’m out of control No I was never young, and nothing has transpired / And when I look in the mirror, I feel dead, I feel cold, / I am blind.” ~ lyrics, Micheal Gira
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