CYDONIA ADAPTS

Thursday May 1 2008

Above, see him interacting

with a customer---he is about to

get closer to her so she can pet him

In his new home away from his

family and doing the big Cat Shows,

it was wonderful to see Cydonia in the

salon today, as he was happy to see all

the customers and was

being on the playful side. He has to be a

good boy to be able to be a visitor

at Evergreen Health Care

where the patients will

be delighted with him

What Happened?

Wed. April 3oth 2008

I'm always looking for old chairs or

new for that matter---that tell

me something when I spy them..

this one says, somebody cared

what the broken chair back's

story was----we can't

know what happened, but

we sure can speculate

a number of scenarios,

Cigarettes for two.....

This was taken Monday about six thirty pm.

I had wanted to get the mill smoke break people

in the rain and this was the first time

I got the chance...you can see raindrops

on my windshield and of course the

light is dull, so, I wish they had colorful

umbrellas! I hope they can somehow

find a way to quit.

Handing out delights

Tuesday April 29th 2008

Here are some of the treasures

from friends (Nancy and Ann)

that sure enrich my imagination

when just looking at them. I will

now put them to rest in the color

system I use for embellishments--

till they call to me to use them

in some way. How much fun it

was to be surprised with this

gift! I love to collect things

like this and am happier

finding this type of thing then

regular store sh0pping .

"It's melting, it's melting......!

Monday the 28th of April 2008

Dorothy must have thrown a

bucket of water on the old tractor

still hanging around the farm !

Nice crop growing !

Sunday April 27th 2008

Just wanted you to admire my

progressing hair do---someone

mentioned that I seemed a rather

high end Chia Pet...

Mohitos look possible to drink,

at the end of some lovely

summer day---several of

the my leaves go in each drink---

......Sir Malcom

Tumbling Down Roof

Saturday April 26th 2008

Here is the front door with it's overhang roof 2007

Below in the winter of 08 it falls down
In the Spring of 2008

This looks to me, like a great dog

house, but too close to the road.

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A writer could go on about fictitious

generations of people having inhibited

this very old house.

Partial Cover

Thursday April 24th 2008

This is part of a cover of the newest

book/journal I am adding to as I

find sketches that will get lost if not

gathered together. The difference

in this project is it will be 90%

interactive if all goes well---makes

it fun to get involved in for the

interested peruser.

When showing this to some friends last

week, they asked "That's you

isn't it, taken a while ago?"

"Yes, I said, several days ago..." (Whoops,

I meant 'years').... Oh to have that

youth, the energy----but the

ages have taught me well and

made me (and you)

much more then then .

ted

Field Influences

Thursday April 24th 2008

Wind From the sea by Andrew Wyeth

and

I often look to see if the horses are out
in this Murphy Rd. scene----when they are not
there I wonder about them---there are
more than the two white ones. This is
pretty far back up in a field,
from the roadside and I never
cease to be thrilled seeing them and
the old country style red house
that is hidden later on in the year ...

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My breeze from the field photo

if painted, would include some

of the field (which is visable, just not in

this particular photo)that I have looked at

for over 48 years---

I always think of Wyeth's painting

when the curtains blow

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why the big space between this blog and the

one before it, I have no clue.

More Stafford Springs shots

Wednesday April 23rd 2008

The original Spring's House where

quests from the old hotel would

come to take a dip in the healing

mineral water--old photos in the

Historical Society show such goings on.

Today it still sits between the old Library

(now the Historical Society building) and

a church on Spring St.

I guess I will put some 'around town' photos

on this year long Blog Book---here are some Maine

Street stores ( January 2007) with the houses

above them--I painted

a similar view so long ago

and sold it at the town hall

exhibit to Florence Pollens.

Stafford Hollow Bridge

Tuesday the 22nd of April 2008

I include these photos of the bridge I cross

each day in the hollow, to get my mail in

the post office in the center back, because with

the changes that take place each year, this may

look entirely different to my great grandchildren

when they see this Blog Book someday.

Ravenshine

Monday the 21st of April 2008

Here is the glass background used on

original CD cover art by Winna (me)---

this process takes a while and I always

hope I can recall how I did it and repeat

the steps if need be. I thought you'd

like to see a final result.

Tidewash

Above is the shot I was working with

This is a close up of a hanging glass

garden ball---what I have created with

the close up, was done in Paint Shop Pro 7.

I happen to like it for the swirly ocean

colors with tide washed kelp. To just

frame this enlarged, I'd like, but then I'd

need that huge studio on the coast to

display in in the gallery for patrons :-)--- I will

probably use it for as a background in some

altered book project.

Meet Sir Malcom Mintholder

Friday April 18th 2008

The plant pot for Peppermint to grow in

on my front porch this year, I hope !

Gail will help a lot by potting the plant

as she has the green thumb for sure.

Her gardens are so beautiful

with winding paths etc.

The Violets are coming, the violets are coming !

The pansies are already strutting

their stuff---"picking peppy purple posies"

say that fast 6 times!

See under the birches , on the right,

behind Miss Marple,

the start of the violets poking up. On

the left is a bit of moss up by the trunk

of one of the five birches in the cluster...

that was puchased on Mother's Day many

years ago, with my five

children being represented in the

front yard. They are now twice as tall

as the house !

Mz Scarlet visits Buttercup

Friday the 17 of April in 2008

Buttercup, "Would like a cup of gas?"

Mz Scarlet, "No, deisel is my drink. "

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Nancy came for show and tell with

a REALLY great pocketbook she made

and after a fashion, left to go home to

put the milk in the fridge

before it spoiled in her car.

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I always love a visit from

a truly creative soul .

Remembered Song

Here's one of my first attempts at merging

photos together---I used a photo of handmade

paper I made, a vintage photo of woman looking

into a mirror and added the poem song.

I recall my sister, Joanne making this

up when we were little (pre school) and how

we'd sing it in our shared room at night to

help us feel safe from unknown harm.

It has a simple

lilting melody I never forgot.

Used For Parts

I'm so happy I photographed this old farm truck

several years ago........

It sat there waiting to be used for parts

in the field in back of my house

----lots of material for

paintings, I always felt--

Yesterday's blog was one of the

near plethora of photos.

I may have driven it many years

ago, as we all pitched

in when needed on the farm.

I truly miss seeing it.

Idled Forever

For those that like a colorful gussing game----

must have exactness here for

the right answer---

Bonjour !

Taken out through the window yesterday.

This French Guinea hen is constantly

moving but his facial expression,

seems pretty much in focus and

shows his contempt for me taking

his photo---Since their main

diet is yummy ticks I am

happy they roam

around the yard.

Sunset Palette

A close up shot of the unusual sky at sunset

last night----it was shocking to see and

I took several pix----we did get a tiny shower

later and that's it----maybe today they'll

be more...this portentous type of sky

somehow, strengthens faith in a creator, if only

for the awesome complimentary colors.

Is it October yet?

Sunday the 13th of 08

I guess I have quite the wait to visit where

these shells came from---

OPEN UP !

Saturday the 12th of April '08

Here are some items I found in

a shop that are the type of thing

my heart jumps for joy over. They

were not costly and in each piece I

can see a story unfold and plan all

sorts of assemblages with them---only

hope to get some of them done.

There's an

old spoon, flattened one might speculate

on the railroad tracks that run through

town---I would say a boy did this to

impress somebody and make another

one upset---so goes his life---until

the spoon becomes evidence in

a trial that rocked the town's

elite and kept tongues wagging to this day.

......Now there's just an example of

something to build on in a

creative assemblage. Hummmmmm,

the Oliver Twist opener---that MUST

have be one from the old

Pub people hardly remember

any more, but was quite the

place to rendezvous....

Name this place ??

Thursday the 10th of April 2008

I certainly haven't given this place a close

look in a long time and wonder how

familiar it looks to the Staffordites

viewing the blog today.

Twirly Teens

Wednesday 9th of April 2008

This could be two teenagers

in my class, but it isn't. We

were not satisfied till we had

a "broomstick skirt" to wear

to school etc. They flared

out when dancing which seemed

daring and wild.

I recall, that just because a

friend's mother wore gold hoop

earings, I thought she must truly

be a Gypsey. We kept

the many folds in the circle skirt

looking pleated by tying the

skirt to a broomstick to

dry the pleats in.

Make a Wish

Tuesday April the 8th 2008

Here's the first robin not aware I am below

otherwise, he'd be elsewhere. I heard long

ago, that you should make a wish on the first

robin you see in the Spring and watch to

see which way he hops--if it's away from you

the wish will not be granted---

I have not seen him since and can only

presume he's fallen in love and is

wooing his intended.

House Hunt

Monday April 7th 2008

Look around Stafford and see if you can

locate this lovely example

of long ago architecture. I dare not

even suggest the area or give any

hints---for they would be a dead

giveaway.

KIM AND QUACKERS

Sunday the 6th of April 2008

I understand that if I wasn't

allergic to feathers, that Quackers

would allow me to hold her and see

how really soft she is. Kim is my

daughter and has 4 brothers.

Quackers has dogs to play

with and may believe she is

a dog or thinks they are ducks.

(She's a Muscovy duck)

Dog Talk

Saturday April the 5th 2008

I thought some of you would like to see

the dog in the e mail contest yesterday in

full face handsomeness. You can get

a much better look at Corey, too---doesn't

he look like his father, Kent? It looks

like the dog is about to say something----I

wonder what it would be? Please

leave a comment with your guess

at what it might be. Just write the

comment, sign if you want---

click on anonymous and

publish---or something

like that. Good Luck !

Waiting

Friday April 4th 2008

Come early for good seats!

This was a day when the colors were

extremely crisp---the tree looked like

white chalk and the benches above, altho

empty now, are just waiting for the

show to begin with the returning

geese. Far across the pond could be

spied a 'couple' swimming over near

where they seem to have their

new families in seclusion .

Sleepy Time Gal

THURSDAY APRIL 3 2008

Nancy goes for forty winks after

lunch at Soup to Nuts in Sturbridge

Mass. mill complex. Since Wright's

Mill is closing there, people are

shopping the sales---boy, will that

place be missed. I picked up what

I could use in mixed media projects.

The day was fortunately sunny and

clear as a bell. The company

was sparkling and it felt good

to go out after the "back out" siege

just experienced.

First 2008 Robin

Wednesday April 2 2008

I saw my first Robin this year through

the back window, hopping around

near sunset time. I wonder

if this is the one above, born here last year

returning--looks like him !

Honk !

A flock of these flew over the house the

other day in V formation---that's what

caught my eye.... and I heard either two or

three honks--how exciting, it meant they

have returned for Spring! They usually

flock down at the Mill Pond in the Hollow

and that is something I love to observe.