tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72193727440225539572024-03-12T19:02:18.260-04:00Being Faygie FelligMy Artistic perceptionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02218138202232995934noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-85102448475308233132018-10-11T08:16:00.000-04:002018-10-11T08:16:42.729-04:00It's been a while.<br />
I know.<br />
But who really cares.<br />
This is my own personal journal.<br />
Stuff I want to remember.<br />
When I no longer remember...<br />
I'll update.<br />
This is what I keep busy with.<br />
In between regular every day stuff<br />
This is what I do for play.<br />
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Knitting is my go to.</div>
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Always need to keep moving</div>
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If not with my legs,</div>
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I have a client who commissions me to make complicated intricate patterns.</div>
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And I love the challenge.</div>
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Always learning something new.</div>
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If it was cold here for more than a week<br />
I would make it for myself.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02218138202232995934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-31464205556397898882015-02-22T17:55:00.002-05:002015-03-19T12:55:09.695-04:00Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut<br />
"We can complain that rose bushes have thorns<br />
or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."<br />
There are ways to change the way you are accustomed to thinking.<br />
But you have to do the work.<br />
Let's get going.<br />
First things first.<br />
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SMILE<br />
So simple<br />
Practice by looking in the mirror.<br />
Take a picture of yourself smiling and not smiling<br />
Which you do YOU like better?<br />
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READ POSITIVE THINKING QUOTES<br />
Get these words in to your head<br />
Chant them all through the day. <br />
Pretty soon they will become you. <br />
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MUSIC<br />
Happy happy happy happy!<br />
Get those earplugs in and dance in your room for a full 5 minutes.<br />
5 minute could change the next 24 hours.<br />
That I guarantee is the one that works the quickest and the best.<br />
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HELP SOMEONE<br />
In Tanya the Alter Rebbe speaks of the great importance of Tzedakah.<br />
A Sefer designed to improve OURSELVES<br />
So why is GIVING to someone else part of the work?<br />
Because it helps YOU<br />
more than the other person.<br />
So give.<br />
A hug<br />
a smile<br />
a kind word.<br />
Your heart will fill up when you see what you can do for someone else...<br />
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CHOOSE POSITIVE FRIENDS<br />
Sometimes we are surrounded by negative people<br />
They might be related to us<br />
or we may be working with them.<br />
But we are not surrounded by them all the time.<br />
So when you have the opportunity to choose<br />
let positive people be your only choice.<br />
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And most importantly...<br />
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TAKE RESPONSIBILITY<br />
for the choices YOU make with the circumstances given to you.<br />
I've heard the excuse<br />
<i>'I had no choice'</i><br />
too many times.<br />
How do people convince themselves of this idiotic crippling thought?<br />
Why?<br />
Because it gives them a way out.<br />
Changing your thought process is not impossible.<br />
It takes time.<br />
Start with small steps.<br />
Cultivate new habits.<br />
Make the life-long commitment<br />
to look inside yourself<br />
and be willing to change.<br />
Do you know what I love about working on my inner self?<br />
Acknowledging to myself that I am still young enough to make changes.<br />
As long as I am working on myself<br />
I will never grow old...<br />
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I am by no means an artist<br />
but I make art.<br />
You may not be Ms. Happy<br />
but you could make happy!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-22880017485422606292015-01-07T08:45:00.001-05:002015-01-07T22:44:12.772-05:00We Are Our Choices...We start off by making choices.<br />
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And at the end the choices MAKE US.</div>
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Make good choices</div>
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because that is who you will become.</div>
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Make a choice to be </div>
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self motivated</div>
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curious</div>
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humble</div>
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Guarantied success.<br />
My choices were clear from the start.<br />
My heritage taught me.<br />
FAMILY.<br />
Have as many children as you can.<br />
I was young.<br />
I didn't understand.<br />
But I listened.<br />
And now I have<br />
children who love us<br />
and each other.<br />
Is there any better choice?......<br />
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Photography credits<br />
www.rachelfellig.com<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-69492797901905499152014-12-16T09:47:00.006-05:002014-12-16T09:47:40.401-05:00Do You Know Where You're Going?Do you sometimes wonder how you started out in one place<br />
going in a certain direction,<br />
or so you thought,<br />
and ended up somewhere else entirely?<br />
I don't think this happens to all of us.<br />
But it certainly happens to many of us.<br />
I've been in the 'people' business for many years.<br />
And I can tell you some people really know their direction.<br />
They make plans<br />
and with G-d's help they get there.<br />
More or less.<br />
I was never that kind of person.<br />
I kind of wing it.<br />
But as I get older<br />
I wish<br />
I was a planning kind of person.<br />
Which would mean<br />
you make choices<br />
and stick with them.<br />
You continue to make choices<br />
to support your original choices<br />
and that's how you get where you want to go.<br />
Its not a foolproof plan<br />
but I've seen it work.<br />
When I create<br />
I follow both concepts.<br />
Sometimes I plan.<br />
Like in this sweater I made for my son.<br />
Wonderful patten.<br />
<a href="http://www.knitrowan.com/designs-and-patterns/patterns/herringbone-cardigan">HERRINGBONE CARDIGAN.</a><br />
I had to follow every stitch.<br />
And it was so worth it.<br />
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I added the hat and scarf.<br />
How could I not?<br />
Want to keep him warm.<br />
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He decided to share with his son!<br />
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Then I go to this craziness.<br />
Trying to make some art.<br />
Not exactly any rules for me here.<br />
so I start with this:<br />
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But I couldn't leave well enough alone.</div>
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so I did more 'patchking'</div>
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and ended up with this.</div>
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But not exactly what I hoped for.</div>
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And here is a cardigan I started ages ago.</div>
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Finally made something for myself.</div>
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Last Sunday I forced myself to figure out how I would bring some excitement to the design.</div>
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This was in a bag for at least six months.</div>
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I found this wonderful leftover piece of lace</div>
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So very happy with the result.</div>
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An example of no plan<br />
that went right!<br />
So there you have it.<br />
Put one foot in front of the other<br />
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GO!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-34974865569937062122014-10-27T09:52:00.003-04:002014-10-27T09:52:28.692-04:00I never got to go to Greece...I never got to travel the world and collect stuff from thrift shops to remind me of everything....<br />
I never got to go to art school...<br />
I never got to become a personal trainer...<br />
I never got to hike for a week all by myself...<br />
I never got to go to a fashion show and sit next to Anna Wintour...<br />
I never got to become a famous author...<br />
(don't really want that, just want to write like one)<br />
I never got to be on <i>Shlichus...</i><br />
I never got to take voice lessons...<br />
I never got to be the one with a good memory...<br />
I never got to be the girl who dyes her hair blue and gets away with it...<br />
(doesn't mean I'm not frum, it just means I'm arsty!)<br />
I never got to live in Manhattan and walk walk walk...<br />
I never got to go to Greece..<br />
Or Spain...<br />
or Venice...<br />
or the Grand Canyon...<br />
I never got to take dance lessons...<br />
or become a makeup artist...<br />
I never got to go to a JLI retreat...<br />
I never got to learn mosaics...<br />
I never got to become a therapist...<br />
(ok maybe that one I did. After all I'm a Sheitel-macher)<br />
I never got to become an excellent quilter...<br />
or a media artist<br />
or a jewelry designer<br />
or even a cake artist...<br />
I never got to wander through used book stores...<br />
I never got to have my own art/craft room where I could throw paint on the walls...<br />
I never got to bike across America...<br />
I never got to write a cookbook...<br />
I never got to publish a <i>Scrapbooking for Everyone by <span style="font-size: x-small;">Faygie Fellig...</span></i><br />
I never got to lock myself away and create for days on end...<br />
I never got to 'choose' where what and why...<br />
But what I did get was<br />
beautiful children<br />
who nurture me,<br />
encourage me<br />
and make every day significant in various meaningful ways..<br />
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They respond to my jokes<br />
(lol, lmao, ma you crack me up)<br />
push me to take care of myself<br />
cheer me on when I undertake new projects.<br />
They keep me up to date and relevant.<br />
I know how to use and Iphone<br />
navigate the computer<br />
and watch <a href="http://ted.com/">Ted.co</a>m.<br />
Seeing life through their eyes is all the adventure I need.<br />
Ups, downs and arounds,<br />
it's what Hashem chose for me.<br />
and that makes it amazing.<br />
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I'm working on something new.<br />
I want to paint on a canvas.<br />
It's a first for me.<br />
Very intimidating.<br />
No idea where to start.<br />
But start I did.<br />
We'll see where it takes me.<br />
First draft...<br />
Started with some paint<br />
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or paint over the whole damn thing.(I sense frustration!)</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-35620859736512997282014-10-14T11:43:00.004-04:002014-10-14T11:45:48.234-04:00A hug from far...There is no greater blessing than birthing a child.<br />
When I got married I was young and naive.<br />
I thought having children was a given.<br />
What did I know about the world?<br />
All I knew was my own little corner<br />
in Crown Heights.<br />
I had never even gone overseas until I was married.<br />
Seems impossible now to imagine<br />
how information needed to be accessed through sheer will<br />
versus today<br />
when you can plop down in front of a computer<br />
and sit in a chair<br />
casually drinking coffee<br />
as you access the entire world<br />
without burning one single calorie!<br />
And the years speed by,<br />
making the memories of my youth appear so simple and uncomplicated.<br />
There is still one basic human function<br />
which never changes.<br />
Having children would be the one life experience<br />
that connects us to our ancestors.<br />
There is no 'more improved' way to experience a natural miracle.<br />
We all are <i>one</i>, united in that moment<br />
when Hashem grants us the gift of life.<br />
Allowing us to feel a tiny moment of creation in it's essence.<br />
How grateful I am for this awesomeness in my life.<br />
Having children<br />
and watching my children have children.<br />
It leaves me trembling with gratitude.<br />
Nothing compares...<br />
I don't live near all my grandchildren so I don't get to hug and kiss them as much as I would like.<br />
What I do instead is KNIT.<br />
Each stitch represents a little kiss I string together<br />
to create something they can wrap around themselves<br />
as a substitute for a hug.<br />
When my grandson was born I made a soft yummy blanket.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1391130.Shannon_L_Alder" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Shannon L. Alder</a><br />
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...And while I contemplate this quote I draw...<br />
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I'm working on the scarf you asked me to make for you.</div>
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IN GOOD HEALTH</div>
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till 120!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-18993122181815816272014-08-06T09:15:00.000-04:002014-08-06T20:07:42.239-04:00Lemonade out of lemons...<i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">"Life handed him a lemon,<br />As Life sometimes will do.<br />His friends looked on in pity,<br />Assuming he was through.<br />They came upon him later,<br />Reclining in the shade<br />In calm contentment, drinking<br />A glass of lemonade."</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">G-d knows we all get our share of lemons.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">If everything was sweet </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">What challenges would we have?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">Where would our self esteem come from?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">There is no greater feeling than 'I did it myself".</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">The harder the challenge </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">the greater the feeling of accomplishment.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">One of the ways I train myself is through art.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">When I start a project I usually have no idea where I'm going with it.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">Most of the time I'm satisfied with the results.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">Not ecstatic but satisfied.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">But I never give up on it.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">Even when I think It's a wash</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">I try to make it work.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">This last one took many hours.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">At the end I wasn't crazy about it.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">So I cut it into squares and VOILA!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">A piece of unexpected art.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">I particularly love the way the frame slowly 'appeared'.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 10.833333015441895px;">Now I love this piece.</span><br />
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Anyone that knows me can agree I could use improvement in my Focus and Memory.</div>
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Here's confirmation I'm going in the right direction.</div>
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My latest Zentangle is a first of a kind for me.</div>
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It's really large.</div>
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I loved every second of the many hours it took to complete.</div>
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What resonated with me is that he said<br />
Israel always wins.<br />
WHY?<br />
Because they have NO CHOICE.<br />
They either win all or lose all.<br />
Isn't that brilliant as a metaphor for life?<br />
We make commitments easily<br />
and then change our mind<br />
and want to bow out.<br />
If we KNEW when we commit<br />
that it's 100% or nothing<br />
how much stronger and more successful<br />
would we all be<br />
in all we undertake...<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-67333019723889667282014-07-20T23:09:00.001-04:002014-07-20T23:09:19.428-04:00There is no peace while others suffer...Worries fill<br />
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my mind.<br />
We are living in difficult times.<br />
It's not easy to detach.<br />
Exploring my own little art world really helps.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>“Any fool can be happy. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>It takes a man with real heart </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.” </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Flowers are what I love the most.</span></span><br />
After all<br />
flowers are G-d's way<br />
of letting us know<br />
that although the world<br />
is oftentimes cruel<br />
and<br />
ugly,<br />
flowers,<br />
in all their glory,<br />
is beauty at it's essence.<br />
....because you can grow flowers<br />
where dirt used to be...<br />
And most of all -<br />
<i>your mind is a garden,</i><br />
<i>your thoughts are the seeds,</i><br />
<i>the harvest can either be</i><br />
<i>flowers or weeds.</i><br />
I am obsessed with flowers.<br />
I created a page in my<br />
art journal<br />
that shows just that.<br />
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and a fun piece ready to be framed.<br />
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Stamps are from one of my favorites <a href="http://donnadowney.typepad.com/">http://donnadowney.typepad.com/</a></div>
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She has inspired me to go for it.</div>
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This is definitely a favorite one for me.</div>
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Here's to Peace in the world.</div>
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I start in one place.</div>
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I finish somewhere else entirely.</div>
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This piece turns out exactly how I hoped it would.<br />
Not because it was planned this way.<br />
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I trust myself to know.</div>
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to see colors everywhere<br />
no matter what!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-47957515398928280172014-07-04T17:27:00.002-04:002015-03-20T08:51:08.802-04:00Have a BLAST!I love my Thesaurus!<br />
Choosing specific words clarify to your audience<br />
the depth of your thoughts and feelings.<br />
More than that<br />
words have impact on your own self.<br />
I have a friend<br />
that whenever I ask her about her day<br />
she describes whatever she did as<br />
'a blast'!<br />
After years of thinking<br />
why is she having a blast doing this and that<br />
while my experience was 'ordinary',<br />
I decided to join her one afternoon at the beach with some friends<br />
and have a 'blast' too.<br />
What I discovered is...<br />
the power of words.<br />
After spending a pleasant enough time<br />
as we packed up to leave<br />
my friend exclaims<br />
'wasn't that a <b>blast</b>?!<br />
And it hit me right there and then.<br />
The word she chooses colors her experiences with richness.<br />
Stored in her memory in a positive way.<br />
So simple.<br />
And from there on I made a conscious effort<br />
to substitute any negative words<br />
with positive ones.<br />
It's a few years later now<br />
and I can honestly tell you<br />
that my life has changed .<br />
Positive words actually create the reality of positive experience.<br />
Which leads to happiness...<br />
which leads me to my happy hobby!<br />
For years I've wanted to make an Art Journal.<br />
I finally started.<br />
Hopefully this journal will reflect growth in my artistic journey.<br />
I try something new on each page.<br />
My first page uses paper and paint.<br />
I love making little houses.<br />
So I thought I'd start with that.<br />
Also kind of a metaphor<br />
for whats taking place in the house of me.<br />
AND my favorite<a href="http://www.shelsilverstein.com/"> SHEL SILVERSTEIN</a> poem.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-85871498783640579572014-06-24T19:10:00.005-04:002014-06-24T19:10:59.813-04:00Creativity is the act of self discovery.Over 30 years ago I moved to Miami.<br />
It didn't take but 30 seconds and I was smitten.<br />
I know it's true love because I feel exactly the same now as I did then.<br />
Early morning birds chirping...<br />
Light breeze from the ocean...<br />
Fans whirring...<br />
Long shadows on the wall toward the evening...<br />
The list goes on.<br />
Never gets old.<br />
And<br />
all this loveliness inspires me every day.<br />
<i>Love of beauty is taste</i><br />
<i>the creation of beauty is art.-Ralph Waldo Emerson</i><br />
Over the years I've discovered my creativity in different ways.<br />
Mostly through scrapbooking.<br />
Which is why I started this blog.<br />
Now I'm HEAVY into watercolor and markers.<br />
And I'm having a ball.<br />
I wish y'all would try it.<br />
Believe me when I tell you<br />
There is a little artist in you begging to be released.<br />
Pick up a marker and you'll see what I mean.<br />
This here is a Zentangle/markers collaboration.<br />
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First I draw...<br />
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Constantly color your picture gray,<br />
and your picture will always be bleak.<br />
Try adding some bright colors to the picture<br />
by including humor,<br />
and your picture begins to lighten up.<br />
That's how I see life.<br />
The worse I feel<br />
the more color I wear!<br />
Add brighter lipstick.<br />
Make a pretty fruit salad.<br />
Or just make some art.<br />
Here's one for you.<br />
<span style="text-align: center;">Doodles and paint.</span><br />
This is what happy looks like for me.<br />
What does happy look like for you?<br />
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I found I could say words<br />
with color and shapes<br />
that I couldn't say any other way<br />
- things I had no words for. <br />
Georgia O'keefe<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-16836184760577894142014-06-01T12:14:00.000-04:002014-06-24T19:18:21.328-04:00As long as it makes me happy...I haven't blogged in over a year.<br />
And then I saw this <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/mena_trott_tours_her_blog_world">TED TALK</a><br />
which motivated me to start again.<br />
It's a way of giving my grandchildren a peek in to who I am.<br />
...and no matter how 'good I look for my age'<br />
all they see is a <b>bubby... </b><br />
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With that being said...<br />
I love to read.<br />
When I was a little girl I went to the library every Friday to get books for Shabbos.<br />
Not being a safe neighborhood<br />
my heart would pound with fear<br />
until I was safely enclosed and surrounded by my beloved books.<br />
Yet that never stopped me.<br />
Each story carried me off to a new adventure.<br />
I could smell the food that was being described on those pages.<br />
Words like<br />
delectable,<br />
dainty and<br />
succulent,<br />
brought vivid images to my mind.<br />
Opening the first page always brought thrills of anticipation.<br />
<i>Betsy Stacy and Tibs.</i><br />
Remember them?<br />
All the <i>Nancy Drew</i> books.<br />
<i>The Hardy boys.</i><br />
<i>The Secret Garden.</i><br />
Read that at least 10 times.<br />
Matured to <i>Gone With The Wind.</i><br />
Read that at least 20 times.<br />
Who didn't?<br />
The power of words.<br />
They take me prisoner.<br />
Wind themselves around me<br />
like a warm blanket.<br />
Sometimes they keep me so enthralled<br />
I cannot move for hours.<br />
Now that I'm older,<br />
I especially love reading memoirs of strong resilient people.<br />
Their strength inspires me in ways they'll never know.<br />
One of the most powerful reads thus far has been<br />
<i><a href="http://www.feldheim.com/as-long-as-i-live.html">As Long As I Live </a>.</i><br />
Beautifully written.<br />
Each page reaching me at my core.<br />
I mostly read on Shabbos.<br />
If a book really grabs me<br />
I'll read a bit every night.<br />
So please<br />
KINDLE<br />
Don't take books away from me.<br />
I need to feel them.<br />
Turn each page with a dampened index finger.<br />
Fold the corner of the page as I drift off to sleep<br />
Just like when I was little....<br />
Books have always been my obsession<br />
and that's never changed.<br />
HOWEVER,<br />
I now have a new obsession.<br />
WATERCOLOR.<br />
I have no idea how to paint,<br />
but I'm determined to do it anyway.<br />
Don't really care if I follow any particular rules of art.<br />
Just want to do what I know feels good.<br />
So I'll share my stuff with you as I learn.<br />
Maybe I can inspire YOU to try something too.<br />
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<i><b>Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. ~Edgar Degas</b></i><br />
In that case for me it's really easy....<br />
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My first 'real' artwork.<br />
First one's a charm I think.<br />
I tried again.<br />
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I'll show you.<br />
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So there you have it.<br />
As I continue it will be interesting for me to see how I learn new things.<br />
I'm gonna try to learn all I can through YOUTUBE and blogs.<br />
Love the challenge...<br />
When you do it for yourself there's no pressure...<br />
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do you want to be 'in the box'<br />
or<br />
'out of the box'.<br />
The box with it's implications of<br />
rigidity and squareness<br />
symbolizes constrained and unimaginative thinking.<br />
I think<br />
the box also indicates safety.<br />
Being sure of your boundaries.<br />
Knowing where borders begin and where they end.<br />
I have no problem with what the expression tries to convey -<br />
the importance of looking at things in a new way.<br />
That can be what makes a person stand out in creativity.<br />
But when did being 'in the box' become boring<br />
and being 'out of the box' insinuate interesting?<br />
I wouldn't say it's the only or necessary way to be unique and original.<br />
Another direction to take is simply<br />
being happy and in a good mood.<br />
It broadens ones thoughts and actions<br />
without the need to step 'out of the box'.<br />
Oxygen to the brain stimulates your mind.<br />
Running, dancing...<br />
That is not so out of the box.<br />
Feeling blaaa?<br />
Do a few jumping jacks.<br />
Read something funny that makes you laugh.<br />
Really laugh.<br />
You'll feel invigorated enough to reach inside yourself<br />
where all your creativity is stored in the first place.<br />
Parents - encourage uniqueness<br />
whilst providing stability.<br />
Be responsive to your kids needs<br />
while challenging them to develop skills.<br />
The more skills (knowledge) one has<br />
the more potential there is<br />
to translate original thinking,<br />
from abstract to actuality.<br />
So forget this 'out of the box' concept.<br />
Learn as much as you can<br />
teach as many ways as you know how<br />
and you will see how much creativity there is in each one of us.<br />
Speaking about that special standout kind of person<br />
here's one original, interesting, and<br />
precocious<br />
(i love that word!)<br />
little girl.<br />
As a result of spending lots of time with adults<br />
she says the funniest things.<br />
She is not your 'typical' little girl.<br />
Some would say she is "out of the box"<br />
I say she is an <b>original!</b><br />
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She always had a sparkle within her.<br />
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From the very beginning it was apparent that she was determined to be 'miss independence.'<br />
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I am thrilled that I document the memories of her development and growth.<br />
I wouldn't want to forget a thing.<br />
<i><u>watch this first!</u></i><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-32612732332645999432013-07-08T09:38:00.000-04:002013-07-08T09:38:01.529-04:00You may be out of my sight... but never out of my mind...Can you miss your child every minute she's not with you?<br />
There is something about this one in particular that makes me miss her alot.<br />
Maybe it's her energy...<br />
her passion<br />
her joy<br />
her ability to move forward,<br />
at a pace that most of us cannot maintain,<br />
that I find so intriguing.<br />
She is a walking box of crayons.<br />
The biggest box of colors you could find.<br />
It's a burden to be given that kind of charisma.<br />
It's powerful.<br />
It's awesome to watch her compete<br />
with herself.<br />
I think this girl does exactly what Hashem wants her to.<br />
She uses her G-d given gifts to<br />
guide<br />
teach<br />
inspire and love.<br />
So what do I do when I miss her?<br />
I don't call.<br />
She's really busy!<br />
I pull out my stuff and do what I love best.<br />
I remember.<br />
I craft.<br />
I document.<br />
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Do you want to join me?<br />
Start by scraplifting.<br />
I've shared the idea with you <a href="http://here./">here.</a><br />
Find a layout you love and make it your own.<br />
It's a quick way to satisfy a strong desire to get it done.<br />
The original layout is <a href="http://lescreationsdemariemily.blogspot.com/2013/07/style-epure-clean-and-simple-un-peu.html">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-35169418317745440132013-07-05T18:43:00.005-04:002013-07-08T08:27:29.657-04:00happy birthday my little one...<i>....when I'm old I'll still need you</i><br />
<i>you're my sister and my favorite friend.</i><br />
<i>and I promise I'll be here</i><br />
<i>like you've been there for me time and again...</i><br />
(full lyrics<a href="http://jewishsonglyrics.blogspot.com/2007/08/sister-sister.html"> here</a>)<br />
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Having six daughter is a blessing times six.<br />
It's a beautiful thing for a parent<br />
to see her children<br />
loving each other.<br />
I think it's the ultimate form of nachas.<br />
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..<i>.and when you need me</i><br />
<i>I'll be here at any time</i><br />
<i>I love you</i><br />
<i>sister of mine...</i><br />
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<i><b>Call your sister!</b></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-30787590822830299132013-05-13T08:18:00.002-04:002013-05-13T08:18:30.540-04:00Happy Mothers DayYesterday I got lots of calls.<br />
Happy Mothers Day!<br />
It's nice to be recognized<br />
by your kids<br />
by their friends.<br />
It's nice.<br />
But what's really nice about motherhood<br />
is seeing the adults that you grow.<br />
Although you never want to let go<br />
you have to know...<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. </span><br />
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R. is one of these kids.<br />
She exceeds my expectations<br />
of what is good<br />
and right.<br />
Her ability to connect<br />
is a gift we all secretly envy.<br />
She just loves<br />
with all of her heart<br />
no matter who, how old<br />
or what background you may be from.<br />
This comes from being non-judgemental<br />
(she definitely got that from me LOL!!!)<br />
nurturing<br />
(from her father for sure!)<br />
and just plain giving.<br />
This girl makes me proud.<br />
In a million ways.<br />
<i>Proud</i> to be her Mother<br />
for sure.<br />
<i>Honored</i> to be her friend.<br />
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Took me a few hours to make this layout.<br />
Layering<br />
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Trying to use up all my stash<br />
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That could take years<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-19110077349259778152013-05-08T08:29:00.000-04:002013-05-09T08:10:00.903-04:00Happy Birthday Shlam.I read a great book this weekend.<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Light-Between-Oceans-Novel/dp/1451681755/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1367843834&sr=1-1&keywords=the+light+between+oceans">The Light Between The Oceans by M.L. Stedman.</a><br />
It is about the all consuming desire of motherhood<br />
regardless of personal pain, sacrifice and lies.<br />
Great read.<br />
Thought provoking.<br />
Having children is undoubtedly the greatest gift of life.<br />
The ultimate leap of faith.<br />
Trusting that the world<br />
in to which we bring this child,<br />
will provide them with great things.<br />
A joy as deep as pain.<br />
An agony as exhilarating as pleasure.<br />
When you make loving and caring for others<br />
the story of your life<br />
there is never a final chapter.<br />
The joy continues on always.<br />
Page after page.<br />
When they were young<br />
I was their teacher<br />
but as they grow older<br />
I am more often the student.<br />
The older generation has a different take on this.<br />
When I gently protest to my mother<br />
"Ma, I'm a middle aged woman.<br />
I think I know what I'm doing."<br />
She responds<br />
"I'm still older than you."<br />
<i>Toni Morrison writes in Beloved</i><br />
<i>"Grown don't mean a thing to a mother.</i><br />
<i>A child is a child.</i><br />
<i>They get bigger, older, but grown?</i><br />
<i>What's that supposed to mean?</i><br />
<i>In my heart it don't mean a thing."</i><br />
Yet I still maintain my children can teach me much.<br />
Shlam, you teach me to have empathy.<br />
Understanding of differences.<br />
Acceptance.<br />
Perseverance.<br />
You show me<br />
that being your mother<br />
is (and I quote)<br />
<i>"finding a piece of yourself </i><br />
<i>separate and apart</i><br />
<i>that all the same</i><br />
<i>you could not live without" -jodi picoult</i><br />
Happy Birthday Shlam.<br />
May this year bring you<br />
wonder and joy<br />
new experiences<br />
and what every mother wants<br />
HAPPINESS.<br />
Love you.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-83953454370970106822013-04-30T09:27:00.003-04:002013-04-30T09:27:22.764-04:00Took 54 years to truly enjoy...<i><span style="color: red;">“In truth a family is what you make it. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">but by the rituals you help family members create, </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">by the memories you share, </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">by the commitment of time, </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">caring, </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">and </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">love you show to one another, </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">and </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit.” </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">― <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/504132.Marge_Kennedy">Marge Kennedy</a></span></i><br />
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So it took me 54 years to truly enjoy Pesach.<br />
And it was worth the wait.<br />
Do you want to know what <i>ENJOY</i> means?<br />
Having all my children under one roof<br />
fast asleep...<br />
Walking towards the kitchen in the morning<br />
knowing<br />
as I turn the corner<br />
little humans will be running towards me<br />
shrieking<br />
bubbieeeeee.....<br />
as the wrap their little arms<br />
around my legs.<br />
Listening from the other room<br />
to the bursts of laughter<br />
coming from my children<br />
loving each other through teasing<br />
as only a family has permission to do.<br />
Knowing all the while<br />
they are building bonds<br />
stronger than steel<br />
never to be broken.<br />
Gathering together<br />
twice a day<br />
for a delicious meal<br />
and accepting authentic praise<br />
for making yummy food<br />
out of 5 ingredients<br />
for 7 days.<br />
Sharing private minutes with each of my children<br />
reconnecting through hugs and kisses<br />
listening<br />
and<i> hearing</i><br />
who they are<br />
who they've become<br />
and who I am becoming<br />
through <i>their</i> process.<br />
Because at the end of the day<br />
my children is the sum of all my parts.<br />
When they leave I focus back on myself.<br />
I am left with lessons learned<br />
from my children<br />
(and there are many<br />
which I will slowly share<br />
as they become part of me).<br />
<i>Enjoyment</i><br />
is being in the moment.<br />
We had 10 days of<br />
intense<br />
sweet<br />
meaningful<br />
light<br />
awesome<br />
moments.<br />
Because at the end of the day<br />
it's not about how much we have<br />
it's about how much we enjoy...<br />
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If I would have been born in this day and age<br />
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I see myself.</div>
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My genes</div>
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your expression.</div>
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My strengths</div>
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your accomplishments.</div>
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My humor</div>
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your laughter.</div>
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My heart</div>
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your love for your family.<br />
My candor<br />
your honesty.<br />
My perseverance<br />
your spunk.<br />
In my eyes<br />
you are the new and improved version of me.<br />
Each day to me is a fresh start to try again.<br />
You are a constant work in progress.<br />
Every day is a welcome experience for a new challenge.<br />
To take a lesson from.<br />
In order to become a better person.<br />
To delight in.<br />
To explore.<br />
That's you.<br />
That's me.<br />
Love you alot....<br />
<i>MA</i><br />
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I feel relevant.<br />
I'm not gonna lie<br />
I have this fear of being left behind.<br />
I want my children and grandchildren to keep me in the loop.<br />
How can I possibly do that without <i>whatsapp?</i><br />
or<i> instagram?</i><br />
What if they're discussing <a href="http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/"><i>google glass</i></a> and I bring them a bottle of water!?<br />
<i>I'm pretty sure they will have a great laugh</i><br />
<i>at my expense!</i><br />
This month was my Birthday<br />
and<br />
my amazing kids gifted me with<br />
<i>drumroll....</i><br />
an IPhone.<br />
I've been lusting for it<br />
but was afraid to commit.<br />
Now I'm a happy Mama<br />
sending silly snapchats<br />
instagrams<br />
and chatting about apps<br />
in a casual grown-up way.<br />
I have to admit<br />
I even feel more confident with it.<br />
I mean,<br />
now I will never be lost (google maps)<br />
be hungry (google kosher restaraunts closest to where you are)<br />
forget to Daven (app for siddur)<br />
have an excuse not to say Chitas (yep you can download that too)<br />
keep up with breaking news (collive)<br />
deposit my check with a click of the camera (awesome!)<br />
listen to music<br />
you get the idea....<br />
Makes you a more complete person.<br />
I think.<br />
Or does it?<br />
As I've posted before <a href="http://beingfaygie.blogspot.com/2012/05/if-you-see-something-that-moves-you-and.html">here</a><br />
I have a drawer full of pictures.<br />
I randomly choose one<br />
when the mood strikes me.<br />
I picked up this photo and stared closely at it.<br />
Suddenly I realized something.<br />
I had a powerful 'aha' moment.<br />
What makes us relevant as parents is LOVE.<br />
I see a young mother,<br />
full of hope<br />
loving her children<br />
dressed beautifully<br />
posing for the camera<br />
wanting to save the feeling of pride<br />
in herself and in her children,<br />
for posterity.<br />
I am just like her<br />
She was just like me.<br />
My grandmother and I are exactly the same.<br />
Without all the fancy gadgets.<br />
All we want<br />
is to give love<br />
to receive love<br />
and to look fabulous while we do it!<br />
75 years have passed since that picture was taken,<br />
but I can almost hear the sounds of the birds in the backround,<br />
smell the spray starch on the children's linen dresses,<br />
feel the softness of the cotton beret,<br />
that undoubtedly my grandmother lovingly crocheted,<br />
as my mother rested her cheek against her mother.<br />
I look closer and I see<br />
hope<br />
gratitude and<br />
peace<br />
on my grandmothers face.<br />
Like all us mothers,<br />
Relevance is being a loving person.<br />
My grandmother was relevant.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219372744022553957.post-8328952195672031012013-04-18T18:45:00.000-04:002013-04-18T18:45:03.433-04:00I love noise, I love silence...<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>“To make the right choices in life, </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>you have to get in touch with your soul. </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>To do this, </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>you need to experience solitude, </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>which most people are afraid of, </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.” </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/138207.Deepak_Chopra" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Deepak Chopra</a><br />
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A wonderful insight....<br />
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I love noise.<br />
I love silence.<br />
In noise I get to connect with others.<br />
In silence I get to connect with myself.<br />
Knitting is the way I use silence to be productive.<br />
I need to create while I meditate.<br />
When I knit and it's noisy<br />
it feels like I'm swimming against the current.<br />
Knitting has always been something I've enjoyed.<br />
Been doing it since I'm a little girl.<br />
I remember as a teenager<br />
knitting through the night<br />
in my room<br />
listening to music.<br />
There's nothing that brings me back<br />
as when I knit and listen to oldies...<br />
I'm working on preparing different knitting projects.<br />
I need to have one or two going at any given time.<br />
Lucky for me I met a friend who is a knitting genius.<br />
She worked in knitting all her life and creates patterns.<br />
Knowing her inspires me to step out of my comfort zone.<br />
There is so much to learn.<br />
If I could exist without sleep<br />
I would knit through the nights.<br />
The only downside is...<br />
<i>I SHOULD BE EXERCISING INSTEAD!</i><br />
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Here is a sneak peek of one I'm working on.<br />
First one is my favorite pattern - chevron.<br />
I love knitting or crocheting chevron.<br />
When I am done<br />
this will be a gorgeous<br />
expensive,<br />
10's of hours worth<br />
of love<br />
(crocheting is slower than knitting sometimes)<br />
AFGHAN.<br />
Here is the first panel.<br />
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So that's it for now.<br />
While I keep busy with my new IPhone,<br />
Words With Friends, (facebook game)<br />
knitting,<br />
scrapbooking<br />
and working,<br />
I will continue to contemplate life<br />
and learn something new every day.<br />
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