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For Love and Cheer.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-89214883171424423252020-09-23T21:51:00.000-07:002020-09-23T21:51:07.245-07:00Rebbie<p> My lovely friend, Celia over at <a href="https://figjamandlimecordial.com/" target="_blank">Fig Jam and Lime Cordial</a> writes about Phoenix projects. She rescues lovely bits of clothing that are worn out and mends them into works of art. </p><p>While my mom has been recovering from breaking her leg I've been going through decades of stuff, sorting, donating, throwing away. In the closet of my old room, in a box that hasn't been touched since the seventies I found Rebbie. He was the beloved animal friend of my little brother Tom, who passed away when he was 16. </p><p>Rebbie might not look like much at age sixty, but he was the King of the Toys. He was sassy and liked to surf. He was popular and had a thick California beach accent. He was the kind of dog that said "Dude" a lot. We wrote comic books about him and his friends. When I found him I became most sentimental.</p><p>So he has come to my house for a bit of makeover. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3ffZmcuE2bagcn2aopmrit_uyNyieuIlzlrw8nGQf-PQ-Hj4AYPPBLiYBOVifkEbiT399163RXutJsklTboG_VXqGxIuMvMzb1V9If0_56NLu_0jmJrIxRMaajFingnlbWYM4KsPxq4/s2048/Rebbie1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3ffZmcuE2bagcn2aopmrit_uyNyieuIlzlrw8nGQf-PQ-Hj4AYPPBLiYBOVifkEbiT399163RXutJsklTboG_VXqGxIuMvMzb1V9If0_56NLu_0jmJrIxRMaajFingnlbWYM4KsPxq4/w364-h364/Rebbie1.jpg" width="364" /></a></div><p>Here he is on my desk, ready for a spa day.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Vc9L_5ENxABWXxOcDHofDv7BHn7RZvC_u02yDvYczxAEfNj0A5MGoUsflbYcmWqm8Uyhd4yd-3OasgKMJr6QVNzNpu4R3MQ02UinxrDyskjIZaK196iNFXJbL-rLSYcdW3DKRbb8668/s2048/Rebbie2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Vc9L_5ENxABWXxOcDHofDv7BHn7RZvC_u02yDvYczxAEfNj0A5MGoUsflbYcmWqm8Uyhd4yd-3OasgKMJr6QVNzNpu4R3MQ02UinxrDyskjIZaK196iNFXJbL-rLSYcdW3DKRbb8668/s320/Rebbie2.jpg" /></a></div><p>A nice warm bath. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLVAGsS8niFHk33vjs8hQzzvTgF6KIsTAK1ICNGVVYoLItDtrsJjSQcRD7qnZVA7I3zdnNO-ZfNW78OAsDlBmpSCbo4iJLSlKyrLTSExR-F0wvR-ru23QHqz46Ebm69Pcz4kReSRO_BI/s2048/Rebbie3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1690" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLVAGsS8niFHk33vjs8hQzzvTgF6KIsTAK1ICNGVVYoLItDtrsJjSQcRD7qnZVA7I3zdnNO-ZfNW78OAsDlBmpSCbo4iJLSlKyrLTSExR-F0wvR-ru23QHqz46Ebm69Pcz4kReSRO_BI/s320/Rebbie3.jpg" /></a></div><p>Look! He really is pink and white, sort of. He got a soft brushing and a bit of a blow dry. <br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvuXZom5CRO4K1soNcSJ6Y5qbSR9Wok01nfuz9AX-g-LAtrXPSuj-UfyAaC0s1HKfeRnxJORcoeIQBAYpG_fdommp45Krn2C0zECkNg2yTpmNYgudpivCPBrB6XIwFCj6bOq_jwS930w/s2048/Rebbie4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvuXZom5CRO4K1soNcSJ6Y5qbSR9Wok01nfuz9AX-g-LAtrXPSuj-UfyAaC0s1HKfeRnxJORcoeIQBAYpG_fdommp45Krn2C0zECkNg2yTpmNYgudpivCPBrB6XIwFCj6bOq_jwS930w/s320/Rebbie4.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>After a nice nap on the windowsill he's ready for new stuffing. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmnmtYNxNXUQjm27EKlcjMvOxn_e76Z-zCOnLqjo1CAeFm0BPC5JcXquLd7pb2OIIifsCeAjassRVZm5Uz_ST6TzINPg-By12xY1baQWs20eMBYPtHJSZ9ZroSoGT2s7DpuYyBL6on58/s2048/Rebbie5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmnmtYNxNXUQjm27EKlcjMvOxn_e76Z-zCOnLqjo1CAeFm0BPC5JcXquLd7pb2OIIifsCeAjassRVZm5Uz_ST6TzINPg-By12xY1baQWs20eMBYPtHJSZ9ZroSoGT2s7DpuYyBL6on58/s320/Rebbie5.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>On to the mending. All the bald spots are going to take some time to patch. But I think he's looking much better, don't you?</p><p>Who was your animal friend growing up? </p><p>Love and hugs,</p><p>Marilyn.</p><p><br /></p><p>---</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Play is often talked about as if it were a </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">relief from serious learning. </span></span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But for children play is serious learning.</span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Play is really the work of childhood.</span><br style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 14px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 14px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Fred Rogers</span></span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-34967404059656536972020-06-20T22:15:00.000-07:002020-06-20T22:15:15.639-07:00A Year for Growing. <div style="text-align: center;">
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July 9, 2019. Very Uncle Fester.</div>
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September 11th, 2019. Not a lot but making progress. The weather got hot so I ditched the hats.</div>
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By October it was starting to get a peak. Bunny Butt! </div>
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November, feeling pretty punk rock with my silver hair.</div>
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January was feeling pretty Eddie Munster. :-)</div>
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2020 has been quite a year. All my cancer tests have come back clean, so for that I am grateful. </div>
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I hope that wherever you are you are safe and healthy. </div>
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If you would like to see the full set they are all posted on Instagram at <br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thetoymakers/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thetoymakers/</a><br />
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<span id="goog_1833462674"></span><span id="goog_1833462675"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-719382900845254312018-08-15T00:59:00.002-07:002018-08-15T00:59:38.628-07:00Alice<span data-offset-key="c12pa-0-0"><span data-text="true">I am missing Alice Provensen, who would have been 100 years old today. She was an amazing illustrator of children's books and my friend,</span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-28402700517944249512018-06-14T10:32:00.001-07:002018-06-14T10:32:23.141-07:00Summer is a coming in...It's June and summer is rolling in. Just one more day and the hub is on vacation. WoOt! <br />
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I painted a couple of little boxes for my growing Tiny Book collection.<br />
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And I baked a loaf of rye bread for my yoga potluck.<br />
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Last Sunday I had a lovely day visiting my friend Karen Provensen along with 25 other artists and fans of her parents Martin and Alice. Karen had covered every table in her house with wonderful piles of art from the hundreds of children's books that they illustrated. It was glory.</div>
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Mister Mischief got into the attic through a vent on the roof. It took me an hour to get him out and there was much howling and crying from both parties. <br />
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Here's the lid to one of the Tiny Book boxes....<br />
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Hope you are having a creative week!<br />
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Best thoughts,<br />
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Marilyn.<br />
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<i>Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. <br /> ~ Vera Nazarian</i><br />
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<span id="goog_633661761"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-16184526045975079552018-05-17T11:26:00.003-07:002018-05-17T11:26:52.784-07:00Tiny Sketchbooks<div class="post_body">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I’ve
been listening to audio books while obsessively making tiny books out
of scrap paper and painting little pictures inside. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here’s instructions
on how to make your own…</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I want you to promise me that you will pick one small, seemingly insignificant thing in your life that you will care about passionately as a craft. It doesn’t matter what it is, but I want [you] to promise that you’ll pick one thing. Whenever you are feeling uninspired about your own life, you will turn to this art that you’ve chosen and do it with as much passion as you can muster ~ Jan Guenther Brau</span></span></span></i> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> To this little weirdo.... </span><br />
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What is something mom always says to you?</span></span></div>
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What makes mom happy?</span></span></div>
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What makes mom mad?</span></span></div>
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How does your mom make you laugh?</span></span></div>
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the cat.</span></span></div>
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What was your mom like as a child?</span></span></div>
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don’t know, I don’t have a time machine.</span></span></div>
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How old is your mom?</span></span></div>
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How tall is your mom?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Five
feet something</span></span></div>
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What is her favorite thing to do?</span></span></div>
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WoW</span></span></div>
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What does your mom do when you're not around?</span></span></div>
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If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?</span></span></div>
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What is your mom really good at?</span></span></div>
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What is your mom not very good at?</span></span></div>
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What does your mom do for a job?</span></span></div>
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What is your mom's favorite food?</span></span></div>
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What makes you proud of your mom?</span></span></div>
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If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?</span></span></div>
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What do you and your mom do together?</span></span></div>
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How are you and your mom the same?</span></span></div>
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How are you and your mom different?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I
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How do you know your mom loves you?</span></span></div>
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What does your mom like most about your dad?</span></span></div>
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Where is your mom's favorite place to go?</span></span></div>
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Sunday we took the train up to LA with our friends to see the sights and celebrate my birthday. It was the best! </div>
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We started out at the Santa Ana Train Station. It was built in 1985 but looks older. </div>
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My adventure buddies! Aren't we pretty? </div>
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An all day pass for the metro link is only ten dollars. </div>
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Once up in Los Angeles we found all kinds of interesting things. Art by the MOCA.</div>
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We had lunch at the Central Market. It's a huge building with every kind of food you can imagine. We all took off in different directions to find lunch. The guys found slow cooked BBQ. I had a delicious avocado sandwich from Clark Street Bread. We also had champagne and birthday cake. Super fancy! </div>
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Parts of of the movie Blade Runner were filmed there.<br />
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A few picts of inside Union Station. This part was fenced off for a private event. It is a vast and beautiful place.</div>
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Thank you to all who sent birthday wishes. It was a lovely day.<br />
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The menu included the hub's rosemary grilled chicken, a Papaya salad, lemon pasta. a huge fruit salad, delicious beet soup and a veggie tray. </div>
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The recipe is super simple. It's great for making your lips all soft and smooth.<br />
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The little glass jars came from Daiso and you can print the tags here...<br />
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Marilyn.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-18436351024574796032018-04-18T15:38:00.000-07:002018-04-18T15:38:08.512-07:00Mr. Darcy and Lavender MorningHow much fun can one lady have in a week? Lots! Let me tell you...<br />
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I like big books and I cannot lie...<br />
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These two lovely ladies are my adventure buddies, Diana and Dana. We got all foofooed up to go to the Heritage House Museum for "Tea With Jane" <br />
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It was about 150 ladies in hats drinking tea and talking about Jane Austin.<br />
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We rode in style in Diana's neighbor's vintage Plymoth, "Penelope"<br />
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It was delicious.<br />
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I'd recovered by Tuesday enough to meet the lovely Annie Rugyt at "Lavender Morning" a super flowery tea shop in downtown Tustin. We both like to write and it was a good chance to catch up on what we have been working on and to supplement our diets with dried rose petals. <br />
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My 60th birthday is coming up next month so I'm starting the party early.<br />
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Wishing you a creative week!<br />
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I have this hazy half baked plan in my head to not post on Facebook so much and rather spend time on more productive activities. So I've put "Blog every Tuesday" on my calendar, so we'll see how that goes. :-)<br />
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I can't promise anything witty or legendary, more a rambling dump of cluttered thoughts that are stomping around in my head. Here's a peak into the inside of my brain...<br />
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Yesterday I made a bunch of little charms out of Sculpey. The owl and leaf necklace was for my yoga instructor. We get together with some of our neighbors to do yoga once a week. <br />
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Last night's theme was Italian food and I made a focaccia. Next week's theme is "Stuff your mom used to make". Tuna casserole and deviled eggs were mentioned, as was Beans and Cornbread, SOS, Spaghetti-ohs, Sloppy Joes and Jello salad. What did you eat growing up that has fallen out of food fashion? <br />
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Spring is on the way here. <br />
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My 87-year-old mom is still my dedicated lunch buddy and shopping cart pusher. I'm working on getting her house decluttered so that she can find things easier. (Handy Tip = Notice the pink tape so she can find the door handle.)<br />
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Below is the closet AFTER I had taken three trashbags of stuff out. When I went back the next day it was like it grew back overnight.<br />
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I spent fifteen bucks on some nice hangers from Target and after another trunkful to Goodwill it was more manageable. There are still a lot more closets to get to; she has a big house but I figure if I do a little bit along it will get more organized.</div>
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Finally, I'm working on a new color palette because color is awesome. <br />
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See you next week,<br />
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Marilyn.<br />
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<i><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">There</span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">is an old Sanskrit word, lila, which means play. Richer than our word, </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">it means divine</span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">play, the play of creation, destruction, and </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">re-creation, the folding and unfolding of the</span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">cosmos. Lila, free and </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">deep, is both the delight and enjoyment of this moment, and the play of</span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">God. It also means love. Lila may be the simplest thing there is– </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">spontaneous, childish,</span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">disarming.</span></i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> ~ Stephen Nachmanovitch</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-71168970106340790712018-03-23T11:57:00.002-07:002018-03-23T11:57:55.115-07:00Art Snacks<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-24704240399851631382017-10-30T10:31:00.000-07:002017-10-30T10:31:06.981-07:00#Inktober Part 2Inktober is winding to a close. It's been a fun challenge. Here's the next ten doodles....<br />
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This last piece is an oil painting, a collaboration with my awesome friend Barbara Malley. The word of the day was "deep".<br />
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Best thoughts,<br />
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Marilyn.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-88648978569277473462017-10-10T11:28:00.000-07:002017-10-10T11:28:01.700-07:00Inktober<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello and hello!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This year I decided to participate in #Inktober. <span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">31 Days 31 Drawings.</span><br style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Every October artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge and do one ink drawing a day the entire month. </span></span></span><br />
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<i>Twenty- six miles across the sea<br />Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for m</i>e </div>
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My awesome sister and I spent a lovely Saturday visiting the tiny seaside town of Avalon on Catalina Island. It was drizzling in Newport Beach when we left and windy. We decided that the sea air was "brisk". (The first rule of traveling in our family is "no grumbling") The ride was only an hour so we arrived ready for adventure and a warm meal.<br />
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After a hot lunch of burritos and drawing in our sketchbooks we were much revived. The sun came out and we made our way to the Catalina Island Museum. There was a Chihuly glass exhibit on display. I had seen photos of his installations but was not prepared for the mesmerizing beauty of his work.<br />
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We took a leisurely stroll down to the casino, an art deco landmark from the twenties, then wandered back in to town and in and out of shops. It was a completely pleasant day, over too soon. Grey clouds were rolling in as we left and the ride back was shorter and colder. <br />
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(Note to self, take a warm jacket for the boat ride)<br />
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We had a good time talking about summer and books.<br />
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Now I have a Kindle I can read again. I dug up my college reading list and want to go back and reread the books that I missed. Heck, I want to reread the whole thing. Most of the books that I read when I was in school I really didn't understand at all. What do you know about life when you're twenty?<br />
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I also found this website that estimates how many books you have time left to read based on your reading habits. I'm going to have to up my game from average to voracious. <br />
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<i>“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” <br />~ Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft </i><br /> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-15036995279620252672017-05-30T12:46:00.001-07:002017-05-30T12:46:33.174-07:00"Are you rich?" For a while now we've been getting together with a few neighbors and having "Yoga Night" We all pitch in ten bucks for the instructor, push the furniture to the walls and roll our mats on the floor.<br />
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At first it was horrible. I'm built with all the grace of a sea manatee. All this "Warrior Poses" and Downward Dog" seemed silly to me and made me feel dumpy and awkward. We'd stand on one leg balancing precariously. Our ever patient instructor would say, "Now grow your tree" and I'd wave my hands in the air before falling over like a ficus in a hurricane. It's slowly gotten easier and I reluctantly admit that it has been beneficial. <br />
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I've stuck it out because I love seeing my friends and we all potluck afterwards. The prospect of a delicious meal and some Merlot is a strong motivator. We pick a theme every week for the dinner, Indian, Middle Eastern, Japanese, Italian. We try to keep it fairly healthy and it's always a feast of food and interesting conversations.<br />
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One of our group is in college and when she told a friend that we get together for private yoga lessons at her house the friend asked incredulously, "Are you rich?" <br />
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It got me thinking. Yes, we are rich, not so much in money, rather in health and time and mostly in good friends. Now we're planning more inexpensive things to do this summer. Any suggestions?<br />
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Best thoughts,<br />
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Marilyn<br />
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-- <br /><br /><i> Don't be afraid to attempt something new. <br /><br /> Remember, it was amateurs who built the ark. <br /><br /> It was professionals who built the Titanic. </i><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-4696828552258359832017-05-22T13:06:00.007-07:002017-05-22T13:06:53.303-07:00Norse Mythology My hub got me a copy of Neil Gaiman's <i>Norse Mythology</i> for my birthday. I loved everything about it, except that I was sad when it ended and wished it would have been 900 pages.<br />
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I also bought a Kindle today. I find it hard to read paper books because my eyesight is rubbish so I'm hoping that it will be easier to read books electronically. (I read books on my phone all the time but it is rather small.)<br />
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What books are you reading? What authors do you recommend?<br />
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Marilyn<br />
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<i>“I tried to imagine myself a long time ago, in the lands where these stories were first told, during the long winter nights perhaps, under the glow of the northern lights,” </i><br />
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<i>“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.” ~ Walt Whitman</i><br />
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<i>There is nothing stronger in this world than gentleness.<br /> ~ Han Suyin</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027774455558845434.post-41471774562073125222017-02-16T22:45:00.001-08:002017-02-16T22:45:19.386-08:00A cuppa Ukulele Sunshine for you.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a little bit of sunny from my 86-year-old mom and me. We are a bunch of nuts. <br />
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<i>There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow-creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.</i><br />
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