tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1102226668093802542024-03-19T02:48:24.494-06:00Beauty FlowsTammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.comBlogger844125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-62732366584010640552024-02-10T15:08:00.006-07:002024-02-10T15:08:49.573-07:00Jubilee, a Celebration of Flowers<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV2zlgrosdQz1a_zkMuoDv1Del6d6Cen9OB0KIM1zSrzue965adEkhfl7ud06epLpN-wQz3JkVCYgCfzoX0sUU0_HtK2mZi-D8U72XR4gJKSPEuBamqHsdwK9V69ByLjTH-CrFb4XM2p4xMHR-wYdcaV_KwJlIU0qZivYhgoLazPYnotzBNKJwO69yXQ/s900/IMG_1421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV2zlgrosdQz1a_zkMuoDv1Del6d6Cen9OB0KIM1zSrzue965adEkhfl7ud06epLpN-wQz3JkVCYgCfzoX0sUU0_HtK2mZi-D8U72XR4gJKSPEuBamqHsdwK9V69ByLjTH-CrFb4XM2p4xMHR-wYdcaV_KwJlIU0qZivYhgoLazPYnotzBNKJwO69yXQ/s16000/IMG_1421.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">While i lay deep in the heart of winter here in the NW of Montana</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I seem to paint flowers celebrating life</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Art</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">available for sale:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">https://www.etsy.com/shop/beautyflows</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">prints to come soon. </span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">~</span><br /></span><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-45788827898789499222024-01-08T13:38:00.003-07:002024-01-08T13:39:27.101-07:00Wildflowers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrRdkh30tB7PRyaO4aZuWWo3VQkFPel9iM03kzpXcLYVGC5mlsYEZjXcO6Cpba3grhn8SZBPPYKGTdxVZixnlMx_JwtK-7r9DvDeFpTDfpZOto5YsZJuVaKRjsrFhyphenhyphenjRerr2fDa36wopqln-1gH89CE0w2ZTiYrI6pzJ7yvg-qlWa4Kq18RD6GclolGY/s800/flower%20done.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="651" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrRdkh30tB7PRyaO4aZuWWo3VQkFPel9iM03kzpXcLYVGC5mlsYEZjXcO6Cpba3grhn8SZBPPYKGTdxVZixnlMx_JwtK-7r9DvDeFpTDfpZOto5YsZJuVaKRjsrFhyphenhyphenjRerr2fDa36wopqln-1gH89CE0w2ZTiYrI6pzJ7yvg-qlWa4Kq18RD6GclolGY/s16000/flower%20done.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Under a thick blanket of snow and more coming, deep cold coming too.... and yet flowers appear in my painting. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/beautyflows" target="_blank">for sale</a>: </span><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.etsy.com/shop/beautyflows</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">~</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Lately I can only respond to your comments occasionally. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you know how I can get blogger to let me reply? </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">~</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">*</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-80654706486521918872023-11-20T09:25:00.001-07:002023-11-20T09:25:38.818-07:00Flower Being<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LjT6HaoU2Y9SQbB66xOO-vI0zMjYRAniCJgiyoFQB_We1JFpbt-wKjMspnATaABDwaDoNYQRwWeAuDAHt6dXFW1xwbKHsiNMozUOHMTEU4IhxniaRslQPVJS_5pa9lFzOT3g63PDcFbU9H7aK0oZDfdhRv_faGHxZV97fUvA_M0AMAIYqAnXIsLJVPs/s900/Angel%20of%20flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LjT6HaoU2Y9SQbB66xOO-vI0zMjYRAniCJgiyoFQB_We1JFpbt-wKjMspnATaABDwaDoNYQRwWeAuDAHt6dXFW1xwbKHsiNMozUOHMTEU4IhxniaRslQPVJS_5pa9lFzOT3g63PDcFbU9H7aK0oZDfdhRv_faGHxZV97fUvA_M0AMAIYqAnXIsLJVPs/s16000/Angel%20of%20flowers.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love how there is no plan for this art.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">just lots of play and then sensing....</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sensing who wants to show up on the paper.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Feels like beings from other realms, who want</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">to live in our realm in the form of art.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-43435102635719877082023-11-10T19:56:00.003-07:002023-11-10T19:56:49.992-07:00Painting Flowers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56xOxz1mSUy2L9Ok16BMMeCExkp32ZH0zayH2dNOb1QCc2g69YpVDXrDH0MsJIZV86ntRzkCEjfZMbvY5dBZPHrV8vUsiVNG07pdNQbdJeaz7eqO7wrLxdz8e5TXyecfBHBkG9amjLo1uQJb6j2Jc5b8zX4HRzD7laODGTUNE1FezwvIb2O_kxtIQz2I/s800/DSC01717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56xOxz1mSUy2L9Ok16BMMeCExkp32ZH0zayH2dNOb1QCc2g69YpVDXrDH0MsJIZV86ntRzkCEjfZMbvY5dBZPHrV8vUsiVNG07pdNQbdJeaz7eqO7wrLxdz8e5TXyecfBHBkG9amjLo1uQJb6j2Jc5b8zX4HRzD7laODGTUNE1FezwvIb2O_kxtIQz2I/s16000/DSC01717.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another flower landscape.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">It is fun painting flowers on a snowy day.</span><br style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; transition-property: none !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">The snow all melted away and it feels like autumn again. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">That is how autumn is in NW Montana, a lovely training for flowing with change, 28 times each day ;-)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-9994899291691595052023-11-02T20:18:00.001-06:002023-11-02T20:18:59.493-06:00Shall We Dance<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9sTeExstNbVG9WF5OiECX76U4hSqTXOM22ssv2BTKCfC40lQBG8ZX-Rj7vJXAk7V6IQFH7dPgvrAlZQ4trwGqTgs7WALBJW3LufhOjs57IzNUb3eQcwsgQorGuH_juxkHcrZZuz1uGo66L89OE-t8ViYmTu0of4JAiXuk-iRYK5Dmyhq4gtqNWDtAqw/s900/DSC01385.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9sTeExstNbVG9WF5OiECX76U4hSqTXOM22ssv2BTKCfC40lQBG8ZX-Rj7vJXAk7V6IQFH7dPgvrAlZQ4trwGqTgs7WALBJW3LufhOjs57IzNUb3eQcwsgQorGuH_juxkHcrZZuz1uGo66L89OE-t8ViYmTu0of4JAiXuk-iRYK5Dmyhq4gtqNWDtAqw/s16000/DSC01385.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shall we dance</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am taking a class from </span><a href="https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Páivi of Peony and Parakeet</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love her art and she is a wonderful teacher. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She has some videos on YouTube if you want to experience her teaching before considering a class. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I woke to our second snowfall today, around 2"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then it rained all day and still coming down into the night. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My little birds were all wet:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0R56C5NOvmCuopRLSBr2iGcdbYDRlXw_lOGnN97Qp4nXSpLWh0lrnKQ95CVdBl66514q4_v_ZpLvvv8zy9s0CHhOGs0zvv_1lMJV_gr4ne2YJv5ZbvPhoUGKF1Sb-5fLc4FrT_Yx-QePKohpy8atT_R11oAiaI-eKsnWyc0uFm5Uxv1buoFdXdwHwiXc/s800/DSC01371.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0R56C5NOvmCuopRLSBr2iGcdbYDRlXw_lOGnN97Qp4nXSpLWh0lrnKQ95CVdBl66514q4_v_ZpLvvv8zy9s0CHhOGs0zvv_1lMJV_gr4ne2YJv5ZbvPhoUGKF1Sb-5fLc4FrT_Yx-QePKohpy8atT_R11oAiaI-eKsnWyc0uFm5Uxv1buoFdXdwHwiXc/w640-h640/DSC01371.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">And my fingers got SO cold. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tis glove season. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-18568011570914377632023-09-26T07:15:00.000-06:002023-09-26T07:15:07.933-06:00Open and Receive<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii26aj4LOQmcSspf92f0k1vJXmh8NYjui3rrzvFQPEXsCq5wnIdkR8N3w8V1GIw5pL1Ard8apcp6-f389OVKoGR7F9cezpukHlufsBvdMnM7Lh1kGSEIZ7QGUwbWj_BxGYx-_tWupscWeYppBcYlvVyq8NUpccKAzr6WxQkcOy8ZDUGTJKiRZnLHbOlcQ/s900/DSC08959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii26aj4LOQmcSspf92f0k1vJXmh8NYjui3rrzvFQPEXsCq5wnIdkR8N3w8V1GIw5pL1Ard8apcp6-f389OVKoGR7F9cezpukHlufsBvdMnM7Lh1kGSEIZ7QGUwbWj_BxGYx-_tWupscWeYppBcYlvVyq8NUpccKAzr6WxQkcOy8ZDUGTJKiRZnLHbOlcQ/s16000/DSC08959.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He stepped from the autumn woods</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">to find her</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">offering golden light</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Feels so good to complete a painting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I started this in July</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">life had some other plans for me, besides painting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I get to start another painting, wahoo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you are all enjoying our new season.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is something about the thresholds of seasons,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the air holds a different energy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">two seasons greeting one another</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">dancing back and forth. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A heightened sense of life perhaps. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here in NW Montana </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">it feels as though we have truly entered autumn, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">summer has vanished.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lovely autumn to you!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Painting <a href="https://beautyflows.com/">available here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-34878964925357315912023-09-01T10:27:00.002-06:002023-09-01T10:27:35.711-06:00Forest Bathing<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbcG9-F-jNVty7x1PjoUsP236g3_yswjhOSNe047yVZkqQOJpWC97c3AiuzVCMYhjnpLNLMULxB58GXZ-vXMxkZK5glhdl0-cRNhV8n1eNfrNq3L6prqgwfhhTnGa1Ejv3mx3hC8Ip0VPTDHsCR1P_6LGkhoA0WkkiS_oPwUR_mI8Ysj0vW47vD00Y2A/s900/Forest%20orbs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="900" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbcG9-F-jNVty7x1PjoUsP236g3_yswjhOSNe047yVZkqQOJpWC97c3AiuzVCMYhjnpLNLMULxB58GXZ-vXMxkZK5glhdl0-cRNhV8n1eNfrNq3L6prqgwfhhTnGa1Ejv3mx3hC8Ip0VPTDHsCR1P_6LGkhoA0WkkiS_oPwUR_mI8Ysj0vW47vD00Y2A/w640-h484/Forest%20orbs.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Portraying a feeling of forest bathing</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">layers and layers like veils inspire the experience of feeling the endless realms available to us</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">even within us<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyVFJO21cJwQax2jGWLEUzrQO2BPVW2k2jB6AAnh9Eg3JjGyMbHQ9UVSlAsODI-lXYMtaeM7u5a75wlAU8Y98WI8MJabu6FBte6bpFKHPILNxAmcYaqDqon1ZPvblXu_8_BHnkM7WTA_9IC8yhcPrmUTn_ijHeYv92dErHp6TcoHyEOYlONNR9SFR2n4/s900/Forest%20orbs-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyVFJO21cJwQax2jGWLEUzrQO2BPVW2k2jB6AAnh9Eg3JjGyMbHQ9UVSlAsODI-lXYMtaeM7u5a75wlAU8Y98WI8MJabu6FBte6bpFKHPILNxAmcYaqDqon1ZPvblXu_8_BHnkM7WTA_9IC8yhcPrmUTn_ijHeYv92dErHp6TcoHyEOYlONNR9SFR2n4/w400-h400/Forest%20orbs-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1557323823/spiritual-forest-ooak-original-painting?click_key=b4f825c8087f4c15772b788aa2aeb672c6a001a5%3A1557323823&click_sum=054cfd86&ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">for sale here</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-89135714026165294892023-07-17T07:39:00.006-06:002023-07-17T07:40:27.072-06:00Then they Appeared<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LwbgiwPwhBzqZ3Hiauy0vWB4Qu1jbLhppJ6vTHMmKD7fxMTRt7BDcpjrB7JiO6iVmy7lAQxHZlNSqf9F3W4mT6jUBjNWahjdFOLPbBcuztbaCGGMzv78h6xw1NrTraKSdwiUbzClV07OTn5SKFhAlDMEszD8gCMorOoulZNgYbDAZeFUda9DUiHKSDk/s800/DSC07670-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LwbgiwPwhBzqZ3Hiauy0vWB4Qu1jbLhppJ6vTHMmKD7fxMTRt7BDcpjrB7JiO6iVmy7lAQxHZlNSqf9F3W4mT6jUBjNWahjdFOLPbBcuztbaCGGMzv78h6xw1NrTraKSdwiUbzClV07OTn5SKFhAlDMEszD8gCMorOoulZNgYbDAZeFUda9DUiHKSDk/s16000/DSC07670-2.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I do these paintings, I have no idea who will show up on the paper. Layers of color and design and waiting to see who lives in the shapes then bringing them to life. A bit like looking at clouds and seeing characters. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am temped to add a caption.... </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">I would rather hear what you see going on between these two? </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></div></div><p></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-7712065548050389262023-06-26T06:54:00.000-06:002023-06-26T06:54:00.467-06:00Summer Whimsy<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkdradxEUPQOjihcBn8Cl31IVE8KV9GLQGgxuscG8rI_f86SecU6GyICpFIBfRebq87TkTL0_d8_BWnFWEb-Epb2ltQURRhGwuZ3SkW3Zf1Iziko--q0xS_bD3Dc4EUHRAoI1hmKTlvLhlGlONX0SEtzNRC4gd4aCcxHBMvVYcBazXAs0pgXE7Q_JOr0/s900/summer%20final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkdradxEUPQOjihcBn8Cl31IVE8KV9GLQGgxuscG8rI_f86SecU6GyICpFIBfRebq87TkTL0_d8_BWnFWEb-Epb2ltQURRhGwuZ3SkW3Zf1Iziko--q0xS_bD3Dc4EUHRAoI1hmKTlvLhlGlONX0SEtzNRC4gd4aCcxHBMvVYcBazXAs0pgXE7Q_JOr0/s16000/summer%20final.jpg" /></a></span></div><ul style="text-align: center;"><li><span style="font-size: large;">I had no idea this piece would be an abstract.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">The fun of the colors and details took over and this is what showed up on the paper. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Some of the fun is experiencing the part of me come to life that vanished when someone told me:</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Trees aren't pink</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">mountains are not that pointy</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">this is how to draw a flower</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In those moments of someone thinking they knew what I was suppose to do with my art, my innocence and freedom vanished. I am loving getting it back. It has a feeling of vitality and endless possibilities. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">( I am not sure how I got those dots to the left of my words... so i am not sure how to remove them) </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-63805519322877728352023-06-21T07:30:00.006-06:002023-06-21T07:31:44.437-06:00Summer Solstice<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8vVmMCqBSzPLAB621vq1S5uzMD6nWzcUGiGxZFOY6X_bJ5tATzzXLknlK-qfPxs7dMWTpaJZ_UjKBcz_llF8NdLhTIK7BZkOjYUR4Xtr9k97Uu3ccICK128wcM_QTmPC6stZciQ2gHd_0b11kC3vPvrkdSuy_TvsR6uji_jQmnuaVAuyhRRe0fVba1o/s900/whimsy%20landscape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8vVmMCqBSzPLAB621vq1S5uzMD6nWzcUGiGxZFOY6X_bJ5tATzzXLknlK-qfPxs7dMWTpaJZ_UjKBcz_llF8NdLhTIK7BZkOjYUR4Xtr9k97Uu3ccICK128wcM_QTmPC6stZciQ2gHd_0b11kC3vPvrkdSuy_TvsR6uji_jQmnuaVAuyhRRe0fVba1o/s16000/whimsy%20landscape.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><h1 class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As we enter summer<br />Earth is lush green, overflowing with leaves, even some mushrooms<br />Sky a mix of soft blue, white clouds and gray clouds ready to sprinkle rain down upon us.<br />Lovely solstice to you whether it be summer or winter.</span></h1><h1 class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></h1><h1 class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="text-align: center;">*</h1><h1 class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="text-align: center;"> <br /></h1><h1 class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" dir="auto"> </h1><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-9117504880032089802023-06-18T10:46:00.001-06:002023-06-18T10:46:27.227-06:00A Constant <p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfCq_pHHftPRziHpyxk_jra22FvATQonUVwc1ac8W81yAM1EF2ojRvP19ohT0HuGMGaNFXWsrcOfLzEeyH3wjNVqT_kq5f72mlpV3Th_5ICTIzTSkxLXwkgbPxe8FaRc-jCOXh9lFsikS_9u3i0e_kmfCmHIa9CZrZeXyjVaslN1OWdEhq-A1F3rC/s900/constant%20light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfCq_pHHftPRziHpyxk_jra22FvATQonUVwc1ac8W81yAM1EF2ojRvP19ohT0HuGMGaNFXWsrcOfLzEeyH3wjNVqT_kq5f72mlpV3Th_5ICTIzTSkxLXwkgbPxe8FaRc-jCOXh9lFsikS_9u3i0e_kmfCmHIa9CZrZeXyjVaslN1OWdEhq-A1F3rC/s16000/constant%20light.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">it is always here</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">light</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">our light</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the light</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">open</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">having fun creating fantasy landscapes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or perhaps this is a spiritscape.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-89589510077379439732023-06-10T08:42:00.002-06:002023-06-10T08:42:45.414-06:00Forest Lad<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc877RKwAXZqkrrkYMaXIL9_hLWaL0AsXugImWxsR8Bv5AU5j6lGLDcYkc4HH3jlpIvKDmlrQH3uSwYRXaUqhNoEIyXeF6Cdl-PaOuqXqIHQb7bCyWqQjWWXMrzEzRMafLd-TMLwHJKr4_nmPyTI99e6O_RvkmNIjLFfDXkGmq4UwSMIBxgKMrdwea/s900/forest%20lad%20complete.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="900" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc877RKwAXZqkrrkYMaXIL9_hLWaL0AsXugImWxsR8Bv5AU5j6lGLDcYkc4HH3jlpIvKDmlrQH3uSwYRXaUqhNoEIyXeF6Cdl-PaOuqXqIHQb7bCyWqQjWWXMrzEzRMafLd-TMLwHJKr4_nmPyTI99e6O_RvkmNIjLFfDXkGmq4UwSMIBxgKMrdwea/w640-h538/forest%20lad%20complete.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Immersed in the forest</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">he knelt to visit with the boletes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was so immersed in this painting that I forgot I was doing a lesson</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">didn't follow the lesson. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Makes me smile, as I love getting immersed in basically anything!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-20298108632610686562023-06-03T16:34:00.002-06:002023-06-03T16:34:43.265-06:00Receiving Light ~<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyu0-0WW8M_GKUzNfojMN_X_MHPrkS7oRK3AsiZFdS1BTswstTjUM2tMapjKIr81WLmh63nflw3xX1zmL3czg0PdGCyR9zqy2DsYv3F3kuqKo4wCf_YdLJkG6LXX5ZHlvbajTViE-AkmliOnEqwPY2htV3UeQ8-xHYB-v5P9gc-TCULjMPV2-0du4/s800/DSC05417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyu0-0WW8M_GKUzNfojMN_X_MHPrkS7oRK3AsiZFdS1BTswstTjUM2tMapjKIr81WLmh63nflw3xX1zmL3czg0PdGCyR9zqy2DsYv3F3kuqKo4wCf_YdLJkG6LXX5ZHlvbajTViE-AkmliOnEqwPY2htV3UeQ8-xHYB-v5P9gc-TCULjMPV2-0du4/s16000/DSC05417.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">receiving light</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This painting took me days to feel that it was complete. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Layers and layers......</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">pausing to consider. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Turning a light on it when I passed the art table,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">what does it need, I pondered. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today it told me what it needed </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and then it felt complete. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ah</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That happens with most my art, but this one took longer to find what it wanted. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-11847388855088588642023-05-28T16:45:00.000-06:002023-05-28T16:45:02.876-06:00Let's Paint an Angel<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8XqwZwdhbdOXLnQSIHq6EK6wdl-AuViAFy0EIm2DBTn8X47FpbaNJBc8eXwTwOA9qb71e4-vGmYnHVNZkRFdRpfhyITqvyQ_-MfV_wB_hTcktSt3zJOQHrZyupYDuuMr-bjbLhSfrW5s2ZCFiOxbBuEyPaDlzETFI6q61H6QxCdjfMJYsEjoncgo/s800/3rd%20ANGEL(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="617" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8XqwZwdhbdOXLnQSIHq6EK6wdl-AuViAFy0EIm2DBTn8X47FpbaNJBc8eXwTwOA9qb71e4-vGmYnHVNZkRFdRpfhyITqvyQ_-MfV_wB_hTcktSt3zJOQHrZyupYDuuMr-bjbLhSfrW5s2ZCFiOxbBuEyPaDlzETFI6q61H6QxCdjfMJYsEjoncgo/w494-h640/3rd%20ANGEL(1).jpg" width="494" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These paintings were from a lesson named lets paint and angel.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They began as flower petals and then we turn them into an angel. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMkWyd1NPr6JF8q-KVLaBR07L_BCCUE4ziQzV8Z1-tc6PP5CEcnRHQ4h-HNcn0dwC3B2GguOF5hrTktub9tIdQw_0aJ2A46feojEBv3_BH6ORIYjIMc6RcKkyRniZpXwe8RhSG-W1Nt6B-w_RXqO8q5urV-2kpeQY8FMaq6NXODUUnKxwUP78MYLp/s800/angel%20lesson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="613" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMkWyd1NPr6JF8q-KVLaBR07L_BCCUE4ziQzV8Z1-tc6PP5CEcnRHQ4h-HNcn0dwC3B2GguOF5hrTktub9tIdQw_0aJ2A46feojEBv3_BH6ORIYjIMc6RcKkyRniZpXwe8RhSG-W1Nt6B-w_RXqO8q5urV-2kpeQY8FMaq6NXODUUnKxwUP78MYLp/w490-h640/angel%20lesson.jpg" width="490" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This last one was the first one I did. The paper would not support re-wetting previous paint to meld it with new layers. So I painted the two above on different papers, which was much more successful in that regard. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghU9m61rk0hJW6HGgdIg-LdZTW7ziQ1CLTC8rdFzY5piZBRBG5G8y_vKRSptbJYleGGL06pUgarEhbtcU4ugWz4wQpeD7fDPyYmuUkzS9rs40raodxRxV9gb4Cph9Sa64722d3z9-TGNKi46a-yeaqTDWENu-VqmHdOlJ1VTH5qUmHUaP-GRUkDqXs/s800/angel%20prayer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="589" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghU9m61rk0hJW6HGgdIg-LdZTW7ziQ1CLTC8rdFzY5piZBRBG5G8y_vKRSptbJYleGGL06pUgarEhbtcU4ugWz4wQpeD7fDPyYmuUkzS9rs40raodxRxV9gb4Cph9Sa64722d3z9-TGNKi46a-yeaqTDWENu-VqmHdOlJ1VTH5qUmHUaP-GRUkDqXs/w472-h640/angel%20prayer.jpg" width="472" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I find it interesting to do one lesson a few times to see how each one is different. How new inspiration rises. How new ideas unfold. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you are curious about this teacher, she has many classes:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/shop/">Päivi Eerola</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-1456954409152543422023-05-07T11:40:00.004-06:002023-05-07T11:40:58.155-06:00Abstract Forest<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7RAKm_CF5MUlK2I7e4LOV3YmRlFnUtt5GNnRxuWiV6nYftVx79vUNEt5D-xP-hfW16Kp9yt_WhZC9zQrh0YN2xQ7rM7ciwhyWuRFPE4Vo7IUrS-oCBZcc0QStW60R2n8V1_LByK1KE6VaNUhwvBZ2Mr-mi2t0N823CInIV1BiNDIOuxsS9ZKlO9H/s900/Stage%202_000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="900" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7RAKm_CF5MUlK2I7e4LOV3YmRlFnUtt5GNnRxuWiV6nYftVx79vUNEt5D-xP-hfW16Kp9yt_WhZC9zQrh0YN2xQ7rM7ciwhyWuRFPE4Vo7IUrS-oCBZcc0QStW60R2n8V1_LByK1KE6VaNUhwvBZ2Mr-mi2t0N823CInIV1BiNDIOuxsS9ZKlO9H/w640-h498/Stage%202_000.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The assignment from the course I am taking:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Magical Forest</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">was to paint an abstract forest</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the one above does not look that abstract to me</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">so I made a second one.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are either of them abstract?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfJZRdB7xN0idc9uTG1qDc6LSg_M0W1p_9t8wnKGb7SycZcirJ0p1CegpKzbN7QQmOG3Pqu0cAF-fR2hIf2vOG44brjVCrga7CRFs-ZdpLDT5-mG8Wjum9GQ2sddUkpdJ-KysagiKgGRn8k6jvyqcPINSWcFnZzxiVKoSIATPwIRa_XhrXEgL7Z4h/s900/Final%20%232%20neg%20forest(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="900" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfJZRdB7xN0idc9uTG1qDc6LSg_M0W1p_9t8wnKGb7SycZcirJ0p1CegpKzbN7QQmOG3Pqu0cAF-fR2hIf2vOG44brjVCrga7CRFs-ZdpLDT5-mG8Wjum9GQ2sddUkpdJ-KysagiKgGRn8k6jvyqcPINSWcFnZzxiVKoSIATPwIRa_XhrXEgL7Z4h/w640-h566/Final%20%232%20neg%20forest(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is called negative painting. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">you outline the subject (tree) with paint, instead of painting the tree itself. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of many things I am experiencing in this course is finding the artist in me</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">that existed before this world told me:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">mountains aren't that pointy</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">trees aren't that color</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">this is how you draw a flower</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">etc.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is so fun to take pencil or brush to paper and make marks and eventually finding things from life in it. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I get absorbed in the movement of the brush, the marks the pencil makes</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">just for that experience. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love it. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope this finds you enjoying your day. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-52453132431868306722023-05-02T06:57:00.004-06:002023-05-02T06:59:35.824-06:00Flower Fairy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYY4miXojUt5POiBsKfNaMAl1aqM9ZM4bMNLVfjDcKmY1uG-vu8lxBVSsP3WzUK8Gw2UK3-ioSL5wWoFQQaEaDMeViWbSCca3gzXjSAkyrqsgqNAzWXZm-WN9pSh3VCYAzaV9CBUhI2abHr_2e1g3GpS_5faKuKhqSfzN6f05GKTiOlwN3Z1bo54g/s900/1G%20Flowery%20woods.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="691" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYY4miXojUt5POiBsKfNaMAl1aqM9ZM4bMNLVfjDcKmY1uG-vu8lxBVSsP3WzUK8Gw2UK3-ioSL5wWoFQQaEaDMeViWbSCca3gzXjSAkyrqsgqNAzWXZm-WN9pSh3VCYAzaV9CBUhI2abHr_2e1g3GpS_5faKuKhqSfzN6f05GKTiOlwN3Z1bo54g/s16000/1G%20Flowery%20woods.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everywhere she went</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">rays of light danced and flickered</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">a painting from the course I am taking with Pävai Eerola</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am enjoying her lessons and the multitude of layers that go into them. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-11062403084637042022023-04-25T09:01:00.001-06:002023-04-25T17:33:15.819-06:00Rays of light<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMPU6xqpIJRrwSPfzjlOrJ2lm42GTH23gOIUT9wy8jlWYtzix8fI205ABoHaKWLgjFQxCWfDFTg1ij5AaxtKFix_uyACx5-1aSN3fNOjv8uO6hrmNrcxGDmJ257fZmXM_Bvnqky7EKdIPUj_7ttoLR12hSmH8Y8hHbTjfxoxkLgbAbdYV-ceU-Kne/s900/DSC03478.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMPU6xqpIJRrwSPfzjlOrJ2lm42GTH23gOIUT9wy8jlWYtzix8fI205ABoHaKWLgjFQxCWfDFTg1ij5AaxtKFix_uyACx5-1aSN3fNOjv8uO6hrmNrcxGDmJ257fZmXM_Bvnqky7EKdIPUj_7ttoLR12hSmH8Y8hHbTjfxoxkLgbAbdYV-ceU-Kne/s16000/DSC03478.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">through veils of light</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">caring beings appear</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">blessing our realm</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GVZfF5LJiTcRNmffNJuIsG9IpzUd7MrPek0PJ2OCBjIlEXx_m1NJelrJqWmYiwRhMUGMWzZphHiR8EFk-WeTX0aDvrtqLm_DNnDVPX9HSKqEA42qdB4gCK5c0i60I_2l1vf9for1Y9jyuC23KTNo9103nyNpiDnJNDxIpOXVkLIoOyUdVOFg-FIM/s900/DSC03487.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GVZfF5LJiTcRNmffNJuIsG9IpzUd7MrPek0PJ2OCBjIlEXx_m1NJelrJqWmYiwRhMUGMWzZphHiR8EFk-WeTX0aDvrtqLm_DNnDVPX9HSKqEA42qdB4gCK5c0i60I_2l1vf9for1Y9jyuC23KTNo9103nyNpiDnJNDxIpOXVkLIoOyUdVOFg-FIM/s16000/DSC03487.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wishing you blessings that inspire your smile. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-84135871062977211672023-04-22T13:53:00.000-06:002023-04-22T13:53:03.561-06:00Looking for a Fairy but found an Angel<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlF-KBaltwIC-ogDk80xJGtbYzrQh8B2HXeDCnxyam9lPsTAM3ufYDasWJqAGVY4GNvrbLzAcahCzgGNtRxrQt6sbdf7Z4-Lsd0-kL-VNuQGN2_b7XpfI1yXJLgL8O8j90bB3psi3QjNdcGwv0VRrdLjRtut-2AZhm8mFHT3cmvzu8JqHgwOPw_4tn/s800/DSC03476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlF-KBaltwIC-ogDk80xJGtbYzrQh8B2HXeDCnxyam9lPsTAM3ufYDasWJqAGVY4GNvrbLzAcahCzgGNtRxrQt6sbdf7Z4-Lsd0-kL-VNuQGN2_b7XpfI1yXJLgL8O8j90bB3psi3QjNdcGwv0VRrdLjRtut-2AZhm8mFHT3cmvzu8JqHgwOPw_4tn/s16000/DSC03476.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is from the course Magical Forest where we are guided to create a series. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am working on 4 paintings. In this one I was looking for a fairy, but I found an angel. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am not confident that my rays of light portray rays of light, but at lest they feel like rays of energy, maybe close enough.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-59840022071309416332023-04-16T13:49:00.000-06:002023-04-16T13:49:12.171-06:00Flowers and Fairies<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQW_5tklG5af-WWiBDDKE0_9tqMJLO56SiLH6NlbSF9XXK1DZ_z_JsXJC1RdndQW47YM-hnJJkuOuVLKSkY_ZFcNNWX16hwPzcnqAP23rWWKmzN8h3oTUMSK5dVjp2R7U9ofChu2ErsQ15skp_8p0wmPRbTyjFp1zFV-FVYlPx1B-ydIIovtdNwOj/s900/%231%20magical%20forest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="900" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQW_5tklG5af-WWiBDDKE0_9tqMJLO56SiLH6NlbSF9XXK1DZ_z_JsXJC1RdndQW47YM-hnJJkuOuVLKSkY_ZFcNNWX16hwPzcnqAP23rWWKmzN8h3oTUMSK5dVjp2R7U9ofChu2ErsQ15skp_8p0wmPRbTyjFp1zFV-FVYlPx1B-ydIIovtdNwOj/w640-h449/%231%20magical%20forest.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am taking a course by <a href="https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/blog/">Paivi Eerola</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I enjoy looking at her art, sometimes feeling my heart respond to her paintings.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like her teaching style, so many wonderful techniques and tips and yet it is quite intuitional, which I enjoy!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The painting above had many layers.....</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">then the next lesson had us finding fairies in our painting:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86wF7KXgpk3Jf4phH6zsnjNtMTK8dlcdfa91buJOUz9a3Ly7320iyXMa_cqhxFW9wNZ3mSbliJOLXJK6AyaycAwpUljbzgJJaRw3VgQchsOb5XEOOk60ELVd1uMkw47260AGV30XlDTt_AQbybGfBZKamLV-gQd2aOSaWW0ku3Mhg_f3JGgNVNcbU/s900/DSC03459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="900" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86wF7KXgpk3Jf4phH6zsnjNtMTK8dlcdfa91buJOUz9a3Ly7320iyXMa_cqhxFW9wNZ3mSbliJOLXJK6AyaycAwpUljbzgJJaRw3VgQchsOb5XEOOk60ELVd1uMkw47260AGV30XlDTt_AQbybGfBZKamLV-gQd2aOSaWW0ku3Mhg_f3JGgNVNcbU/w640-h494/DSC03459.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found three fairies, but sense are more!</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am looking forward to more of her lessons!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It really looks like a fabulous course.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-18578902775145595792023-03-11T06:47:00.000-07:002023-03-11T06:47:59.490-07:00Abstract Realm<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSstryCZf0a9guSwGt2iYzH1CDMnRhQ8K0Mq-J6i0JY00IR5IR-rsynLzEZEBI3ItYq3PM3ex3QqAK-KR0NNyuxKmTxUqS3onuBvJk-cxC6to7d54ur-bzPcvm0U9K8W8I-VjWydZ1NnrXl6HLdgRSp3cHgMamOIGVaz4mLgOdBu9iTOW3J1Zu9fjV/s700/instinctual%20art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="647" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSstryCZf0a9guSwGt2iYzH1CDMnRhQ8K0Mq-J6i0JY00IR5IR-rsynLzEZEBI3ItYq3PM3ex3QqAK-KR0NNyuxKmTxUqS3onuBvJk-cxC6to7d54ur-bzPcvm0U9K8W8I-VjWydZ1NnrXl6HLdgRSp3cHgMamOIGVaz4mLgOdBu9iTOW3J1Zu9fjV/s16000/instinctual%20art.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">While laying low this week</span></div><div style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">And in between chores</span></div><div style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">I drew</span></div><div style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Layers and layers of colored pencils</span></div><div style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hours and hours of drawing, and it is a small piece. </span></div><div style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">5.5x6" <br /></span></div><div style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Really fun to feel into it as it came to life, what is my spirit expressing?</span></div><div style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">So different for me, I think. </span></div><div style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe I needed some color in our deeply gray winter wonderland…...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lovely weekend and beyond to you</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-44966988479182087922023-02-16T16:27:00.005-07:002023-02-16T16:27:44.653-07:00Frozen Lake<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJXlcROVIT_J_iTNN_4MtT3Lp7TROUVkmDbhprU93cjlnj15nM8ZSBZUhpX7xklIvsWAJc2f_djHxdX0jFX6HCrJcHf2eZfZvtBbEK4NWDkFvyiBx9AaDZpiua177MBR90vbAJyk3_YwgDhMq9SzY-qyKdhTkFliJelqDsW29O4fqnBX9EeT72_i8/s800/DSC02790.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJXlcROVIT_J_iTNN_4MtT3Lp7TROUVkmDbhprU93cjlnj15nM8ZSBZUhpX7xklIvsWAJc2f_djHxdX0jFX6HCrJcHf2eZfZvtBbEK4NWDkFvyiBx9AaDZpiua177MBR90vbAJyk3_YwgDhMq9SzY-qyKdhTkFliJelqDsW29O4fqnBX9EeT72_i8/s16000/DSC02790.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Autumn gold</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">held</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">beneath </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">winters frozen breath of ice</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SXBFJIyGrie7ZqHlMyuwrVIpkQohj6P7Y0RfSdpVpMarku9ubijDsEjRJB1RXCHbz5CC9jUyo7FUcBa6x56Auzp-ZMyeximH7a35OGnuYQv28M2JlTSVSadPX3_-Kfez12VGVio79yVfcApKY93E9ug7JvkiEy4FssC7MTcuWxdHhzoChxc9mj0x/s800/DSC02665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SXBFJIyGrie7ZqHlMyuwrVIpkQohj6P7Y0RfSdpVpMarku9ubijDsEjRJB1RXCHbz5CC9jUyo7FUcBa6x56Auzp-ZMyeximH7a35OGnuYQv28M2JlTSVSadPX3_-Kfez12VGVio79yVfcApKY93E9ug7JvkiEy4FssC7MTcuWxdHhzoChxc9mj0x/s16000/DSC02665.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">twas a beautiful day at the lake</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">when the sun comes out to show off the beauty of our world</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I try to be out under its lovely light</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">for our winters tend to be cloudy</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZru87PzUthl_IVrMak71lv97bM0E9-GZWg1UMgkCVaTAfmcnC85KX4fqKapoHvS5N-6iMe837mp9cp7-CguPBjX0ILa8xm17AKsOgbUpEpJpimUQ0fAfpFtXFw3r1THgzM_lckfH2WRipSZNctE6ihxbXAHv4dzqCooCeqbAJuWcxtvUMbMd7pyn/s800/DSC02675.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZru87PzUthl_IVrMak71lv97bM0E9-GZWg1UMgkCVaTAfmcnC85KX4fqKapoHvS5N-6iMe837mp9cp7-CguPBjX0ILa8xm17AKsOgbUpEpJpimUQ0fAfpFtXFw3r1THgzM_lckfH2WRipSZNctE6ihxbXAHv4dzqCooCeqbAJuWcxtvUMbMd7pyn/s16000/DSC02675.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The lake shore was frozen for quite a ways into the lake</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">yet there were windows in the ice revealing treasures below</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJBCxMuZDLiXUNktfQd0KQLIl__wDCZXScJmgM5JcrUBj_vd3kFxCXBlrAeTy9doHtbCUCLPg9cghI6yacsFA9zsxLgzkxorOFGFjxbnMy5Gs85pkm82e58oQseI9woNwZp_e68Q9nj4Rz8VuEVDnmwiRU3OsV6MKA5_SHS9oSlBJdb4nkKlKIr7K/s800/DSC02691.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJBCxMuZDLiXUNktfQd0KQLIl__wDCZXScJmgM5JcrUBj_vd3kFxCXBlrAeTy9doHtbCUCLPg9cghI6yacsFA9zsxLgzkxorOFGFjxbnMy5Gs85pkm82e58oQseI9woNwZp_e68Q9nj4Rz8VuEVDnmwiRU3OsV6MKA5_SHS9oSlBJdb4nkKlKIr7K/s16000/DSC02691.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the artful expression of nature</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">appears to be endless and whimsical at times</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJF2qSPyvN9SVlApvwtpPv2hdXBcM6pUSqIuW7HDCuTKYVRTlnkTZzBQLRBQWozpIO4c0aZvEeq8qIM0BfDJdNJKIpgE3475lQkKH6dvyaWYtg9EsetH4yQEOCXBOMqE5FUM9BKo7t3qVEPQMVfFkTXCczr2dMc6DMCUoV7vov-RMJjMcoMmaMrNmS/s800/DSC02731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJF2qSPyvN9SVlApvwtpPv2hdXBcM6pUSqIuW7HDCuTKYVRTlnkTZzBQLRBQWozpIO4c0aZvEeq8qIM0BfDJdNJKIpgE3475lQkKH6dvyaWYtg9EsetH4yQEOCXBOMqE5FUM9BKo7t3qVEPQMVfFkTXCczr2dMc6DMCUoV7vov-RMJjMcoMmaMrNmS/s16000/DSC02731.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">some winters</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and this lake does not freeze at all</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">there were people walking on this ice.....</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQzmfJiMknoK-ZJHZIaO8Xye6a2QgzsGPhqUHhj596MmSHLuABlaVqOVsXsYL8S3rQfjJJdiXdRvA3g47QU8XMfPJhDthCVqcsi8e4WcMkAeNIzo3SyAAKTL8fYA2w8gDRmfLTigD8RfToZNLv2kKImyAvSDa-qd0pfNkjlq0FkV-bEYaANrG1ENr/s800/DSC02713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQzmfJiMknoK-ZJHZIaO8Xye6a2QgzsGPhqUHhj596MmSHLuABlaVqOVsXsYL8S3rQfjJJdiXdRvA3g47QU8XMfPJhDthCVqcsi8e4WcMkAeNIzo3SyAAKTL8fYA2w8gDRmfLTigD8RfToZNLv2kKImyAvSDa-qd0pfNkjlq0FkV-bEYaANrG1ENr/s16000/DSC02713.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">so fun to see ice forming in a myriad of shapes and different transparencies</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_ejGSGKv96zxp9Poqin5ZubbUqRqEYPgTy4zmBWJnXLBhm3bmeeirSWsuN-qiGaPP_8uiANU3WtaKMH-P-AMG0hIfvJ3rkrsPSXtslaV_VGQmwMRH1TP1WTK2l8BuHUshA0xpXBYce1II3zoXg2Je7yQeJkluTbpkC1lZtwWyShvUgOJr1NjqTrL/s800/DSC02706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_ejGSGKv96zxp9Poqin5ZubbUqRqEYPgTy4zmBWJnXLBhm3bmeeirSWsuN-qiGaPP_8uiANU3WtaKMH-P-AMG0hIfvJ3rkrsPSXtslaV_VGQmwMRH1TP1WTK2l8BuHUshA0xpXBYce1II3zoXg2Je7yQeJkluTbpkC1lZtwWyShvUgOJr1NjqTrL/s16000/DSC02706.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have enjoyed the glimpses of Lake McDonald</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">in winter wonderland</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-41030440018664501492023-01-06T16:09:00.002-07:002023-01-06T16:09:45.121-07:00Within<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wrFYr1vSanoUOpvtLgXknuts0jAR5tmcj31xDs0kgsJJcqsDSd_dzoR_QRL-yo_dWr6x01QLtKAkaxeVv8DIkJHFHv0yrfQtBkeT1spFRHLdoHGmkocX--c2E_cvd88VMm_mwjl_7zRf9DwwWCxPhdror5C_MPDm9brV30LVXqB_VPsnk1WhLYLZ/s800/within.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="455" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wrFYr1vSanoUOpvtLgXknuts0jAR5tmcj31xDs0kgsJJcqsDSd_dzoR_QRL-yo_dWr6x01QLtKAkaxeVv8DIkJHFHv0yrfQtBkeT1spFRHLdoHGmkocX--c2E_cvd88VMm_mwjl_7zRf9DwwWCxPhdror5C_MPDm9brV30LVXqB_VPsnk1WhLYLZ/s16000/within.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> do you ever</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">take pencil to paper and see where it leads you?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">then sit back and take it to heart </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">interpret how it moves you?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">prepare a meal and plate it up</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">then sit back and take it to heart and see how it moves you?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or watch the wind inspire the trees to dance </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and interpret some special meaning for you or about life?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I enjoy doing this. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">it is a bit like drawing a card for its message. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This young lad closed his eyes and settled within, <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">energy centers tangibly gained vibrance.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope to sketch more often</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">even daily, just for fun, just to see what shows up on the page. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then to consider its meaning for me. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Does this drawing have a personal meaning for you?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-73000054074232238062023-01-03T07:54:00.003-07:002023-01-03T07:59:27.767-07:00Landscape Art<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5LJ9-bpTS8mA8G1VDG9UUuceNePRv24M1NWXbNri442vMaEGXkjmbdfhXhp_spoVfVIoYInSKk7-qlRpHdOCUnz2b0kchyox3fvPVgsCWk-F0LfBicyKLnB15AGDkfcOIhBvZNJhsBt8J9NdVsT6tTIyrRwrf5YIdW2a8VYXLPg1u4rasMUjLjbb/s800/flowery%20landscape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5LJ9-bpTS8mA8G1VDG9UUuceNePRv24M1NWXbNri442vMaEGXkjmbdfhXhp_spoVfVIoYInSKk7-qlRpHdOCUnz2b0kchyox3fvPVgsCWk-F0LfBicyKLnB15AGDkfcOIhBvZNJhsBt8J9NdVsT6tTIyrRwrf5YIdW2a8VYXLPg1u4rasMUjLjbb/s16000/flowery%20landscape.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I ended and began the year with little landscape art.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They were both done in art journals.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazing how long the pencil one above took. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had not played with pencils for a long time and found it relaxing and fun to choose colors.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVS6DwijCcTL6udXzcuzfTRmBrA692U1hz0khN7Wf9SCMcgvJouxHy0rHQK35RLPymcCXil7mdPgWbGL7C6581ZtHu1f1DYEi7pLlT6S1-gi6qLGdOgTJ1LOZUpfFAppbaxPBe495wiJBxtWxrZmmfioWsvpBCldJMU3wRlRqFm_rc3rpKpp0Jt4w8/s800/landscape%2012.25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVS6DwijCcTL6udXzcuzfTRmBrA692U1hz0khN7Wf9SCMcgvJouxHy0rHQK35RLPymcCXil7mdPgWbGL7C6581ZtHu1f1DYEi7pLlT6S1-gi6qLGdOgTJ1LOZUpfFAppbaxPBe495wiJBxtWxrZmmfioWsvpBCldJMU3wRlRqFm_rc3rpKpp0Jt4w8/s16000/landscape%2012.25.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was painted in a Hahnemuhle 100% cotton watercolor journal. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I enjoyed working on the paper. These journals are new to the market. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The best part of each of these landscapes, besides the act of making them, is that I would enjoy wandering into both of them to explore and enjoy.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtK3OHO7N2xerPtc8kN5FtqHVAn8dZZB4ZGBNWzw0YuKGupQA8g2SihK0op3Es9oJFjNFhRw8jk1E7gwTIwfMkb85MWdbs2lQnk1Mk7jaCyhVUyimsOsWEoxwhh_Y5gaURfue0y0DShlQ-FdOv8UnYM4kXfueXtczUFlOlQyNJS_v_N0seE5n5Rzmm/s800/DSC02511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtK3OHO7N2xerPtc8kN5FtqHVAn8dZZB4ZGBNWzw0YuKGupQA8g2SihK0op3Es9oJFjNFhRw8jk1E7gwTIwfMkb85MWdbs2lQnk1Mk7jaCyhVUyimsOsWEoxwhh_Y5gaURfue0y0DShlQ-FdOv8UnYM4kXfueXtczUFlOlQyNJS_v_N0seE5n5Rzmm/w640-h640/DSC02511.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On New years day I was out feeding the birds. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They land on a tree near me, chirp when they want nuts, I hold out my hand for them to land</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and take a nut/seed away. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was another high pitched sound, I looked down to see this little ermine completely curious about me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It ran from hole to hole popping its head out to look at me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What an exciting experience. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy 2023 to each of you!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-11786698990534539902022-12-08T11:54:00.000-07:002022-12-08T11:54:01.547-07:00Meditative<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGv5gA98TPusQ_9xPuxE9xP2VpJPtu_c3-yi5V-iliV1ttEdJkC66GROjJuWVlqED6cirK5SDXi5c5bNXVPbPfzNW2Z_92oj1Cdkr2526pn9MyLh7XnugIQSsfoWR4rD2ZdJrWPdUDKZ911yWMJZYD0xr0-ejQYkKQtuyRe_bEg0iY4NBQFriSGzo/s900/mountains.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGv5gA98TPusQ_9xPuxE9xP2VpJPtu_c3-yi5V-iliV1ttEdJkC66GROjJuWVlqED6cirK5SDXi5c5bNXVPbPfzNW2Z_92oj1Cdkr2526pn9MyLh7XnugIQSsfoWR4rD2ZdJrWPdUDKZ911yWMJZYD0xr0-ejQYkKQtuyRe_bEg0iY4NBQFriSGzo/s16000/mountains.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you ever need to do something meditative?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Something that brings you present, so that your mind goes nowhere else?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love things that bring me present. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photography, cooking, art all support being present. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These layers of mountains were meditative. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So thankful to know what medicine to choose, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">a walk in the forest, xc ski through the meadow, focusing on my breathing<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and/or </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">painting.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wishing you calm and peace when your spirit needs it. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*<br /></span></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110222666809380254.post-55326727192740678762022-09-13T11:13:00.000-06:002022-09-13T11:13:19.858-06:00She Dreamed<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3CqdHahMunzjtv-XyuFO22TTpsN0PRIlHMsx5UO3WpS-q3AFQfnFvAOz7PxYL8JuYxoel1mXPsuj8LkM-tRewG5gLo3A9HnfRkzM_TXArDrMtyBzpAK91W5dgIVhTPvTjJGA4o2nudmvYxPkoWpg4B5w5v0zgTNGIl9XfMVOuAI9O2vsBG9e7UBL/s800/faces_-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="617" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3CqdHahMunzjtv-XyuFO22TTpsN0PRIlHMsx5UO3WpS-q3AFQfnFvAOz7PxYL8JuYxoel1mXPsuj8LkM-tRewG5gLo3A9HnfRkzM_TXArDrMtyBzpAK91W5dgIVhTPvTjJGA4o2nudmvYxPkoWpg4B5w5v0zgTNGIl9XfMVOuAI9O2vsBG9e7UBL/s16000/faces_-3.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She dreamt of being in our world</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">even if it was as art on a wall</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recently I saw the Kokanee Salmon Spawning,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">swimming against the current:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0BvV2Id6YIOmDJqIXvz6z8xlr7TeGmwX88CjbOoMTmz6F_zCTvsluM5__3wNVr2sSc05N3D7DlW85U1DHQJIP_pxwdZ_uP3Q7Oyyxq1lEULYoKV6-6sNiDcPAIeXco-NXjQdWK1_9Iv-BuxxjhN7EER0NmZyWnCJc_zmg91ROtXOVh2fksZRriWS/s900/DSC09162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0BvV2Id6YIOmDJqIXvz6z8xlr7TeGmwX88CjbOoMTmz6F_zCTvsluM5__3wNVr2sSc05N3D7DlW85U1DHQJIP_pxwdZ_uP3Q7Oyyxq1lEULYoKV6-6sNiDcPAIeXco-NXjQdWK1_9Iv-BuxxjhN7EER0NmZyWnCJc_zmg91ROtXOVh2fksZRriWS/w640-h640/DSC09162.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">and </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the water and light danced with the rocks</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtv02Mc7mw5sau2mz2Rs97MNB1hlMKEm2kA5o3GG9Bih9WYH_bRlXKmlujT0AdmygNmCbZOZEdeMAPoebk644VtOO9rH9sQS02DsE_JdAhTsnJY8KBnDMHzjbPd5R_ydfqyqsAphpJZ2CF3LJp7WyHEZEeZ54gRW29dg8JrJsezekAlKZb88cvzHvN/s900/DSC09197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtv02Mc7mw5sau2mz2Rs97MNB1hlMKEm2kA5o3GG9Bih9WYH_bRlXKmlujT0AdmygNmCbZOZEdeMAPoebk644VtOO9rH9sQS02DsE_JdAhTsnJY8KBnDMHzjbPd5R_ydfqyqsAphpJZ2CF3LJp7WyHEZEeZ54gRW29dg8JrJsezekAlKZb88cvzHvN/w640-h426/DSC09197.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> ~</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">*</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Tammie Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279605745446513635noreply@blogger.com16