Let's Inspire each other to be Creative

Sandy, when I talked with Robert Frost, I simply can't remember what we talked about except at one point he asked me what I was majoring in and I told him anything but English..I really don't like poetry because I cannot figure out all the hidden meanings..and I said, I don't really think the poets had all those meanings in them at all...guess what he said, "you may be right"...but when we both got up to leave, he hugged me and told me he hadn't had such a nice conversation in years..later I found out who he was..

Thanks, everyone.



Caerus, I did not know that. I love your take on it!

This was the first day we saw Cinderella's castle, about a month ago, with the bluest skies. Pic is side view of it. My son has been drawing the castle by memory since kindergarten. He has autism, and it quite something to see him do. His love of it makes me love it, too.

The castle that night, with Tinkerbell "flying" in one of their shows. It was magical.

A fairy in Tinkerbell's Garden at Epcot.

Love the creativity of this thread.

I am painting my granddaughters portraint at the moment. I tried to post it to my blogspot so that I can copy and paste here like I have done in the past, but blogspot is unavailable at the moment, so i will do so later.

In the meantime, I had my dreaded mammo visit today and since I also write poetry, jotted down a few thoughts to share.

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Click clack, click clack, went the sound of the shoes as the Mary Muffin trolley rolled along the hallway of the breast cancer wing.

The women were lined up like peas in a pod, the hospital gown clutched tightly around their nervous bodies.

Some occupied their time leafing through magazines while others stared blankly into space.

Today was the dreaded mammogram visit.

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The eagerness of spring's first light brightened the hallway filled with both hope and dread.

Hope to hear the words .."you can go, everything is ok"....or dread that biopsies and further treatment may once again disrupt happiness and peace of mind.

Click clack, click clack, the trolley once again moved along the hallway. The friendly face of the volunteer behind the trolley in the shiny studded shoes that clacked along the floor offered muffins and coffee to the gowned ladies leaning against the wall.

Some eagerly accepted the refreshmens while others were too worried to eat.

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Above the silence of the waiting women, rose the professional hustle and bustle as the women were ushered through the process of screening and follow up visits with the doctor.

Sighs of relief as some women finished their visit and thankfully left the wing, while one poor soul sobbed uncontrollably when she learned her mammogram wasn't clear.

I was one of the lucky ones and left the breast cancer wing as the sound of the click clacking of the Mary Muffin trolley disappeared down the hallway and out of view.

I love it Painterly.  Very visual.   eons ago I lived in Big Pine, Sarasota, Marathon.  yes, it was eons ago.  Another life time.

I would love to see the painting of your daughter.

I paint as well.

Your an excellent photographer. I am glad you sharing your talent.

THank you

I use a panasonic lumix DMC-Zs5 and a Canon

Powershot  SX20 IS

Neither has detachable lenses, just a good zoom

Hi Sandy,

Thanks for the comments about my poem, albeit a poem dashed off in a hurry. I felt really sad for the lady who had a recurrence.

I enjoyed reading your poem. My favourite line is "greeting mother nature with vitality anew."  this is so true.I do believe when we have been through such a trauma as b.c. we look at life in a completely different way.

I am very impressed that you have so much energy for all your planned projects!

We have just returned to the north after spending 6 months in Florida, and honestly there is so much to do here. For example, in Florida we arrive, unpack, wash the windows and bingo, we are on the golf course the next day. But here in Montreal, there are not only windows to wash, but the garden to tend; and although my favourite plants struggle to survive the zone 5 climate, the grass vigorously takes over the garden. So I have that looking at me, endless hours of bringing the garden back into order as well as the windows, getting rid of 6 months of dust before I can look at my art projects which consist of numerous drawings, sketches, plein air paintings and the list goes on.

I agree with the comments that Lisa is a really good photographer. Anyone can take a picture, but it is the artist that sees and captures the beauty of nature.  

Here is another half-finished painting. This one is for charity when I get it finished. I will give you one guess which charity it is for. LOL

This painting was done during chemo. When I was diagnosed I went into a complete denial and painted furiously to escape reality. This is from my denial phase.

painterly...your work is beautiful..

wow painterly I agree.   Your granddaughter is very well done. I like the background colors that compliment the little girl. 

The charity one I love.  The people in the gondola are very good.  I want to see it when its completed too

The river landscape is lovely.  I am so impressed with the buildings the landscape and the boat with people on the water.  To me that is complex painting. HA HA   

I have 4 large ones sketched and blocked off from 1 1/2 yr old to just a couple of months old.  I think my body was telling me something was wrong.  After my move here and I build my studio behind my house it was just so hard to get into full swing again.  This thing has been growing for 3 or more because the last mammogram was almost 3yr ago and they found the little tiny thing in my breast but could not get anything. So, they said lets just watch it.  Then I moved and got busy building my studio and my family doc never reminded me either.

 Oh well.  I am glad your doing charity work I think its a wonderful cause.   Maybe I should do a painting or two.  Can you send me the links to participate. 

Thank you for sharing your lovely work. 

P

Love your photographs SoCal...