Thursday, December 3, 2009

it started out as a simple lonely leaf...

and
who knows
maybe now
it will be responsible
for a line of greeting cards
or
post cards
or
framed
and
hung on my wall
or
maybe your wall
all I know for sure
is that these are so much fun to make
*
NOTES
~~
did you know about the "gift of jewels" that se'lah is hosting
~
an entire week of give-aways
well
today she is showing what I am giving away to a lucky winner
so hustle your little booty over there and leave a comment if you want to win
a piece of my art
~~
and
of course while you're there
check out the other artists and their gifts
~~
remember mark
well he has another blog that needed a little tender loving care
so I made him a man banner for it
and
now it's ready for visitors
so
whenever you get a chance
stop over and give him some more loving
*

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

me...trespassing~him...bullheaded

my love for old and abandoned
grows daily
and
this past weekend filled me up again
~~
while out shooting this weekend
avoiding areas where dots of orange were also shooting
~darn hunters~
we came across this
~~
stone walls
~that once made a home~
still standing
still beautiful
still determined to survive
even though
the love and the laughter are gone
it now stands tall at the end of a working farm
~~
and
what appeared to be a house
was also next to it
~
abandoned
~we think~
we were going to knock on the front door and ask if we could take photos
but
we couldn't figure out what boarded up area could possibly be an entrance
to the dilapidated house
~even though the mailbox in front looked brand new~
~~
so we took our chances
me with my zoom lens
and
my hubby behind the wheel of our get-away car
just in case
~~
the only one bothered by our presence
was
the bull above
who refused to move
and
who forced me to play a game of
"who's going to blink first"
~~
he won
~~
and
yes
I'll be going back
once I talk to some of the homeowners down the road
to learn a bit more about
the love that once lived here
*
wouldn't senior and family photos be fabulous here
?

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

the reason why...

do you ever wonder about the names of the blogs you read
?
well today is the day
that many of us will be answering that question for you
~~
when I first started this blog
~more doors~
represented all the moves that I had made
and
all the homes I had lived in
over the past 25 years
~~
it represented my past
and
lit a path for my future
and
it still does both of those things
perfectly
~~
but
then one day
I came across the quote
~be yourself...everyone else is taken~
and
I was like a teenager falling in love all over again
~~
I guess it was due to the fact that for years I had been trying to figure out who I was
based on what others thought of me
while
secretly wishing that I was more like anyone else besides myself
and
the fact
that I had dressed or acted like girls or women I knew
in hopes of winning the approval of others
and
liking myself better
~~
so as a reminder to myself
and
hopefully to many of you
~be yourself~
seemed to be the perfect way for me to start each and everyday
~~
and
it is
~~
especially on those days when you wake up questioning
who it is that's actually looking back at you in the mirror
while you wipe the sleep out of your eyes
again
and
you're still not convinced
that she's the person you want to spend the rest of the day with
~~
just remember she is
and
she's perfect just the way she is
*
many of you asked about seeing the new blog banner
that I would be making for vicky
well
*

Monday, November 30, 2009

reaching for the sky...

it's old and weathered and simple
and
yet so stunningly beautiful
that it takes my breath away
~~
it's just an outbuilding
on a rundown farm
that I have photographed before
but
sitting in the sun this past saturday afternoon
casting shadows
in the late november sun
it was alive with personality and strength
~~
maybe someday
years from now
someone will describe me this same way
and
if they do
I'll be completely happy with that
*
this was taken with my new lens
~that many of you asked me about the last time I was out playing~
it's a 10-20 wide angle
and
it's just so much fun
~~
I could have edited this photo
and
actually thought about that for more than a few minutes
but
then decided to leave it natural...sooc
because
well
sometimes simple
just feels right
*


Sunday, November 29, 2009

I'll admit it...

living with me is not always easy
~~
in fact
I believe it takes a saint
~~
and
this saint
my saint
my lover and best friend
my air when I can't breathe
my legs when I can't bear my own weight
my only hope when my dreams are shattered
my pillow when everything in life feels as hard as rock
my biggest fan even when I'm sitting quietly reading a book
my right hand when my left hand has a mind of its own
my voice when biting my tongue is a better option for me
turns
47
today
~~
wow
47
years old
and
I have been lucky enough to be with this saint 29 years
~~
don't get me wrong
does he ever do anything that irritates the crap out of me
?
sure he does
but
does all his good far outweigh any of his bad
?
more than I could ever put into words
~~
happy birthday sweetie
I love you so very much
*

Saturday, November 28, 2009

and flying away with a new blog banner is....

bo bicky
banana fana fo ficky
mi my mo micky
vicky
~~
you won
~
oh
yes you did
~
whenever you're ready to get started
just give me a shout
and
we'll start playing
~~
and
for those of you who didn't win
there will be another blog banner give-away
in january
to help welcome in the new year
*
thank you everyone
who entered my little give-away
you all made my heart feel really happy
*

Friday, November 27, 2009

I totally fight like a girl...

this is me
throwing some punches at mother nature
shouting out
"bring it on"
while
feeling really tough in my new fingerless gloves
I did it
I really did it
and
you can do it
too
~
first I took an old goodwill sweater
and
cut off the sleeves to make the fingerless gloves
then
I took a black sweater and the rest of the striped sweater
and
cut up pieces and sewed them together to make this really cool scarf
here's a close up of the gloves
right when I finished them
and
this is while I was playing around with vintage buttons
thinking it would be fun to funk them up a bit
and
here I am again
~total goofball~
feeling even more tough
~now that my scarf is on~
for the winter
mother nature
has up her sleeve
that she's going to pull out any minute
and
sucker punch me with
~~
but now I'm ready
*
if you want to make these and have any questions
I'd be happy to answer them for you
*
and
the winner of the blog banner will be announced tomorrow