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  3. thedogwalkinggardener – I love dogs and currently do not have any, so I am a dog-mommy when I can be. Gardening is my passion. I've always loved birds and I'm learning a bit at a time from all the Birders that I meet. Swan Lake is my second home! .
    thedogwalkinggardener says:

    Sweet ……

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  4. Living in the fast lane–that can be exhilarating too (for a while).

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  5. Yes! Incredible how many exist in a vacuum and don’t notice the wonderful and miraculous things that go on around them.

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  7. Gretchen Del Rio – Crestline, California, USA – I first discovered the magic of water based colors when many years ago I began to paint with procion dyes on silk. I loved the unexpected quality of the process. It was so exciting to never be sure what the colors and water would combine to produce. It seemed as though the medium had its own passion. Painting with watercolors and paper is much the same. I love the color combinations and separations that occur spontaneously as the color floats on the water. You can never totally predict what effect will result. If you try to control the medium too much, your painting will be very tight losing its aliveness. The artist must be bold and decisive or the work will not be clear and fresh. It is really like a dance. It becomes a controlled folly in knowing when to let go and when to take charge of the direction that the painting is taking. The images that I paint reflect my emotions and are expression of my life experience. They are not extensively planned, but rather evolve as the painting progresses. I am always surprised by the end result since it comes into being because of what the medium and emotion has suggested. The paintings are from my heart and I always fall in love with the subject. I believe that we are all connected and, if an image touches you, it is because we all have the same heart even though our paths may be different. Most of all, painting what I paint makes me happy. The paintings are my own path unfolding. They are an opening door for me and contain my own passion for life.
    Gretchen Del Rio says:

    Multi tasking on a walk in nature is being plugged in to your iPod at the same time. Sad I think.

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  8. inkpaintwords – A feminist writer and artist with a penchant for all things French, living in Washington DC. My love of language led me, indirectly, to my pleasure in gardening, drawing and watercolor. It began with a book, a collection of New Yorker garden columns by Katherine White, wife of its founding editor E.B.White. Her enthusiastic appraisal of the literary merit of various garden catalogs led me to collect and keep her favorites as well as to hoard with them some more recently-emerged seed, bulb and seed catalogs. The beautiful catalogs inspired me to little by little turn our entire front lawn (our home had a wooded ravine close behind) into a garden. That grew into a lovely site with two simple arches, a gliding bench on a little sitting patio and modest slate paths winding through beds of shade lovers and whatever plants supposedly in need of full sun that I could manage to coax into colorful healthy bloom. A curiosity about color and color theory emerged as I became keenly interested in impressionist painters; that interest merged in some way with my urge to garden. I acquired more than one book about Monet’s garden and gardens of other impressionist painters, both French and American. One day I picked up a magazine for painters, and found inside an article about a painter I’d known. Among examples of her splendid watercolor paintings was her watercolor of her garden at that time. Suddenly I could think of nothing more exciting than painting my garden. I enrolled in her watercolor class in The Art League in Alexandria, VA. The influence that the collection of Katherine White’s columns about the literary merits of certain garden catalogs has had on my life has come full now. Ink, Paint & Words combines what has become an obsession with drawing and watercolor with my passion for language. Yes, I still garden. A table full of blooming potted plants sits on my apartment patio, backed by an ivy covered fence with park trees behind. My patio, and my larger environment of Washington DC, together provides wonderful vistas for drawing and painting. For a number of years annual trips to France gave me and my companions extravagantly colorful panoramas and charming tableaux for brush and pen. And yes, now I’ve painted in Monet’s gardens several times. But that, as they say, is another story.
    inkpaintwords says:

    Very, very funny!

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  11. @ablanccanvas – Canada – Been on this planet for awhile and right now I am on a creative exploration. There are no rules. I am a blanc canvas. I am all about living [thinking] creatively.
    Christine says:

    Snort… chuckle… chuckle!

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  13. Janet Holt – Bald Head Island, NC – I am on a journey of discovery. One that involves discovering the world around me and discovering myself. I have found that using a camera is making this process of discovery much more enjoyable. I trust you will enjoy it as well. My passion for all animals knows no bounds, but it is the parrot that has caught my heart! I am now involved in a campaign to help bring parrots in the wild back into their normal existence! The Indonesian Parrot Project is first on my list, and with a little help from our friends we will bring the Abotti Cockatoo back into a full, strong life in their natural habitat.
    janethilton says:

    I really love this!

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  17. beebeesworld – I have a degree in public history research. I love writing, photography, cooking, teaching, nature studies. I'm a mom and grandmom, an "old hippie".
    beebeesworld says:

    so true, enjoy every moment! beebee

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  20. fineartgreetings – I am a suburban bush girl who cares for the elderly residents of Howard County, Maryland. I am an assisted living manager of Angels Alert III of Elkridge, Maryland. Advocating for senior citizens for the past sixteen years is a joy and priviledge. I am grateful being able to serve others and I've gained so much wisdom from being around the wise ones. For pleasure and for a little profit, I enjoy creating mixed media ART pieces using traditional paint, pencil, textiles, digital photos, and Corel Painter software. I like observing nature, capturing fleeting moments with my camera. Using art as a means to document the subtle beauty of life is therapeutic for me. My aim is to celebrate the everyday details and times in life through accessible art. Each piece that is produced is in honor of each day that is granted to me. Being thankful and grateful are keys to happiness. Producing small art pieces in the form of greeting cards, post cards and the like allow for easy acquisition and "spiritual consumption." Because art has a way of transcending the material (if it is effective). It can be healing, uplifting, and a token of inner joy.
    fineartgreetings says:

    Thank you. Your photos and prose are like little delicious sweets for the soul.

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  23. Scotia Night Poetry – Scotland UK – All original words on these pages are © Scotia (aka Scotianightpoetry) 2024. Embedded images or videos are copyright the aforementioned author except where credited otherwise. Shadow Dances, out now on Amazon.
    scotianightpoetry says:

    Reblogged this on My Bewildered Brain.

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  24. jane tims – Canada – Hi. I am a writer and biologist. I am also interested in history and community sustainability. I write mostly poetry. My training is in botany, so I often include plants in my poems. Visit me at www.nichepoetryandprose.wordpress.com
    jane tims says:

    Hi. Your poem reminds me of me… I miss so much!!!! Jane

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  26. Oh I surely must have come upon one of the most delightful treasure trove of writing, poetry and nature ever! Loving your observations! It is my pleasure to know you dear Leaf and Twig. Hugs, Sharon

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