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If I feel okay tomorrow I'm off with my honey in search of  sweet nectar! Won't be back to haiku with you, but will send postcards from paradise!

Whilst I'm flu-bound I thought a little digi-doodling might ease my acute awareness that  the sound reverberates through the trees and the beat of the drum circle..... sigh.........  dream on........... linked to  Postcards from Paradise Recuerda mi Corazon

What the bird told me.... about both pleasure and pain, like petals and thorns the rootstock's the same, to contemplate sweet pickings, there is a need to beware, thorns have sharp edges, handle petals with great care. 'dedicated to all blossoming relationships' Visit  Recuerda mi Corazon 'an immersion of the heart' PS ~ my syllable sums have gone a bit awry here, hey ho, I never was good at maths, and I have flu ;~)

JOY  A GARDEN  FULL  OF   POPPIES. AND MY POPPY PICTURE  ON PLEXIGLASS ARRIVING & Knowing friends are safe! More Joyful Posts @ Meri's Musings ~ Share the Joy Thursday

Isn't it funny,  I was feeling a bit chilled sat here, I have a flu bug/virus just now, I was thinking I need my long, comfy cardigan to warm me,  voilà  my love walks in with the said  long, comfy cardigan. I've had more  'synchronicity'  today ~ At the beginning of the year I chose the name 'Grace'  as my adopted name for the year, knowing there would be challenges ahead, family matters that would call  for me to be Grace-full! I met the challenge and felt I had lived up to my  new name for the most-part. Recently, my memory lapsed and I almost  forgot about my new name, I returned to the old pattern, I returned to the little self not my new Graceful Self. I spent a couple hours there ruminating  with the little self on how I was feeling today, how hurt I was, that I had been overlooked.  Whilst blog hopping  I came across something  that I had syn...

Rainy days,  quiet contemplation, sitting with stillness, wondering about the journey..... It's okay to sit, to be quiet, not to push with anything, waiting for the sap to rise.... Visit  Recuerda mi Corazon for other  Postcards from Paradise Journeys

I have a hoard of images, each one a precious  moment in time captured. I very often open my  my treasure box just to gaze. As I relive the moments I know that one day  I will offer these treasures to you, as some way of expressing how I feel,  this is just such an occasion,  you have all touched me  deeply with your  affirmations. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I recently had an on-line  conversation and said  "I don't remember smiling at anything I have created"! This week I'm definitely smiling,  I received two things back through the post that I created. My Blog Story in Print This is an achievement, as you can see  I posted original images and text too ~ You can get your blog professionally printed,  but I wanted to have a go,  I have some background experience in publishing,  it's not perfect, I'm still learning, there's room for improvement! This will be a prototype! Oh that's a big word! Yes, I'm definitely smiling. I think sometimes when we admit to smiling at our own creations it feels a bit uncomfortable, drawing to attention, self approval/self doubt and ego all come into play? Also artists are renowned for never being completely happy and smiling at their work, what do you think? Visit  Recuerda mi Corazon to see other  Postcards from Paradise

The hand of support, carved out from a heart of care, is my offering. Sometimes my haiku offerings are  bright and cheery, sometimes a little more melancholic, whatever fits the seasons as they change! This week my heart is with a close family member, who has a heavy load to bear. I share with my online haiku friends they always offer the hand of support @ Recuerda mi Corazon

Sun-drenched ~ Sun-quenched  ~ Sun-satiated All adds up to a window of ~  JOY Sharing the Joy Thursday @ Meri's Musings

Can a Negative Space be Positive? Observational drawing can throw  some light on this ~ try drawing negative spaces, the areas around, or the gaps inside of a subject.  Sometimes these shapes can become more  interesting than the subject itself, often more clearly defining the compositional aesthetic,  even changing places and  becoming the positive! It's the same with photography,  as with drawing, negative space is very important.  I stumbled upon something that fascinated me recently, silhouettes. I wasn't sure why I was so allured by them? I'd always considered them to be empty voids - forms without internal reference points, I suppose lifeless in a way, but, they were compelling, why?  In reality silhouettes are positive forms, surrounded by negative light which reveals and aids recognition to shape. Our instinctive recognition to these positive shapes can be very po...

I'm home but not feeling it! The picture is blurred and out of focus. As usual I find change downright difficult! I think it might be saying goodbye to the ocean, I feel like I've left a part of me behind.