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Laughter is...

9/10/2014

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Laughter is carbonated holiness.

-Anne Lamott

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Questions Generate Possibilities

9/9/2014

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Every time we ask a question, we're generating a possible version of a life.



Thanks to David Epston at http://www.narrativeapproaches.com/ for the quote.

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The Pull of Love

9/6/2014

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Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love. -Rumi

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Chaos & Stillness

8/31/2014

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In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside you. -Deepak Chopra

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Getting it Done

8/24/2014

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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. -Lao Tzu

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Dreaming is Planning

8/23/2014

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Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. -Gloria Steinem

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The Power in One

8/23/2014

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The creation of 1000 forests is in 1 acorn. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nature's Connection

8/18/2014

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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, one finds it attached to the rest of the world.

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How I Build Botanical Patterns

8/13/2014

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The design at right is made from the leaves of the sweet potato plant - just 2 separate leaves, pictured below. The folded leaf reminds me of the hearts I made in elementary school where you drew half the heart on a folded paper and cut it out.

The process:  In Photoshop I carefully select the leaf from its background, that is the sometimes tedious part of my work. Then comes the fun part, I build separate patterns individually, and then put the designs into a larger design until it sings to me. And, I kid you not, when I get a good one the angels sing Hallelujah!

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Colors and Spirit

8/13/2014

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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the Spirit. – Emerson

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Still Trees

8/12/2014

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Stand still. The trees ahead and bush beside you are not lost. -A. Einstein

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Plant a Garden

8/10/2014

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She who plants a garden plants happiness.

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Between two Gardens

8/9/2014

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Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. Kahlil Gibran

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Gardens are Personal

8/8/2014

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Gardens are a form of autobiography.

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Looking up at Trees

8/6/2014

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Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.

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