once a year

“At Christmas play and make good cheer,
for Christmas comes but once a year.”
Thomas Tusser

God paints his masterpiece

“Some people say it's late,

but I always say when God paints his masterpiece,

it'll be done at the right time and it will come.

We need cold nights, we need some frost to bring it on.”
William Wilson

Cute Cathy

Here's a picture of what I've been working on lately,
another soft little doll, I love making them.
Her name is Cathy and she will be for sale in my online shop soon.

Amy again

a girl and her dog

Yes,....................you áre cute.

Two loves of mine

I've been knitting and crocheting since I was a little girl,
and find it a great way to relax.
I love making up my own designs and colour combinations.
There is no greater pleasure than creating
something with your own two hands.
Oh..............maybe there is ;
crocheting while the most favorite puppy in the world
tries to get hold of my yarn.

Zoo

superstition

“Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky!”

Dr. Seuss

loveflower

“Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms,
Without the aid of the seasons.”

Kahlil Gibran

second spring

“Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower”
Albert Camus

Roza

puppy love

We have a new addition to the family, and she is such a delightful little creature, we're all totally in love with her.

Isn't she the sweetest little darling ?

under your hat

“Your real boss is the one
who walks around under your hat.”
Napoleon Hill

Hat box

“Shadow boxes become poetic theaters

or settings wherein are metamorphosed

the element of a childhood pastime.”
Joseph Cornell

walk about the house

“I cannot sleep for dreaming;

I cannot dream

but I wake

and walk about the house

as though I'd find you coming through some door.”
Arthur Miller

mountains

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.

The winds will blow their own freshness into you,

and the storms their energy,

while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”
John Muir

It grows with love

“My love for you is like a flower.

It grows with love and sunshine.”
ariel

growing up

“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does.

Love is a battle,

love is a war; love is a growing up.”
James Arthur Baldwin

grow

“When we were children,

we used to think that when we were grown-up

we would no longer be vulnerable.

But to grow up is to accept vulnerability...

To be alive is to be vulnerable.”
Madeleine L'Engle

fun

“I'm not trying to make fun of everyone,

and not everyone is supposed to get that kind of humor.

But the people here seemed to like it.

The guy really wanted to tell me what kind of tree he would be,”
Kenny Mayne

the blues

“I met a girl who sang the blues,
And I asked her for some happy news;
But she just smiled and turned away”
Don McLean
this painting is now available as a print,
click here to purchase.

wedding

“A little girl at the wedding afterwards asked her mother

why the bride changed her mind.

What do you mean? responded her mother.

Well, she went down the aisle with one man,

and came back with another.”

wedding experience

“Together, we create an entire wedding experience.”
Polly Clements

peace

“Until you make peace with who you are,

you'll never be content with what you have.”
Doris Mortman

final stage

wedding

“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it,

and if I were a bird

I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
George Eliot

this painting is now available as a print,
click here to purchase

colour

“Life

is

like

a

rainbow

You

need

both

the

sun

and

the

rain

to

make

its

colors

appear.”

momentum

“The world is a playground,

and life is pushing my swing.”

Natalie Kocsis

this painting is now available as a print,

click here to purchase

also available as a postcard click here

shower me with flowers

“He said, 'I'm flying off like an eagle off the top rope.

I'm going to fly like a bird.

I'm flying like an eagle,

Terry ... and when you go down,

1-2-3, they're going to shower me with flowers.”
Dusty Rhodes

new cultural season

Last weekend was the opening of the Maastricht cultural season,
you could visit and enjoy an overwhelming offering of cultural activities in the city centre.
My eldest daughter had a stall with art and T-shirt painitng ,
she is the one in the bright blue coat.


Here she is again with her boyfriend and 'little' sister

volcano

“If your heart is a volcano,

how shall you expect flowers to bloom?”
Kahlil Gibran

blossoming in nature

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”
Gerard de Nerval

furnished by Nature

“Love is a canvas pattern furnished by Nature,

and embroidered by imagination.”

The original painting is sold but you can

buy a paper greeting card of the image here

Artmakr weekend

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