"A Tribal Heart..."

...with a soulful South African heartbeat

peers out across the seas to a blog network friend

in the U.K. who is celebrating a

"Happy Birthday" today!

(Yes, Joss! It's YOU! ...AND...this heart is winging it's way to you as I write!)

“Call it a clan,

call it a network, call it a tribe,

call it a family:

Whatever you call it, whoever you are,

you need one.”
~Jane Howard

"The Western Wallop..."

There will be big...I mean BIG, BIG, BIG,

snowfalls

in the high country of Arizona

this week.

We, here in the valley, just weathered "Punch #2"

of a "3-punch" storm

coming in off the Pacific Ocean

which is

to drop as much rainfall here in the desert

in 5 days as we have had

in several months!

Things are pretty chilly, damp, and soaked.

We really DO need the rain...

but

Oh!...to be "snowed in" (with supplies of course)

in a cozy cabin in the mountains,

a roaring fire, and

oodles and oodles of time to draw!

Ahhh...Pass the hot cocoa please...Mmmmm!

"They Flew the Coop!..."

These promised "Winter Sun" ATC cards

(see their inspiration here)

seemed to fly right out of my hands...

in the blink of an eye...

the minute I posted them on Flickr last night!

That has never happened to me before...

Whew!

(Guess I know what I will be doing the next couple of days...)

Now, here's the deal...

I will post brand new ones for trade HERE first...

(Tuesday morning...shhh...don't tell...)

Count on it!

"Hip, Hip, Hooraaay!!!..."

...Have a Happy Blooming Tuesdaaay!!!

;)

"A Bit of 'Biozen' Bounty..."

...on a beautiful "Blooming Tuesday"!

(This little card has been uprooted from the desert

and newly transplanted in Juneau, Alaska

with Katie.)

Have a bloomin' happy day all!

“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”
~Ovid

(Ancient Roman classical Poet and Author of Metamorphoses, 43 BC-17)

"A Dual Purpose Post..."

...A perky prickly pear for Cactus Monday players

and, also...

a funky little Illustration Friday drawing...

based on the theme

from a few weeks back: "Pattern."

Say!

Why not seek out and enjoy

some new patterns in your routine today?

Have a great one! :)

“Do not become paralyzed and enchained

by the set patterns which have been woven of old.

No, build from your own youthful feeling,

your own groping thought

and

your own flowering perception.”
~Lotte Lehmann

Another Shimmery...

...and shiny Sacred Heart Milagros Sunday!

#4 in the series...

Enjoy...but beware of the thorns...:)

"Life is thickly sown with thorns,

and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them.

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes,

the greater is their power

to harm us."
~Voltaire

"Itsy Bitsy Blossoms..."

...in a beautifully "Blooming Tuesday" birthday bouquet...
Happy 7th birthday to two of my favorite little twin nieces...

...Joya and Jillian!

"It's double the giggles and double the grins,

and double the trouble if you're blessed with twins."

~Author Unknown

"Something Light and Airy..."

...My heart addiction continues...:)

Enjoy!

"As Was Promised..."

...Blingtangle #2 !

Happy Blooming Tuesday All!

From My Heart...

...to Yours! :)

Happy Cactus Monday!

This "Heartangle Series" ATC has already been taken...

but more similar to it are available here.

"I love writing.

I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle

with human emotions."
~James A. Michener

"I love drawing...

I love the swirl and swing of the lines as they tangle

with my paper and my spirit."

~Me

Hey!...thanks for the quotation idea J.M...LOL :)...!

"Fly Away With Me..."

...this first day of Summer...out here in the "Old West".

The first day of Summer is earlier in western North America:
For the years 2009 and 2013,

people in the Mountain and Pacific time zones

and farther west greet the first day of summer a day earlier,

on June 20.

So when people ask what the first day of summer is,

it not only depends on the year

but on where you live.

See this Source for more info...:)

“Imagination is the true magic carpet.”
~ Norman Vincent Peale

"Another 'All Coiled Up'..."

...Coiled Basket Mandala #2 of 3...but this time all in dark browns...

(The first of the coiled series can be seen here.)

7" x 7" Bristol Board...Pitt Pen

"Our humanity rests

upon a series of learned behaviors,

woven together into patterns

that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited."
~Margaret Mead

"Lost...A Reprise..."

...and an addiction!

Just about a year ago...March 3rd , 2008...to be exact

I posted one of my "pen-tangled" designs

on my brand new blog...Water Blossoms.

The specific design was inspired

by a whole boatload of big philosophical ideas.

(Click here if you'd like to see it.)

Today

I post a similar piece...

drawn as a release of artistic energy...

right after watching yet another "Lost" episode

last night.

Yep!...Here I am...2009

still

addicted to my "faves" on television

and

still lost in oodles of doodles!

Time...Reality...Space ???

Not to worry.

No harm done in getting lost...

Right???

:)

HAPPY 23RD B-DAY COREY !

WE LOVE YOU! XO

"Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one."
~Albert Einstein

"4th and Final..."

...my Blogiversary Giveaway Finale!

An original, fun, fabulous feather

from me to 3 of you...

drawn on Bristol board with ink,

measuring ~2"x 6"...

and tied with a teensy, thin black and white ribbon...:)

So, if you like,

just leave me a quick "howdy do" here

and, of course, a way to find you

by midnight tonight...(U.S. Mountain Standard Time)

February 22, 2009...

Time is a-ticking!

All the best! :)

"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."

~Aesop

"Tag or Book Mark...?!

...You decide which...

because

I present it here as my Blogiversary

"G.I.V.E.A.W.A.Y....#2"!!!

WooHoo!

It is an original zentangled design in ink on Bristol Board...

measuring 3"x 6"...

and tied with a perky dotted ribbon.

Are you interested? If so...

You know the drill...

...Leave a comment by midnight Sunday, February 22nd

and a way for me to reach you.

Enjoy!