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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Art is Like...

I once worked with a nurse who had an interesting career path.

She was a licensed cosmetologist.

She had a music degree.

In her mid-forties she became a RN.

I was one of her nurse preceptors.


I taught her how to swim not sink in the hospital unit we worked on and she taught me about art.



She was a member of a community theatre group and I loved to attend the plays she acted in.



She once told me that art is like flowers on the table.

She said we may not need or always have flowers on the table but flowers fill out and complete the table just like art enriches our lives.

I have never forgotten her analogy.

Hi V. where ever you are!


 



{This is the forsythia hedge at the yellow house blooming now}

I am linking to Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday.


grace surrounds us
Olive

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Sweet Gum With A Twist

In the South Sweet Gum trees are plentiful.

I shot these photos off a very high deck that is almost in the tree canopy.

I had to play with the oddly almost alien like sweet gum balls on my editing program.

The edited version.


The original.



The edited version.  Neon baby!



The original.




I am linking with A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday.


grace surrounds us
Olive


Monday, February 21, 2011

Vintage Fan

Thanks bunches for all of your well wishes on my last blog where I was still in the midst  of the bug from the depths of some place terrible.

Now I am back to my somewhat regular posting.

That is if the seventy-seven degree weather like we had today does not distract me.

Joe and I are easily led astray by  the sun and we worked in our yard for about seven hours.

I went to three estate sales with my sister-in-law this weekend and look what I found!

Mercy!



A small vintage fan from McGraw Electric.

It works too.

It has no on/off switch and is in such good conditon I almost thought it was a reproduction but the cord is very old and worn and the screws underneath are rusted.



I am smitten.



For now it is on the stone hearth. One day it will go in the office {if we ever set it up}.

I hope the hearth qualifies for a suitable surface for Marty's party because I am linking with A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday.

I am also linking with Debra at Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday.

Do visit both these lovely ladies.


grace surrounds us
Olive


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

~missing you~

I have been missing YOU.

 I have had an upper respiratory infection for the past week.

Plans did not happen.

Posts did not get published.

Photographs zilch.

I found a single cell phone image of an ice cream shop that is amusing.

I took this last year in another little Georgia town.


I hope to resume my regularly scheduled irregular schedule soon.

I will never catch up on my visits so forgive me darling ones.


grace surrounds us
Olive