Ablaze

A  sunset can be very prosaic, but occasionally you'll see one that isn't!

"Ablaze" - Enhanced Digital Photo

Source photo for "Ablaze"

Another Magical Moment

"Hour Of Solitude" - Poem by Bobbi Rullan; Photo by Kristeena Crabb

It's no secret that I love the way magic happens when artists inspire each other. One example was a little over two years ago when artist/writer, Katrina Small, saw a photograph which I'd posted on Facebook and was inspired to write a poem about it. Here's the blog post which describes that inspired event, "And Then There Was Magic."

Well, just this weekend, Bobbi Rullan, the fearless leader of the Photoholics Not-So-Anonymous group to which I belong, rediscovered a poem which she had written in the 60's. It made her think of a photo of mine and so she superimposed the poem on the photo and once again, magic happened. I cannot imagine a poem more fitting for what I was feeling when I took the photo. The two go together so well.

I love belonging to this great big universal community of artists where creativity and compassion abound. And I just love, love magical moments! :D

Pity Party

"Tea Time" - Enhanced Digital Collage

I'm tired. I have a touch of tonsillitis and my asthma is acting up. Therefore, I'm feeling sorry for myself and I'm indulging in self-pampering and self-pitying today. "They" say that it's wrong. I'm tired of worrying about "they." I'm going to finish this blog post and my lovely cup of tea with lemon and honey and I'm going to go back to bed. So there! :P

Pink & Green

The pink bunny for Maria Lucia is still a work in progress.

Getting back to the painting for Maria Lucia; as I suspected, the rediscovered green stamped paper in my sketch book makes a lovely background for the pink rabbit and butterfly. I was mixing paints together one day to form a specific shade of aqua and I was failing miserably. So, I took the mixture and painted it onto a stamp that I had carved into a piece of styrofoam and stamped it into my sketchbook and rather forgot about it until I was working on this project. I'm so glad I saved this! I think this piece is developing nicely, if I do say so myself. :D

Camellias & Azaleas

"Camellias & Azaleas" - Enhanced Digital Photo

Believe it or not, I haven't always been a fan of digital photography and digital photo manipulation. You couldn't tell it from the way I love to play with photos. 

Recently, my mother brought in some cut camellia and azalea blossoms from the yard and floated them in a floaty thingy (technical term). Of course I found them to be extremely photo worthy. Below is the "before"  photo and the one above is the "after." ;-)

Mini TAGG Reunion

Lynn, me, Art - at J. Christopher's in Savannah

I've moved many times. I love the new adventures that a move brings, but there's always something that I miss that I've left behind. When I moved away from Maryland, the thing I missed most were the other members of The Artsy Girls Guild, or TAGG. Most of us have been together in that group for nine years! When I moved 100 miles away to Delaware, it wasn't too difficult to make it back to Maryland for monthly meetings. Having moved to Georgia, though, it's much more difficult. Whenever I go back north, I generally meet up with as many as can make it to dinner somewhere. My dear friend, Lynn, however, seems always to be in the south when I'm up north. Today we got lucky! Both Lynn and her husband, Art, were working their way north after an extensive stay in Florida and we got together for an early lunch at one of my favorite Savannah eateries, J. Christopher's. And like true friends, we immediately fell into conversation like we had just seen each other last week instead of more than a year ago. It was great! Truly good friends are hard to find and so we must hold onto them like the treasures they are. :D

Single White Tulip Finds A New Home

Many thanks to my friend, Nancy White, for giving "Single White Tulip" a new home in her special "happy place." I love getting photos like this.