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Trio Night...
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Ah, it is. It's the first day of autumn! A time for hot chocolatety mornings, and toasting marshmallow evenings, as best of all, leaping into *leaves*!
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I'm gonna vote for this trio....LOL
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I will have David to go home and Normani/Val to win both the trio and the individual dance. Thanks Luv. I can't join you at Woolies tomorrow, as our swimming and equine social skills has started again. But will catch up with the thread first thing afterwards. Have fun watching, ladies. 
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I think annie, or perhaps KOS, will draw some scholarly conclusions…
I was the “baby of the family” – born 8 years later than the youngest of the older three.
It seemed to me growing up (they in high school) that they all had areas of excellence and achievement they could call their own. My heart-throb brother, a superb athlete; my genius sister, a recognized artist; the stylish sister, her beautiful and powerful soprano voice.
It never occurred to me to be anything other than my well-rounded, multi-talented self. ( “Are you going to major in art?” Oh, no, my sister has the artistic talent. Voice? No, no…I am not comfortable performing for a crowd. and how would one make a living…?)
But we do all have some drawing and artistic talent. And I mean that I see it even in Auntie above me, and a couple of my grandchildren. No matter what it is, what a true gift it is to be blessed with an ability that allows for creative expression. And results in beauty. Literature, art, music, dance…
Certainly practicality, marriage, raising children, making a living - they do get in the way of devoting much time to such matters. When my children were very young I had a couple of photographs of each that I just loved. I did large pastels using those photos as inspiration, framed and on their bedroom walls.. This lead to 3 friends of mine asking me if I would please do the same for them. And I did. A very little money changed hands…we were all young.
But see? Now it had become work. A job. I was commissioned by a friend to make a sign for her business. And her brother asked if I could do a large copy of the work by Harry Anderson – Jesus knocking at the door of the United Nations building. Sure. 
So here we are 40 years later. I am looking to bring artistic expression back in to my life in the form of my most favorite medium. Because of its difficulty / maddening unpredictability / and ethereal beauty I love WATERCOLORS.
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View from the Crow's Nest wrote:
I think annie, or perhaps KOS, will draw some scholarly conclusions…
I was the “baby of the family” – born 8 years later than the youngest of the older three.
It seemed to me growing up (they in high school) that they all had areas of excellence and achievement they could call their own. My heart-throb brother, a superb athlete; my genius sister, a recognized artist; the stylish sister, her beautiful and powerful soprano voice.
It never occurred to me to be anything other than my well-rounded, multi-talented self. ( “Are you going to major in art?” Oh, no, my sister has the artistic talent. Voice? No, no…I am not comfortable performing for a crowd. and how would one make a living…?)
But we do all have some drawing and artistic talent. And I mean that I see it even in Auntie above me, and a couple of my grandchildren. No matter what it is, what a true gift it is to be blessed with an ability that allows for creative expression. And results in beauty. Literature, art, music, dance…
Certainly practicality, marriage, raising children, making a living - they do get in the way of devoting much time to such matters. When my children were very young I had a couple of photographs of each that I just loved. I did large pastels using those photos as inspiration, framed and on their bedroom walls.. This lead to 3 friends of mine asking me if I would please do the same for them. And I did. A very little money changed hands…we were all young.
But see? Now it had become work. A job. I was commissioned by a friend to make a sign for her business. And her brother asked if I could do a large copy of the work by Harry Anderson – Jesus knocking at the door of the United Nations building. Sure.
So here we are 40 years later. I am looking to bring artistic expression back in to my life in the form of my most favorite medium. Because of its difficulty / maddening unpredictability / and ethereal beauty I love WATERCOLORS.
That was an ambitious project, view. You have my respect! We did watercolour to render jewellery designs only. Took me quite some time to get even a little control over it and it's not my favourite technique. I did a year of painting at art school, but mostly acrylic and oil. We once had to do a series of four self-portraits, choosing styles of artists. You could recognise the van Gogh's, the Picasso's ect. I did a Georgia O'Keeffe, painting myself as a smiling human skull with a pink hibiscus flower behind my ear. Let's just say, the reactions were priceless. That's a real O'Keeffe, my self-portrait inspiration.
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I will have David to go home and Normani/Val to win both the trio and the individual dance. Thanks Luv. I can't join you at Woolies tomorrow, as our swimming and equine social skills has started again. But will catch up with the thread first thing afterwards. Have fun watching, ladies.
Hi Gabriele...hope all is well with you. Hope your little guy enjoys the activities...I would love to be able to ride again but with my back it isn't possible.. Hope you older son is doing well too...Take care...HUGS
Ah, it is. It's the first day of autumn! A time for hot chocolatety mornings, and toasting marshmallow evenings, as best of all, leaping into *leaves*!
—Winnie the Pooh