"one.mi.racle"

All my best to you during this special season. A very merry Christmas, if you so partake. Sampled from around this world.

"a.winter.collection"


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I was not that happy with the earlier version - here it is retooled and retitled. The subject is COSMICaroline in her imaginative Halloween costume.

In late October we had dried leaves. Flash foward - we had two feet of snow to shovel today. I am not dreaming of a white Christmas. Our kids had fun, but my arms and back ache. Marie, my darling shovel buddy, also is very tired.

I am not sure how many of you know Debi Cates but she is a remarkable photographer and friend living in West Texas. Debi was one of my first blog friends and inspired me through her words and her actions. She allowed me to sample two years ago and if you click on her name under Labels you will see "old" work together. It seems like light years ago.

Debi and I will be working together, with my sampling (for the first time) some of her splendid full sized images and that is incredibly exciting for me. I really admire Debi's work.

Thanks, Debi. All my best.

"in.fashion.one.winter"


"detail"

Quick study - image already sampled....snow everywhere here.

I spent time yesterday at a Music Store. Greg was trying out foot pedals for his guitar and Mariana and Alex first playing the drums and then a wonderful sounding electric piano.

The fuzz pedal that Jimmie Hendrix used costs about $150. As I have stated before, with the loss of record stores here a few music stores like the one we visited have become my sanctuary.

"Angel came down from heaven yesterday
She stayed with me just long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday,
About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
And then she spread her wings high over me
She said she's gonna come back tomorrow"

Hendrix

Stay warm. Create.

'tsu.nami"

"with.glee"

Two studies - one from a BB photo of the Bellmore station train platform, the other with whisps of Japan and Nashville.

"of.violets"


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Caroline of COSMICaroline has a very well received blog that focuses on fashion, music, lifestyle and art. Most of the images are taken by close friend and band mate. The blog has a gentle and open and reminds me of my youth in San Francisco; she lives near Nashville. Please check out her blog.

Caroline has been gracious to allow me to sample selected images from her blog - a small version of one and a full size detail is posted here. She maintains rights to her images, all were borrowed with approval.

I am moving back towards making quilts again. I am exploring work similar to what I began this blog with - now with a better skill set and tools.