Wednesday, December 25, 2013

DECEMBER 25, 2013

JOY TO THE WORLD

..........HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!  : )

                                                                       

Saturday, December 21, 2013

DECEMBER 21, 2013

WINTER SOLSTICE

....an ending and a beginning

..........good bye and hello


Rainbow Eye~Mysteria


Rainbow Chip~Glass Eye Studio
 
 
Winter Solstice~symmetrybox

Saturday, November 23, 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

LONG TIME GONE

 
 
DISTANT LIGHTS
 Painted Raven
 
World Music Project   
 
 
Raven Heart-ACEO Art Print
  

Friday, November 15, 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

                                                          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Artist Whitney Minthorn
 

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

...I know a woman




artist Annie Humphrey


What a wonderful discovery for me today! love her cover of Jim Boyd and Sherman Alexie's song 'Falling Down and Falling Apart'....the youtube posting was dated May 26, 2013 by coyotendahouse......considering my previous post of today right here, and May 26 being my father's birthday....I am sweetly... gently reminded of the love and good medicine that covers me; and comes from The Great Physician.......and I am grateful

......reminded also that my 'Lesson' on the CRIT Reservation, and my 'Destiny' to meet 'the Two' took place on that stretch of highway May 26, 2013 in the Arizona Desert.............'Rez~ervation for Two'...............
                        plenty of room at the Table for more........


NOVEMBER 2013

IT'S A GOOD DAY TO DIE........

     IT'S A GOOD DAY TO FORGIVE OUR FATHERS....

                 AND OUR MOTHERS

enit?   : )



                                                                        

Sunday, November 3, 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

"A Fine Example of the Oral Tradition"......It's a good day to

         Listen   Hear   Remember   Speak

IT'S A GOOD STORY


 
 
 
Charles Littleleaf~Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon
Native American Flute
                                                                          
NOVEMBER 2013

..."is that true Thomas? did that really happen?"......( 'Smoke Signals'~Sherman Alexie )

.................Value (s) and Vision in the 'turn of a good phrase'..............


 STOP    LOOK    AND    LISTEN                                                                       
photographer unknown to me         
 
 
 
THE STORY TELLER

painting from the Smithsonian Institute collection
 
 
 


Actor, Story Teller
Alan Rickman
 

Saturday, November 2, 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

JOHN WAYNE'S TEETH....HEY~YA.......

.....I love Sherman Alexie and all the Stories he tells    he.....
     rips my heart out, makes me cry, makes me laugh til' I cry

.....and something new begins...and I Dance to the Song of Hope.....enit


                                                                


SMOKE SIGNALS
Sherman Alexie

Friday, November 1, 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

SMOKE SIGNALS and other messages

LIFE IS A FANCYDANCE wrapped in a FANCY SHAWL DANCE

Ben Marra~FancyDance

                                                                                  
  Fancy Shawl Dancer
Featherstone Art~Julie A. Miller
 
                                                                                    
   Sherman Alexie
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Smoke Signals
The Business of Fancydancing
 
 
 
 
 
Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Crests
 
 
.....AND SO WE DANCE.....
 

Saturday, October 26, 2013

OCTOBER 25, 2013

SORROW COMES ON A SUNNY DAY

We watched....We waited....and the Time came to say Goodbye

...for Now

                                                                     

                                                                              

                                                                              
 
 
 
 
The Fancy Shawl Dance also known as The Butterfly Dance
 
L. David Eveningthunder
 
artnatan.com
 

Friday, October 18, 2013

OCTOBER 2013

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS PUMPKINS....

      or something like that.........

The Colors of Fall are mesmerizing me! and I like it!  : )


Coast Gallery
Big Sur, California
2010


                                                                                


Mt. St. Helen's Ash
Hand Blown Art Glass
Glass Eye Studio
pacificnorthwestshop.com






                                                                  Art Glass Pumpkin                
Smithsonianstore.com
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

OCTOBER 2013

THE WATCHERS

Original Watercolor by artist Nancy Phelps of Lompoc, California

...."On this sacred night I will tell of many great things, of battles won, of seasons past, of sadness and joy, of beauty in the ways of our People.".......from The Grandfather Legacy

Nancy's original watercolor was translated into counted cross stitch....the framed finished project is one of my most treasured pieces; I really enjoyed stitching this one.......





 
Color Charts-published 'The Watchers' c.1990

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

OCTOBER 2013

I SAW A CROW THIS MORNING.....

..............as I went out to garden in between showers....He saw me first! and he watched..and when I looked his way he began calling out the first of his greetings....I returned his morning cheer....A good way to start the day.....turns out it's a very good way to start any day!

Did you know that according to Native American Crow Mythology that "many people are under the mistaken impression the crows were viewed as harbingers of death in Native American cultures, but in fact, that is not true at all. We do not know of any Native American tribes which crows were seen as omens of death. Indeed, just the opposite, seeing a crow was (and still is!) considered good luck by many tribes."  resource: Native American Encyclopedia

                                                                                 

 
 
 
 
Chief Plenty Coups - Absarokee Crow - Crow Nation
 
Photographer: Edward Curtis c1908
 
 
(1848-1932)
 
                                                                                                     American-Tribes.com
                                                                                                                                   
 
 
 
A Work in Progress
 
My cross stitch of  Plenty Coups
 
from Jeannette Crews Designs, Inc.
'Portrait of Famous American Indians'
pattern design by Susan Heiss
 
 
 
OCTOBER 2013

SEASONALLY AMAZED & DAZZLED............

..  I love the colors of Fall....  

                                                                              



Monday, October 7, 2013

OCTOBER 2013

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS DON'T GET ME DOWN!  : )


                                         

Sunday, October 6, 2013

OCTOBER 2013

FALL IS IN THE AIR!!


....an October Sunday morning.......about 9:30

It's so beautiful today! and warm too! ...a Fall day kind of warm....    The little park is the kayakers launching site into the River......The old trestle bridge was once a railway for the logging industry in the Canyon...you can see it's now a peaceful walkway and a good place to stop and daydream...........  : )


                                                                        

Thursday, October 3, 2013

OCTOBER 2013

AND ON THE THIRD DAY....

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California

photo by Mary Barnick-Kirgis


                                                                       



RALPH WALDO EMERSON - (1803-1882)  Essayist, lecturer, and poet

"Emerson wrote on a number of subjects, never espousing fixed philosophical tenets, but developing certain ideas such as individuality, freedom, the ability for humankind to realize almost anything, and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world. Emerson's "nature" was more philosophical than naturalistic. "Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and Soul."

                                                                      

                                                                                   
    
                                       


                                                                                   
Free Spirit-Richard Young                                                                      

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

OCTOBER 2013

LIFE IS A BALANCING ACT...........

FORAIN-The Tightrope Walker
                                                                                
 
 
 
YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS......
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bob Dylan 'Blowin in the Wind'-1962
'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' LP
 
Wikipedia says: The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described as "impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind."
 
 
 
The Bible says this about the wind and life in John 3:8...."The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where its going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."
 
 
 
 

Sunday, September 29, 2013

SEPTEMBER 2013

RAINY DAYS

READING

AND MY
FELINE FRIEND


MARIO  is  'The Cat That God Sent' (A Novel)-author Jim Kraus-Abingdon Press c. 2013

............................to look after me!     : )








author: Yann Martel  c. 2001
photo courtesy of free online images







artist: Terrance John Cleary
Courtesy free online images

THE CASUAL VACANCY
author: J. K. Rowling c. 2012