DECEMBER 25, 2013

JOY TO THE WORLD

..........HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!  : )

                                                                       

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

NOVEMBER 2013

LONG TIME GONE

 

 

DISTANT LIGHTS

 Painted Raven

 

World Music Project   

 

 

Raven Heart-ACEO Art Print

  

NOVEMBER 2013

                                                          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist Whitney Minthorn

 

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?   : )

                                                                        

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

 

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

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.....

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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

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....  

                                                                              

OCTOBER 2013

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


                                         

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...........  : )

                                                                        

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                                                                      

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."

 

 

 

 

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