NOTHING SO CONSTANT AS CHANGE...

Amazing how without warning your life can change completely from one day to the next, and there is nothing for it but to adjust and go on....

THANK YOU...

To all the brave soldiers who marched off to defend this country, and never returned...

DEATH NOT THE END, BUT A NEW BEGINNING...

But when ye come, and all the flow'rs are dying,

And I am dead, as dead I well may be.

Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying,

And kneel and say an Ave there for me.

And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me;

And all my grace will warmer, sweeter be,

For you will bend and tell me that you love me;

And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!

May you remember those loved ones you have lost with a glad heart for having known them and celebrate their lives and the sweet memories you have of them. Happy Memorial Day.

SOME DAYS ARE LIKE THAT...

Some days are a fight for light and you just have to dig your way out....so hand me a shovel.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY...

Today is a beautiful sunny day the kind that makes you want to just lay back and float along with life...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANN...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANN!!!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY ANYWAY MOM...

Here's to my mother and grandmothers who tried so hard to make me into a perfectly wonderful someone, but alas they had so little to work with and despite all their best efforts I still turned out to be plain old ordinary oddball me. I thank them very much for trying though.

GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL...

Somedays don't you just want to fly away???

BRING ON THE BURRITOS...

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO AMIGOS!!!

I love this painting even though it lends it's self more to the Day of the Dead celebration. I hope your day is moie bien (did I spell that right??) anyway have a great day!!

PAINT ME A STORY...

Some beautiful illustrations for the Grimm Brothers story of Snow White and Rose Red.

It is the lusty month of May and I'm celebrating my 100th post on

The Painted Garden.

Forsooth I feel a challenge coming on So I am flinging the gauntlet at the feet of all those brave enough to take up this quest. Search your heart and then, Paint, paste, photograph, create, or compose your personal masterpiece in the medium of choice. Said masterpiece to be entitled “MY BLISS” and indeed reflective of that subject.
Take up the challenge on my comment page and post your entry on your blog on May 10th. That’s right 10 days to name your bliss, can you do it?
Stout hearts brave enough to undertake this quest will be posted on “The Painted Garden” throughout the month of May, and a soon to be coveted prize shall be awarded. (that and 50 cents will buy you a candy bar)

So come one, come all, tell all your friends…and follow your bliss!!!