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"There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart."
Celia Thaxter

Monday, June 27, 2005


Kayakers. We could see them from our balcony at the Little River Inn. Van Damme state park is very popular with kayakers. The sea is calm here.
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A beautiful lily on the grounds at the Little River Inn, Little River, CA.
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The main house at the Little River Inn; Little River, CA.
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Sunlight on a tree trunk. Van Damme state park, Mendocino, CA.
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Sunlight on a tree branch on the trail leading to Van Damme state park from the Little River Inn.
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Another view in the park.
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Van Damme state park.
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A view in Van Damme state park. This park is full of redwoods, ferns, and other flora and fauna. Truly a lovely park!
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I love mossy fences! Van Damme state park.
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Berries in Van Damme state park.
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A beautiful tree in Van Damme state park. We were able to walk to this park from the Little River Inn.
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The view from our balcony this morning at the Little River inn.
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A sunset shot. The sun is so far north now, it set over the hills as opposed to setting on the ocean (from our vantage point).
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The view out of one of the windows at the restaurant at the Little River Inn where we ate our anniversary dinner.
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Close-up of a sea gull. He was perched on the railing by our balcony.
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A view of the town of Mendocino.
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Another Mendocino house; they have a lot of these water towers in town. Don't know why, though!
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The town of Mendocino's main street as seen from the headlands.
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A view from the Mendocino Headlands looking towards Big River.
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A very unusual but interesting home and garden in Mendocino, CA.
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I thought this gladiola was so pretty; Mendocino, CA.
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One of the lovely gardens in the town of Mendocino, CA.
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People enjoying the lovely day in Mendocino.
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An interesting rooftop in the town of Mendocino, CA.
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A flock of birds flying at the Mendocino Headlands.
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Friday, June 24, 2005


Inspired by this poem, "The True Beauty". A 4 x 6 APC (Artist Post card).
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Moon Rising Early on a June Evening
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Another 4 x 4 fat book page. Finally got all 55 mailed off this week. Whew! What a marathon.
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Monday, June 13, 2005


First attempts at using a batik style for the watercolor backgrounds for the 4 x 4 pages. Trying more tomorrow that will have some white preserved in the paper.
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Another Batik background 4 x 4 page.
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A Batik style of background for 4 x 4 pages.
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Used this lady image again. Very versatile image.
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I love this sweet image; thought it suited this Scripture well. Another page for the Fat or Chunky Book. 4 x 4
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A Caring Heart 4 x 4 Fat Book Page. Almost to 55!
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Saturday, June 11, 2005


"Reverie"
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"Pear" another 4 x 4 page
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Another of the 4 x 4 pages. This sometimes seems a mammoth task, to undertake over 50 originals works of art...
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Friday, June 10, 2005


ATC Hostess Gift for a Butterfly swap for ATC_FATW. She is called, "Butterfly Girl with Attitude".
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Thursday, June 09, 2005


The second USA 4 x 4 page. I love this sweet image!
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A celebration of those carefree days of childhood. A 4 x 4 page. Remember counting the days until the County Fair in the summer?
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This 4 x 4 page celebrates reading- one of my favorite things to do!
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My Blue Gluebook page for June 9.
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This is an altered puzzle piece in a Victorian them for a 1-4-1 swap. Used antique lace on it for an old look.
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005


This is a spread I did for a Woman deco RR; the theme of this book was "Dreams." I based my pages on my Grandma Battaglia who came from Italy to join her husband in America in the early 1900's. She is pictured with my aunt a little before they came to America.
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Another of the 4 x 4 Fat Book pages. I got a new stamp shipment in the mail today; the queen stamp is one of the new ones. The butterfly wings are from a book and CD of butterflies from Dover. The background is down with watercolor paint, acrylic ink, and a stamp.
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Another 4 x 4 Fat Book page using this sweet image that I have used before. The poem is about a young child who died.
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My Pink and Orange June Gluebook pages. These are being featured right now on the Home Page of the Gluebooks group on Yahoo. I feel very honored that they were chosen!
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Pastures Green; reminds me of Psalm 23; "He makes me to lie down in green pastures..."
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June 6; the Ochre page, or at least as close to ochre as i could find.
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The Aqua page; kind of a relaxing, spa feel to this.
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