Edge to Edge – The Exhibit
Good morning, I am very excited to invite you to the first Exhibit of our art group, The Edge. The art on display will be varied, and will be for sale. I hope to see you there! In the meantime, keep creating! Ana
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New Old Work
Good morning, Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the wonderful weather we’ve been having – well, except those strange hail storms, tornado warnings, etc. This past weekend was lovely and we are preparing for a heat wave this week. Strange weather for Calgary especially a heat wave in August! Yesterday was hot, and I…
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Strange weather we’ve been having …
We’ve been having some really strange weather lately … last week was a good example: weather warnings, tornado sightings, hail the size of golf balls, rain, rain and more rain, high winds … I wanted to share a few photos taken on Wednesday of last week from the 36th floor of Bankers Hall. I was…
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Amazing … how time flies by!
No, incredibly enough, I’m still here … life got busy these last few months and my days have changed. New projects aside from quilting and fabric design; new work at the office … And the days go by so fast … I can’t believe it’s the middle of June already and half the year is…
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Thursday Post :-)
Good morning, This is a Thursday Post as yesterday’s Wednesday was a really busy day. So here it goes: “I do believe in the everyday sort of magic —- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the…
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Wednesday Quote
“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.” Virginia Woolf This one is from the same bookstore in Kinsale. Too bad it was closed and I couldn’t go in … How’s your day…
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Garryvoe Hotel in Castlemartyr, Cork
I stayed at the lovely Garryvoe Hotel in Castlemartyr. I had a room with a view. A lovely view, actually, of the beach right across the street. Here are a few photos I took the day I went for a walk before breakfast. I took a photo of Ballycotton Island with the lighthouse. This photo was taken…
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Fabric Painting Class in Dublin
A short note today to include a photo of the final results of the Fabric Painting class we had at the Bewleys Hotel in Dublin. Everybody finished on time and the ladies were very happy with the results. Don’t they look great? Despite the fact that it is always a quiet class because everyone is…
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The Old Library and the Book of Kells – Trinity College – Dublin
I had one free day in Dublin and it was sunny and quite warm actually. The first thing I did was to head to Trinity College and visit the Old Library, and the exhibit on the Book of Kells. The Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin MS 58) is celebrated for its lavish decoration. The…
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Wednesday Quote
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you and now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead and…
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Wednesday Quote
“CREATIVITY is allowing oneself to make mistakes and knowing which ones to keep” Does that resonate with you? How many mistakes have you made lately that turned into some of your best work? You leave a piece of work laying around because you believe you messed it up, and regret taking that last step … only…
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A view from my breakfast table
Good morning from somewhat sunny Cork, in Ireland … Arrived late ate last night to lovely Garryvoe a hotel close to Cork and could feel the moistness in the air when I got out of the car … I am am having breakfast today, and this is the view from my table … I will…
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Wednesday Quote
In large measure, becoming an artist consists of learning to accept yourself, which makes your work personal, and in following your own voice, which makes your work distinctive. David Bayles / Ted Orland This one makes me think … about possibilities, following your instincts, learning to trust yourself … and allowing yourself to make mistakes…
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Wednesday Quotes
“Whether we call it collecting, scavenging, accumulating, scrounging, gathering, or junking, it’s all about the urge to surround ourselves with our stuff, our loot, our stash, our hoard, our mother lode of treasures, and to reap the inspiration that these sometimes inexplicably irresistible objects provide.” Lynne Perrella – from her book ART MAKING, COLLECTIONS &…
