truly spacious

mmmmmmosaic

1. Kofukuji Temple - Tsukubai, 2. how hill 2, 3. rope 2,
4. norwich cathedral 19, 5. Taitoloma, Finland, 6. this japanese silence,
7. woven, 8. as found composition, 9. Untitled

Ooooh I found some good ones today on my flickrfaves rounds.
Aren't these a lovely synthesis? And each pic (naturally) a rich treasure in itself. 

My big thanks as always to the generous flickrartists.
Click pic for larger clearer mosaic, and click the links to go to each pic, and the sets and pools they connect to.

I was delighted to find tim caynes' fine work - via a post on my googlereader from Flatlanders.
Now that I am mended enough again to begin to explore the bigger pictures around my lovely new home, I get excited about all the Beauty and Things awaiting me out there.
Good Dreams come to me via pics and posts of Norwich and Norfolk. O how I enjoy those names. The sweet sounds of Where I Live Now.

Also happy to find ailatan, and her rich sets, including the mysterious 'letters from japan'.

New Pools found along today's trail: Temple & Shrine Fountains of Japan, Japanese Gardens, and Japanese and Chinese Gardens. 

All roads lead me back to My Lovely Garden just now... weaving all manner of Beauty together.

xxx

3 boats in a post

1. Boats, 2. Blue boat, 3. Grass Boat

"A propos de rien du tout" is a phrase my friend E and I use. For when the thing comes from nowhere, but seems worth mentioning.
For artistry that just wants doing, without it being obvious where it joins up.

These sweet pics are in the "A propos" folder. Pics I found while looking for other things over at flickr.
I find boats such deeply Beauty-Full Things. And Canoes? Oh I can swoon over a Good Canoe.

My thanks to the boatphotographers here. Click pic for larger boats, and links to visit originals.

xxx

blatant publicity

rolluprolluprollup! Fine new mosaic of gardenartistry over at My Lovely Garden!

xxx

Buried Treasure - sing it again

Thanks to Lani for alerting me to Seth's Buried Treasure project. And thanks to Seth for being a fine creative connective catalyst.

"digging deep to uncover some hidden gems....re-post one (or more) of their favorite posts..." - you get his idea.

On 3.3.2007, I posted:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Traditional + Melodius"

Two lovely clips of

Scottish women-singing-beautifully-together-while-they-work:

'Eriskay - A Poem of Remote Lives',1935 (with film notes), and
'Western Isles',1942 (with film notes).

xxx

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Those two exquisite short vids still make my heart sing (with an ancestral yearning bass note too),
and I'm glad of an invitation to flap them around again.

There are more of my hidden gems easily-clickable in my select posts archive.

I haven't updated it for a while - so if you've arrived here via the project and are in the mood to dig; the traditional, if not quite so melodius, "Next' link at the foot of the page may bring some more gems to surface...

Thanks for your visit!

Other folks' repostings links to be found over at the altered page.

xxx

treasure mosaic

Saturday morning Inspiration Synergy.                 I just love how they dance together.

It started with seeing this post at the wonder-filled Studio g.
Rochelle shares so many joys and inspiring Things overthere; one of my current feasting grounds.

I mentioned studio g over at My Lovely Garden, my new blog,
but it since it's still in the budding stage overthere,(ie, not many visitors yet),
a repeat mention here seems a good idea.

My hearty thanks to all the generous flickrfaves artists for sharing these treasures.
Click links below to go to their pics directly, and to the worlds beyond.
Click pic for an altogether juicier large view.

1. fond de pot, 2. Rusty Stuff, 3. Edi's Chair, 4. Patina, 5. window, 6. Looking Up,
7. astrantiasq, 8. Is this really gonna keep people out?, 9. Celtic Symbol

New pool finds while hunting these down:
The Rust Bucket and Unintended Jewellery.

Mmmmmmm!

xxx

PS  -  I just put a new 'mosaic' category, so it's now possible to bring all the flickrfave mosaics which I've created onscreen together. 
Click the word 'mosaic' below the post, or in the categories cloud in the sidebar. Sorted.

Creative triumphs come in many guises... that task has been on my 'list' for A Long Time. And now, it's done. Whoooop.

xxx

such delicacy

"We say, "While I am alive, I can love."
We say,"While I am alive. I can learn a few things."
We say,"While I am alive. I can help in some ways."
We say,"While I am alive. I can create"
We live because we can and because, unromantically but utterly sincerely, we must."

from the Van Gogh Blues ~ (The Creative Person's Path through Depression - 'Successfully Manage the Anxieties of the Creative Process'), by Eric Maisel, PhD.

These exquisitely delicate visitors photographed in My Lovely Garden yesterday.
Click pics for larger + clearer views.

Happy Creative weekend wishes to us all.

xxx

talking about the weather...

We've gone from this kind of July Sky:

to this kind of July Sky:

and this is the forecast:

Hmmm.

xxx

Mmmmmmmmmmm:

Welcome, July 2009.

xxx