How Do Monsters Tell Their Fortune?

Are you getting ready for the 31 days of Halloween, starting in just 17 days? I'm participating in a blog hop as a Wicked Blogger. At this point I have 15 pieces ready for the blog hop! It's all I can do to keep from posting them. The rules state, however, that the items are to be new pieces and never "shown" to the public. (Funny!) Check back here and you'll see a different post with Halloween and Day of the Dead Art and  Art from the Dark Side. I've been stocking up on Halloween goodies from the Dollar Tree and digging through my stash of stuff to put together  Halloween vignettes! Sounds like fun, hope you can join me. You'll also find this particular "art" piece on the Third Coast Design Team blog tomorrow. Check out the work of the other design team member while you are there.

In addition I used "paint brushes" from Obsidian Dawn to digitally enhance this piece for blog publication.

Witchcraft!

“With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.”

Henri Matisse

This cute witch in her airplane is coming soon to Third Coast Rubber Stamps!

Cancel the Social Studies MAP, the children have been taught lies. A message to the Missiouri Congressional Delegation

A message to the Missouri Congressional Delegation:


Thank you for serving the people of Missouri, no easy task these days.

I taught American History, Government and Economics in Missouri schools for 25 years. I believed everything I taught. American was imperfect, yet perfect. We could work together to solve our problems. For heaven’s sake, we could put a “man” on the moon! We can do anything. Our two party system could compromise and solve most any problem. I could go on and on. I tried to make my class a place where Civics came alive and would inspire young people to aspire to a life of service to the American people in one way or another, but at the very least, but most important, vote in every election.

On May 31, 1988 before the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a tiny article on the last page of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. The Secondary School History exams in the Soviet Union would be cancelled until the history books could be rewritten. (They had been taught lies.) I’ll never forget reading that.

As of late, that article keeps popping into my mind. I’m trying to reconcile the American Government I believed in and taught about while teaching , with what is happening in Washington, DC today.

I listened last night to the President and the Speaker of the House. I am frightened and depressed and am feeling hopeless. The Speaker spent his time discussing the importance of business and protecting business. The President spoke about the people. I tried to listen with an open mind.

I do not see how continued tax breaks for the wealthiest will help. I do not see how cutting services to our neediest and most vulnerable citizens will help. Defaulting on the debt will not help.

I’m disturbed by comments that public school teachers and other public employees have created this economic crisis and that we should all sacrifice to protect the nation’s “job creators” ( new term for wealthy in our nation).

The rhetoric and attacks on public employees is astounding. When did the public school teacher become the enemy? Please, please, please, do not say to me that we throw too much money at education and see no result. It is an insult. You may have thrown a handful of pocket change, but all of you have seriously missed the mark.

It’s difficult to even discuss, impossible to get past the name calling, and accusations. I know that our American government can come to a compromise that will not cause any group to take on more than their fair share of the burden in this time of crisis.

Compromise is the key. Compromise means both sides give up a little to reach an agreement. Otherwise we need to cancel the Social Studies MAP tests, the children have been taught lies.

Along The Morganford

Defying the elements of our current weather, I decided to get out for a walk before it hit 90 degrees !






I came across a trail counter ! very interesting! Did you know the trail group will have over 600 miles of trails along the riverways, west of the Mississippi ?





A few other photos from the trail today!






Have a great day!






Keep cool !
http://morgansfordchronicle.blogspot.com/ check it out !
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Where do you find your self

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“for whatever we lose (like a you or a me) / it's always ourselves we find in the sea”

The Third Coast Design Team has been hard at work with the July stamps. This is FUN! I'm sharing my first set of completed cards, with more to follow. These two cards are made using FA-214- L The Swimmers. You can find this stamp of course on the Third Coast Rubber Stamp website. Along with all the other fabulous stamps that are offered there!

The top card also features a vintage world map from Wax Nostalgia. In addition I used a splatter stamp from Stampin' UP, and colored both images with prismacolor pencils and copic markers.

Sequin waste was used to help sponge the dots on to the card below, and I added some orange paint splatter to compliment the Australia postage stamp. My usual modus oporandi is to add cut out letters to everything, and you'll find that on my bottom card.

I'm currently working on a journal page with this stamp featuring an e.e. cummings quote. I'll post it soon!



“for whatever we lose (like a you or a me) / it's always ourselves we find in the sea”
e.e. cummings

the daisy follows soft the sun

The daisy follows soft the sun,And when his golden walk is done,
Sits shyly at his feet.
He, waking, finds the flower near.
"Wherefore, marauder, art thou here?"
"Because, sir, love is sweet!"

We are the flower, Thou the sun!
Forgive us, if as days decline,
We nearer steal to Thee, —Enamoured of the parting west,
The peace, the flight, the amethyst,
Night's possibility!


Emily Dickinson

One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower !

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, " one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."

- Hans Christian Anderson

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A Father's Love

Don't blow out the light!

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

Rene Descartes


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Friday Night

Friday Night, I spent the evening with 45,000 of my closest friends. Well really, just six, friends from www.oakhillpcusa.org . We worked as " fund raisers" at the concession stand. Our church is adding showers in the old house attached to our church. We 're planning on mission groups coming and staying and doing urban mission in our community!

Check out our church blog for details!
http://oakhillpcusa.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post.html







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Meet the Third Coast Design Team

Here's the list! The following are the creative blogs of the Third Coast Design Team, hereafter to be called Third Coast Creative Coterie.

You may be asking, just what is that? ( I had to look, too.)

co·te·rie   /ˈkoʊtəri/ [koh-tuh-ree]  –noun
1. a group of people who associate closely.
2. an exclusive group; clique.
3. a group of prairie dogs occupying a communal burrow.

http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/2006/01/black-tailed-prairie-dog-cynomys.html

Origin: 1730–40; < French, Middle French: an association of tenant farmers < Medieval Latin coter ( ius ) cotter2 + -ie -y3 —Synonyms 1. See circle.

coterie in a sentence
A tightly-knit coterie of executive powerbrokers made all the real decisions in the company.

I'll be adding more links to the list as they become available.

 In the meantime, check out this group and decide are they prairie dogs, executive powerbrokers,Medieval tenant farmers, or a group of unique individuals who share a love of the paper arts through
Third Coast Art Rubber Stamps.

You decide!


http://thirdcoastrubber.blogspot.com/
http://kathstales.blogspot.com
http://evermorecardcreations.com/blog/
http://ineedtostamp.blogspot.com
http://akstamping.blogspot.com/
http://inkstainswithroni.blogspot.com/
http://valeriewilson.blogspot.com/
http://www.stempelientje.blogspot.com/
http://www.skippereva.blogspot.com/
http://dreamingncreating.blogspot.com
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?si=Auntie+Susan+&x=24&y=19

thank heaven someone is crazy enough to pick me for their design team

"thank heavens someone is crazy enough to give me a daisy"...... e.e. cummings

The cat image to the left is the rubber stamp that turned me on to "Third Coast Art Rubber Stamps". I saw it featured in an article from one of the Rubber stamping/craft magazines. I love the little guy peeking out of the paper. I have since submitted this piece to Stamper's Sampler in response to a "Tempting Template" that they posted awhile back.


I get Third Coast's newsletter updates, and am "Friends" with them on facebook. In April they put out a call for Design Team Members. I decided to throw my hat in the ring! They were looking for designers to create a vast variety of works, not at all limited to any one style, theme, medium or genre using their rubber stamps. Since I never met a rubber stamp I didn't like, I'm available on-line, and I like an artistic challenge and refuse to be intimidated; I sent in my virtual portfolio.


Now I'm shouting from the mountain tops! "Mom! They picked me!" I am honored to be selected, and wanted to tell the world.

Consider yourself told.

Thanks for listening.

Isaiah 58 Art Auction

It's the 2nd Annual Wine Tasting and Art Auction to benefit Isaiah 58 Ministries . You'll find the people, art and wine at Sasha's Wine Bar  4069 Shaw Ave. in Saint Louis, Tuesday, May 10, 7:00 PM - 10:00PM.

I'm offering up this basket of cards.

One dozen, handmade cards. Cards are made from purchased scrapbooking supplies and embellished with rubber stamps,. ink and graphite pencil. There are 5 Birthday cards, 2 Father's Day cards, 1 Graduation card, and more. Vintage red, white and blue theme suitable for men and women. Arranged in a basket, tied with vintage seam binding and twill tape.