Balance

Balance is my goal, and it's difficulty is growing. I cannot in good conscience have a blog that is all about beauty alone, for me that would be out of balance. One of my "best escapes", from the unpleasant things of life are the creative moments in "doing art/crafts".

These tags were a wonderful escape.

There is a serious imbalance in the land, that is why 9-11 happened.
May God Have Mercy On Us.

Where were you? Have you forgotten? On 9-11 I was watching TV in bed working on getting up. Then I saw it, and watched the whole dreadful thing transpire. I cried, I prayed, I had phone calls, I got royally pissed off, filled with anger, and fear, that was so foreign to me.
This day truly changed America.

We no longer can just live in the land of "pretty" as it will disappear if we ignore the "ugly".
Responsibility to keep our freedom is to see that our leaders hold the constitution high, and God laws even higher, it is up to you and I to hold them accountable. To pray for them too.

I used to live in La-La land of Pretty, doing my craft as a business, not caring for what our leaders were doing. I just figured somebody else would take care of things, and they didn't. It was "all about me". Not any longer. My voice counts. The constitution does not run by itself. If I don't fight for our democracy, and a Christian country the rest of my days, then I am truly out of Balance.

4 Giveaway's Just 4 FUN

Just for "fun", I have decided to give these tags away.

I have put the numbers on the photo to

show the 4 groups that will be sent to 4 people that leave a comment between today and midnight July 24th.

That is all there is to it. One entry per person.

You "don't" have to have a blog to get your name on the list.

On July 25th, I will need to contact the 4 names drawn out of the hat, for snail mail address, so be sure I have your email if you don't have a blog, or web site.

I hope I haven't forgotten anything, as this is a first for me.

Much love and joy in your day!

Marcie

Think good thoughts!

Picking Up Penny's

Our New Kitty

On a very hot day, three weeks ago, my husband went fishing. He brought home a mess of fish....and a new kitty....here is how the kitty came to us...

On the way home he stopped to look at a fishing hole.

He heard a scratching noise, and meows.

He looked around and found the source of the noise. Some sick person had taped the kitty in a box and left it to die. Our rage at such cruelty has no words.

He let the little black cat out and gave it some water, and it was all over him for attention, very tame, and so glad to be free. He put the cat in the jeep and on the drive home, she curled up on his lap and stayed there until he got out home 40min. later.

I have always had cats, but was enjoying a long break (6yr.now) from having a pet. I wanted to wait until we got moved to get a cat, or dog, or anything, and I was still enjoying being pet free.

I tried to find her a home, no luck, and all the no-kill shelters were full.

After a few days, she had wiggled her way into my/our hearts.

On the way to the vet to get her checked out and shots etc., the commitment was made. I knew I would have to give her a name, Penny came to mind as my husband is always picking up penny's and handing them to me,,,,and a dear friend Penny E. (hi Pen)reminds me of this cats sweet and wacky personality...there it was...and here we are. I have been taking lots of photos of her, but not a good one to share yet. She is around 6mo. old, solid black and as of last weekend,,,,in heat!!! So off to the vet in the morning to save her from her madness and save our sanity, and we really need get some sleep. I also forgot about the litter box,,,,,ick.

So life has been a little busier lately, .....I told Hubby not to bring home anything else, but "fish" next time....copper penny's are OK too.

Smile...I love that man's gentle heart.

PS..the print is one I have had for many years, I guess you can use it in your art, I have never checked it out for copyright,,I have just always loved it,,and thought I'd use it in collage someday. Hey,,maybe tags! Yea,,,,tags,,,I'm off to the copy place!

Tag-A-Holic...is that a word?

Hello Everybody!

I have become a tag-a-holic, I think.

I have never messed with tags before, so I thought I'd give it a go.

It is really fun, I think I'm addicted.

There is no profit in it but I will probably put them on ETSY anyhow.

So Many Images, So Many Stories

So many artist throughout time creating images that seem to last forever. Here is a variety of images I played with recently.