Yes, Eye Ate It™. Just in case you were wondering. It was tasty.
Eye Ate It #2
October
4
2006
My Roses
October
4
2006
I just had to cut them and bring them inside, now I’ll get to “stop and smell the roses” throughout the day while I’m painting.
Eye Ate It #1
October
2
2006
I’ve been planning this series for quite a while and finally got started on them today. Here’s #1 in the Eye Ate It™ Series, a Walnut. It’s just 4-inches square, a perfect sized oil painting for bite sized goodness. I’m planning on completing at least two Eye Ate It™ paintings a week.
Fall’in Hydrangea
October
2
2006
Fall has altered the colors in my hydrangea, as well. The pale pink flowers are now deep raspberry, and the leaves are changing in a reptilian sort of way. Purdy.
Maple Leaf #1
October
1
2006
I added this photograph to my prints collection, you can view the details here. This photo would really turn heads in a nice mat & frame, I think. I’ll be testing one in my own family room, of course.
Harvey Family History Blog
September
30
2006
I’ve just added my latest blog design to my gallery, Harvey Family History. This is a different kind of blog – in fact it’s more of a website design. I laid it out in a way that displays the contents of the blog as a family history/genealogy site, and added a nice photo album for family photos and heirloom images. This is all new to Sue, blogging in WordPress, but she’s excited and catching on quick!
I’m excited to see that photo album fill up, she’s got so many really fabulous and antique family photos that are so interesting to look at!
After 5 Years
September
29
2006
What the heck does a girl have to do to get a flowering vine to grow on a trellis? Try, and try again. (And again, and again, and again.)
It’s about dang time.
No Drama
September
28
2006
I really love gossip. I’m normal, I’m a girl. I do not like drama, though. Drama is meant for professional actors.
If you’ve got gossip, I’ll listen. I love to know stuff, stuff that seems naughty to know. I even love to know stuff that’s nice to know. Am I going to form an opinion on anybody based on that gossip? Probably not. Gossip is what it is, word of mouth that has very likely been altered by the perception of the person dishing it. I take it for what it is.
Drama, however, I’m not so fond of. I don’t take anyone’s side other than my own. I know what I know, and I know that I don’t know the truth and I probably never will. Really, there is no truth – there are only opinions and perceptions.
Lately, there’s been some drama. There are dramas between bloggers – other bloggers, that I will not be part of. I do my best to like everyone, and stay out of the middle. I am not going to take sides on issues between people, the only thing that comes of that is an opinion, and that’s only based on the perception of exactly half of the people involved.
I’m not saying I’m not going to lend an ear or friendship to the one sharing their side of the story, but I’m not going to be one to get sucked into being on someone’s side over anything.
There’s been drama in my own life, too. I don’t like it, either. I can tell you that I’m glad I have the friends that I have, who I can share things with and they are intelligent enough to look at the situation objectively, and as much as I’d love for them to smother me in lavish “you’re so right’s”, I wouldn’t ever expect it. I realize that even in my own drama, I’ve got one perception and someone else has another. I wouldn’t think any of the people I’m close to would treat someone poorly over any feelings or opinions I’ve shared. In fact I’d prefer they didn’t.
No one is ever right, really, and I’m not too proud to apologize just to have peace, regardless of who I think is right or wrong.
There’s only common ground – be it one square inch – where you have to find some peace for the sake of sanity.
For everything else, there’s Mastercard.
