~ A Poetic Dreamers Soul ~

Anonymous Post

2009-05-23T09:02:00.000-07:00

I got an Anonymous message today on a blog I posted back in Dec. ~ A Poetic Dreamers Soul ~: ~~Funeral Procession & Appalling Lack of Respect~~ about a Funeral processions i was in for a friends mother sho died from cancer. Everyone has a right to their opinion..This blog is just mine.. and I have as much right to express my opinion as everyone else does. I respect others opinions and welcome RESPECTFUL opinions back on my blog whether the person agrees with me or not is not an issue. I respect any one who has a passion in what they believe in. I may not agree with said opionion but I respect the passion and conviction one has for it. Now on to the messages and my response.

The message is as follows..

Anonymous - Yesterday I was on a three lane road in Virginia and find no reason why a funeral procession would require the other two lanes to be closed. It's a selfish waste of other people's time. People die every day....and you will too. When I die, I don't expect to stop traffic. Personally, I'd rather do it while I'm alive.

My Response - Anonymous..Since you didn't leave any link where I can comment back to you directly here is my response..

Firstly.. I never said anything about shutting all lanes of traffic on the highway.. that was your take on what I wrote. When on a highway.. the respect is for the lane that funeral procession is in and to traffic merging on and off the highway.. It only takes a few moments to be respectful and let them pass then to merge into traffic. The other lanes on the highway are free to go. You have a very different view of respect then I do if you feel this is selfish. But you have a right to your opinion and that is why I am letting this comment show on my blog.

A second comment I got was this...

Anonymous - I also don't really understand your blog. A blog entertains all opinions,,,not just those you pick and approve of....

My Response - As for your second comment.. I am not here to entertain any one. This is MY opinions, my life and how I feel. Just as you have every right to express yours however you see fit (If you would have left a link to your blog I would loved to have read your view on your life). This blog is for me.. and if any one else want to read it they can.. I welcome it. Life has it's up and down, It's beauty and it ugliness and all that in-between and that is what I capture here. It is not just about certain aspect of my life.. it's what effects me at the time or what I might want to share for myself, family or friends.

I don't know if your will be back to read this but if you are this time please leave a link. I hope you have a wonderful day..

I hope every one else in blog land has a wonderful Holiday weekend..

Candy Give Away

2009-05-16T09:25:00.000-07:00

Debbie from Passion For Crafts blog is having a Birthday Blog Candy Giveaway.. If your interested just follow this link http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/05/birthday-blog-candy.html .. All you need to do is link her candy on your blog and leave a comment there and your set. Her site is wonderful so stay awhile and take the time to look around you wont be disappointed.

Happy Birthday To Me

2009-04-17T17:01:00.000-07:00

~~Today is my 35th Birthday~~

I am very proud to say I'm 35

Happy Easter

2009-04-11T08:34:00.000-07:00

~~Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil~~

Bishop Reginald Heber

Peace

2009-03-14T12:11:00.000-07:00

~~Peace~~

It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.

It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

~~Unknown~~

I made this from a 8x10 canvas collaged with pattern paper and sealed with gel medium. Then I added an image I love.. A very tranquil image of the Tea Garden Bridge in California. The photo was taken by Thea Schrack in 1995. I trimmed the image in brown thin ribbon. I wanted a very natural flow with this project. I added the peace quote (Author Unknown) and trimmed the corner with tiny feathers. I added what used to be a piece for a necklace of two nesting birds on a branch to the center. I trimmed the whole canvas in crushed cork. Keeping with the the antiqued silver of the nesting birds I used silver charms and a skeleton key, along with amber colored beads and glass amber crystals with antiqued small dominoes along the bottom to create just the right finishing touch to the piece. It is exactly as I envisioned it and am very pleased with the end results.

It's Never Too Late To Have A Happy Childhood

2009-03-01T15:19:00.000-08:00

Walk in the rain, jump in mud puddles, collect rocks, rainbows and roses, smell flowers, blow bubbles, stop along the way, build sandcastles, say hello to everyone, go barefoot, go on adventures, act silly, fly kites, have a merry heart, talk with animals, sing in the shower, read childrens' books, take bubble baths, get new sneakers, hold hands and hug and kiss, dance, laugh and cry for the health of it, wonder and wander around, feel happy and precious and innocent, feel scared, feel sad, feel mad, give up worry and guilt and shame, say yes, say no, say the magic words, ask lots of questions, ride bicycles, draw and paint, see things differently, fall down and get up again, look at the sky, watch the sun rise and sun set, watch clouds and name their shapes, watch the moon and stars come out, trust the universe, stay up late, climb trees, daydream, do nothing and do it very well, learn new stuff, be excited about everything, be a clown, enjoy having a body, listen to music, find out how things work, make up new rules, tell stories, save the world, make friends with the other kids on the block, and do anything else that brings more happiness, celebration, health, love, joy, creativity, pleasure, abundance, grace, self-esteem, courage, balance, spontaneity, passion, beauty, peace, relaxation, communication and life energy to...all living beings on this planet.

Bruce Williamson, It's Never Too Late To Have A Happy Childhood, 1987

No Love Like A Mothers Love

2009-02-23T16:06:00.000-08:00

~No Love like a Mother's Love~

There is no love, like a mother's love,

no stronger bond on earth...

like the precious bond that comes from God,

to a mother, when she gives birth.

A mother's love is forever strong,

never changing for all time...

and when her children need her most,

a mother's love will shine.

God bless these special mothers,

God bless them every one...

for all the tears and heartache,

and for the special work they've done.

When her days on earth are over,

a mother's love lives on...

through many generations,

with God's blessings on each one.

Be thankful for our mothers,

for they love with a higher love...

from the power God has given,

and the strength from up above.

Jill Lemming

Photo of My Mom and Me 1983

Under The Weather & Worried About Mom

2009-02-19T04:49:00.000-08:00

I am under the weather right now and headed to the doctor today. Haven't slept much in 3 days. Seems to be getting worse not better. Trying to take it easy.. Just worried about my mom right now. She is in the hospital in ICU. Stable right now.. but some test results are cause for concern. Taking things one day at a time. Please keep her in your prayers and positive thoughts.

My Mom & Me in either Florida or Ocean City

Happy Valentines Day

2009-02-14T14:42:00.000-08:00

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,

while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
~~Lao Tzu~~

St. Augustine Quote

2009-02-10T16:01:00.000-08:00

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows.

For love is the beauty of the soul.

~~St. Augustine~~

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Quote

2009-02-06T16:26:00.000-08:00

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.. his eyes are closed.

Albert Einstein

Wurttemberg, Germany - 14th of March, 1879 / Died USA 18th of April, 1955Albert Einstein is known for his services to Theoretical Physics, specifically his "theory of relativity" and E = mc2.

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Go Steelers

2009-01-31T16:03:00.000-08:00

I have been a Steelers fan since I can remember..

Just a wee bit of a girl. Thanks to my Papaw and Uncle.

Favorite Player #43 Troy Polamalu

~~Go Steelers~~

~~Here's to a sixth ring~~

Leonardo da Vinci

2009-01-30T17:51:00.000-08:00

"Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art"

~~Leonardo da Vinci~~

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Regaining Self

2009-01-28T15:17:00.000-08:00

I used to have this romantic sense of self.. if this makes sense. I had a rosy, poetic out look on life.. That's how I always have been. But the last 5 yrs I have lost this. I have lost a piece of my self. I am searching for this.. for this lost piece of my soul. I hope perhaps to find this again as I delve more into my creative side. Hoping expressing this side will bring other deeply rooted yet forgotten pieces to the surface and in turn regain that whole feeling of self. Who knows if this will work but I will keep trying to find the person I am now. I'll work hard at excepting this person and also embrace all the new things I have discovered about myself in the last 5 years. Time will tell.

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New Year - New Perspective

2009-01-27T09:39:00.001-08:00

It's a new year and I want to get a new perspective on life. I want to post here every day. Even if just a quote or an image of mine. So I am going to try from this point on. Whether anyone follows this blog or not. This is for me and any one else who wishes to read. But most for me. I am delving more and more into my creative side that I have a desperate need to express but have repressed for so long. So from today on there will be a little something here from my life, put out here in cyber world. I also want to learn more about making this blog my own. I don't know a lot about web design and things I have tried in the passed just didn't work out. But not going to give up on learning more to make this space even more me. So if any one does read this little piece of me I hope it can touch you as much as the things in my life have touched me.

Photograph of The Suspension Bridge at Mill Creek Park-Boardman, Ohio

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Funeral Procession & Appalling Lack of Respect

2008-12-27T14:26:00.000-08:00

Today I was appalled by the lack of consideration and respect for the funeral procession I was in for a dear friends mother who died of lung cancer. Even with police escort people had NO!! consideration what so ever and broke into the procession come cutting us off ...some so bad that we had to slam on our brakes and try not to hit the car ahead of us. Everything was in accordance with Va. laws that we were doing yet only 2 vehicles were considerate and respectful in the many, many, MANY vehicles that passed us. Such disrespect is disgraceful. No matter if you know the person or not showing respect and sympathy is good manners, not to mention a sign of being a caring human being.

Virginia law states...

§ 46.2-828. Right-of-way for funeral processions under police or sheriff's escort; improper joining of, passing through, or interfering with processions prohibited; use of high beam headlights and hazard lights by vehicles traveling in funeral processions.

Funeral processions traveling under police or sheriff's escort shall have the right-of-way in any highway through which they may pass. Localities may, by ordinance, provide for such escort service and provide for the imposition of reasonable fees to defray the cost of such service.
The sheriff in any locality not having a separate police department may provide traffic control for funeral processions when equipment and personnel are not otherwise engaged in law-enforcement activities.

Vehicles traveling as part of any funeral procession, whether escorted or unescorted, may display high beam headlights and flash all four turn signals or hazard lights to identify themselves as part of the procession.

No vehicle that is not properly part of a funeral procession shall join, pass through, or interfere with the passage of any funeral procession under escort as provided in this section.

(1976, c. 361, § 46.1-224.1; 1981, c. 542; 1989, c. 727; 1994, c. 54; 2001, c. 359; 2003, c. 853.)

To anyone who may read this.... PLEASE!!!!! show respect and abide by local laws when coming to a funeral procession.. If it was your loved one.. wouldn't you want the same respect giving to you. Please... Have consideration and always show respect .....

In Loving Memory

2008-12-13T10:29:00.000-08:00

Peaceful Solitude

2008-12-10T14:58:00.000-08:00

I am very much missing the peaceful solitude you get when you go outside either really early or late when the snow is falling and the ground is blanketed with snow. There are not words to truly describe that peaceful feeling that overwhelms you and you never want it to end. That moment when your thoughts are still and the world seem frozen in that moment. I long for this feeling right now. My mind races filled with so much and I so desire the peaceful solitude that right now eludes me. I will keep striving for this and hope soon it will be with in my grasp.

The Pumpkin

2008-11-24T16:16:00.000-08:00

The Pumpkin

by John Greenleaf Whittier

Oh, greenly and fair in the lands of the sun,
The vines of the gourd and the rich melon run,
And the rock and the tree and the cottage enfold,
With broad leaves all greenness and blossoms all gold,
Like that which o'er Nineveh's prophet once grew,
While he waited to know that his warning was true,
And longed for the storm-cloud, and listened in vain
For the rush of the whirlwind and red fire-rain.

On the banks of the Xenil the dark Spanish maiden
Comes up with the fruit of the tangled vine laden;
And the Creole of Cuba laughs out to behold
Through orange-leaves shining the broad spheres of gold;
Yet with dearer delight from his home in the North,
On the fields of his harvest the Yankee looks forth,
Where crook-necks are coiling and yellow fruit shines,
And the sun of September melts down on his vines.

Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West,
From North and from South comes the pilgrim and guest;
When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board
The old broken links of affection restored;
When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before;
What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye,
What calls back the past, like the rich Pumpkin pie?

Oh, fruit loved of boyhood! the old days recalling,
When wood-grapes were purpling and brown nuts were falling!
When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin,
Glaring out through the dark with a candle within!
When we laughed round the corn-heap, with hearts all in tune,
Our chair a broad pumpkin, - our lantern the moon,
Telling tales of the fairy who travelled like steam
In a pumpkin-shell coach, with two rats for her team!

Then thanks for thy present! none sweeter or better
E'er smoked from an oven or circled a platter!
Fairer hands never wrought at a pastry more fine,
Brighter eyes never watched o'er its baking, than thine!
And the prayer, which my mouth is too full to express,
Swells my heart that thy shadow may never be less,
That the days of thy lot may be lengthened below,
And the fame of thy worth like a pumpkin-vine grow,
And thy life be as sweet, and its last sunset sky
Golden-tinted and fair as thy own Pumpkin pie!

Dreams

2008-09-14T12:10:00.000-07:00

I had a dream the night before last.. To personal and intense for me to write here. However I woke up with a song and a question looming in my mind. The song is by the Bee Gees called

"I've Gotta Get a Message to You"

The chorus is as follows

I've just got to get a message to you,

hold on, hold on.

One more hour and my life will be through,

hold on, hold on.

So, if you could only write one letter to one person. whom, would it be and why?

Not an easy question to answer. It takes a lot of soul searching to answer this question.

I have members of my family that have Alzheimer's and I take after that side of the family a lot. So I always have said if I was ever diagnosed with this that I would take the time while I could and write letter to all those I love so they know exactly how I feel about them and I would also make a video and talk to them. Tell them with my own words how I feel and word of wisdom I want to leave behind. This is the person I want them to remember and the person I was not to mourn the person I will become. I would not be able to control the future but I can leave them with wonderful memories to hold on to long after my mind has left me.

But given only the choice to write one letter at those last moments is a very intense and personal choice. I am not asking any one who might stumble upon this entry to leave me their answer. But more to think for themselves and to reach deep inside yourself for an answer. Your ultimate answer may surprise you.

Have a wonderful and blessed day

Good Words

2008-09-04T17:40:00.000-07:00

A Rant

2008-08-26T15:45:00.000-07:00

I have been working in my current field/job almost 12 years (Sept. 3) at the current location for nearly 5 years and just once I would love to actually be appreciated. I've given a lot to this company and taking more then my share of crap because often I am nicer then I should be. I work hard and I try to do the best I can. But how can you succeed in a position when right from the moment you said "Yes, I will take the position" you were set up to fail. Nothing you do is right even when you are doing what they told you to do. You can't work fast enough, hard enough because no matter how much you kill yourself it is NEVER!!! enough. How are you suppose to succeed .. when you can't get trained, yet your held responsible for all the things that you were never shown how to do. You want to learn.. you want to succeed but they themselves won't help you.. mostly you know it is because even though they are upper management they don't know how to do it either. How can a company survive for so long with such incompetent people running things and the little people who are the reason they get those big paychecks in the first place are the ones that suffer for it. We live in such a back-ass-wards world... and the people who suffer the most are the hard working people who care about what they do and do take it personally. For once in my job I would love to feel appreciated.. to feel I made a difference and the the fact that I do care so much would really matter. But instead I get angry and hurt.. and pissed at myself for letting small minded ignorant people who care about nothing but themselves get to me. I wish I had the answers... I wish I knew what to do... I need this job... I wish I didn't.. but I do... So how do I find a happy medium..? Is it even possible? I know I am doing everything in my power I can do... Is there ever any way to make that be enough... To not let these people take so much from me... If anyone out here in journal land has the answers or found a better way to do deal with things like this.. Let me know.. Cause right now.. I am numb and dreading yet another day tomorrow at work.. Where I get to kill myself yet again... and get to be yelled at and told over and over yet again that it's not enough..

~~Frustrated & Frazzled~~

My Art

2008-08-16T13:47:00.000-07:00

Here are some examples of my creative side.. If you like to see more hit the link on the side for my flickr site and see more detailed descriptions of these and other items I have worked on.

~This was first seen in my minds eye and now is reality~

Life without love is like a tree Without blossom and fruit. ~ by Khalil Gibra ~

~A gift for a friend~

There’s a miracle of friendship that dwells within the heartAnd you don’t know how it happens or where it gets its startBut the happiness it brings you always gives a special liftAny you realize that friendshipIs God’s most perfect gift.

~anonymous~

~~A gift for my neice~~

One of the greatest gifts That life can give to anyoneIs the very special love that families share...As years go by,It's good to know that there will always beCertain people in our lives who care.For there are countless thingsThat only families have in commonAnd memories that no one else can make...And these precious ties that bind a family togetherAre bonds that time and distance cannot break.How fortunate we areWhen we have relatives to love us,It makes the world a happy place to be...Few gifts in lifeWill last as longOr touch the heart as deeplyAs the very special giftOf family.
~Craig S. Tunks~

~A gift for my sister~

~A gift for my other sister~

To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time.
Clara Ortega

Does Anyone know who the artist of this image is?

2008-08-12T13:06:00.000-07:00

Does anyone know who the artist of this image is?

This image is very special to me. It is one of the first picture/paintings I can ever remember seeing. My mother gave this image (One like it) to me and I have always felt connected with it. Growing up it has stayed with me and I've even been gifted with a few images of this print from dear friends because they know how much it means to me.

If anyone out there knows the artist of this image please leave me a message.. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much..

~JULY'S ARTSY ESSAY CONTEST~

2008-07-26T07:19:00.000-07:00

I love vegetables..so many to choose from for this month Artsy Essay Contest at Judith HeartSong blog. This months topic is

"An Ode to your Favorite Vegetable"

*or fruit masquerading as a vegetable!

You still have time to try your hand at this months topic just follow this link and read the rules and have a blast. Judith HeartSong: July's Artsy Essay

My entry starts out with a couple of Veggie videos and then ends with my favorite Veggie right now.

But my favorite is:

Orange and crispy, cooked or raw. Carrots are the best of all. Good for bones and eye site health. I love Carrots I can’t help myself. Baby Carrots, not babies at all there just cut and shaped very small. Sweet and crunchy good for me. I even love them with ranch dressing. In a crock pot with a roast or in a pot all by themselves. They are delicious every way. I could eat them everyday.

To learn more about Carrots follow this link: http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t--873/all-about-carrots.asp

~ A Poetic Dreamers Soul ~

~~Anonymous Post~~

~~Candy Give Away~~

~~Happy Birthday To Me~~

~~Happy Easter~~

~~Peace~~

~~It's Never Too Late To Have A Happy Childhood~~

~~No Love Like A Mothers Love~~

Under The Weather & Worried About Mom

~~Happy Valentines Day~~

~~St. Augustine Quote~~

~~Quote~~