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First of my drawing illustrations. I only started practicing drawing couple of months a go but I liked this one.
"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think." Eleanor Roosevelt
sure i can paint!! ;-) sorry I put too much coolant in the water..haha ;-p
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texture Topaz Simplify
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O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stainèd
With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
Beneath my shady roof; there thou may'st rest,
And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,
And all the daughters of the year shall dance!
Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.
`The narrow bud opens her beauties to
The sun, and love runs in her thrilling veins;
Blossoms hang round the brows of Morning, and
Flourish down the bright cheek of modest Eve,
Till clust'ring Summer breaks forth into singing,
And feather'd clouds strew flowers round her head.
`The spirits of the air live on the smells
Of fruit; and Joy, with pinions light, roves round
The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.'
Thus sang the jolly Autumn as he sat;
Then rose, girded himself, and o'er the bleak
Hills fled from our sight; but left his golden load.
Virginia Beach, Virginia, is one of my favorite places to just hang out on the beach and relax. I really liked the simplicity of this shot that I took during my trip there not long ago.
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Dress/Scarf: Ison [NEW @ C88]
Hair: INK [NEW @ Chapter Four]
Hat: Lode Elix [NEW]
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Sunday...new week, start of a new work week. Hopefully also a week when I will once again start going to bed and getting up at reasonable times before I start resembling a Walking Dead character. I look forward to Sundays for my weekly horoscope from a couple different sources. In addition to my daily and weekly horoscopes that I truly do not believe, but am always amused by, I get my inspirational messages (my daily truths, my messages from the universe, you can say) delivered to my inbox (no wonder there are usually 10s of thousands of messages in my inbox...) So, every once in awhile (read: every other day) a message comes through that I know was written specifically to ME! I'm sure that the zillion other people that get these "personal" messages will just look at it and hit DELETE while I sit there and say "WOW... they nailed it... that's me...")
So there is this... a message that has been hitting me squarely in the face for some time now.... reinforced by friends and co-workers, and even hinted (ha! did I say HINTED? I was being kind!!) by you guys here....
"You can do amazing things with the simplest things. You can have so little and be so happy. You can take small amounts of time and perform life-changing acts.
Is it time to simplify? Is it time to pare your life down to the handful of things that mean the most to you, and let the rest go so that . . . you can give the very best of yourself to the very best things . . . instead of being spread in a too-thin layer all over the place?
Your heart knows when it's time, and you will have the strength to do it. And best of all you will see enormous changes happen in your life when you let the unimportant things go and embrace the things that quietly sustain you and bring you joy.
It may not look like the most glamorous life, but it is one filled with joy, peace and harmony . . . one where laughter is a welcome and frequent companion . . . one where worries are few and where long meaningful conversations are many . . . one that is waiting for you when you are ready to take the steps to get there.
Simplify today, one little thing at time. You can do it. "
Simplify? Yeah... I know it's over due. I can do it? Hmmmm.... not sure. It's hard. I'm trying.
(*sorry...sometimes I write these things as reminders to myself!When they are here, I know where to find them!)
The first image from a mini-series taken in the quiet back roads of Northamptonshire & Rutland. The great simplifiers (Snow & Mist) were in play, so I knew there would be images that are not normally obvious. As the back roads were pretty much single lane, where the farmers had ploughed a channel through, I ended up not being able to hang about anywhere too long. All the shots subsequently hand-held.
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Texture layer from les brumes, with many thanks.
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This is a simplified version of my Shamrock Tessellation. You can find the corresponding box with a single molecule at flic.kr/p/WQyELW
Our life is frittered away by detail.
Simplify, simplify.
Henry David Thoreau
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“It’s good to learn how to add up Sky, you need to understand numbers.” Said Bertie.
“I can add up it’s easy. I use simplified sums though.”
“No you can’t Sky, you can’t to do it properly and I’ll prove it. Suppose I gave you two bars of chocolate and put them in your left paw and two bars in your right paw, how many would you have?” Asked Posh.
“That’s easy, none.”
“How do you come to that answer Sky?”
“Simple Posh because I’d have eaten them. It saves complications Posh. Simplified sums you see.”
“Okay, how many would you have had before you ate them all up then?” Tried Bertie.
“Not enough, I’m hungry.”
“Listen to me Sky, let me try asking you it a different way. Let us suppose Bertie gave you a car to drive around in and then I also gave you another car, how many would you have?”
“None Posh.”
“No, you must have more than none.”
“I wouldn’t because I can’t drive so I’d refuse them. Makes sums far easier my way.”
“This is impossible Bertie. Why don’t you try showing him on the blackboard?” Said Posh Bear.
“Do you understand the numbers on the board Sky?”
“I certainly do Bertie.”
“Good, so what do they add up to then?”
“Twenty-two for the first one and thirty-one for the second.”
“No Sky they both add up to four.”
“Silly Bertie, you can’t have two different sums and yet they have the same answer. That would be far too confusing. It is much easier using simplified sums Bertie, now enough of this nonsense and let me show you how it should be done. Posh, using your way of sums how many jars of honey do you have under your bed?”
“I don’t know Sky but what has that got to do with sums?”
“Simplified sums Posh…excuse me, I’m just going check your answer. I can feel an empty tummy and hear jars of honey calling me.” Said Sky giggling.