The Three Muses "HOT HOT HOT"

This was a real kick in the pants! I totaly loved making this little piece. The little girls have such attitude. This was a fun challenge from The Three Muses, here to find The Three Muses Blog

Take A Word "Romance"

Sunday... Take A Word Challenge was "Romance". I'm not a real romantic kind a gal, so I stuggled here.
here to go to find Take A Word.

SundayPostCardArt Heart Challenge

Hearts Again. The Campbells Soup Label made such a lovely hat.

Gothic Arch Challenge

How fun to be makin' stuff again. I really missed the "Goth Arch Challenges", there's just something unique about the arch shape.http://gothicarches.blogspot.com/

I must admit, the valentine, heart theme wasn't my favorite, but what the hey! I still had fun. Vending in Quartzsite is almost over, Ken and finished our share of tearing down the Big Purple building. Whew! Over Presidents Day weekend, we'll visit with our RV pals at "The Steps" and try to take in at least one night of the Huge Fireworks Show and of coarse, the big birthday bash on Saturday. Life is good!

"Take a Word" Blackbird

What fun I've had cuttin' and pastin' and scribbling with pastel sticks. I was raised in the 60's so The Beatles were a big part of my life, dahhhhhhhhhhh the "Blackbird" theme really sang to me. The research lead me to the real meaning of the song... Paul McCartney wrote this about the civil rights struggle for blacks after reading about race riots in the US. He penned it in his kitchen in Scotland not long after Little Rock, when the federal courts forced the racial desegregation of the Arkansas capital's school system. McCartney told Mojo magazine October 2008: "We were totally immersed in the whole saga which was unfolding. So I got the idea of using a blackbird as a symbol for a black person. It wasn't necessarily a black 'bird', but it works that way, as much as then you called girls 'birds'; the Everlys had had Bird Dog, so the word 'bird' was around. 'Take these broken wings' was very much in my mind, but it wasn't exactly an ornithological ditty; it was purposely symbolic."


http://takeaword.blogspot.com/

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

I'm on a creative binge! Yahoooo. Being a creative person while living and working on the road in an RV is perplexing, well okay, let's get real here, it's almost impossible. Somehow, I'm going to find the art spirit inside me again. As in the past, I found delight in the weekly challenges so that's where I'll start. I'm pushing paper around with The Word Challenge " BlackBird"... and having a ball. When I finally get past the huge pile of laundry that stands between me and my fun papers, I'll publish my take on "BlackBird". Hint, Hint... remember the lyrics to this Beatles song...
Blackbird singing in the dead of night,
Take your sunken eyes and learn to see,
All your life,
You've wanted to be free.
Paul McCartney.