cou cou c'est moi!

spot the rainbow?

Les Rideaux

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It's light and shadow

I love and fear,

domesticity bound,

by things too dear.

Petite Mademoiselle Holmes

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They stay in our hearts,

these blue furry darts,

loved in all weathers,

blue sky,

black feathers.

Todays sun filled potential!

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Text taken from my "Our Daily Bread" from june the 13th last year and written by Julie Ackerman Link.

"God's purpose for the Arts" says Gene Edward Veith "is to glorify God and manifest beauty".

When artistic talent is enlivened by the Spirit of God, it becomes an act of worship that can become a witness to point people to Christ.

God has greatly enriched our lives with beauty!. And we in turn express our gratitude by displaying His glory in our art.

Cobwebs are so pretty!

Brave Bina Bark

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My friend and co-with Devrim chirkin creator, Gina, has done a very brave thing!

She has given up a shit job! (there are connotations i cannot discuss here with that comment to the nature of the job linked to a medical profession, I am not randomly swaring!) To accept one with lesser pay!

Donc, here upon my blog!

I congratulate her achievement and bravery at saying no to money and yes to happiness.

OK! so the other job is not the ideal either but BETTER!

May you be surrounded by pleasant people who value your loveliness, who let you make coffee at your own pace, and may you not fall off your bicycle on your way to work! Or from work!

Let us raise our morning coffee to Gina , her bravery, and our new secret enterprise!!

Here Here!

WELL DONE GINA!

Purple snow on the hills of Mount Xavier

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Good morning Mary

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Here's my neighbour Mary.

She never moves a muscle.

I'd like a smile,

but its not her style.

So she stands and watches over all a little wary.

Morning with Alice.

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Crisscrosses of dawn,

Beauty just born.

Time opens her mouth.

Nothing lays still.

Don't forget the blue pill.

oh marry a mirror.

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To my sweet glass gardener Anna.

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I sat here this afternoon,

and thought of you Miss Anna Moon.

Our morning of chatting.

Our heartfelt moonbattling.

I looked at my view.

I wanted to give it to you.

Come see me soon.

Childrens book exhibition at the weekend!

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Feeling a little under pressure,

and creatively gifted,

yet, unemployed,

my spirit drifted.

So creatively of mind.

To realign of a kind.

With future exposition in focus.

I sat under this tree.

I drank awhole pot of red tea.

I worked hard at the words.

Now indoors my head swirls.

For it's the images next....

which do I love best?!

fishy wishes

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We saw some fish today!

Swimming in a fishyishswish kind of a way!

So i whipped off me lens cap!

and clicked all i could.

Voila, heres evidence of my little play!

Anna-mia, baby sister!

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My sister, my heart,

So beautiful thow art.

You grow with such passion,

i beg you use wisdom,

far from you I am,

no power have I,

to protect you from life,

so use all your might and your self!

to grow into the true wise little elf!

that I know lurks inside.

Be wise and be kind.

You wont be left behind.

Dont go out there too fast.

Theres no need to hide.

My beautiful sister

remember your insides!

Kitty's at heart!

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And after all the excitement, the ideas, the possibilities....

It is my home, my Jamie and our four sweet fluffkins which ground and enable my heart to breathe.

My life to succeed.

De Le petit Cinématographe illustré!

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I went to an AMAZING exhibition.

It inspired me greatly.

Here are some mere samples of my photos from the amazingness available.

I need to trawl and absorb my other many pictures before blogging and delighting you with shadow and old camera play.

but for now here's this!

Greatly helped by Serra the curator who helped me and chatted with me for an hour .

The artist who the exhibition belongs to is.......

Realisateur: Monsieur Lionel Marchand.

You can find him at www.cinefacto.com

purple velvet thingsssss!!!!

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Purple grapes

Purple daze

Purple dogs

Run away.............

PreMenstrualSyndrome

Causes
*pain
*irritability
*confusion for self and others
*forgetfulness
*sorry.......what?
*inability to partake in coherent conversation with self and others
*lack of brain functions
*lack
*desire to stay in and watch all three directors cut Lord of the Rings movies
*self lies "i am shit", lies all lies!!!!!!
*inability to see clearly "i look terrible".......not true....lies!!!!!
*clumsiness
*apolgetic/aggressive manner, "Yes, at the same time. I'm sorry, do you have a problem with that?"
*i would continue but i'm premenstrual and have forgotten something.... oh yes, the rest of the list!
*inability to finish lists

Evenstar

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Today I am an elf.

The evenstar I wear.

I sit upon no silken shelf.

I fly about with ease.

Bringing joy to all and self.

Doing just what I really please;

Serenity

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Search as you may.

Search as you will .

You'll never find it.

Till inside is still!

La Lune par jour!

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Moon by day,

Moon by night.

Take no fright.

Shed your light.

Harness the image,

express your mind .

Be surprised with the things,

such moonlight will find!

flare of glare

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Sun and glare

You dare

Take me now

I don't care!

Ever glowing

Ever knowing

Sun and shine

Moon and wine.

Hmmmm what a beautiful day!

16degrees,
blue skies,
a fine breeze
click click,
taking pictures,
as many,
as i please!

mmm womb room

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So why is it, I'm out in the beautiful world, warm, sunny, no floods, blue skies, occasional clouds, 16 degree celcius weather, happy, magic image maker in tow.

And it's when I come home that I have the most joy with the taking of pictures and treasuring of time and the making up of creative things.

Home; it is where my heart is, and my Jamie, and our kitties.

Hmm home.

I am happy here!

and there aint nothing wrong with that!

Why?

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I've had an idea!

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Les Etoiles!!

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YOU ARE A STAR

A star is what you are!

Stars we,

Stars three,

Stars four,

Stars you and stars me,

Stars we are,

You are,

a,

STAR!

Darkness and light

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England/France......erm dunno wadya rekon?

This morning I took this image out of the bathroom window. It was as always one of many.
It inspired in me a little ditty.

Golden sunshine, Light my heart.Fill my spirit, guide my mind!

This evening Karen sent me this photograph which is beautifully compositioned, if not quite so cheerful. I'd cycled to my work, sat in the sun outside a café bla bla bla and Karen's poor horse had hardly a patch of grass to stand in! I hear and now see that Gloucestershire is once more under flood!

Anyone fancy a holiday!?

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Drive safely now, perhaps invest in a boat!

Let it flow............

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All these things are good things,

Why do I have to fight,

with things that are inside me,

draining me of flight.

Maybe like a butterfly,

we must be left to struggle,

because without the suffering,

it would be utter piffle.

the future the now BE be here now be here now be here now

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All is going good but

my well is draining,

my enthusiasm waining,

keep it up,

keep it high,

keep the future well in sight,

feed the artist ,

nourish the soul,

don't burn out ,

keep it alight,

it all goes well,

continue personal plight.

don't give in to voices

of negative fear,

don't listen to them for,

they are not really near!

The door to my stomach

A lovely recipe for soup
glorious soup
theres nothing quite like it
sing of a song of soup
then cook it
you really might like it!

Boil up some lentils, the colour of your choice.
roast a red pepper or two, a fenouillie(fennel) and an aubergine.
Douse roasts liberally in olive oil
slice or mush roasts later if required
lightly fry up in a large pan onions, ail (garlic) and sliced potatoes.(bit of grated ginger if you fancy)
add marmite dissolved in water and the ready lentils.
cook them yourself, the lentils that is,dont used tinned ones they are dirty.
add the roasted vegetables when they are ready
make sure theres enough water to JUST cover the lot
let it simmer and turn into soup
put the bread in the oven.
hmmmmmn

whizz it all up with your plongeant, erm forgot english word
electric whizzer on a stick

dish up and eat.
feel free to get a little down the front of your top to remind you how good it is.

can't wait for tea.
there willl be no photo of tea
generaly i think photos of cooked food look like sick.
so just cook it and see for yourself.

Bon Appetit

Labyrinth

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Doorways,

there are many!

Which one will i choose?

or will it choose me?

Let's see.......

Strength in serenity.

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My Heart shall not fear. Psalm 27 v3copyright thomas nelson inc, see other copyrighted biblical quotes.

Storms of creation

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Stormy days,

Stormy nights,

Hold me hard,

Hold me tight,

I'm having ideas,

they're all in my head.

They are all coming out,

Thread by thread ,

till there bled.

I'll make it,

Ill get there,

watch this space ,

till i fill....

The world with my images,

Do not doubt me!

I WILL.

Eskimo Lily mae.

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Oh bleak is the day,

and yet strong is my heart.

With gifts of Godparentage,

brought by phone dart.

Enamoured by googlings giggling and goo,

forever adoring this person brand new.

Sent into the world,

to our friends left to grow,

to weed and to flower,

to blossom to know.

And us,

what for our part,

our gift in this act?

To love and to cherish,

share joys unabashed.

With silver, with gold,

with love till we're old.

Hearts do not age,

they mature like fine wine,

ever enlarging.

Oh, Share mine with thine.

Cherished

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Luke 21 v 1-4

And He looked up and saw the rich putting there gifts into the treasury, and He also saw a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all ; for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had."

Scripture taken from the New King James version. Copyright 1979,1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

God sees into our hearts. Our hurts, our hearts. Nothing we give to Him or offer to others is wasted. He values our sacrifices, above money, above all things.

He accepts the sacrifices of a broken heart.

He heals the broken hearted.

There is no love, no peace on earth that can surpass the wholeness, security, peace and cherishedness I feel in Jesus.
I am his warrior princess.
Nothing however small or painful is ever wasted.
My soul is not empty, there is no gap. He fills me. He heals me.

"My beloved is mine and I am his. he feeds his flock among the lillies" song of solomon 2v16

My precious saviour.
I am never alone.
Healed.
His.

Father of the froufrou.

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Even so, despite the current milleu of activity my gorgeous dad came to visit.

I love him so much. It was so good and wholesome to see him. Roots, they are important and vital to ones espirit. He doesn't have many as he's going bald, and mine are coming through admist the blonde at an alarming rate but hey ho! Il faut!

He came to pick up his beloved jeep, which we have loved and used since I passed my driving test and he gave it to me. Alas, now I am initiated into the french world with my fiat uno, no plush leather seats or walnut dash or 10 cd disc stereo! I adore ma petite voiture and she is cheap as chips usng only tea spoons of petrol per journey, so you know there are advantages.

It was lovely to see him, passionate as ever about his martial arts business (see website linked) and concerned for our large family (brother with child, other brothers and little sisters hopefully still with their virginity in tact) which he filled me in on.

He also nearly broke Jamie's knees demonstrating a karate technique, but we won't go into that.

May he return soon!

Forget silver linings, I take real promises , real rainbows!!!!

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Dear faithful blog friendly viewers. My lack of blogging is appauling, no amusements, no wee ditties, no reflex images from the new image maker.

busy busy is the way of this year so far!

currently I am stealing time from myself off the shelf to share and update my life.

On new years eve i gave my dreams, my desires to God. Woaw mama did He just go for it.

The portfolio was recieved with great responce and i will be escorting it to many more places.

The job centre have given me a new helper who has given me more help than the last three months rolled into one!!!!

This weeks one interview has turned into three and a possible job

but I dont want to give that away as yet.....

so keep watching.

About the portfolio....

Jamie and i managed to whip it up with the help of an excellent photographer/printer man, much stress and almost constant brews and hot water bottles. Within 24 hours!

I said to Jamie "So when I'm a pro photographer what's your rates?"

It was rather stressfull and while Jamie drove me to the rendez-vous on time I was getting changed in the car and trying to eat my own body weight in rice biscuits to keep me going!

A successful result but not immediate.

Monsieur Photograph will have me accompany him when he has something interesting to do (he was tres occupé all noel et reveillons and now is enduring an after season lull.) but said he had been looking for someone like me all summer!!!!!!!!! However God's timing IS perfect so I trust.

and I await........

i do not idly await

"there's more" in the words of a comedian who's name I forget.

But you'll have to await too because there was a cat war in the night which took place chez nous and despite the midnight scrubbing(no comments please)

I must continue to bleach, scrub, wash and try some how to remove the terrible skunkpee like scent.

I am off to purchase essential oils to mask it also.

Cats!

Who'd have 'em

erm us, so lets hope one of them isn't up the proverbial duff as if so there will be more!

mowmow

So, I went in the camera shop and ......

I took a friend with me into town and we sat in a cafe nearby the camera shop and spoke in french to adjust my ears.
I went through my little speach several times till my friend laughed and said "Do it, they'll shut in a minute"
So I did it.
Monsieur camera shop said hmm come back tomorrow with your portfolio at 1.30 and I'll see.
ok says I.
I HAVEN'T GOT ONE
ok so I havent got one printed off and prepared but I will have by 1.30 tomorrow!!!!
and some new shoes if I am a very good girl!
I can't just look like any scruffy old Jo Bloggs off the street.
I must look like a nice posh Jo Bloggs off the street.
Here goes.........

Maths and pictures!

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And with the help of my wee kitty friends I've been using my image maker and making many images. It's like paintin pictures while performing a complex maths equation! No complaints of course I'm lovin it!

Tomorrow I'm smartening up my general atire and I'm off to the camera shop to enquire about that job they forgot to advertise. I attempted to ask the other day, but after witnessing half a horse being carried by a very strong and bloodied aproned man into the butchers. My focus was off, so I didn't go in. Upon walking casually past there was a shut all day for no real reason sign anyway. France!

Donc, demain je vais essayée!