I had a terrible time shooting
this spread
dear reader..
it was almost as if it did not want to be
seen..
it came up shiny...
so I gave it a coat of matte gel medium...
then the rain came
and I was forced to use the flash...
which made it shinier!
and now with the sun shining
the glare is worse...
I finally took out my phone, shot it
and sent them to iphoto...
to understand this spread I have a little story for you...
I was asked to write a little something that I was grateful for
for Thanksgiving...
This is what I wrote and this is what my pages are about..
Last year on the 4th of July, we hosted a BBQ for
my husband’s brother and wife. They wanted to pick up a load of gravel that we
had left over from our garden project. I remember watching the brothers
sweating, working to load it up into the pickup truck. It was a hard job but
they were both healthy and strong. They were laughing, talking, teasing the way
brothers do. It was a joyous day… good food, love and warm weather. But by
November, a week after Thanksgiving, my brother in law was dead. Lung cancer
had carved his name on his head stone. My thanks and overwhelming gratitude is
for our health, for the aliveness that flows through me, my husband, and is never taken for granted.
I give thanks for the contrast, which makes my life sweeter and richer every
day, and I know that my brother in law would be glad in it.
ingredients: collage papers, acrylic paint, Prismacolors,
the cross, was an important symbol for my BIL, Terry...
for me.. I see it as a plus or a positive
I cannot believe that it is almost time for
my annual
Buon Natale post...
I will make sure I leave that with you
before I take some
time off for the Holidays...
I am grateful too
for
YOU!
C4N!
