A Few of My Favorite 2012 Things

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dancing children, 1979 Poland coin celebrating International Children's Day
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Here are a few of my favorite things...

Pigs!
I have always thought they were great animals - they are very smart, and affectionate. They also make good 'guard dogs'!

"Take courage it is I" orginal Collage Paper Painting

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made from all recycled junk mail!

Bible stories!
I continue to learn from the parables and teachings of Y'shua and His disciples, and also from the scriptures in the Old Testament. There is always something new!

traditional costumes of West Assyria

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Learning about new (to me) countries!
I also have this thing about international flags...

Bateaux Bay, Trinidad and Tobago

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Nature's beauty!
Both large, and small...

hummingbird, photo credit unknown

a 1910 Edward Curtis photo, possibly Cheyenne

Native American Indians!

I am awed by their rich history,

and so saddened by many of their conditions of today.

Fairy Tale Cottages!
I don't think I could live in such little spaces, but a craft cottage for my backyard?
Oh yeah...

a 1920's apricot silk 'flapper' dress

Cool vintage styles! I also reflect this in my collage art -

"Art Deco Flapper" original Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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pincushion and real shell

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Anything sea shells!
Can't get enough of them - each is unique and beautiful!
and so many design possibilities...

original design by inkspired notecard sets
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and no list of favorite things would be complete without beads!!

a few of inkspired's beaded creations, for sale at a Craft Fair
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My list must remain incomplete for today as my time has run out...
I look forward to sharing with you the many other

Favorite Things!

in the year to come!

inkspired
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and now I'm on Pinterest too!!

New Birth is in the air!

Chirp!
(That's 'good day' in sparrow language).

c.1848

Today I'd like to focus on all the New Birth that this season brings us.

The new birth of baby birds.

The new birth of baby animals.

The new birth of flowers blooming.

and

The New Birth that Jesus Christ gives us with His death and resurrection.

c. 1899

 “Everyone wants to understand painting.

Why is there no attempt

to understand the song of the birds?"

...Pablo Picasso

Rubber stamp image courtesy of VivaLasVegaStamps.

Check out Stampo's wonderful website, listed on the right.

 

“I like pigs. 

Dogs look up to us. 

 Cats look down on us. 

 Pigs treat us as equals.” 

~Winston Churchill

c.1906

wildflowers

"Endless repetition, in and out of season, has spoiled for us

the freshness, the naivete, the simple romantic charm of the Gospels.

We hear them read far too often and far too badly....

When one returns to the Greek,

it is like going into a garden of lilies

out of some narrow and dark house."

....Oscar Wilde, from De Profundis

Here's a sweet bear paper doll, with her baby bears:

 'For God loved you so much 

that He gave His very own Son

 so that when you believe in Him

you won't perish but have eternal life.'

paraphrase of John chapter 3, verse 16, Bible

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures

 from the shelter of compassion and pity,

 you will have men who will deal likewise

with their fellow men."
— St. Francis of Assisi

Let me close with:

inkspired

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