Autumn Glory

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Isn't Autumn grand?

"Autumn's Faire Maid"

original Collage Paper Painting by inkspired

using all recycled junk mail and magazine art

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"October's poplars are

flaming torches

lighting the way to winter."

- Nova Bair

newforestthatch-hampshire

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cottage dream house on river

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Let's celebrate the glorious colors of Fall today!

vintage ad

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taken in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado; 2012

"The milkweed pods are breaking,

And the bits of silken down

Float off upon the autumn breeze

Across the meadows brown."

- Cecil Cavendish

front yard garden, with autumn arrangement

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Stourhead National Park, England

photo credit David Anderson

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"autumn is leaving -

tugging each other's branches

two pine trees."

 - Shiki's Autumn Poems

'an English Autumn' by Sarah Broadmeadow Thomas

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Aurthur Wood Royal Bradwell 1950's artware pitcher

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"The path to a friend's house is never too long"

original cutting by inkspired

"Wishing cannot bring autumn glory

nor cause winter to cease."

 - Kiowa Proverb

Norway Autumn

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Tanner the Great Dane, and K.

Fall, Rocky Mountain National Forest, 2012

"Delicious autumn!

My very soul is wedded to it,

and if I were a bird

I would fly about the earth

seeking successive autumns."

- George Eliot

vintage paper dolls, circa 1919

a thatched cottage by SuperSnappz, c.2011

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'Come', said the wind to the leaves one day,

'Come o're the meadows and we will play.

Put on your dresses scarlet and gold,

For summer is gone and the days grow cold.'

- Children's Song from the 1880's

English Autumn

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Now,

get out there and find some color!!!

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original art blank note cards

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Hiroshima, Japan, Brazil and a few paperdolls

Heiwa

'Peace' in Japanese

Japanese woman praying for the victims of the 1945 Hiroshima Atomic Bombing

 photo cred: Kyodo

Today is the 67th anniversary of the Hiroshima Atomic Bombing

of August 6, 1945.

file photo of mushroom cloud above Hiroshima one hour after bombing

About 70,000 people immediately died.

Thousands died later from the effects of the bombing.

The Atomic Bomb landed approximately 100 meters from this place,

Sangyo-Shorei-Kan Trade Center, Hiroshima



The bombed out building you see in the photo above is now

the Atomic Bomb Memorial Park.

Motoyasu River, Hiroshima, Japan

You can also see it in the photo above, as it is today.

The Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda,

in front of the cenotaph, Atomic Bomb Memorial Park,

Hiroshima, Japan

8/6/2012

photo cred: Itsuo Inouye

Today is the 67th Anniversary, as I mentioned.

There are special remembrance observations all over the world.

In Japan, people light paper lanterns

and float them on the Motoyasu River to honor the victims,

and to pray for peace.

Sao Paulo, Brazil has the world's largest Japanese settlement,

after the country of Japan.

Ibirapuera Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Floating lanterns are waiting to be released,

August 6, 2012.

photo cred: Nacho Doce

Today's anniversary is a reminder of why I try to start each of my blogs

with the word "Peace".

We may speak different languages,

we may look different on the outside,

we may have different customs and traditions,

but when you boil it all down,

we are all brothers and sisters,

created in the image of God.

Peace.

Let's try it today, right where you are.

a safety pin beaded pattern

Thank you to my Japanese readers,

as we celebrate our cultures at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Thank you to my readers in Brazil too!

a festival celebration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Here is an American Girl Paperdoll, with Japanese heritage:

Here are a couple of vintage Japanese paper dolls from magazine ads:

circa 1914

circa 1910

Etsu paperdoll, circa 1936

Up next - a samurai to color and cut:

Thanks to OrigamiBears for sharing many of the above paperdolls.

Last, I'd like to share a paper doll from Brazil:

Have a super-duper day!

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